I dunno how you do it ya northeners.

[_Joe_]

I'm in Whistler Canada, and at -15 or so at night (Celsius) I'm thinking ... this is nothing compared to the rest of the east area that is doing much worse.

For once.... I sorta miss the heat of Texas ><

[Mr. Magick]

I moved to Iowa with my ex a couple of years ago (-30 with the wind chill). You can't believe the relief I felt get back to Arizona. I feel for you. You can take the boy out of the desert but you can't take the desert out of the boy.

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

I lived on the Mojave desert for 30 years before coming up here to sunless Washington state. I dont miss the Ex husband, but I Do miss my kids, my grandkids And my desert heat...:(
A freezing Cat

[Mr. Magick]

You could always come home for a while I'm know there are many people who would love to thaw you out:rolleyes:

Desert Rats forever!

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

lol Thank you Mr. Magik. Muah to you cheek..lol;):)
Cat

[BiJoe696]

We enjoy all the seasons. But we do try to take a Carib vacation to break up the winter sometimes ( not this year dam stock market etc.) for a break to the cold weather. Our jobs keep us going around the country so get to enjoy lots of weather changes.

We snowmobile a lot every winter, even when its zero or less. Our county alone has over 750 of miles of trails that can be ridden, and its beautiful riding thru woods over hills & dale. We have cut down on length of trips when its 20 below or more. I think that is an age related thing. Also enjoyed skiing for a lot of years. Stop more often for a break and a warm drink. But then there are indoor sports to enjoy before or after having fun outside. And then we have also had some sexy fun outdoors, but not at 20 below, perhaps 20 above.

[Realist]

Man, I get "Shrinkage" when I'm cold! Lived in Kentucky for 25 years and Pennsylvania for 10 more.

Never had an urge to ride on a snomobile, but would if they'd put windows and heaters in 'em!

Last April, I found myself back home in Florida, after 40 years.......... traded snow and cold for bugs and hurricanes!

[BiJoe696]

Just dress warm and you don't get cold outdoors. A hot tub at end of day is a good thing.

[Realist]

HA! Pretty machine...wonder what I could build out of the parts?

I love a good Colby Longhorn Cheese, but to be nice, I can't tell you what to do with that sno-buggy!

[HighEnergy]

Man, I get "Shrinkage" when I'm cold! Lived in Kentucky for 25 years and Pennsylvania for 10 more.

Never had an urge to ride on a snomobile, but would if they'd put windows and heaters in 'em!

Last April, I found myself back home in Florida, after 40 years.......... traded snow and cold for bugs and hurricanes!

OK, you reminded me why I like the cold. Yeah, it's a misery when it's cold, but you can always go in for hot chocolate by the fire.

Bugs you can't escape from. Yuck. *shudders* At least the cold kills a bunch of them, and it keeps 'em smaller.

[12voltman59]

I am not a big winter fan really---but I used to snowmobile a lot as a kid---it is fun!!

While I don't like the winters here--I do love the summers and one thing I love for sure--I can go swimming in the lake I have the little cottage on and not have to worry that some big reptile is gonna have me for lunch and smaller ones aren't going to bite me with a poisonous bite-the snakes we have here might bite---but it only hurts a little--you aren't going to die or at least lose your arm or hand from the bite!!!

So--there are good and bad things about every place you are at!!!

Just got to make it through the rest of January and all of February----the weather does start to get better in March and April----but right now--I am going to have to go out and shovel the driveway--the snow is coming down pretty good!!!!

[Lonestar_Northstar]

We moved to Minnesota a couple of years ago and I was wondering how I would adapt to the winters. But it is amazing how the human body adapts and really gets used to the cold. Like someone said earlier....just bundle up. It's really not that big of a deal.

[rissababynta]

i love the cold. i lived in the poconos and i used to wear sandals in winter lol

[Mr. Magick]

well there go the fantasies I had about Rissa. Cold feet Scare me:eek:

[rissababynta]

well there go the fantasies I had about Rissa. Cold feet Scare me:eek:

Lmao! The hilarious part about it is my feet were never cold. I have a decent body temperature. If it's even close to 60 degrees I want the air conditioning on.

