36" snowfall + 60mph winds = yikes!

[justhost]

Ross

I know where you are comming from. I am in Halifax and we got hit big time too (with the storm recently and Juan in Sept). I have some pictures of the snow at the following: http://www.justhosting.ca/pics/

Keith Gallant
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[OklaEd]

Now you know why I live in Oklahoma ... BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

-Ed.

[OklaEd]

My BURRRRRRRRRRRRR was in response to Keith's snow pics. It actually rained this weekend ... but otherwise was 65deg and rather pleasant http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

-Ed.

[Su Lawrence]

Yikes is the operative word! That's a heck of a lot of snow there Ross.

Haven't had much more than a few flutters here in the UK (Hampshire). In fact I think it's only snowed once and that wasn't much, it was gone by the next day, if I remember rightly.

Amazingly been quite sunny here recently, even the temperature has been quite mild on occasion. We already have daffodils, crocuses and some blossom appearing.

Regards

Su

[joroho]

John, Actually, I'm a lot closer to you here in Minnesota than Ed would be in Oklahoma. And, no, we didn't get hit with the snow you did, although my brother-in-law in Spearfish got blasted.

.joroho.

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[Su Lawrence]

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John - Aha yes, I remember that was another reason I used to like lots of snow when I was younger! Although it didn't happen often.

Regards

Su

[�az]

WTF is the story with that pic of the house?....do you sleep standing up...that one thin House from what i can see

[Ross Macintosh]

Daz -
The house isn't as skinny as it looks. The skinny part is the stair between levels. It extends out from the main massing of the house but that isn't apparent in the pic. We call it the 'skinny house' ourselves because that aspect of it was intentional. In order to better fit into the neighborhood which has some much larger houses I maximized the width of the house as much as possible and the stair is a major expression of that. The stair part is about nine feet 'thick' while the rest of the upstairs area is about 22 feet 'thick'. Being 22 feet thick means that from the street it is possible to see through the house. That is, folks walking down the street can discern that there are lots of windows on the back side. I wanted the house to express our lifestyle. If I'm asked what style it is I usually say "beach house" as that is also expressive of a laidback lifestyle. The house isn't on the beach but has a panoramic waterview. We can see water from every window in the house. I'm really glad we did the large upper level deck on the front of the house. I can hardly wait for summer to start using it again. (We still have great piles of snow here).

Regards, Ross