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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / General => Topic started by: Piru on December 11, 2010, 08:58:27 PM
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Winter is a dark and rainy time in Helsinki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki) (southern finland). Or at least it was until recently. Last couple of years have been totally different: The whole city has been literally drowning in snow. Currently we have more than 54cm (23 in) of it.
I decided to take some photos, and here they are:
http://picasaweb.google.com/105070339462562147829/SnowInHelsinki#
Amazingly for example public transport works, though with small delays. Personally I prefer this proper winter over the darkness and rain.
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Winter is a dark and rainy time in Helsinki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki) (southern finland). Or at least it was until recently. Last couple of years have been totally different: The whole city has been literally drowning in snow. Currently we have more than 54cm (23 in) of it.
I decided to take some photos, and here they are:
http://picasaweb.google.com/105070339462562147829/SnowInHelsinki#
Amazingly for example public transport works, though with small delays. Personally I prefer this proper winter over the darkness and rain.
Substitute "Helsinki" with "Manchester" and you have the same story. Except our snow lasted a week and now it's all gone again :(
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Oh, and as for darkness and rain, that's Manchester for most of the year :lol:
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Found some stats:
Last time Helsinki had almost as much snow was in 1965 (52 cm).
The all time record of 70cm (27.5 in) is from 1915.
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Don't think those cars are going anywhere anytime soon...
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Oh, and as for darkness and rain, that's Manchester for most of the year :lol:
But snow and ice is some familiar in finland anyway.
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Yeah, the global warming is shutting down the north-atlantic current, allowing Siberian winds to swoop down over the Nordic countries. What will YOU do the day after tomorrow?
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My youngest brother lives in western NY right in the lake-effects snow belt they have hit 36" already. I got about 8" or so here in south-east NY. I don't think I'd mind darkness and rain as much as snow.
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Oh my!
Paris have been totaly paralyzed a week ago by less than half of this.
And it's starting again tonight...
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We got about 20 cm snow the other day....nothing special. :) It's just a matter of stepping harder on the pedal to get from A to B.
Location: Norway
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A heavy downfall of snow in Manchester tonight.
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A heavy downfall of snow in Manchester tonight.
*checks window*
Where did that come from?
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*checks window*
Where did that come from?
Dunno. Everything suddenly just turned white.
(http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/162/medium/1_photo.JPG)
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Snow in Helsinki? Isn't that like coal in Newcastle?
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Snow in Helsinki? Isn't that like coal in Newcastle?
If you mean Newcastle upon Tyne here in the UK, then not necessarily. That industry is pretty much dead.
Of course, I guess you might mean it's namesake in NSW...
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What's this "snow" to which you refer? :lol:
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What's this "snow" to which you refer? :lol:
Bloody sun-hogger!
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And this is what scientists and politicians call "global warming"?
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And this is what scientists and politicians call "global warming"?
Nah, climatologists call it "climate change", politicians call it "global warming".
We call it "winter".
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Nah, climatologists call it "climate change", politicians call it "global warming".
We call it "winter".
:lol: