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    How many ways to say "snowbound"

    Discussion in 'Word Mechanics' started by EBohio, Jan 20, 2019.

    So, we are forbidden to drive on the roads today in this frozen hell part of Ohio. I used the term "snowbound" to my ten year old and I needed to explain.

    So, fellow writers, how many ways can a "frozen tundra" be described in only a sentence?
     
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    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    We use storm-stuck here.
     
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    I usually use snowed in. I haven't heard storm-stuck before, but snowbound sounds familiar.
     
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    Yeah, snowed in also used here, which is what I told the 10 year old.
     
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    I think the term "snowbound" is perfect. I wouldn't have written it any other way.
     
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    'Daughter, the party, no...'

    'But Daddy..?'

    'Snow-zoned...'

    'Eh?'

    'Struck-storming..'

    'Nnh...'

    'Look out the window, you moron, daughter, sorry.'
     
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    Pah...bicycle & compass.
     
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    Sleddin' time!
     
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    Time to fire up the Yammy and head out for a rip!
     
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    I'm from northern Michigan, and we always said 'snowed in.' We knew what 'stormbound' was, but we didn't apply it to ourselves. We also used to say we 'can't get out today,' and if the people we were talking to knew we had just had a lot of snow dumped on us, they'd know what we meant. We also used to say we were 'having a snow day,' but that usually implied our workplace or school was shut.
     
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    I'm assuming she's seen frozen?
     
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    In the grip of Winter.
     
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    Give 'er!
     
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    Oh no, it's snowing again.
     
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    The weather is perfect!

    Why?

    By whom?

    Did anyone pay any attention to that forbidding?

    If so, then why?
     
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    I think I learned both 'snowed in' and 'snow day' from The Simpsons. Might've also been the first time I ever heard about it cos I remember being jealous of Bart and Lisa getting to stay at home. :bigmeh:
     
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    At least where I am, if you're caught driving on a closed road you can be fined. Also, if you get in an accident the tow truck won't come get you and your insurance won't cover you.
     
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    There are different levels of emergencies. If level 1 you can drive but be aware roads bad. Level 2 Only drive if necessary Level 3 everybody stay in and if you do go on roads you can be arrested and given a ticket
     
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    The original post is old, tomorrow everything is closed because of wind chills below -25 deg Fahrenheit. Kid has a "snow day" even though there won't be new snow just cold.
     
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    I still don't get it. Is snow and cold emergency there? We like it here. Like here you have a perfect weather.



    Level 1? If roads are bad, of course you must be aware. You drop speed. You stay alert.

    A bit like this?



    Or like here. You drop your speed from summer speed 120km/h to winter speed 100km/h or even lower.



    Level 2 I don't get. If you can drive, it's your decision do you drive or not.

    Level 3 I don't get at all. If weather is really, really, really bad, you maybe can't get to road. Then you shovel your car so that you can see it, wait until baddest weather is off and go where you want to go.

    If weather is really bad, you might need to drive more. Maybe you drive your kids to school instead letting them walk.

    If you can drive, then you can drive. If you can't drive yet, then you must wait a bit.
     
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    I'd presume level 3 is "if you go out, you'll probably have an accident and force other people to risk themselves trying to save you". As for why, I'd guess some combination of "drunk" or "convinced you're a good enough driver that the rules are for other people".
     
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    If you have decent winter tyres you just fit your speed to conditions.

    I would understand "you are not allowed to drive with summer tires or around year tyres".

    We do have winter, snow, ice, black ice... here in Finland. But we don't have much this.



    What is the point of driving like that? What kind of tyres they are using? Slicks? All weather nonsense tyres?

    I can very easily understand "you can't drive with summer tyres in winter weather". We have it here. But I can't understand "you can't drive because roads are on ice and there is some snow".

    ETA:

    Something is not any kind of problem in Finland. It is not any kind of problem in Sweden. In Norway it is not a problem. They can handle that thing even in Russia.

    In USA this exactly same thing is emergency with 3 different emergency level.

    I don't understand.

    In Finland we let our babies (about from 2 to 12 months) sleep outside in "babywagons" (perambulators?) at winter time. Air is fresh and babies sleep well. In USA media tells that "you can DIE if you breath outside". Well... I think you can die if you don't. We use to need oxygen.

    http://newsnowfinland.fi/health-lifestyle/finlands-coldest-day-of-winter

    http://jultika.oulu.fi/files/isbn9789514296673.pdf
     
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    It's not about iciness, where I am, it's about visibility. When it's snowing and blowing so hard you can't see the front of your own car, people shouldn't be driving. Emergency personnel shouldn't be risking their lives to go rescue people who shouldn't have been driving.

    The video above was shot in Montreal, a city that has lots of snow and ice every year, from what I could see the snowplow, at least, had good tires, they were all driving cautiously... sometimes the road is just bad. That road should have been closed, it would seem, but it wasn't, so a lot of people got in an accident.
     

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