sterling Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 I just cannot take this anymore!!!Minneapolis, MN has had @@" of snow this winter....-14" below normalHere in beautiful stateline Rockford/Beloit we have as of now 57" which is +33" above normal.Tonight we are told to expect 6" of snow!!!WHEN WILL THIS EVER END?????I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!MARV....HELP .......I KNOW CALGARY HAS HAD FAR LESS.....WHAT IS YOUR SECRET?Please let us know!!! We will send collect money for a fund to send you Raspberries, Richard Thompson, Sonny Geraci, whoever ....just stop our snow!!!!!!!!!Sorry for the Sam Kinison rant but this is stressful!!!!Ha HaPhil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling Posted February 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Minneapolis has had 22"....sorry about the typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Merging into Spring is going to be just that much more euphoric!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 72 and sunny in the San Diego area...suckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 There is a correlation between year round warm weather and soft minds (please see the posts of EC.Com's Southern California and Florida contingents for empirical evidence).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Sterling, Marvin's area is practicing some sort of voodoo, which explains all the white stuff the rest of Canada and a lot of North America has had.We're due for 4" tomorrow (10 cm. to please the stupid Canadian government on it's metric quest.)Last night I darn near froze my hands off 'cause we haven't really needed mitts or gloves here for 20 years! It was a three minute walk back to the house, and about sero on the Fahrenheit scale.I don't really believe in global warming. I think it's more a cyclical phenomenon, because our parents experienced some real doozies of hot summers and snowy winters in the 1930's and 1940's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessieboo Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 James, darling I was just in our pool, the skies were clear and blue and the high was 78 with a nice breeze.I did spill my mojito a little but it was refreshing. Tonight it will be down to 65 degrees.... brrrrSoutherners don't need frigid weather to harden us, we are muy caliente by nature. The coconuts do need to be trimmed, any volunteers? Maybe you like Shoveling snow and scraping ice, not me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannoman Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Phil, the answer is to move away - far away. My last winter in CT we had 21" of snow in 8 days and I said to Ruthie "we are outta here as soon as possible." That was 6 years ago. Best move we ever made.It has been in the 70s for almost a full week (down from the 80s) in Central Florida and remember, ya don't have to shovel the heat. We will never leave here.I was in Minnesota last week and all I can say is OMG. Come on down, Phil. I'll keep a light on for ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecstasy Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 It's getting to the point where sometimes it's so cold I'm afraid to bring my grandsons out to run errands and such. Kevin, the 3 yo, is afraid of the ice and falling so hard. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 I love Florida.As a kid, we lived in Naples, FL during the summers. My Dad, brother and sister live in Naples now..and I travel there 3-4 times/year.There's not too many things in life better than landing in Tampa, Ft. Myers etc, walking out the airport doorway, and getting that first wiff/feel of the Florida air..But you guys are still soft.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 It didn't kill off my cold. Probably ran my self down getting wet and cold snowblowing. My husband is going to die of exhaustion. It snows like every other day here. He sleeps, he plows. We are planning a trip to Vegas in April when things settle down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Davie Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 You ain't lived until you've survived a 39 inch dump o'snow in 12 hours in Syracuse NY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susana Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 I'd take the snow right now! We've had freezing rain and snow for almost 24 hours and I'm starting to have flashbacks to last year when we were without power for 13 days. Have moved my car to a neighbor's driveway where it is out of danger from potential huge falling limbs and trees. Holding my breath over a couple of trees in my yard...hope they stay standing!S* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 The days of my youth in Montreal where a heavy snowfall happened every couple days in the winter, are fading into my memory. Thankfully. We moved to Calgary in 1998, and I think that every one of our Mtl winters exceeded the total amount of snow we've received in the 10 years that we've been here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Manno, I spent the whole month of February in Minneapolis, back in 1984. I know what you mean.That was enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneG Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 I spent the summers of my youth in Florida, and the summers now are far hotter and more humid. Many Floridians have 2nd homes in NC and go there in the summer to escape the heat. I'd rather have the cold/snow than heat/humidity, but the South sure is pretty in December!!Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianchick Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hey, we hardly have the snow we are used to in Northern Ontario...the temps have been pretty brutal...but I'll take a week or two of cold temps and some soft falling snowflakes over floods or tornadoes...anyday.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspberrywolf Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Yes so far all things considered we have truly been blessed up here...our summers are progressively getting warmer ...at one time if we were lucky we would have one summer day that was over 100 but now we have weeks of hot weather and then just comfy weather because we are by Lake Superior one of the freshest bodies of water on the earth. We can actually still swim here...not so polluted ...yet. Sometimes I don't think the people where we live realize just how fortunate we are...we don't ever really deal with floods, because we are surrounded by what is known as the "NorWester" Mountain range we don't experience tornados and we are of course too far north and inland to ever experience a hurricane. So yes, we might have a couple of weeks of frigid weather...but having real snow at Christmas is worth it along with all the other blessings we have thus far, never had to contend with...gosh I cried for those people who went through Katrina! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Oh, guess what's happening tonight and tomorrow around Lake Ontario!No, not 89 with sunshine and high humidity!Really sheltered sometimes by Lake Ontario if the tekmps stay warm, but this year, we are SOL. Four to six inches, and zero F?Three years ago I used to brag to people that we were in a sheltered area and missed a lot of the snow action. Now I think Southern Ontario is getting to be more like Buffalo and Tonawanda!My father never saw many snowflakes until he came here at age 11 from Ireland, and there's the occasional palm tree on the furthest Southern shore there. Oh my... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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