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Posted by Underdog on Mon Oct 31st at 2:38pm 2005

Since we all live in so many locations I thought it would be interesting to ask,

"Whats it like durning the winter months where you live?"

I hope that this thread will stay active long enugh to possibly gain some pictures from home when it arrives.



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Posted by SpoolE on Mon Oct 31st at 3:00pm 2005

You are so ignorant! Acting like we are all recieving winter now! Oh, and I suppose the Southern Hemisphere does not exist! :X Anyway, here summer is now arriving, but in winter it rains non stop and sometimes snows, also it is VERY windy. Wierd sounding for Africa <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">



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Posted by Dark|Killer on Mon Oct 31st at 3:09pm 2005

Umm well, what we have in my country, Dubai, is really interesting...

Since we are in the middle east, it barely rains, it was very rainy
before 10 years, but now, pollution and humidity overcome the nice
rain...

Here is the interesting stuff my country does:

Some times, in winter, we would see large thunderheavy rain clouds
pass over Dubai, we always wondered how, its strange to have these kind
of storms here, and every week, in the last winter, it should rain,
heavily, except for 2 weeks which only clouds were flowing above us...

After winter finished, everyone knew why it rained, and it really surprised me..

Every week, the government launches a machine, that gather the clouds
somehow, i think using technological gadgets to condense the wet humidity around
it, they launched 10 machines, 2 didn't succeed, thats why only clouds
were flowing above us for 2 weeks without raining, each machine, costs
half a million dollars...

Its really surprising, but now its normal for everyone in Dubai, hehe...




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Posted by MisterBister on Mon Oct 31st at 3:23pm 2005

Up here in sweden, its pretty creepy.
I remember sitting on the bus on my way to my Karate when i looked out the window and it was almost pitch black out there, at 6:40 am.

It hadnt been anything near that darkness only one week ago, but its always been like that here in Sweden.

Strangely enough, it havent started to get cold yet, 15 C right now.




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Mon Oct 31st at 3:23pm 2005

We get plenty of snow here in Vermont, and it gets very cold. My first year here I had to buy a facemask (you know the kind with only holes for the eyes and mouth) for the 20 minute walk from my dorm to the pool at 6:30 in the morning through the snow to make it for morning swim practice. Those walks were the worst!

I gets well below freezing, especially when its windy... but it's definitely beautiful (from inside a warm building).




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Posted by SpoolE on Mon Oct 31st at 3:34pm 2005

I can see Gloabal Warming coming into this topic! Anyway, global warming has done good for our country. Scientists have found that the climate change has been moving the "cold zone" over our country, so instead of dry, 45c heat all year round, we now, very bizarely, have rain. All the time! Totaly wierd! If you came here instead of thinking you were in africa, you would think it's scotland! Right now its supposed to be hot, and the same for 4 months ago. Its still raining and snowing on the mountains to this minute! Creepy really!



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Posted by OtZman on Mon Oct 31st at 4:05pm 2005

Like MisterBister said, it gets darker and colder up here in Sweden. In the northern parts of Sweden the sun never even rises during a few weeks or something. The opposite happens during summer, the sun never sets.

I really dislike the dark and cold, so I hope I'll be able to move somewhere warm and nice someday.



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Posted by Dark|Killer on Mon Oct 31st at 4:35pm 2005

Come to dubai :P



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Posted by Crono on Mon Oct 31st at 5:54pm 2005

Oregon used to have snow and such every winter and much harsher weather. (Look through the history books ... Donner family in-particular and you'll see what I'm talking about)

Over time agriculture and population changed the temperature. (Cut down trees and adding homes increases the temperature) So, now it doesn't snow in most elevations ... er ... populated elevations. Mostly just rains ... like right now ...

Also, the Pacific Ocean is relatively warm, so that's another reason. The only time it actually snows is if we get some pressure from Canada and Alaska. I'm pretty sure the reason the East coast gets snow like crazy during Winter is because of the Atlantic. But that's a guess. (It's because most of the states are smaller there and more populated than here. Also, a lot of it is around the same elevation, so it'd have to be the ocean, right?)

