PARIS – Heavy snow in Paris on Wednesday shut down the city's main airport, its bus system and the Eiffel Tower. Elsewhere in Europe, bad weather caused travel chaos in Scotland, and a child's body was found after a flash flood in Spain. In Paris, where heavy snowfall is unusual, the snow reached 10 centimeters (4 inches), weather service Meteo France said. It quickly turned into a slushy mess, and vehicles skidded on unplowed roads. Flights in and out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle were suspended for about an hour and a half Wednesday afternoon, the city's airport authority said. When it reopened, only one of four runways was in use. At both Paris airports, flights were delayed by up to three hours. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_europe_weather Four inches?! Of snow? City shuts down?! WTF am I reading!? Well, this replaces this past summer's World Cup performance as France's latest embarrassment. Here I am near Chicago - and we just had 6 inches a few days ago. No problemo. >:D |
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| Wait, Paris, France? As in "And not Paris, Arkansas"? That's...I can't wrap my head around that. I didn't think anything in Europe shut down before at least a foot of snow O__o |
| And the dude from The Lake House is all "WHOA!" |
| This is the biggest snowfall Paris has had in over twenty years. Did you make fun of people who died in Chicago during the 1995 heat wave, too? |
SolanioDec 9, 2010 5:10 PM
| A city which isn't used to getting snow shuts down when there is snow?!? Why that's the craziest thing I ever heard! Man those frenchies sure are pussies, amirite? Not like us macho americans. |
| Meh, I wouldn't like 4 inches of snow either so I can't poke fun even though I live where we get a butt load more snow and everything keeps going for the most part. |
| It's like Asian's getting shut down after taking 4 inches too. This is pretty odd mind, in Wales we're not used to snow either, but 4 inches is still nothing, I think it takes quite a bit more to shut us down. |
Solanio said: This is the biggest snowfall Paris has had in over twenty years. Did you make fun of people who died in Chicago during the 1995 heat wave, too? How do you correlate shutting down a city because of 4 measly inches of snow, to a heat wave where temperatures reached 125 degrees Fahrenheit, and 750 people died as a result of that... The Frenchies never cease to amaze me, if they aren't losing wars, they're scared of a little snow. |
alexcampos said: A city that doesn't get snow doesn't have protection. No snowplows at the ready. People don't have proper tires. Ice can build up. It may seem like a joke to those of us who have snow. I currently have about a half foot sitting in my driveway that needs to be shoveled in a few minutes. But most cities don't know what to do. Drivers may have never seen snow ever. |
| Im so happy I live in california where it doesnt snow =w=;; I dont think Id live. Im terrible in it. |
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Sabinlerose said: alexcampos said: A city that doesn't get snow doesn't have protection. No snowplows at the ready. People don't have proper tires. Ice can build up. It may seem like a joke to those of us who have snow. I currently have about a half foot sitting in my driveway that needs to be shoveled in a few minutes. But most cities don't know what to do. Drivers may have never seen snow ever. Exactly this, seriously, it's rare, and because of that they aren't prepared, meaning it's a lot worse for them. Think a little will ya. |
| ...Oh good- Seriously? Try living in Canada ya big French wusses. Seriously. |
alexcampos said: Solanio said: This is the biggest snowfall Paris has had in over twenty years. Did you make fun of people who died in Chicago during the 1995 heat wave, too? How do you correlate shutting down a city because of 4 measly inches of snow, to a heat wave where temperatures reached 125 degrees Fahrenheit, and 750 people died as a result of that... How do you correlate two cities that are 6,670 km (4,145 miles) apart? |
| Well in Wales; we haven't had much snow but it's hell for people where I live to get around as it has all turned into ice and every time you walk, you are in danger of falling over. |
naikou said: A city which isn't used to getting snow shuts down when there is snow?!? Why that's the craziest thing I ever heard! Man those frenchies sure are pussies, amirite? Not like us macho americans. We sure showed you back at, um, uhhhh.... *runs away* |
| there is also possibility that snow causes other problems, maybe their structures or smth else .... u never know even tho i agree , that's little 2much ...... i am used to snow even in high amounts of it coz in my country snow isn't smth so strange , every winter we have snow falling and depending on location amount can be extremely high , helly even now we have snow ;) |
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| Just for comparison, it took about four feet to shut down everything in the city (in Ontario) earlier this week. It was a record snowfall here, too. I'm not surprised that drivers would be having trouble if some of them have never even seen snow that actually accumulates on the ground :p |
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| To me it's insane but if you're not used to having that much snow I can understand. It's supposed to snow here this weekend...I'm not really looking forward to it. |
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| lol 4 inches... it takes feet of snow to shut anything down here... |
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| Some of you people really are arrogant. It's a place that's not used to that much snow, the people there don't know how to handle it or drive in it. Kind of like how cities in the southern US, like in Texas, get shut down and schools close because of half an inch of snow. Because they don't have any snowplows, and people there are more used to driving in dirt and bumpy grassland than on ice and snow. Just because it's France, you people think they're pussies or cowards for not being able to handle a mere four inches of snow. I'd like to see Dallas or Houston get four inches or even two and see what kind of headlines it makes. Also, I live in the Chicago land area, specifically the Fox Valley, I don't know what you're talking about. The snow we got last Friday I had to drive home in, it was nowhere near six inches when it was done falling. It also snowed last night, but that wasn't much either. |
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| 4 inches? that's nothing. this is how my city looks like right now. (there's always more snow falling) so... is there anyone complain about snow now? Edit:HUUUGE image is HUUUUUUGE. Please use a spoiler tag next time. |
desolatoDec 12, 2010 2:41 PM
