Comments on: Snow in Suzhou http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/ I'm a dad, designer, China expat and blogger Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tian http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24691 Tian Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:44:53 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24691 I heard you guys were having some serious snow, arrrrrh, i'm missing out. Enjoy! You don't see that often in SZ. And, keep warm! I heard you guys were having some serious snow, arrrrrh, i’m missing out. Enjoy! You don’t see that often in SZ. And, keep warm!

]]> By: John http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24689 John Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:00:26 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24689 @Ryan Yep thats exactly it, no freaking insulation and a total lack of real winter coats. I'm not looking forward to the start of Spring Festival. I working a screwed up government owned building where they don't like to turn power onto the AC during holiday's. Then the power blows if we pop a heater into a plug. @Ryan

Yep thats exactly it, no freaking insulation and a total lack of real winter coats. I’m not looking forward to the start of Spring Festival. I working a screwed up government owned building where they don’t like to turn power onto the AC during holiday’s. Then the power blows if we pop a heater into a plug.

]]> By: Tian http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24668 Tian Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:41:53 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24668 Ryan: True mate! Your complaint and the ones that Northern Chinese have on Winter in SZ are of the same nature: it's not the low temp, it's the low temp indoor! But you'll get used to it...:) Ryan: True mate! Your complaint and the ones that Northern Chinese have on Winter in SZ are of the same nature: it’s not the low temp, it’s the low temp indoor! But you’ll get used to it…:)

]]> By: Ryan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24666 Ryan Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:31:45 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24666 @Tian: Haha... no doubt pretty much every part of Canada is colder than Suzhou if you just look at the mercury. However, what makes Suzhou so cold is that it is barely above the freezing point, houses have no insulation, and it wasn't too long ago my heater was an air conditioner... @Tian: Haha… no doubt pretty much every part of Canada is colder than Suzhou if you just look at the mercury. However, what makes Suzhou so cold is that it is barely above the freezing point, houses have no insulation, and it wasn’t too long ago my heater was an air conditioner…

]]> By: Tian http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24665 Tian Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:14:04 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24665 Can't believe a CANADIAN guy is moaning about how cold it is in SZ. Your country sits right on top of mine for god's sake if you move either of them horizontally half a globe. Well, it must be real cold in SZ then. Snow is not very common in SZ though; on average, it snows for 20 minutes per year I would say. Snow flakes melt even before they hit the ground. I believe your place snows a lot more than SZ, so what makes you feel so cold then? But anyway just in case, I'll take my super warm 'All Blacks' jacket with me... Put more clothes on, Ryan... :) Can’t believe a CANADIAN guy is moaning about how cold it is in SZ. Your country sits right on top of mine for god’s sake if you move either of them horizontally half a globe.
Well, it must be real cold in SZ then. Snow is not very common in SZ though; on average, it snows for 20 minutes per year I would say. Snow flakes melt even before they hit the ground. I believe your place snows a lot more than SZ, so what makes you feel so cold then?
But anyway just in case, I’ll take my super warm ‘All Blacks’ jacket with me…
Put more clothes on, Ryan… :)

]]> By: Gabrielle http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24649 Gabrielle Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:15:36 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24649 When I lived in Fuyang, which is not too far from Suzhou, it felt like it was cold enough to snow plenty of times, but it never did. The only thing we ever got was that cloudy, misty mixture that seemed to last all winter. It did snow for about an hour where I live now - Columbia, SC, USA. Everyone here was all happy because we hardly ever see any of the white stuff. Although, that is probably a good thing because I don't think any one here can drive in it. :) When I lived in Fuyang, which is not too far from Suzhou, it felt like it was cold enough to snow plenty of times, but it never did. The only thing we ever got was that cloudy, misty mixture that seemed to last all winter.

It did snow for about an hour where I live now – Columbia, SC, USA. Everyone here was all happy because we hardly ever see any of the white stuff. Although, that is probably a good thing because I don’t think any one here can drive in it. :)

]]> By: From Toronto http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24648 From Toronto Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:36:55 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24648 Another Laowai: Flies enjoy dirty, disgusting stuffs, seems you have the same habit...., Another Laowai:

Flies enjoy dirty, disgusting stuffs, seems you have the same habit….,

]]> By: Chris aka Hooligan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24646 Chris aka Hooligan Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:37:29 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24646 k so when i first looked at the map and your question i thought that there is a cold air flow comming down from the northwest and it meets the damp air around the ocean. im now expert but i do watch the weather here at home and im assuming that the ait flow is simular. but what the hell i could be way off and its just a freak of nature thing. k so when i first looked at the map and your question i thought that there is a cold air flow comming down from the northwest and it meets the damp air around the ocean. im now expert but i do watch the weather here at home and im assuming that the ait flow is simular. but what the hell i could be way off and its just a freak of nature thing.

]]> By: Steve http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24644 Steve Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:57:39 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24644 @Another: We have that problem in ChengDu too. @Another: We have that problem in ChengDu too.

]]> By: Another Laowai http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24642 Another Laowai Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:35:02 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2008/01/15/snow-in-suzhou/#comment-24642 The truth behind the snow in Suzhou! Its not actually snow! It's the result of most of the population of Suzhou not having showers or washing their hair in winter because they believe they will get sick. So those thick fluffy flakes are not actually snow, they are just large clumps of dandruff that blows off their heads on windy days. 6 million unwashed people equals a heavy snowfall. So don't try catch the snow on your tongue The truth behind the snow in Suzhou! Its not actually snow! It’s the result of most of the population of Suzhou not having showers or washing their hair in winter because they believe they will get sick. So those thick fluffy flakes are not actually snow, they are just large clumps of dandruff that blows off their heads on windy days. 6 million unwashed people equals a heavy snowfall. So don’t try catch the snow on your tongue

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