konjianghai Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Snow in Chiang Rai ...watch the pictures! Wonder if this will ever happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkelbell Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Snow in Chiang Rai ...watch the pictures! Wonder if this will ever happen again. That picture taken in the year 2501 (in Thai calender), 49 years ago. That's a long time to wait. But if it happens again then it's worth the wait. I love snowfalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Worth the wait LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 It snowed in Miami about 1977-8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISPY Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Snow in Chiang Rai ...watch the pictures! Wonder if this will ever happen again. That picture taken in the year 2501 (in Thai calender), 49 years ago. That's a long time to wait. But if it happens again then it's worth the wait. I love snowfalls. You love snow??? What the **** are you doing in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el jefe Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 It snowed in Miami about 1977-8. It has snowed in lots of places, but as long as we're off topic, I was there in Miami, I think it was Dec 29, 1977. I still have the Miami Herald from the next morning with all the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 It snowed in Miami about 1977-8. It has snowed in lots of places, but as long as we're off topic, I was there in Miami, I think it was Dec 29, 1977. I still have the Miami Herald from the next morning with all the photos. snow in Orlando, Fl december 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el jefe Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 It snowed in Miami about 1977-8. It has snowed in lots of places, but as long as we're off topic, I was there in Miami, I think it was Dec 29, 1977. I still have the Miami Herald from the next morning with all the photos. snow in Orlando, Fl december 1989. New York City yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkelbell Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 You love snow??? What the **** are you doing in Thailand quoted.........." ................................................................ ISPY, It' easy. As a native Thai who are fortunate to live in NY, Detroit. I have come to love Winter, FALL, Spring. I can take desert heat but not hot-muggy tropical heat. Never can stand the hot , muggy in tropical countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koheesti Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 It snowed in Miami about 1977-8. Tampa had flurries and they had to close the highway because of all the accidents. But that was back when the big global issue was the coming of the new ice age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meandwi Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 It snowed in Miami about 1977-8. I remember being at my school bus stop in Boca Raton, A little north of Miami, and it started snowing! When we arrived at school, they sent us all home because the school had no heaters! The snow didn't stick, only collected in corners. Just enough to make a few snow balls. That storm devistated the plants, palms and vegtables. A few days after the storm, EVERYTHING was dead! It took years to bring it back. I hope it never comes to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legag Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Snow? Bangkok? NEVER say never - ha! Would be nice to have snow during this time of the year though. It's the thing about x'mas and New Year's snowflake that completes the seasons greeting. Detroit now it's 10' - brrrrrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I left Brownsville, in the southernmost tip of Texas , where my daughters live, because the winters are just too freakin' cold. Once a century, they have about one centimeter of snow! Does it snow on places like Doi Inthanon? I thought I saw photos of that a couple of years ago. I worked with a teacher who taught there, and I think she said it sometimes snowed, maybe once in a couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISPY Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I left Brownsville, in the southernmost tip of Texas , where my daughters live, because the winters are just too freakin' cold. Once a century, they have about one centimeter of snow!Does it snow on places like Doi Inthanon? I thought I saw photos of that a couple of years ago. I worked with a teacher who taught there, and I think she said it sometimes snowed, maybe once in a couple years. I like the winter here....sunny, shorts.....nice temperature....okay the nights are cold, but during the day time it is nice. No snow please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileycoyote Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Is snow forecast for this year ? Which do you think will be the coldest Month,January ? Wiley Coyote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm-happy Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 wouldn't it be fun to watch Thais drive in snow and ice covered roads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISPY Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 wouldn't it be fun to watch Thais drive in snow and ice covered roads! Whahaha, no it would not.....the average Thai cannot drive even without snow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legag Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 wouldn't it be fun to watch Thais drive in snow and ice covered roads! Whahaha, no it would not.....the average Thai cannot drive even without snow.... I bet they stay close to heaters and hardly move to drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkelbell Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 It snowed in Miami about 1977-8. Yes, Ulysses, you were right. I was there when it happened in the early morning. I think it was on Monday when hubby went out to the car around 7:30 AM, the car was covered in thin layer of snowflakes. Next day it was on the front page of Miami Herald. People snatched up to keep as a souvernior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow Boy Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 It snowed in Miami about 1977-8. Yes, Ulysses, you were right. I was there when it happened in the early morning. I think it was on Monday when hubby went out to the car around 7:30 AM, the car was covered in thin layer of snowflakes. Next day it was on the front page of Miami Herald. People snatched up to keep as a souvernior. Where did they keep it - in the freezer? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 It was 15 this morning in Chiang Mai and it is only Nov 12. I heard Doi Inthanon was down to 1 Could the biggest flood year in 50 years be a precursor to the coldest winter too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 It's "cold" here, only 17c in the house at 7am. Going to be a nice day though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaethon Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I could swear I read somewhere, about five years ago, about a Scandinavian guy up in CM/CR area who returned home drunk one night, couldn't get indoors and was found dead from exposure the next day. BUT I can't find any trace of the story. Maybe I dreamed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limbo Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Not so many years ago it were harsh times in the 'coffee mountains' of Doi Chang. It was really icy ... Doi Chang is about thirty kilometer south of Chiang Rai town and is named after a mountain ridge there that is shaped like an elephant. Several years ago Canadian John Darch and khun Wicha Promjong developed and promoted the coffee brand with the name Doi Chang. Limbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 That was a hail storm Limbo. I'll look for more photos of that event and post it here. Not so many years ago it were harsh times in the 'coffee mountains' of Doi Chang. It was really icy ... Doi Chang is about thirty kilometer south of Chiang Rai town and is named after a mountain ridge there that is shaped like an elephant. Several years ago Canadian John Darch and khun Wicha Promjong developed and promoted the coffee brand with the name Doi Chang. Limbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litlos Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I could swear I read somewhere, about five years ago, about a Scandinavian guy up in CM/CR area who returned home drunk one night, couldn't get indoors and was found dead from exposure the next day. BUT I can't find any trace of the story. Maybe I dreamed it. I can remember the same story , in the Bangkok Post probably. Struck me at the time as unusual in someone from a colder climate dying from cold in a tropical country. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I wonder how accurate the autopsy was? Could have been a combination of the cold, what he had drank and other physical issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaethon Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 It was the irony, on the face of it, that struck me too. Just can't find the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limbo Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 That was a hail storm Limbo. I'll look for more photos of that event and post it here. Not so many years ago it were harsh times in the 'coffee mountains' of Doi Chang. It was really icy ... Doi Chang is about thirty kilometer south of Chiang Rai town and is named after a mountain ridge there that is shaped like an elephant. Several years ago Canadian John Darch and khun Wicha Promjong developed and promoted the coffee brand with the name Doi Chang. Limbo That's right Toybits and I'm looking forward to see your pictures. I found this one in the Doi Chang restaurant/resort. The one with the terrace with the great view ... Out of precaution I used the word 'icy' already . As far as I'm informed also the more than fifty year old pictures that Konjianghai shared with us are all about hail. I don't doubt a second that he knows I'm sure there will be a specialist among our ranks who knows more about this, but my guess would be that snow is formed in lower aerial layers than hail. Is the marble-sized hail of this area pointing in the direction of a longer fall and thus being from 'higher origin'? Sure is that if you are building a house you better use the 6 mm chang quality roofing that is said to be hail-proof. The 5 mm, especially after some years, is certainly not the better choice as many who chose it regretfully would agree. Anyhow: take tiles for better temperature regulation ... Limbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Those pictures from the 50's are snow, not hail. Hail doesn't sit on a slanted roof, but snow will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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