BBC Snow Advice

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

On the BBC website story about the snow in the USA they have the some tips for surviving a snowstorm. The first two seem reasonable, not sure about the third though:

 

[Norman Potting]

Love it - will another medium size domestic mammal suffice if I do not possess a dog. I would need to sellotape Youngest Pottings hamster to a piece of 2 x 1.

 

[beorhthelm]

3 gallons drinking water per person? im assuming thats for washing as i dont think many people could consume 1 gallon a day.

 

[GT49er]

Why all that water? You can melt and drink the snow (just not the yellow stuff).

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

On the BBC website story about the snow in the USA they have the some tips for surviving a snowstorm. The first two seem reasonable, not sure about the third though:

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I'm not entirely sure that drinking 3 gallons of water a day is a good idea.

Also, if you have any source of heat in your house I'm not sure you'll struggle for water in a snowstorm...

 

[Boys 9d]

Don't forget that a US Gallon is just slightly more than 6.6 UK pints.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Don't forget that a US Gallon is just slightly more than 6.6 UK pints.

20 pints of water? How can anyone drink that amount in a day?

 

[Dick Head]

20 pints of water? How can anyone drink that amount in a day?

It's easy if you drank 20 pints of beer the night before.

 

[RexCathedra]

It is, I believe, a reference to a frequently used graphic. Here's the US Weather Service version....

And ones from last year...

 

[yxee]

I don't understand these diagrams... they're just a height chart for different dogs.

Surely you already know your dog's height?!

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

I just like the idea that, instead of using a measuring tape, you throw your dog into the snow and see how far it sinks.

 

[studio150]

Can you not see how deep the snow is by just looking outside and seeing how high it is against cars trees bushes lampposts etc.

Without using any dogs I can confirm that the depth of snow outside my house is zero inches.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I just like the idea that, instead of using a measuring tape, you throw your dog into the snow and see how far it sinks.

Not much use if you live in a skyscraper tho. Might give a misleading reading.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Not much use if you live in a skyscraper tho. Might give a misleading reading.

If you continue to hear the dog barking long after throwing it out of the window of a skyscraper then it could be safe to assume that the depth of snowfall is 'significant'.

 

[Official Old Man]

With 13 days between games Wife and I decided to fly off somewhere. New York & New Orleans was planned down to airport transfer and everything. But changed our mind last Monday and booked a hot country instead. Best decision ever.