Then again, Winter doesn't begin until late December <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

And yeah, it's summer in the southern hemisphere.
But, that doesn't stop you Aussies from saying what WINTER is like. :P

Crazy southern hemisphere ... with your moon in the wrong direction.


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Posted by satchmo on Mon Oct 31st at 6:02pm 2005

Winter in sunny Southern California is not much different from summer, or from any other season for that matter.

It's already November, and it's 85 F today (30 Celsius). It's sunny throughout winter, and it never gets too cold. I still wear shorts in January.




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Posted by Dark|Killer on Mon Oct 31st at 6:41pm 2005

umm guys, about the stuff i said, is it just normal ?? come on, they made rain un-naturally...



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Posted by Seventh-Monkey on Mon Oct 31st at 6:45pm 2005

Dark and rainy, or bright and cold, generally. I prefer the latter.



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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Mon Oct 31st at 6:47pm 2005

? quote:
Up here in sweden, its pretty creepy.
I remember sitting on the bus on my way to my Karate when i looked out the window and it was almost pitch black out there, at 6:40 am.

It hadnt been anything near that darkness only one week ago, but its always been like that here in Sweden.

Strangely enough, it havent started to get cold yet, 15 C right now.


It's same here in Finland. I walked into a tree(no I really did) last weekend when I was on my way to the sauna...



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Posted by rival on Mon Oct 31st at 6:56pm 2005

so far it hasnt been that bad in scotland. not much rain, temperatures were not mild but not cold. it was a bit windy today but other than that its been pretty fine.

? quoting Crono
Oregon used to have snow and such every winter and much harsher weather. (Look through the history books ... Donner family in-particular and you'll see what I'm talking about)

im sorry but i have to argue. the donner party traversed from Independence through all the states across Nevada. then through the Sierra Nevada, is where they encountered the huge snowstorm, which is in California. but since oregan is realtivly close to california you could have been merely comparing the two.
i apoligize but im in a quite argumentative mood today!




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Posted by BlisTer on Mon Oct 31st at 7:06pm 2005

? quoting Dark|Killer
umm guys, about the stuff i said, is it just normal ?? come on, they made rain un-naturally...

no, i was surprised to read that actually. you have a link for more info on that rainmaker machine?

winters in belgium are like in uk, france, netherlands, germany, ... . Cold, with snow once in a while. sometimes we have a white christmas, sometimes we dont.




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Posted by Dark|Killer on Mon Oct 31st at 7:26pm 2005

I wish i had, i didnt bother searching, but its true, and pretty weird, if ill get a link, ill sure post it up here...



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Posted by Underdog on Tue Nov 1st at 2:46am 2005

? quoting rival

im sorry but i have to argue. i apoligize but im in a quite argumentative mood today!

Personally, I heard it was all Blitzens fault. However through a typographical error someone switched Donner's name instead.

On a more refreshing note, the pass known as Donner's pass, the gap between California and Nevada is where the Donner dinner took place. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

Right about here.




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Posted by FatStrings on Tue Nov 1st at 3:09am 2005

we get this crappy wind here in missouri and just dry cold, rain sometimes and every once in a while we get a little snow
a big snow for us is maybe 8 inches give or take a few




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Posted by Underdog on Tue Nov 1st at 3:29am 2005

This will be my first winter in Van Buren. I don't know what its like just yet. The winters in Dallas are a bitch. Mostly ice. Some freak of nature causes the jet stream to pause just above Dallas so its cold as hell but not very thick. it rains on top of the cold and scatters ice all over the place.

I hope its different around here.




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Posted by Nickelplate on Tue Nov 1st at 3:51am 2005

? quoting SpoolE
Oh, and I suppose the Southern Hemisphere does not exist!

We would like to think so, Spoor.




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