Storm Darcy: Netherlands declares 'code red' emergency as rare snowstorm hits

[marmar]

(Guardian UK) Authorities in the Netherlands declared a rare “code red” emergency for the entire country as it was hit by its first proper snowstorm in more than a decade.

Storm Darcy, which has also sent temperatures plummeting across Germany, packed winds of up to 90km (55 miles) an hour and sent temperatures as low as -5C (23F).

The weather forecasting website Weer.nl said that a force-eight wind on Sunday night was measured in combination with snowfall, adding: “This officially means a snowstorm in our country.”

“It is the first snowstorm in a long time: the last snowstorm took place in January 2010,” it said. .................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/08/storm-darcy-netherlands-declares-code-red-emergency-as-rare-snowstorm-hits

[Throck]

1. We call that Wednesday in Western PA.

23F and windy? Give them 30 days in Erie in January.

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2. Heh, I believe it!

[Throck]

4. Instead of code red we got code blue.

Because we're freezing our asses off.


Code red must be the metric equivalent. Wonder what the conversion is?

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3. I had an on line Netherlands acquaintance...

she was thrilled when they got a real snow!

(course, I know, that's relative - as workers from
Albany, NY who came down to our NYC/NYS office and scoffed at our "paltry" 18+" storm 😉 )