Snowing in Santiago this morning

[ivar]

 

[Al the optimist]

That horrible "wet" snow that just makes everywhere slushy and makes one miserable. The price of living the dream mate.
PS Beautiful and sunny, albeit 3 degrees here in Central England.

 

[wayfarer]

Same here Al.

 

[Al the optimist]

A lovely day for a walk. Wish my heel was behaving. Seriously considering what I will be able to do this year. Still, no point in fretting. Que sera sera as Doris Day sang. Oops showing my age here!

 

[t2andreo]

Snow...you call THAT snow! Talk to us when you have 50 cm or more. THAT is snow! I recently returned from visiting Toronto, Canada. They had about 10 cm on the ground while I was there, and they get another couple of cm almost every day. As it is typically -6 (C) or so at this time of year, the snow usually does not melt and accumulates. I was glad to get home to Virginia.

Of course, and all snarky remarks aside, for a place like Santiago, any snow is significant as it likely does not occur often. I imagine the local media is going bonkers over-hyping the effects of the storm. Can you imagine a news caster trying to use a metric ruler to "measure" the snowfall? That makes me smile.

Then again, today is a miserable day to be on Camino. It is cold, raw, rainy, and wet, with amply MUD! I HATE mud! Suck it up pilgrims...

 

[IngridF]

I don't think you see that often Ivar, EH!

 

[normandog]

I don't think you see that often Ivar, EH![/QUOTl
Living the dream in Toronto! 30 centimeters has fallen so far. no snow falling right now... but more due starting Thursday and right through to Monday!
But the windsurfers are still out on the lake doing their thing. We are a hearty bunch. Well those guys are... I am sitting inside playing on the computer, looking at pictures of warm places, and drinking hot chocolate!

 

[robertt]

Surfing's been fine down here in the world's leading hemisphere.

Just kidding. I'm a winter pilgrim myself. Just feeling bit smug, that's all.

 

[normandog]

Surfing's been fine down here in the world's leading hemisphere.

Just kidding. I'm a winter pilgrim myself. Just feeling bit smug, that's all.

 

[normandog]

oops... forgot to type...
for a split second there robert, I thought that the surf in your picture was ice chunks and the koala was snow. All neurons were firing trying to figure that out!! My son is in New Zealand right now and is telling me it is wickedly hot. I guess it is kind of smug to be calling what we do on lake ontario "surfing" ... even if it is wind propelled!

 

[Deleted member 22638]

BBC reporting heavy snow around Santander and across northern Spain

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31146535

 

[Former member 19626]

....now here' s an urban snow experience for you...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=907723695939513

 

[Anemone del Camino]

....now here' s an urban snow experience for you...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=907723695939513

Yup, Montreal. But even this picture is nothing compared to what we can get. Mind you, we haven't gotten half as much as New England this year, and perhaps last year. Montreal is at the bottom of the Jet Stream, plus we get what is coming up the US Coast. (Hence the reason I will not retire here but put my Spanish passport to good use when the time comes!) But at least we are equiped for it, and Santiago residents are certainly not equipped for these slippery roads. Like people in Toronto and even NYC. But NYC has the sense to close the city to avoid mahem.

 

[Arn]

Snow.......flurries maybe. Umbrellas = cold rain
Shovels = Snow

 

[Kiwi-family]

Lise T, better qualify that "unbelievable hot" or we'll be getting the same treatment as Ivar re his "snow". It's been up to 29 degrees for a few days in a row and has been consistently over 25 for weeks. That IS "unbelievable hot" for us Kiwis! The 40 degrees we experienced in Spain was on a different scale altogether!
Nice snow Ivar! It snowed here in our city a couple of winters back - fr the first time in living memory. Less snow than your video shows, but shopping malls and office blocks emptied as people ran outside to watch!

 

[Kanga]

Cold @ivar - I can offer you a bed in warmer climes if you feel like a plane trip. Would love to return the hospitality and I'm sure I'm not the only one

 

[robertt]

As a winter/spring peregrino, I've copped the odd cold one. A damp May day in the Armagnac on the Chemin du Puy was one of the worst, but May 2010 was pretty notorious for the whole Camino.

The next year when I continued from Pamplona in winter there was a real freeze: no wind, cloud or snow, just low, low temps which made it impossible to slow down without chilling in minutes. Memorable, for sure. Surprisingly, the perfectly clear weather made it quite safe for those crossing the Pyrenees behind me.

But the Aubrac still takes the cake for weather. This was how I started April Fool's Day in 2010:

I'd like to say I gritted my teeth and strode forth. But I actually set a record for late departure (11.30 in France!) and whimpered all the way to Nasbinals.

 

[Kiwi-family]

Cold @ivar - I can offer you a bed in warmer climes if you feel like a plane trip. Would love to return the hospitality and I'm sure I'm not the only one

Count me in as a host! You could end up with quite the trip Ivar!!!!

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Snow...you call THAT snow! Talk to us when you have 50 cm or more. THAT is snow! I recently returned from visiting Toronto, Canada. They had about 10 cm on the ground while I was there, and they get another couple of cm almost every day. As it is typically -6 (C) or so at this time of year, the snow usually does not melt and accumulates. I was glad to get home to Virginia.

Of course, and all snarky remarks aside, for a place like Santiago, any snow is significant as it likely does not occur often. I imagine the local media is going bonkers over-hyping the effects of the storm. Can you imagine a news caster trying to use a metric ruler to "measure" the snowfall? That makes me smile.

Then again, today is a miserable day to be on Camino. It is cold, raw, rainy, and wet, with amply MUD! I HATE mud! Suck it up pilgrims...

Yeah, well. If only TO bothered to get equiped with basic snow removal equipment, and avoid calling the National Guard. 10 cm here is random snow. We start paying attention at 20 cm or so. And some neighbourhoods can't be bothere with snow removal before they get 20 cm at once

But if you don't have the right tires or removal equipment it can be a problem, with much lesser accumulations and be dangerous.

 

[Al the optimist]

Not a lot of ray catching going on on those loungers!

 

[jpflavin1]

It is a beautiful day at the beach in Santa Monica, California. Sunny and a balmy 72f.

 

[naplesdon]

It is a beautiful day at the beach in Santa Monica, California. Sunny and a balmy 72f.

Ditto for sunny south Florida, not looking forward to my return to Biarritz next week.

 

[Al the optimist]

There is a reality program on UK television Don, where two families with very different lifestyles swap children for a week. Forget the kids. How about I swap with you for a year? That way I get oodles of time in the sun! As I'm sure that you will give this suggestion serious thought I would be especially agreeable to a slight adjustment to the end of March as the start of the Biarritz part. Thanks in advance for considering it.

 

[naplesdon]

There is a reality program on UK television Don, where two families with very different lifestyles swap children for a week. Forget the kids. How about I swap with you for a year? That way I get oodles of time in the sun! As I'm sure that you will give this suggestion serious thought I would be especially agreeable to a slight adjustment to the end of March as the start of the Biarritz part. Thanks in advance for considering it.

Al, I love you like a long lost brother but I have no desire to move to your inhospitable island climes. Thanks for your offer but I regrettably have to decline unless, of course, you are the owner of a pub in Wolverhampton.
BTW, the reason for my return to Biarritz in February is because my resident visa expire every 1 March, if only someone had told me I could have scheduled that differently.

 

[Al the optimist]

The love in is mutual Don and it was an optimistic punt even for me. Anyway you would have had to spend most of your time looking after my Mother for me so you wouldn't get to the pub that often ! Sorry but I don't own a pub. However my daughter lives in one so I have all the benefits without the work! Enjoy the good weather while you can.