mark connolly
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- sept 2016 CF
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Finally! I heard about this storm this morning and how Madrid and Barcelona airports were closed and thought there would be info right away on this site. Thanks for the update.
cannot believe that is more than we have in Canada
are guetres the same as gaiters? I cant even get "grippers" for my boots and being doddery I get anxious when there is even a hint of ice! I keep telling myself "walk soft and stay safe"The problem now will be the ice because temperatures will be very low next week.
I am more than sixty and never lived a snowfalll and temperatures.like those in Madrid.
I have boots, guetres and even crampons but most people don't have right shoes for this.
No idea, Samarkand/malingerer. However, just watch from the window, do not tempt fate. We need you here!are guetres the same as gaiters? I cant even get "grippers" for my boots and being doddery I get anxious when there is even a hint of ice! I keep telling myself "walk soft and stay safe"
samarkand.
Yes guetres are gaiters. Guetres is the French word. In Spain we also call them polainas. I have all this stuff because i am mountanier and I need it when I walkare guetres the same as gaiters? I cant even get "grippers" for my boots and being doddery I get anxious when there is even a hint of ice! I keep telling myself "walk soft and stay safe"
samarkand.
No but that's not the point. 20 cm or 40 cm of snow are exceptional for Madrid and not exceptional for Canada. If something like this happens every 50 years, as it is the case for Madrid, and not in every winter month every year, as it is the case for Canada, then there is not sufficient know-how and experience and equipment to deal with it. You don't buy winter tyres and snow chains for your car when you know that it is unlikely that you use them in your lifetime and, likewise, you don't invest in an army of snowploughs for your city for example with an army of drivers who will start moving snow off the streets as soon as the first snowflakes appear.cannot believe that is more than we have in Canada
We can look for ourselves . Webcams (from an earlier thread):What king of snowfall was thei4 8n Leon and Burgos and CF?
I'll leave it to @Pelegrin who has probably watched more weather news than all of us together recently . From what I can tell, based on the news, is that it was unusually cold in some parts of Spain and it snowed an unusually amount of snow in other parts of Spain and none of this was on the Camino Frances.but I still haven’t found snowfalls accumulation yet.
And in fact https://noromet.org.Plenty of data on Aemet http://www.aemet.es/en/eltiempo/prediccion/avisos?w=hoy&a=pb if you rummage
Yesterday they said 50 l/m2. This is 50 cm of snow. Today we have a sunny day 4°C.I'll leave it to @Pelegrin who has probably watched more weather news than all of us together recently . From what I can tell, based on the news, is that it was unusually cold in some parts of Spain and it snowed an unusually amount of snow in other parts of Spain and none of this was on the Camino Frances.
You are right! I occasionally look at the O Cebreiro webcam. I've never seen so many walkers and parked cars as right now on this apparently splendidly sunny winter day. And the road is clear of snow.I can see a ver unusual and long row of parked cars in O Cebreiro. And some children playing with sledges.
I came though O Cebreiro a couple of years ago In early March on a Sunday... much the same winter look as in the cam. . Lots of snow piled up, children playing and cars were parked everywhere. We did not stay there however...we went to Pedrafita. That day, the snow accumulation between La Faba and Albergue la Escuela had to be 2’-3’ deep! Took us quite a while to struggle through it. We were assured the path was open, by hotel and local bar. I suppose folks over 6 feet tall had an easier time of it!You are right! I occasionally look at the O Cebreiro webcam. I've never seen so many walkers and parked cars as right now on this apparently splendidly sunny winter day. And the road is clear of snow.
I was young and loved the 1963 harsh winter. I remember adults talking about 1947.Not that this has anything to do with the actual subject, but I was informed that at the time of my birth, November 1947, the snow reached up to the back doorstep. (A town 8 miles from Glasgow).
Funny, I can’t remember...!!!
That begs the question, Kirkie, were you born at home?Not that this has anything to do with the actual subject, but I was informed that at the time of my birth, November 1947, the snow reached up to the back doorstep. (A town 8 miles from Glasgow).
Funny, I can’t remember...!!!