What's more current than the weather?
 

It's what we live with, work around and can't reason with, divorce or murder. :biggrin:
Today it's snow.

today it is 70 and sunny. i don't have my camera with me. would you like a picture when i get home?

You poor baby. it must be so stressful. :p

hey - it's nothing to laugh at. do you have any idea how much i am forced to spend on sunscreen every year? ;)

Finally found a perfect use for this: :violin:

and besides - it gets tiresome eating lunch on the sidewalk year round, never getting to pull the snow chains out, i never get to use my snow shovel... and coats? forgetaboutit.

Nice snow day today, but I still have to drive to class tonight. An hour 40 drive in good weather...

i feel you're pain griff. i am from northern illinois and i used to drive 87 miles each way to school. but at least i didn't have to live in a college town, right?

So, how many inches did you Cellarites get out of the past day or so?

Ladies, you may wish to consider the topic carefully before responding.

That's not snow.

This is snow.

http://spine.cx/modules.php?name=Photos&album=120

I'll take a closer look in the morning but maybe 16 inches in the last 30 hours? We got like 4 more while I was at school. I'd like to take a moment to thank the Japanese for my Nissan pickup. I had to take a long stretch of back roads because there were firemen all over the highway, but had no problems.

Reports vary, but the northern burbs seem to have gotten between three and six inches.

I did not get my ruler out to check. I'd guess I had to clean three or four inches off my car when I left work at midnight. It took me 45 minutes to complete what is usually a 15 minute drive.

For the most of it, thankfully, I was the only car on the road. When I was about two miles from my house some dumbass decided to tailgate me. What is with people??

At any point he could have passed me if he were that impatient. It was just me and him, and he was not a cop. It wasn't just his strict adherence to the rules of the road, either ... at the point at which he finally got the hell off my ass, he made an illegal left hand turn at a red light, at an intersection known for fatalities (it's a five-point intersection, with no visibility of the cross traffic).

We got a whole inch here a few days ago....and it didn't melt for hours.

uh oddly enough this winter here in Kansas jas been very very very kind only 2 ice storms and not too much god-awful cold.. the lowest it got this year was -10 which is freakin' balmy for here in january :) although I don't miss the south.. I need my seasons.. it gives a sense to the passage of time, and sometimes a challenge (given that I walk to work only about 10 blocks.. but that can be a challenge sometimes.. especially during that ice storm.. now that was fun!) real quick though when my brother and I were young and living in champaign Ill. one day (and I was in 3rd grade he was in 1st) we had a huge snow storm and it was no big deal, only about 6 inches so we walked to school.. as we did every day (it was only about a mile) well... we got there and much to our suprise the school was closed.. fortunately the janitor let us and and we called home.. damn beatnik parents :) I dunno, I had a blast walking in that much snow! moonboots rock!

oh and the screwed up thing about walking.. I own 2 cars actually SUVs (by the way anyone interested in a '93 pathfinder XE?).. and haven't driven (although I LOVE to drive) since last March

Quite. Finally something in the 'current events' section that has a direct impact on our lives, and is both relevant and observable.

It's raining here.

I think I overstated the snow because of the drifting. Of course it is snowing right now.

HA HA!!!! I am so glad that I am not the only one who has ever done this. I lived close enough to walk to my school(s) also, and though I don't remember too many details, I do remember walking thru a snowstorm and finding I was locked out of school (um, except it was high school), only to find out it was cancelled after I finally gave up and went back home. Boy did I feel dumb.

Isn't it bad to leave a car sitting that long?

Yeah. It hurts their feelings. They get jealous of the other cars.

I finally got around to extracting the snow pics from my camera ...

http://scribe.fork.org/cellar/2005/DSCF0026.JPG

If you have trouble finding your car in the snow, leaving the lights on may help ...


http://scribe.fork.org/cellar/2005/DSCF0047.JPG

It seemed like it wasn't going to stop



http://scribe.fork.org/cellar/2005/DSCF0005.JPG

But it eventually did and there are signs that spring is just around the corner. Somewhere. Maybe lurking in a dark alley or something ...



http://scribe.fork.org/cellar/2005/DSCF0051.JPG

and sometimes you don't know what you're taking a picture of until you get it out of the camera.

Okay...so, um, what is it? :confused:

I'll let people speculate for a while before I give the answer.

If it's really making you crazy, PM me.

cigarette smoke?

Looks like the vapor trail that follows me for a few days after going out for indian food.

Griff wins.

Looks like Deep Purple. ;)

Just had a blizzard here....well, ok. it was a dairy queen butterfinger blizzard... and we ate it in the hottub ... because it is a cool 62 degrees out there in So. FL right now...was a sunny and in the 70s earlier.... guess I better pipe down, huh?

Oh I don't know, we had friends over and xc skiied for two hours this afternoon. It was pretty sweet.

And how far off is hurricane season? :p

Geez FD, I hope you didn't get 'brain freeze' from eating it too fast. :yelsick:

We had 60 degree F temps too ... unfortunately they were immediately follwed by the 20s with extremely high winds. Oh. But I must sing the praises of the Amazing Ice Cleat Rubbers (not their real name) that I bought from QVC because the on air demo looked really, really good.

They work as well as they showed on TV. Better even, since I had a more complex task than dancing on a block of ice set at a slight incline.

