Skiing or Motorcycling in the Snow?

Today's weather: High = 2 Low = -5
Blizzard conditions

Not kidding you, we got ourselves a white out today. They forecasted it would be snow flurries and cold. It most certainly got cold, but they miscalculated the snow. Instead of flurries, we got ourselves a full-blown blizzard in the afternoon that's still going on right now.

It caused some major rush hour traffic snarlups like you wouldn't believe, and thankfully I was able to skedaddle out of school around 4pm before the worst of it came around.

Even so, the streets were like a ski run. Riding a motorcycle in those conditions reminded me of those fun times back in Vancouver when the family used to go night skiing on the local mountains. The helmet and gloves helped to keep the cold air out, and the speeds were low enough to keep the bike stable. Talk about a rush. Unfortunately I saw cyclists and others going down. One guy ahead of me crashed into a another cyclist, they were going slow enough that the impact caused only a wobble, and then, bam, they both lost balance and down they went into the slush.

The main intersection near my house was total gridlock and it was a constant sound of horns and a spaghetti-like tangled mess of cars. The police were doing all they could to keep order, but a day like today felt like just a total traffic mess.

Shanghai is simply not prepared for snow, and no wonder as it hardly comes here. The good news is that the temperatures are going to rebound over the next week, reversing this cooling trend of the last week.

If the long range is saying what I think it is, we'll be at 20 degrees again by Sunday.

Global weather is most certainly going wild. You see all the stuff happening in the States now as well? Floods in Washington State, record warmth in Arizona, and also record cold in Florida at the same time.