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Twixie

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I don't know how bad it really is but it was on our weather forecast this morning!
 

Maybe that snowblower is gonna come in very handy!!
 

Twixie said:
Maybe that snowblower is gonna come in very handy!!
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I'm not there... thank Heaven... I'm in Chicago. No snow here yet, BUT.. I'm sure we will get our share before it's over. Off to a pretty ominous start I think! And I was hoping forking out for a substantial snow blower was going to mean no snow.. I'm thinking that was a pipe dream.
 
Funny that some Seniors move, or have a second home, in Florida for warm weather during the winter months in the North, but, for the next 3 days here in northeastern Florida, it will darn sure NOT be warm! This morning the temp was 37 and only going up to 51 today. Tonight we could set a record low of 26. We don't need a snow blower here, but wearing shorts/t-shirts for now is gone. Jeans, long-sleeve shirts and coats are the clothing here for the next few days.
 
I know it sounds silly..but I love snow..(when I'm indoors):D

About 3 years ago..we had a humdinger of a blizzard..everything had stopped..no cars..and then it changed into huge white flakes..I could see them in the street lights when it got dark..So white..so beautiful and so silent..

It was like Narnia!!
 
ClassicRockr said:
Funny that some Seniors move, or have a second home, in Florida for warm weather during the winter months in the North, but, for the next 3 days here in northeastern Florida, it will darn sure NOT be warm! This morning the temp was 37 and only going up to 51 today. Tonight we could set a record low of 26. We don't need a snow blower here, but wearing shorts/t-shirts for now is gone. Jeans, long-sleeve shirts and coats are the clothing here for the next few days.
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It is 57 here at the moment..we still get youngsters walking about in shorts and t-shirts apparently in a state of shock that it is no longer summer..:D
 
ClassicRockr said:
Funny that some Seniors move, or have a second home, in Florida for warm weather during the winter months in the North, but, for the next 3 days here in northeastern Florida, it will darn sure NOT be warm! This morning the temp was 37 and only going up to 51 today. Tonight we could set a record low of 26. We don't need a snow blower here, but wearing shorts/t-shirts for now is gone. Jeans, long-sleeve shirts and coats are the clothing here for the next few days.
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Oh Cry me a river CR..... We've had below zero windchills here the last few days.. I've hauled out my parka and long johns. This winter has hit early and with a vengeance..
 
When we lived south of Denver, CO, wife and I loved to see the snow falling during the Christmas holiday. For us, Christmas and snow just go together. Of course, wife was born/raised in southeastern Michigan and I was raised in northeaster Indiana, so we both knew what living in a "Snow Belt" was like.
When we first bought our house there, we only had a snow shovel. Then, we got smart and invested into a snow blower. Worked much, much better than a shovel ever did!
 
ClassicRockr said:
Funny that some Seniors move, or have a second home, in Florida for warm weather during the winter months in the North, but, for the next 3 days here in northeastern Florida, it will darn sure NOT be warm! This morning the temp was 37 and only going up to 51 today. Tonight we could set a record low of 26. We don't need a snow blower here, but wearing shorts/t-shirts for now is gone. Jeans, long-sleeve shirts and coats are the clothing here for the next few days.
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I remember sometimes wearing a winter coat when we lived in Jax when I was a kid. We missed the Michigan snow, but then we were just kids and didn't have to drive in it.
 
Snow is one of those things that people love who don't live in a climate where it snows all winter, I think. Here in Alabama, it seldom snows, and when it does, everyone is ecstatic. They bundle up, go outside, make their little snowmen, and then take pictures of all of that. The next day, it is 60+ again, and they all say "Wasn't that snow wonderful ! "

When you live in the more northern areas and there is actually a winter season, and the snow starts in October and ends the next April; it is much different.
We usually had 2-3 feet of snow in Idaho; and when it was a bad snow winter, or it was a blizzard, then the snow was often over 4' deep. People put bright red and yellow ribbons on the top of the car anennas, so you could see anyone who was approaching the intersection from the side.
Roads got plowed until there was barely one-lane traffic, and you had to get your vehicle off of the roads for the snowplows to come down the road. Then , you had to shovel out that packed-in snow if you wanted to get back out of your driveway and drive down that one-lane street.

Temperatures down to zero (and below) are a normal occurrance. In the fall, you shoveled several feet of snow all the way around your house, and that was what insulated the bottom of the house all winter. We took that clear plastic and tacked it up on all of the windows to keep the wind from blowing through the cracks. I still used to have frost all over the inside of my bedroom windows every morning.
I had a heavy-duty sleeping bag that I slept in all winter long, and usually wore jeans and sweatshirt to bed, as well.

That is why I love Alabama........
 
I don't have the heat on tonight, but, I am about to go put some socks on my tootsies are suddenly starting to get a real chill. maybe later tonight, I might need to put the heat on.

I had moved to NC to be closer to my daughter, everyone kept promising how it didn't snow in the area, two winters straight that I found myself walking outside in knee deep snow. Prior to the next, I moved again back to Florida, I've not missed snow for the past 4+ years and don't care if I never lay eyes on it again. I remember shoveling the stuff when I lived in NJ and sinking into feet deep ice water while walking along streets in NY. No thank you.

Some love the snow, I'm not one of them, though I did love it when I was a kid and used to go sledding and making angels and getting the day off from school. :D
 
In my hometown in the UP, one of the ski resorts got 54" last week. Then another blizzard started Sunday night...at last count another 33" but it hasn't stopped yet.
 
Pretty darn crisp in Toronto tonight - hat, gloves, parka, boots - expecting snow tomorrow - and it's only fall, oh well, hot soup at home.
 
Just watching the news here...they showed Buffalo...Wow..I've never seen snow like it!
 

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