| Tell that snow from Paris to get his ass over here , my school gets shut down if there are more then 7 cm of snow. Ps Tell the snow to hurry!!! |
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| SNOWBALL FIGHT!!! I guess if it isn't expected, it makes a bit of sense to shut things down. We had 3 snowdays in a row here after the first real snowfall. I doubt we'll be getting any more snowdays, since people are now prepared. |
| The weather around here has been a total chaos since a week ago or so. In Portugal some cities were hit by a tornado. A tornado in Portugal O_o. |
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Nika-senpai said: Where was this? It snowed a lot but it didn't pile up for us Toronto. Up north I assume?Just for comparison, it took about four feet to shut down everything in the city (in Ontario) earlier this week. It was a record snowfall here, too. I'm not surprised that drivers would be having trouble if some of them have never even seen snow that actually accumulates on the ground :p And just a random note of fanaticism, oh shiaaaaaat it's global warming. |
| I think what a lot of people don't understand is that city's like this have no where to put snow. 4 Inches may not seem like a lot but when you have no where to plow it into it adds up quickly. Takes up a lot of space in an already cramped space. |
Tachii said: Nika-senpai said: Where was this? It snowed a lot but it didn't pile up for us Toronto. Up north I assume?Just for comparison, it took about four feet to shut down everything in the city (in Ontario) earlier this week. It was a record snowfall here, too. I'm not surprised that drivers would be having trouble if some of them have never even seen snow that actually accumulates on the ground :p And just a random note of fanaticism, oh shiaaaaaat it's global warming. Nah, way south actually. London, specifically. It's on the snow belt, so there's at least three feet of snow that accumulates throughout the three-four winter months. They just weren't expecting that much in three days, bwahaha. I guess everyone underestimated the power of lake effect snow. :p |
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| I can't really judge. My town is retarded in these aspects. I remember last year we had this scenario: Monday: Oh my gosh ONE SNOWFLAKE! SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN! SOUND THE ALARMS! A few days later... Thursday: Wha-? You want us to shut everything down for the biggest blizzard we've had in years? Don't make us laugh! Five of the school buses got into accidents, and the road was pretty much filled with snow plows and ambulances. It was beautiful in a sad, sad kind of way. So yeah. I was totally going to laugh at France until I remembered my own inbred retard town. :/ Now I'm just kind of sad. |
| I heard that the same thing happened in Vancouver some time ago. Funny stuff. |
| I live in Florida now, but I grew up in Massachusetts and believe me, 4 inches of snow was nothing... we laughed at it, but nothing better was the time where our city was expecting a massive blizzard. They were talking of snow piling up by the footload so they cancelled all schools and shut down the city the day before the storm hit. Woke up the next morning and there was just a dusting on the ground, the storm missed us completely and everything was still shut down because they couldn't go back on an official closing. So Paris shouldn't feel bad... Well... maybe they should ^_^ |
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| Interesting note: Apparently it takes 5x as much snow to do this: That is the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota after some of the 20 inches (!) of snow that fell in the area the past few days ripped a hole in the air-supported roof of the dome. |
| And the dude from The Lake House is all "WHOA!" |
| if a region isnt prepared for it they have to shut down especially when its unusual for the area. My uncle runs a plowing and salting business so he rants about this all the time. When a region doesnt have enough salt they have to take extra precautions and if the pilots are not used to flying in snow they also have to take precautions. You also said it turned into a big slushy mess. Thats dangerous. >.> there is every reason to "shut down" ps. live in wisconsin. used to shit loads of snow n cold |
AcidBlackCherryDec 12, 2010 2:34 PM
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| We just had a blizzard here and we didn't shut down. |
| Does anyone happen to realize that Canada or parts of the USA are prepared for snow? Everyone has winter tires, the roads are salted etc. Now if you live somewhere where it hardly snows, you're not going to have any large stocks on such precautions and hence everything will be much more a dangerous and therefor eeverything shuts down. Although France bashing seems all the rage nowadays, how can you blame a country (or at least, parts of the country) that isn't prepared for snow because there is usually no need to prepare for snow? If 4 inches of snow fell in Florida, i'd be quite sure that it would cause similar problems. |
| I agree with many people here. It's not our place to judge the French when we're from regions that have snowfall every year. And either way, it's better safe than sorry. With no preparation whatsoever and considering the excitement some of the french may feel with snow (kids running around, people just staring like dolts at the sky--lol cause I do that and i get snow every winder), there's just accidents waiting to happen. At least the French are trying to lessen the causalities that will inevitably happen. |
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Sohei said: My part of Canada is not prepared for snow. We had 5cm of snow and it took me an hour longer to get to school (it was forecast snow, too). Lots of accidents, etc.Does anyone happen to realize that Canada or parts of the USA are prepared for snow? Everyone has winter tires, the roads are salted etc. |
Seight said: Interesting note: Apparently it takes 5x as much snow to do this: That is the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota after some of the 20 inches (!) of snow that fell in the area the past few days ripped a hole in the air-supported roof of the dome. The video of it was even better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozg7XSx0Ugk |
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| I'm in France for an internship atm, I live about 300 km from Paris. We had snowfall here too, not even 4 inches. Snow isn't such a problem, but it melted almost immediately and then froze again, turing the whole town into an ice rink. And the roads werent salted. Perhaps that's what happened in Paris too. |
| 4 inches of snow!! Its really too much snow... Paris will have a White christmas with that! |
Can Paris handle... two feet of snow!? |
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