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General Discussion and Useful Links => The Campfire => Topic started by: Irishman on November 02, 2009, 12:29:14 pm

Title: Heavy snow in Beijing!
Post by: Irishman on November 02, 2009, 12:29:14 pm

http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=15647&from=36hr_outlet_video

This stuff better be melted by Thursday when I land there!!

Title: RE: Heavy snow in Beijing!
Post by: Philip on November 02, 2009, 12:33:47 pm

Yes, my plane back to England yesterday was delayed for 7 hours, because Beijing airport has such limited de-icing equipment. The planes were lined up for hours as each one was de-iced individually, which took 30 minutes for each plane.

Title: RE: Heavy snow in Beijing!
Post by: Irishman on November 02, 2009, 12:37:30 pm

That's nuts, not like Beijing isn't cold every winter, though I think this was pretty early snow even for there.

Glad i'm then getting a plane to Guangzhou where temperatures are forecast to be maxing out around 30°C, in other words, perfect!

Title: RE: Heavy snow in Beijing!
Post by: JimB on November 02, 2009, 04:07:56 pm

According to my wife it is still very cold, but no snow on the ground