Winter storms
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Here in Zürich it's howling like crazy but warm and dry (until now). The bulk of the storm is supposed to come in the night.
My GF is worse off though - she is stuck in a train somewhere between Frankfurt and Basel. Deutsche Bahn just suspended all train traffic in Germany. The mobile phone connections are broken down too - either the antennas are torn off or there is too much calls - it is a bit scary.
My GF is worse off though - she is stuck in a train somewhere between Frankfurt and Basel. Deutsche Bahn just suspended all train traffic in Germany. The mobile phone connections are broken down too - either the antennas are torn off or there is too much calls - it is a bit scary.
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It must take a lot to suspend all train traffic---I thought logos999 was referring to S-Bahns. I hope everyone is OK.
We lost cell phone communication here in our last windstorm, along with the electricity. It is indeed unnerving. Amazing how we come to depend on these.
I hope you hear from your GF soon, Altamiro.
We lost cell phone communication here in our last windstorm, along with the electricity. It is indeed unnerving. Amazing how we come to depend on these.
I hope you hear from your GF soon, Altamiro.
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Sigh,
I'm flying to Berlin exactly in a week's time, then travelling to 6 countries in Western europe, including Brussels (27th Jan) , Amsterdam (28th Jan). Unfortunately I've bought flight tickets, a railpass costing 350usd... All I think not refundable.
And all those reservations! Oh my. Hope it blows over/dies down by then.
I'm in Russia now, wind's blowing outside like crazy. And did I mention no snow? NO SNOW! Last year the temperature today was -25degree. It's around 5 degree out now...
What has the world come to?
I'm flying to Berlin exactly in a week's time, then travelling to 6 countries in Western europe, including Brussels (27th Jan) , Amsterdam (28th Jan). Unfortunately I've bought flight tickets, a railpass costing 350usd... All I think not refundable.
And all those reservations! Oh my. Hope it blows over/dies down by then.
I'm in Russia now, wind's blowing outside like crazy. And did I mention no snow? NO SNOW! Last year the temperature today was -25degree. It's around 5 degree out now...
What has the world come to?
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>And all those reservations! Oh my. Hope it blows over/dies down by then.
A winter storm rarely lasts more than 24 hours. Don't worry, a week is enough time for another storm to build up
(just joking)
No snow in the mountains here as well. I was skiing last weekend - hardly any snow in medium altitudes, and the little that was there at the top of the skiing area (well over 2000 m) was turning to slush in the noon already.
A winter storm rarely lasts more than 24 hours. Don't worry, a week is enough time for another storm to build up
(just joking)
No snow in the mountains here as well. I was skiing last weekend - hardly any snow in medium altitudes, and the little that was there at the top of the skiing area (well over 2000 m) was turning to slush in the noon already.
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Here in Germany, just north of Wiesbaden, the wind is blowing hard and it's raining. We took the dogs out a little bit ago for a potty break and found that the wind had blown down our 20 foot tall apple tree. Snapped it right off mid-trunk. We knew it had some disease inside and were going to take it down in the spring anyway but I wanted to let it bloom one more time. At least it fell away from the house and into the yard! DH is happy because now he gets to use his chainsaw
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Karlsruhe isn't too bad any more. Either the worst is over, or maybe this is just a rest and the storm will build up again during the night.
Deutsche Bahn has stopped most trains in the whole of Germany.
For those who are interested: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,...sch-335-rdf-mp
Deutsche Bahn has stopped most trains in the whole of Germany.
For those who are interested: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,...sch-335-rdf-mp
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Honestly? That's a relief... (In Kursk, Russia) I do not know wether this is the same storm blowing over there? A new storm brewing over here, over an entire new storm all together, but weather here last night was scary. Even now the wind's blowing read hard ( a wuuuuuuu.... a wuuuuu...) really scary, and it's dark. But no trees around here though, that's a relief too...
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The official news bulletin from Deutsche Bahn is here: http://www.bahn.de/blitz/view/index.shtml (in German).
The information hotline they installed may be interesting for some: 08000-996633
On most routes the trains are running again but there are delays. Some routes are still closed (see list on page). They hope to be back to normal during the day.
The information hotline they installed may be interesting for some: 08000-996633
On most routes the trains are running again but there are delays. Some routes are still closed (see list on page). They hope to be back to normal during the day.
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I was nervous that our flight to dallas from Zurich on the 20th was going to be delayed but everything flying in that direction seemed to be on time. We were on a train with a man from Berlin who said all train service in all of Germany was shut down for a couple of days...glad my plans were elsewhere.
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>I'm not over doing it, I'm repeating what a man said who happened to live there
Well, my GF happened to get stuck in the train between Frankfurt and Basel that night, so I know for how long the system was down.
Well, my GF happened to get stuck in the train between Frankfurt and Basel that night, so I know for how long the system was down.
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Actually, according to the media, various train lines were reopened one by one, depending on how many trees were blocking them or electric lines were down. Your girlfriend was one of the lucky ones.