I'm dreaming of a white Easter

[Ann]

This morning I read a weather forecast at the Danish newspaper Politiken. The article said that Denmark (and presumably southern Sweden) might well get a wintry Easter holiday with snow. And that would be no surprise, according to the article: Statistically, Denmark (and presumably southern Sweden) is more likely to have a white Easter than a white Christmas!

Source: wallpapers.li, added by Viviana

I'm dreaming of a white Easter
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the snowdrops glisten
and children listen
to hear sleighbells in the snow





Ann

[neufer]

Statistically, Denmark (and presumably southern Sweden) is more likely to have a white Easter than a white Christmas!

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Uploaded by runethorsteinsson on Dec 24, 2010

Danes trapped by snow on island of Bornholm
By Laurence Peter BBC News 29 December 2010

<<Deep snowdrifts have trapped thousands of people in their homes on the Danish island of Bornholm, but extra snowploughs have now arrived by ferry. There is so much snow that islanders have started dumping it in the sea - a practice normally forbidden for environmental reasons. Islanders contacted by the BBC said needy people, especially the elderly, were being helped by neighbours bringing them food and medicines.

The small island, with a population of 42,154, lies in the Baltic Sea between Germany and Sweden. A helicopter flown in by the Danish air force is helping the relief effort and big snowploughs are now arriving daily by ferry from elsewhere in Denmark. Gert Johansen, a receptionist at the Bornholm police headquarters, told the BBC that some homes were buried in snow, which was generally about 1.5m deep, but in places reached a depth of 6m.

In one case a woman trekked 7km on skis to help a pregnant woman whose snow-bound home could not be reached by a midwife, Gertrud Boesen at the Bornholm information centre in Roenne told the BBC. A rescue vehicle managed to get the pregnant woman to hospital in time. Elsewhere the snow prevented one family from burying a relative who died before Christmas, Ms Boesen said.

An emergency centre with a helpline is being used to co-ordinate deliveries to people running short of food, petrol, medicine and other necessities.

"It's fantastic how people are helping each other," Ms Boesen said. "The snow has stopped falling and the sun is out, so it looks very beautiful now. We have food in the towns and the ferry comes every day. The only problem is that people can't leave their homes."

Mr Johansen said he expected life to get back to normal in about a week's time.

Up to 300 people who arrived on Bornholm to visit relatives at Christmas had to shelter at a sports hall and a military base because of the snow, Ms Boesen said. Some visitors also spent Christmas on board the ferry as the weather was so bad.

"Bornholm has never before had snow like this - in such a short time," said Mr Johansen.>>

[orin stepanek]

Ann! Don't send that White Easter over here! It woulde spoil the Easter Egg hunt! From Wikipedia!

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[Ann]

Photo: Anette Malmqvist

For people my age here in Skåne, the winter of 78/79 is legendary. The snow started coming down on New Year's Eve, and it didn't let up until a week or two later. I remember that you couldn't buy milk, because the farmers and the dairies were unable to deliver any milk to the grocery stores.

This woman obviously lived in the Scanian countryside back in those days. Here she is trying to shovel the country road clear of snow (I think). I can't help noticing that the house on the left has a roof that is magically free of snow. Wow.

That same year, in 1979 in March, we had another blizzard that once again dumped tons of snow on Skåne. But I think that was before Easter. Easter may be white in Skåne now and again, but never, as far as I can remember, as white as the whitest Christmases and New Year's Eves.

Ann

Ann

[Chris Peterson]

This morning I read a weather forecast at the Danish newspaper Politiken. The article said that Denmark (and presumably southern Sweden) might well get a wintry Easter holiday with snow.

So did you have a white Zombie Day?

Crazy warm and dry here... I wish it would snow!

[Ann]

Photo: Bruce Brown

Actually, it did look a bit like this, but the snow didn't settle.












Ann

[Chris Peterson]

Actually, it did look a bit like this, but the snow didn't settle.

A pity those aren't stars <g>.

[rstevenson]

This was Easter Sunday morning here in Nova Scotia.

Rob