Snowpocalypse in Alaska

[Os Cangaceiros]

I was hoping it would be a bit warmer than usual when I came back home this year, but it was like flying into some goddamn remote base in Antarctica when arrived here recently. My parents told me that there'd been around 20 feet of snow in Cordova, which is pretty nuts even for that area, which usually gets a lot of snow.

http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-13/news/30625024_1_seasonal-snow-snow-shovels-snowiest-winter

some pictures:

http://www.mediasrvr.com/himg/613/408/true/10/unofficialnetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/c904c809-e8ef-438d-84ff-4df5372aeacd.jpeg

http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/pauldouglas_1326218956_kylesnow.jpg

http://media.adn.com/smedia/2012/01/09/13/37/IeOwf.St.7.jpg

There was one picture that I saw which I haven't been able to find again, of some guy who opened his garage door and saw nothing except a solid wall of snow, it was pretty impressive.

[Ostrinski]

God damn. Does it get like this every winter?

[Os Cangaceiros]

No, this year has been unusually bad in terms of the cold and snow. I guess recently where I live it was -20 degrees, I can't remember the last time it was that cold in this area.

[NewLeft]

What! I'm jealous, we only got 1 inch.

[Ostrinski]

I'm guessing school didn't get called off :lol:?

[Le Rouge]

What! I'm jealous, we only got 1 inch.

What? There was a massive snowstorm in Quebec yesterday. We received like 20cm of snow.

[Ele'ill]

yuo could build a snow person thats like 900 feet tall. Why didn't you do this

[The Young Pioneer]

yuo could build a snow person thats like 900 feet tall. Why didn't you do this

The Nords have that covered, comrade! (Here's me with a [okay, he's maybe 20 feet, but still!] giant snowman in Lapland, Finland.)

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/251349_10150205773725997_548315996_7512183_1734796 _n.jpg

And here's my university (yes, we still had class).

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/254245_10150204953205997_548315996_7504845_6605088 _n.jpg

[Ostrinski]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/251349_10150205773725997_548315996_7512183_1734796 _n.jpg
You built this?

[The Young Pioneer]

You built this?

I appreciate your faith in my abilities, but no, I'm not Nordic myself, just lived there. They like to build giant snowmen for the tourism around the Arctic Circle. You can find them all over Rovaniemi, mostly in the city and around the "Official" Headquarters of Santa.

[Ostrinski]

I appreciate your faith in my abilities, but no, I'm not Nordic myself, just lived there. They like to build giant snowmen for the tourism around the Arctic Circle. You can find them all over Rovaniemi, mostly in the city and around the "Official" Headquarters of Santa.How do they build these shits? I want one in my front yard.

[Revolution starts with U]

The pic of your university is taken from the parking lot behind where the plows pushed all the snow. It's a big hill, for sure. But let's just keep that in mind :lol:

[The Young Pioneer]

The pic of your university is taken from the parking lot behind where the plows pushed all the snow. It's a big hill, for sure. But let's just keep that in mind :lol:

No shit it's a pile, I wasn't trying to pass it off as anything less. Giant clumps of ice don't fall from the sky like that naturally.

But actually it's at the bike rack to the right of the entry. Still impressive for me, considering I'm from Florida and the same spot looks like this in summer:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/248327_10150204953075997_548315996_7504840_8019329 _n.jpg

[Ele'ill]

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/248327_10150204953075997_548315996_7504840_8019329 _n.jpg

wow are you from the future?

[The Young Pioneer]

wow are you from the future?

Finnish architecture :rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tampere

[GatesofLenin]

Nice, we lost power here for over 10 hours. Good time eating chocolate bars ... :thumbup:

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http://www.mediasrvr.com/himg/613/408/true/10/unofficialnetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/c904c809-e8ef-438d-84ff-4df5372aeacd.jpeg


ahaha

[MotherCossack]

cor blimey ! you lot get loadsa snow in your neck o' the woods!
thars snow in them thar hills.
we mostly only get frost here!
today it was really thick frost.
like ...ooh...about ... 1tenths of a millimetre.
some folk say its too cold to snow.... but i reckon thats snowman shit.

[Welshy]

Massachusetts (at least my town), there hasn't been any snow outside of what we got in November. Michigan was the same until last friday.

[piet11111]

One part of me thinks having such a massive amount of snow falling where i live would be absolutely hilarious but i know it would be a disaster seeing how in holland everything manages to go to shit with a bit of snow.

We haven't been used to serious winters in decades.

