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Snow in Rome
02/11/12 at 01:36:11

Freak snowstorm in Rome

Frozen fountain

Biking ? Wait and thaw it over ?

Whitened Coliseum

Ponte Milvio is one of Rome's oldest bridges, dating back to 200BC (more or less...)
This "gate" was added in the Renaissance by a Pope.

Capitoline Hill, where the Mayor works

Another view of the Coliseum

Pope has chilly days himself

Buses had a really hard time...

The puny FIAT 500, the vintage 500cc air-cooled twin, with its measly 12bhp was perhaps the only car to safely trundle across snow-smothered Rome.

Cool

No chilly smiley, eh? Cheesy

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Re: Snow in Rome
Reply #1 - 02/11/12 at 02:14:26

Saw some of this on the news ... truely an incredible winter this year across parts of Europe and Asia (the snow they're getting in northern Japan reminds me of the record-breaking winter of 2000/01 here in St. John's!) ... apparently there a huge ridge of high pressure sitting over the North Pole which is responsible ...

BTW I'll bet the 'ol "Global Warming" advocates are just loving this! Wink

LOL!!

BTW-2 ... LOVE those old Fiat 500s ... the modern ones are cool too!

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #2 - 02/11/12 at 08:41:05 We are having a very mild winter in East tx.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #3 - 02/11/12 at 09:42:38 The snow is okay, but that ice is nasty. Our winter has been mild so far this year in North TX too, even if it was 23 degrees when I got up this morning. This is just a cool weekend. I think this week is supposed to be milder.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29674 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #4 - 02/11/12 at 10:46:58 Like here in AZ... snow is rare enough to be enjoyed... Beautiful city,... snow or sun... Thanks for the pics... ...
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Re: Snow in Rome
Reply #5 - 02/11/12 at 11:12:17

PerrydaSavage wrote on 02/11/12 at 02:14:26:

Saw some of this on the news ... truely an incredible winter this year across parts of Europe and Asia (the snow they're getting in northern Japan reminds me of the record-breaking winter of 2000/01 here in St. John's!) ... apparently there a huge ridge of high pressure sitting over the North Pole which is responsible ...

BTW I'll bet the 'ol "Global Warming" advocates are just loving this! Wink

LOL!!

BTW-2 ... LOVE those old Fiat 500s ... the modern ones are cool too!

Actually, with global warming higher humidity due to warmer overall temperatures will lead to increased precipitation, including snow, in some places and less in others. Look at the severity of tropical storms over the last decade and the advancement of the Sahara dessert to the south at 48 Kilometers per year as evidence. If that dosnt prove it for you just take a look at the satelite imagery of the polar ice caps over the last 75 years, scary stuff.

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splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #6 - 02/11/12 at 11:14:53
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k9500winmag Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 79 florida Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #7 - 02/11/12 at 13:09:39 Well the receding ice caps should boost the world econonmy hahahaha we finally have that northwest passage hahahahahaha
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29674 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #8 - 02/11/12 at 14:11:39 k9500winmag wrote on 02/11/12 at 13:09:39: Well the receding ice caps should boost the world econonmy hahahaha we finally have that northwest passage hahahahahaha ... and Florida will become a chain of small islands.... ...
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k9500winmag Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 79 florida Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #9 - 02/12/12 at 10:12:20 Darn now i have to move my savage to the only hill in florida......
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29674 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #10 - 02/12/12 at 11:09:54 k9500winmag wrote on 02/12/12 at 10:12:20: Darn now i have to move my savage to the only hill in florida...... I bet that hill's gonna' be crowded... ... Good place to set up a hotdog stand... ...
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palehorseman YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 41 highpoint nc Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #11 - 02/12/12 at 14:35:42 I dont know about global warmers but doomsday preppers are starting to feel more justified. Anyone hear about the armageddon trumpets recorded there just after the first of the year? It was all over the news for half a minute. I'm just sayin... ride all you can while you can my friends. Who wants to ride in that :'(
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k9500winmag Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 79 florida Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #12 - 02/12/12 at 15:24:27 Serowbot wrote on 02/12/12 at 11:09:54: k9500winmag wrote on 02/12/12 at 10:12:20: Darn now i have to move my savage to the only hill in florida...... I bet that hill's gonna' be crowded... ... Good place to set up a hotdog stand... ... F that im headed for the real hills when that time comes.
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Re: Snow in Rome
Reply #13 - 02/12/12 at 22:19:45

palehorseman wrote on 02/12/12 at 14:35:42:

I dont know about global warmers but doomsday preppers are starting to feel more justified. Anyone hear about the armageddon trumpets recorded there just after the first of the year? It was all over the news for half a minute. I'm just sayin... ride all you can while you can my friends. Who wants to ride in that :'(

I'm sorry but nobody heard anything this side of the musicsheet

What about the trumpets ? Music playing in the air ? Jazz from the clouds ?

Undecided

"Ride of the Valkyries" in Apocalypse Now style ?

Frankly, we Europeans are much too "Old World" to believe such razzmatazz.

There have been so many Doomsday Prophets that we have them on sale now, buy two, get third Doomsday half price Wink

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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: Snow in Rome Reply #14 - 02/13/12 at 04:08:30 A few more pics Oh, my, oh, me... http://notizie.it.msn.com/fotostory/foto.aspx?cp-documentid=160532757&page=2 A local blog National Monument to the Unknown Soldier 2500 year old Via Appia
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