Ministry of Propaganda - 28/Jan/2004: "Snow in Swindon"
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Snow in Swindon
I wasn't really expecting it to happen any more (even though the weather forecast was talking of snow for days now), but today it finally happened: Snow in Swindon. It started at about 17:00 hours this afternoon. Almost a blizzard with strong winds and snow blowing around. And something unexpected: Lightning and thunder. I think we had at least two sets of thunder and lightning, may be more. Not exactly what I would expect in that kind of weather. As was to be expected absolute chaos broke out on the roads. Luckily I live very close to work and walk home, but I could see the huge queues on the roads. Not to forget the sirens of ambulances and emergency services wailing pretty constantly. As soon as I got home I picked up my camera to go out again and take a few pictures. See below for a few more impressions (enhanced through some digital trickery):
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Entry trivia
- When writing this entry the weather was: Cold. Not snowing right now, let's see if there will be more over night
- When writing this entry I was listening to: Storm Radio
- I'm currently reading/have just finished reading this book/publication: Bruce Schneier - Beyond Fear - Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World
- I recently visited this website/-page: none
- The last drink I had was/is: Milk
Dodgy picture of the moment:
Couldn't really put a different picture than this one here, could I? I'm in the back with the red woolly hat thingy. My sister (three years in this picture) in the middle and our father has to grin and bear both of us. Probably somewhere in the Harz mountains in Germany.
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