[meteast chick]

I love Arizona. I do, have been there twice and apparently brought my 'cold' air with me, it being 86 in July the first time I went.

That said, what a nice vacation it was. I love my 4 seasons. I love watching the soft white snow falling, and the glisten of the icicles danging from the trees. I loved riding on my stepdad's snow mobile, snow days off school, sledding and creating snow angels. I also hate freezing fog, black ice, white-outs, scraping the ice off my car and working for the water company in times of negative degree temps creating frozen service lines. We must take the bad with the good, and I'm willing to take it, even if it means being the whitest person on the beach, if I ever get there!

luv and kisses,
xoxoxoxoxoxo
meteast

[wikskul]

I'm in Whistler Canada, and at -15 or so at night (Celsius) I'm thinking ... this is nothing compared to the rest of the east area that is doing much worse.

For once.... I sorta miss the heat of Texas ><

it is the thick blood lol and alot of heating lol :P

[nothings5d]

I just did the math on exactly how far south I am now from where I grew up. ~205 miles further south, and no lake effect (insert weather pattern here) make it snow a lot less here, and I miss the snow. Is there any weather pattern Chicago won't blame Lake Michigan for?:rolleyes:

[Annika L]

Personally, I've never understood how Southerners can stand it.

When it gets cold, I can always put on more clothes, and/or build a larger fire, but when Summer's cauldron starts bubbling (and even our "Northern" summers get too hot for my taste at times), once I'm down to nothing (which is rarely practical outside anyway), I seem to be out of options. That confines me to staying inside, which galls me in the summertime!

[nothings5d]

Wow, speak of the devil. I've actually been out all day enjoying the snow that decided to fall Monday night. I complain that there's not enough snow here and then 6" fall. Tonight it's an ice storm however, not so much fun. I wonder if it'll end up like it was a couple years ago. I actually cut out a section of the ice/snow from my front yard and you could see layers where there was still fairly soft snow wedged between layers of ice. Fun stuff.

[**Peg**]

hi dee ho, northerner here.

forget about the phrase global "warming". More accurately (where *I* live) it is climate CHANGE in caps.

in the past 20 years I've seen snowfall decline to at LEAST less than half our normal snowfall.

Our seasons have shifted: cooler fall temps sometimes don't happen until late October (as opposed to the first day of school early September)... warmer spring temps sometimes don't get here til mid June. Last summer we had only 3 (yes THREE) days that it did NOT rain in June (our normally sunniest month) and July only 7 days it didn't rain. Farmers couldn't get their crops in. :(

So far, winter has been blistering cold here ... at least 15 degrees below our normal of -6C (21F) with windchills of -35>40C (-31F>-40F) :eek: for a daytime high. In bygone days winter winds happened only when we had blizzards -now it seems to be breezy most days.

however!!!! yesterday I was out driving, the sun was shining (-8C/17F), had the window down and was driving with a turtleneck and a fleece jacket on: no coat. Ah we Canucks are hardy folk I tellya.

the first week of February daytime temps are slated to be close to 0C (32F) and so I will be out in the yard stomping out my garden for the summertime LOL. :tong:

[12voltman59]

For us--we have a good snow and ice event going on now---we are at about a foot or so of snow at this point-mixed with some ice----I will go out later and take some photos---post them up--but only around my immediate area here---they now have one of those snow alerts out now that order people off the roads unless you have to be out and about--lest you get a nice big fat ticket for being out!!

[csrakate]

Personally, I've never understood how Southerners can stand it.

When it gets cold, I can always put on more clothes, and/or build a larger fire, but when Summer's cauldron starts bubbling (and even our "Northern" summers get too hot for my taste at times), once I'm down to nothing (which is rarely practical outside anyway), I seem to be out of options. That confines me to staying inside, which galls me in the summertime!

Well...as a lifelong Southerner, I can certainly attest that we "glisten and glow" quite a bit!! LOL! The summers CAN be excruciating at times, not so much from the heat but from the humidity. Hard to get excited about a summer BBQ when it's 98 degrees and 100% humidity outside!

I will say, however, that I used to envy those of you in the colder climates, until I experienced my first truly cold climate while visiting Chicago. It was so cold that it made my eyes water from the sting of it, and I swear my eyes felt as if they were freezing over afterwards! LOL!