[thriller]

Fuck you guys! Usually around this time we have AT LEAST 2-3 feet of snow. This winter sucks. It was 45 Fahrenheit up until 2 weeks ago. Then it FINALLY snowed, and melted away. It's snowing now, but it will melt away :crying:

[Krano]

Yeah here in Finland a lot of snow as well, not enough room to shovel it :)

[Fawkes]

Mari3l is winning at posting lately.




we haven't had shit for snow this year and I'm kind of okay with it

but yeah, there better be some mofuckin forts up in your town -- like, multiple stories

[bcbm]

Fuck you guys! Usually around this time we have AT LEAST 2-3 feet of snow. This winter sucks. It was 45 Fahrenheit up until 2 weeks ago. Then it FINALLY snowed, and melted away. It's snowing now, but it will melt away :crying:

fuck off spring in january was awesome i hope this snow bullshit goes away asap, i live right on the lake and getting my car out of this shit fucking sucks

[Aspiring Humanist]

We had the first snowfall in New York this winter last night, it measured about half an inch. Alaska why you take our snow

[Ele'ill]

Portland got snow four times this year for about thirty seconds each time.

[ColonelCossack]

I want to retire somewhere snowy.

[thriller]

fuck off spring in january was awesome i hope this snow bullshit goes away asap, i live right on the lake and getting my car out of this shit fucking sucks

Haha that sucks. The problem is if we get too little snow this winter, not enough melt water will water the crops in April. Also, how can you not love getting absolutely trashed and go sledding in underwear during a snowstorm?

[9]

we got like five inches today (puget sound lowlands}, on top of the three or so inches we got the other day, and tonight into tomorrow we are supposed to be getting up to a foot of new snow. its beautiful but i hate driving in it. luckily my work is going to be closed tomorrow so one of my coworkers and I are going to go on a long hike in the snow at like 11 something tonight, Im super psyched. :)

[Rusty Shackleford]

snow is like crack or heroin for me. not quite sure. but fucking a im jealous.

[Per Levy]

interesting, here in nothern germany there is like no winter at all, in december there was snowfall like 2 times and it melted the same day it fell, since then nothing. the entire january nothing, mostly + C° degres and so on. hard to belive that 2 years ago we had one of the hardest winters in like 20 years with that much snow that i couldnt drive my bike for 2 months. the city and the state couldnt handle that much snow and just let it stay were it was as long as it wasnt the street.

@op nice pics, a bit scary though.

[thriller]

we got like five inches today (puget sound lowlands}, on top of the three or so inches we got the other day, and tonight into tomorrow we are supposed to be getting up to a foot of new snow. its beautiful but i hate driving in it. luckily my work is going to be closed tomorrow so one of my coworkers and I are going to go on a long hike in the snow at like 11 something tonight, Im super psyched. :)

That's the shit. Get some snow shoes. I love driving in the snow. Donuts 4 laif.

[bcbm]

Haha that sucks. The problem is if we get too little snow this winter, not enough melt water will water the crops in April.

food shortage = food riots = profit


Also, how can you not love getting absolutely trashed and go sledding in underwear during a snowstorm?

that sounds like a good way to die of hypothermia

[black magick hustla]

I are going to go on a long hike in the snow at like 11 something tonight, Im super psyched. :)

black metal as fuck

[black magick hustla]

i like snow in grim pictures of nordic forests but i hate snow irl

[black magick hustla]

-30 celcius here lol i guess thats why there are hoxhaists here your brain cells freeze

[Os Cangaceiros]

Snow sucks. I don't know why some people like it. It just falls on the ground here, then freezes into a rock hard crust because it's so goddamn cold. I prefer that to the alternative terrain, though, which is glare ice that's slick as shit and hard as cement. I live next to a gravel road that you can literally ice skate down in some conditions. It's no wonder this Arctic/sub-Arctic hellhole has the lowest per capita population of old people of any US state, there's no guarantee walking outside that you'll make it back with your hip bone intact. :rolleyes:

Another thing I hate about where I live is that the sun never really fully shines at this time of the year, even when it's perfectly clear skies. It hangs low in the horizon and emits kind of a dull glow, kind of like early morning light. I just want a day of full sunlight, that's all I ask.

I probably shouldn't be complaining, though...my friend leaves tomorrow for Fairbanks, where it's -40.

[9]

I are going to go on a long hike in the snow at like 11 something tonight, Im super psyched. :)
black metal as fuck

Change of plans, now were going at 1AM. :D

I hate black metal tho.


Snow sucks. I don't know why some people like it.

probably because we dont live in Alaska :p

[bcbm]

I hate black metal tho.


you poor bastRD

[Ostrinski]

we got like five inches today (puget sound lowlands}, on top of the three or so inches we got the other day, and tonight into tomorrow we are supposed to be getting up to a foot of new snow. its beautiful but i hate driving in it. luckily my work is going to be closed tomorrow so one of my coworkers and I are going to go on a long hike in the snow at like 11 something tonight, Im super psyched. :)EmRZHiRU3SQ

[bcbm]

i just downloaded that album lol:cool:

[Ostrinski]

Good choice. A classic, one of my favorites.

[sithsaber]

Anyone remember "Day After Tommorow"? No? More resources for post apocalyptic me:lol: