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Almost summer weather here in California, high 70's, very unusual.

Keeping good thoughts and hopes for George and others in the Northeast.
 
Yet another blizzard yesterday evening into today; they were calling for 6" to 12", we got about 22", high winds, blowing and drifting snow.

Temps falling tonight to below zero with wind chill at -10 to -30, tomorrows high will be 11 degrees.

More snow Tuesday, another 6" to 10", then bitter cold late in the week with yet another storm over the weekend.

I have officially had it; over the past three weeks, we've had close to EIGHT feet of snow.

My first show of the year is next Saturday down in Virginia, they are getting a ice and snow storm Tuesday into Wednesday, then more ice and some rain Saturday night into Sunday.

Not sure I'm going to risk traveling down there and back......................
 
Panzer ace said:
Almost summer weather here in California, high 70's, very unusual.
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That is nice. Are you all still able to flush your toilet? I supposed you can always go
to San Antonio if you feel the urge. Somehow I'd rather have snow.^&grin

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We've had pretty chilly weather here in Maryland for quite a while, along with a couple of dustings of snow with ice. Currently it's a bracing 5 degrees outside, with a warming trend coming in time for the snow tonight, calling for 4-8 inches, then back to South Pole temps. This is killing my electric bill. Haven't had much snow to complain about but it has been really cold for this area. Wouldn't mind a little warm air from Mother Nature. :rolleyes2: -- Al
 
you guys are tougher than me...I don't know how you do it...I could not live in that cold climate...if it gets under 50 degrees here...I'm freezing...I can't imagine not being able to leave my house or drive my car...the business interruptions...shoveling the sidewalk 2-3 times a day...I just couldn't make it there...I like warm weather...you guys are hardcore...
 
The snow here in Newton, MA is unreal! I was out with the dogs in the yard and was curious, so I dug down to the grass. I was standing in a hole that was nearly 6 feet deep!

Another 5+ inches on the way too! (oh and it's only -13 windchill right now!). What doesn't kill.....oh forget that....this is killing me! haha
 
A woman froze to death in the cold here in NJ. Apparently, she had too much to drink and was walking home from a friend's house (only 2 doors down) and fell and couldn't get up (perhaps due to inebriation). Her husband assumed she was staying at her friend's house so didn't report her missing. She was found the next day. Not a pleasant way to die.
 
jazzeum said:
A woman froze to death in the cold here in NJ. Apparently, she had too much to drink and was walking home from a friend's house (only 2 doors down) and fell and couldn't get up (perhaps due to inebriation). Her husband assumed she was staying at her friend's house so didn't report her missing. She was found the next day. Not a pleasant way to die.
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A sad and very unfortunate story. I grew up in New Jersey as a kid and we surely got snow, but it seems the snow accumulations have been increasing over the last few years !
 
Yes, it's a sad story. Actually, the snow hasn't been bad here this year in terms of accumulation (unlike Boston). We get an inch or two at a time. Late tonight we're supposed to get more of the same.
 
We are suppose to get 6-9" tonight-tomorrow and then freezing rain and it's like 5 below zero with the wind chill.I'm sick of it.
Mark
 
jazzeum said:
A woman froze to death in the cold here in NJ. Apparently, she had too much to drink and was walking home from a friend's house (only 2 doors down) and fell and couldn't get up (perhaps due to inebriation). Her husband assumed she was staying at her friend's house so didn't report her missing. She was found the next day. Not a pleasant way to die.[/QUOTE

A few miles from my house {eek3}
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PanzerAce1944 said:
A sad and very unfortunate story. I grew up in New Jersey as a kid and we surely got snow, but it seems the snow accumulations have been increasing over the last few years !
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I have lived in NJ all my life. I think we got much more snow back in the 60's & 70's. I remember doing a lot of sledding when I was kid.
 
I was born and raised in Eastern Massachusett6s (Natick) and am something like a ninth or tenth generation Yankee. I love New England dearly, but it sure is good to be retired here in sunny California. I certainly can commiserate with all of you back east!

Bosun Al
 
No worries. Temperatures now well above -20C and gradually warming for the next 2 weeks and approach freezing. Only a few weeks until the big ice break-up at Niagara Falls. But you have to be there at just the right time. I've seen it live only once.

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The only positive about the recent cold snap is that today's 26 degrees feels like spring break. We got about three inches last night and it has all melted off the streets.
 
Toy Soldier Brigade said:
I have lived in NJ all my life. I think we got much more snow back in the 60's & 70's. I remember doing a lot of sledding when I was kid.
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It's cyclical. In '66, we had snowfalls that forced the governor to declare an emergency and close the roads. I remember the snowfall at Christmas, because we were stuck at home for a couple of days and couldn't go visit my grandmother till 2 or 3 days. And I remember that our township plowed our driveway clear with a front-end loader.

In the 70s, I remember a couple of colder winters, and more consistent snowfall, but we seem to have gone into a cycle of milder winters. Though, the winter of 1983 had some good snow storms, too. In fact, there was a snow storm on Valentine's Day that year, when I was a freshman in college, that shut the area down. I went to Ursinus, which is only about 25 miles northwest of Philly, and the roads were shut down then, too. We had a Valentine's Day dance planned, off-campus, down around Audubon, and it was cancelled. And the campus was shut down.

There were other snow storms, too, but also some colder and drier winters, with less snow.

I recall that '96 was relatively snowy, and there was a storm over Martin Luther King Day weekend, that had the roads shut down, too. And I remember a St Patrick's Day about 8 years ago, it fell on a Friday, on which we got 6 to 8 inches of snow. It killed plans for going out, but by Sunday afternoon, most of it was melted, as spring came early.

Go back and read diaries and letters of people who lived hear a hundred years ago, two hundred years ago, and you'll read descriptions of weather that will sound pretty familiar.

Prost!
Brad
 
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