Take care of yourself my Japanese friends! Be safe. – Canada
i010011010 on
Is that normal for them?
Sure isn’t normal out here, we’ve barely had a winter this year. I had to shovel maybe twice in as many months and they were very mild. Could have done it with a broom.
The previous year we had a fair amount; several past winters were also way too light. Leaves me wondering if other regions are getting it instead. I remember past winters from growing up where we would have feet of snow piled. One year we were snowed in because it blocked the door and had to go out a window. Freezing temperatures too while we haven’t even hit negatives this year.
I’m loathe to complain because I detest the snow and cold. But it isn’t normal and cannot be good.
NOVA-peddling-1138 on
Please stay as warm and as safe as you can there in Japan. Here on Atlantic US coast we are 12 days into an unusually heavy ice onslaught that is far from melting.
luismt2 on
Some regions in Japan do get heavy snow, but this level is extreme. Wishing safety to everyone affected.
punknothing on
6.5 feet??? Like all at once? Holy moly 😯
thosehalcyonnights on
Me: “wow, that’s a lot of snow!”
Reddit user efficient_fish2436: “JAPAN IS A COUNTRY”
Forzyr on
Japan is big… It happened in Hokkaido.
ravens52 on
Sending love from America. Hope you guys stay safe and get it all sorted out. This is horrible.
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Spekingur on
Jeezus, all at once?!
yakeandbake27 on
are we in some day after tomorrow shit
Gryphontech on
Man that’s a crazy amount of snow
CatPurveyor on
Hokkaido resident here — it’s been more snow than usual here, yes, and there have been a lot of cancellations of trains and buses but honestly it’s business as usual. Schools had only one snow day (due to train cancellations, not weather) but other than that, it doesn’t feel much different.
I’m from Minnesota, so some marked differences between how they deal with snow here include not using salt on the roads (but it is plowed very often), leaving out public bags of rocks for traction that anyone can sprinkle on the sidewalk, winter tires being required by law on all cars, and people rely on hand warmers wayyyy more here than back home (like the disposable packet kinds). My home is heated by kerosene but it’s actually way too hot inside everywhere. Temperatures outside linger around 0 degrees Celsius so while there is a lot of melting, it’s also constantly snowing and blanketing things in fresh powder so we don’t get a lot of the nasty brown muck that piles up everywhere in Minnesota. It’s warmer than Minnesota but more snow, which is absolutely the best of both worlds, dontcha know?
TranslatorAfter237 on
Snowboard criminals are surely behind this!
Tebasaki on
That polar thing being destroyed is really hammering Hokkaido. Hang in there!
CreativeMuseMan on
Konnichiwa, Be safe.
LogicalEgo on
I hope everyone is safe. Terrible to hear.
No_Yesterday_3260 on
What a weird way to start the title of this post.
How about starting with the avalance part, instead of the end.
Until the end of the title it sounds like 6.5 feet of snow just dumped from the skies in an instant xD
AnitaPea on
Holy shit, that is like Dwayne Johnson tall. For my non-american friends, that is 2 meters. 2 fucking meters of snow. Them people woke up in the day after tomorrow
ShakeMyHeadSadly on
Good Lord! And to think I was bitching about what we got.
Dikjuh on
I can’t hold a lot of snow on my feet, so it is surprising to me that 6.5 feet worth of snow can cause so many casualties.
Square-Schedule1214 on
Mais qui mesure en pieds???
Kibroman on
In Aomori, it is indeed snowy. Not Hokkaido bad tho.
Been pretty clear these past few days,
bruceleeperry on
Trash article built on bits of hearsay. ‘We reached out for comment but they didn’t answer’…they’re busy with a disaster, leave them TF alone huh.
gpl94 on
Equivalent to 1.98 m.
Ok-Address2113 on
Some areas in Japan get over 300-600 inches of snow during winter, far out pacing any area in the world. Here in the USA Syracuse, New York: ~128 inches, Erie, Pennsylvania: ~104 inches. & Rochester, New York: ~102 inches are the top 3 yet pale in comparison to Japan.
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Take care of yourself my Japanese friends! Be safe. – Canada
Is that normal for them?
Sure isn’t normal out here, we’ve barely had a winter this year. I had to shovel maybe twice in as many months and they were very mild. Could have done it with a broom.
The previous year we had a fair amount; several past winters were also way too light. Leaves me wondering if other regions are getting it instead. I remember past winters from growing up where we would have feet of snow piled. One year we were snowed in because it blocked the door and had to go out a window. Freezing temperatures too while we haven’t even hit negatives this year.
I’m loathe to complain because I detest the snow and cold. But it isn’t normal and cannot be good.
Please stay as warm and as safe as you can there in Japan. Here on Atlantic US coast we are 12 days into an unusually heavy ice onslaught that is far from melting.
Some regions in Japan do get heavy snow, but this level is extreme. Wishing safety to everyone affected.
6.5 feet??? Like all at once? Holy moly 😯
Me: “wow, that’s a lot of snow!”
Reddit user efficient_fish2436: “JAPAN IS A COUNTRY”
Japan is big… It happened in Hokkaido.
Sending love from America. Hope you guys stay safe and get it all sorted out. This is horrible.
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Jeezus, all at once?!
are we in some day after tomorrow shit
Man that’s a crazy amount of snow
Hokkaido resident here — it’s been more snow than usual here, yes, and there have been a lot of cancellations of trains and buses but honestly it’s business as usual. Schools had only one snow day (due to train cancellations, not weather) but other than that, it doesn’t feel much different.
I’m from Minnesota, so some marked differences between how they deal with snow here include not using salt on the roads (but it is plowed very often), leaving out public bags of rocks for traction that anyone can sprinkle on the sidewalk, winter tires being required by law on all cars, and people rely on hand warmers wayyyy more here than back home (like the disposable packet kinds). My home is heated by kerosene but it’s actually way too hot inside everywhere. Temperatures outside linger around 0 degrees Celsius so while there is a lot of melting, it’s also constantly snowing and blanketing things in fresh powder so we don’t get a lot of the nasty brown muck that piles up everywhere in Minnesota. It’s warmer than Minnesota but more snow, which is absolutely the best of both worlds, dontcha know?
Snowboard criminals are surely behind this!
That polar thing being destroyed is really hammering Hokkaido. Hang in there!
Konnichiwa, Be safe.
I hope everyone is safe. Terrible to hear.
What a weird way to start the title of this post.
How about starting with the avalance part, instead of the end.
Until the end of the title it sounds like 6.5 feet of snow just dumped from the skies in an instant xD
Holy shit, that is like Dwayne Johnson tall. For my non-american friends, that is 2 meters. 2 fucking meters of snow. Them people woke up in the day after tomorrow
Good Lord! And to think I was bitching about what we got.
I can’t hold a lot of snow on my feet, so it is surprising to me that 6.5 feet worth of snow can cause so many casualties.
Mais qui mesure en pieds???
In Aomori, it is indeed snowy. Not Hokkaido bad tho.
Been pretty clear these past few days,
Trash article built on bits of hearsay. ‘We reached out for comment but they didn’t answer’…they’re busy with a disaster, leave them TF alone huh.
Equivalent to 1.98 m.
Some areas in Japan get over 300-600 inches of snow during winter, far out pacing any area in the world. Here in the USA Syracuse, New York: ~128 inches, Erie, Pennsylvania: ~104 inches. & Rochester, New York: ~102 inches are the top 3 yet pale in comparison to Japan.
all died falling from roofs or what?