Snow in Auckland!

[vilakins]

People, it snowed today! There hasn't been snow in Auckland since 1939. There had been hail earlier in the day but suddenly people in the place I was working started shouting there was snow falling and we rushed out onto the roof deck. Some people said it was more hail, but it was real, drifting snow, glittering on our hair and clothes though it melted as soon as it hit the ground. There was visible ground snow in the Bombay hills though!

OK, I lived in Germany for almost three years so I know about real snow and really cold temperatures, but this is news for this city. Of course the more southern snowed-in cities are pointing and laughing like they did when we had an earthquake recently, but the point in both cases is that we hardly ever get either.

I am so glad we have a heat-pump even though it's only managed to bring the house up to about 16-17C.

I should also report that my striped scarf and purple Wolf Bay mitts and possum-wool hat were very much appreciated on the walking part of my commute, especially in the morning gale.

Comments

[corvuscornix]

Aw, I get first-snow excitement just reading about this. :-D And I'm supposed to be used to it...

[gwendraith]

Hi, sorry for just dropping in like this but I was networking and saw your journal. We have a couple of friends in common and I would like a more balanced flist by friending people living or from other countries :) Would you care to be acquainted and exchange accesses and subscriptions and see how we get on? I'm ex lj and live in England.

[mab_browne]

I was watching vid on the Herald website and there were some bods in a Queen Street building watching it fall outside their windows. Great excitement in the sub-tropical north. :-)

We're still getting snow showers down here but it's not settling. It's cold enough that there's plenty of snow left on the grass and on roofs, etc. Brrrrrr.

[pebblerocker]

Exciting!! How long did the fall last? I only got to stand in the snow for a minute or two.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether it's appropriate to offer my congratulations. :)

[nautile26.livejournal.com]

Eeeep! Snow is all very well when your home is designed to cope with the cold. Stay warm!

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

How did the kitties react to the snow? I know Noki always goes O_O when she sees first snow through the window (probably confuses her even more as she's never been an outdoor cat).

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Glad your warmies helped--and that you make them yourself. I was only ever in snow once, but I remember loving it. My mother, who grew up in it, hated it. Of course, it only stayed for a day or so, but they closed school, which we thought was wonderful.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

How exciting! We haven't seen any since the 1970s and then it was a bare handful of flakes... but we're not far from the Snowy Mountains (the wind comes straight off the snow some days)

[gair.livejournal.com]

WOW!!!

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I feel weirdly excited for you. :)

[quabazaa.livejournal.com]

CANNOT BELIEVE!!!!! That is exciting, no matter how much snow you saw in Germany, it really is a shock that it's made it to Auckland :)

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

I hope you only get exciting, but not inconvenient amounts.

[jthijsen.livejournal.com]

This sounds like you got the best of both worlds: you got to watch the snow fall, which is indeed very pretty, but it melted on the ground so you won't get slippery roads.

[luinielle.livejournal.com]

I hope you were able to enjoy the snow fall, despite the freezing temps. :o)

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

This is exciting! Fortunately there is not enough of the white stuff to make problems, so make the most of it!!!
It is good that you have proper and warm clothing:-)
The cat have their fur:-)

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Your snow was mentioned on the main BBC TV weather forecast this evening.

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

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Excuse me while I boggle vaugely at the concept of no snow for longer than the past two generations of my family.