[12voltman59]

As promised---I went outside to check things out--and to begin the process of clearing the driveway---lots of snow and some ice too----thankfully--we didn't get as much ice as did other places and most people here did not lose power--but many people have in a large swath of states--

If you don't think that the weather forecasters get the weather right---well--they sure had this one right---they said that the storm would move on east at around noon our time--and guess what---it did---when I was first out--the snow was still coming down--but soon stopped and lo and behold the sun came out---

Here are a few photos I took just in the last hour or so as I post this:

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r216/mpgarr/DSC_0096-1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r216/mpgarr/DSC_0101-1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r216/mpgarr/DSC_0103-1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r216/mpgarr/DSC_0107-1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r216/mpgarr/DSC_0119-1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r216/mpgarr/DSC_0104-1.jpg

[_Joe_]

we made it to dallas fort worth airport last night, and ran to our plane and pulled out of the tarmac just in time to be told all flights were cancelled. Luckily since we were on the plane, they were going to de-ice us and if the sleet stopped - we would take off.

3 hours later... we took off.

we made it home but are soooo tired

too many new threads, which ones have pieces of awesome in it so I don't have to read them all?

[jem_is_bi]

[QUOTE=12voltman59;121581]As promised---I went outside to check things out--and to begin the process of clearing the driveway---lots of snow and some ice too----thankfully--we didn't get as much ice as did other places and most people here did not lose power--but many people have in a large swath of states--

If you don't think that the weather forecasters get the weather right---well--they sure had this one right---they said that the storm would move on east at around noon our time--and guess what---it did---when I was first out--the snow was still coming down--but soon stopped and lo and behold the sun came out---


QUOTE]

Voltman, I always love to view your photos. But, the snow piles in my neighborhood are much much larger (3-4 ft high arround all our houses). When, I lived in the northen part of our state near lake Michigan (with lake effect snow), a snow event was 2 to 3 feet of snow. But, it was great because I could go cross-country sking into thousands of acres of state forrest. Especially, at night with a full mood and good friends it was like skiing through heaven. Winter can be great and summer in Michigan is fantastic.

[12voltman59]

QUOTE]

Voltman, I always love to view your photos. But, the snow piles in my neighborhood are much much larger (3-4 ft high arround all our houses). When, I lived in the northen part of our state near lake Michigan (with lake effect snow), a snow event was 2 to 3 feet of snow. But, it was great because I could go cross-country sking into thousands of acres of state forrest. Especially, at night with a full mood and good friends it was like skiing through heaven. Winter can be great and summer in Michigan is fantastic.[/QUOTE]

For those in places like Michigan or Wisconsin--what we had was pretty much a normal snowfall--I more put the pics up for those who live in places that if they get snow falling in the air and doesn't even stick on the ground--they shut everything down----what the worst part of this was not that we got just the snow--I had wished we had gotten a great deal more---what made things rough---many places got a major coating of ice--we had less than an inch---but some places got something like two inches of ice--and when that happens----all kinds of bad things happen--such as they say over a million people are still without electricty--not a good thing with the temps behind the storm not even getting close to the freezing mark.

[wikskul]

thought i would share these.. i really enjoyed the snow this winter.. it usually is nothing like this due to the fact we get chinooks and it warms up our winter

[**Peg**]

thought i would share these.. i really enjoyed the snow this winter.. it usually is nothing like this due to the fact we get chinooks and it warms up our winter

hi wiks... we just got a clipper with a chinook due in behind it at any moment... keep 'em coming ! I love the winter too.

Peg

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

Ya'll can keep that nasty white stuff back there with You! lol
I hated deep snow back home on the Rez, and I still hate it now. Nope nope, no snow for this old Cat thanks. :}
Cat

[CalanderGirl]

Born and raised on the tundra.... lol well a little bit of a tundra ;)

Tomorrow we shall have a heat wave!!!! But as for lately we've had -20*F at night and only warming up to 1 or 2 above zero durring the day... and that is with out the wind factored into it!

I love the snow tho!!!!!

[Realist]

When I lived in Kentucky and later on Pennsylvania, I had a really powerful 12HP snow blower. That sucker was awesome.