The rain that fell Monday Night froze into a gigantic ice sheet on the sidewalks and parking lot on Tuesday morning and did not melt for Tuesday afternoon when I had to go to work.

The cleats dig well into the thick ice, but also provide good traction on the thin, infamous "black ice" that strikes fear into the hearts of ambulatory people everywhere.

point taken :dead:

but then again, what are the ODDS of getting hit again (he says as he warily looks around waiting for the lightning bolt to strike) ??

Getting hit with a hurricane? In Florida?

Probably about the same as getting hit with a hurricane in North Carolina.....

It's Official
 

A drought in Seattle, and for the rest of the state as well. Who says it always rains in Seattle?

If it's yellow, let it mellow.
If it's brown, flush it down. :o

RFN it's eighteen degrees, snowing sideways, with a howling west wind.



It ain't a fit night out for man nor beast.

we got the snow but no wind. I"m a bit disappointed. I wanted a howler!

wait a sec...here comes the blow-blow!!!!!

Nope. Premature blow-blow.

Nothing yet.

Sigh.

I'm glad I don't live in the midwest. I'm not ready for that kind of snow. We had a dusting this morning. The grass is sort of white. The streets are wet. No complaints.

RFA week & a half ago. That was the roughest hour of weather I've seen in a long time.

Today's high is predicted to peak at 77 degrees F. If so, it will mark the end of a record setting heat wave. Yesterday was the ninth consecutive day of temperatures of 80 degrees F or higher. The previous record was six consecutive days. I'm very glad for the break. It has been miserable.

I'm sorry, I know the "Texas is so hot" thing is totally old and busted... but seriously? We have just gotten down to the low 80s, at least in the morning/midday, for the first time in months (including overnights!) and everyone here is so relieved.

And I know, I know you guys don't really have air conditioners in homes there, so it's not a fair comparison. But on the other hand, we keep our house at 80 in the summers to save on the electric bills.

Windows open , attic fan has been on , but thats Too Chillie Right now

:lol2:


Wut Clod said. Still, allowing for humidity and lack of air conditioning, it's ... mildly unpleasant.

ETA:

That's not a heat wave. This is a heat wave:

Adelaide, Australia
January 2009

26th – 36.6 °C (97.9 °F)
27th – 43.2 °C (109.8 °F)
28th – 45.7 °C (114.3 °F)
29th – 43.4 °C (110.1 °F)
30th – 43.1 °C (109.6 °F)
31st – 41.1 °C (106.0 °F)
February

1st – 40.6 °C (105.1 °F)
2nd – 38.8 °C (101.8 °F)
3rd – 36.3 °C (97.3 °F)
4th - 33.0 °C (91.4 °F)
5th - 35.6 °C (96.1 °F)
6th – 43.9 °C (111.0 °F)
7th - 41.5 °C (106.7 °F)

After an Indian Summer, the weather has finally borken.
It's been humid for the last two days (which has made me sweat like a racehorse), but today was sunny, breezy and with a drop in temperature.

In the last 20 minutes the rain has begun to pound against the window.

I'm wondering if the drop in pressure is what's making me weepy.
I haven't cried without a specific trigger for a long time now.

From the sound of things it will be wellies and leggings and a vest to walk in. Then blouse and skirt and ballet shoes inside.

Mum doesn't get that wearing a jacket or coat does not help in the rain. If you are walking a mile, you can keep your head and shoulders dry with an umbrella. But arriving steaming like a faulty kettle because of an extra layer is never going to appeal.

Still, it's evocative and safe when it's chucking it down outside, esp as I know both cats are warm and dry.

Being dry is the key, letting your own body's moisture regulate your temperature via sweating. Rain... rain I know.

This season's weather though? WTF. Yesterday was the first snowfall of the season here, at Paradise Lodge, 80 miles to the south and about 5000 feet up from my location. I celebrated this news by clipping a couple stems of new rose blossoms from my front yard. And I have a dozen buds that will open over the course of the next week. Roses in mid October? I can't keep track anymore. But they do smell wonderful.

Beautiful sunny, cool fall day here in New Jersey. This is my favorite time of year.:)

It's gonna be 80 here tomorrow.

It's really nice out - blue blue skies and gold sun showing off but, honey, 80 is too damn much for me even in October.

We actually had snow here in town yesterday. It NEVER snows so early around here! Then we had a cold snap last night. I have (had) two huge tubs of flowers by my front door that I didn't think to cover. So much for them. :(

My cats took one look at the weather yesterday and haven't been outside since.

80's here in the day, lows in the low 60's. The weather is freaking beautiful.

80s last couple of days, with lows in the high 40s/low 50s.

It's been pretty damn nice around South Central lately.

ETA: A bit dry, though. We'll be breaking the law if'n we have a fire tonight.

PDX has one of those dreary, damp days in between summer and the rainy season...

That doesn't start until Nov 15th at 2:45 am

Last night I was out on motorcycle. Today we have a few inches of snow.

Gorgeous day here today. Currently 69, blue skies, slight breeze. Perfect!

Here too. Spectacular.

So why are we on the computer?

I don't know! I'm heading out later. Enjoying a cup of coffee now and listening to music. And talking to you guys.:)

75 out side and in , windows open Attic fan going , AHHHHHHHH !!

75 sunny, low humidity, close enough to perfect