A photo to go with my previous post.

[randomness]

This image from NASA's Terra satellite has been going around on Twitter and the British papers.
Click to get to larger images.

Comments

[stolen-tea.livejournal.com]

That's amazing.

[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

So, will the police start arresting people for taking pictures of plows in the UK as they are a precious resource. :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Seriously!

I mean, when there was snow back in February of '09, people were incensed at the lack of preparation for the snow and ice, and the various local authorities made the excuse that "well, you know, this happens so rarely here, you can't expect us to devote the resources that places that get this kind of weather all the time do".

Then they got hit again in December, and that's carrying right on into January.

Statistically, they're right, but I imagine two big winter events in successive winters is going to cause a bit of a rethink.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

And apparently this weather is going to go on for another week!

I can report, having been there at the time, that the Winter 2009 snow was really uneven and nothing like this past winter.

Yeah. The fact that last year's snow hit the southeast disproportionately hard had the usual effect on media, government, and popular attention.

[ceo]

I'm particularly impressed by the contrast between Britain and Ireland. Guess Ireland sticks out further into the Gulf Stream.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

It does, although if you look through the cloud cover you can see how the eastern third of Ireland is also covered with snow.

The Irish media are full of winter weather stories.

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Kind of a nasty little foreshadowing of what might happen if the Atlantic Conveyor ever shuts down. Though I've seen bits suggesting that it's wind rather than the Gulf Stream that is primarily responsible for Western Europe's relative warmth. Guess we better hope so.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I've read somewhere it's an exceptional configuration of the jet stream. In any case, it's hitting a lot of people in the Northern Hemisphere. Post to follow.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

Oh. Wow. From the little picture, I hadn't realized that was England. For England, that's a crap-load of snow.