In PA, I delighted in throwing snow over into my neighbor's yard with it. He could never retaliate, because his wimpy little blower couldn't cut the mustard! It was a friendly banter we shared, though, and the snow was no problem for him where I left it.

He was tickled when I'd have my driveway cleared and the county snow plow would come by and throw snow right back! It was just something for two old farts to complain about, without actually getting into a fight.

However, since I moved back home to Florida, I gave my neighbor my old snow blower. He was happier than if I'd given him money! That damned snow blower hasn't been missed at all!

It was 36, here, this morning and I had to wear a light jacket to get the paper...but it's supposed to get up to 67 today...not bad at all!

[writes at night]

Its easy....


WE MOVED TO FLORIDA!!

:tong:

[wikskul]

hi wiks... we just got a clipper with a chinook due in behind it at any moment... keep 'em coming ! I love the winter too.

Peg

lol yes i am glad the temps here have gone up.. i mean with the snow it is soooo nice to look at.. better then the normal winter here... it will snow... then the chinook comes through melts it all and leaves everything a nice shade of brown lol so i am totally enjoyuing this;)
and we will send what ever we get ur way Peg sweetie MUAHHHS

[12voltman59]

When I lived in Kentucky and later on Pennsylvania, I had a really powerful 12HP snow blower. That sucker was awesome.

In PA, I delighted in throwing snow over into my neighbor's yard with it. He could never retaliate, because his wimpy little blower couldn't cut the mustard! It was a friendly banter we shared, though, and the snow was no problem for him where I left it.

He was tickled when I'd have my driveway cleared and the county snow plow would come by and throw snow right back! It was just something for two old farts to complain about, without actually getting into a fight.

However, since I moved back home to Florida, I gave my neighbor my old snow blower. He was happier than if I'd given him money! That damned snow blower hasn't been missed at all!

It was 36, here, this morning and I had to wear a light jacket to get the paper...but it's supposed to get up to 67 today...not bad at all!

Tough living Realist--my heart goes out to ya!!

As far as snowthrowers go--I have one of the wimpy ones--and it doesn't take much snow to make it hiccup--but then--I don't have too much to clear and with the way the winters are---some are really heavy with snow and others not--it is hardly worth buying a nice powerful two-stage job---I am more in need of a log splitter than one of those honking snow throwers.

Enjoy your winter days down in the sunshine state---I just hope you can afford the hurricane insurance premiums if you live in a place that requires it!! LOL Those sure did go up---if you can find such insurance now!!

[**Peg**]

...and we will send what ever we get ur way Peg sweetie MUAHHHS

YAY ty wiks: it's here now, OMG it's -2 and the sun is trying to shine in my backyard !! after 33 days of below normal temps. Keeping my fingers crossed that it can at least struggle up to +2 or so for a couple hours so I can wash a ton of salt off my car. :tong:

[texasman6172003]

hi dee ho, northerner here.

forget about the phrase global "warming". More accurately (where *I* live) it is climate CHANGE in caps.

in the past 20 years I've seen snowfall decline to at LEAST less than half our normal snowfall.

Our seasons have shifted: cooler fall temps sometimes don't happen until late October (as opposed to the first day of school early September)... warmer spring temps sometimes don't get here til mid June. Last summer we had only 3 (yes THREE) days that it did NOT rain in June (our normally sunniest month) and July only 7 days it didn't rain. Farmers couldn't get their crops in. :(

So far, winter has been blistering cold here ... at least 15 degrees below our normal of -6C (21F) with windchills of -35>40C (-31F>-40F) :eek: for a daytime high. In bygone days winter winds happened only when we had blizzards -now it seems to be breezy most days.

however!!!! yesterday I was out driving, the sun was shining (-8C/17F), had the window down and was driving with a turtleneck and a fleece jacket on: no coat. Ah we Canucks are hardy folk I tellya.

the first week of February daytime temps are slated to be close to 0C (32F) and so I will be out in the yard stomping out my garden for the summertime LOL. :tong:

Reminds my self too NEVER go on a road trip with Peg in the winter time!!:eek: Just messin with yu Peggers,:bigrin: