So How's The Weather Where You Are Tonight?

[SPKrazy]

It is getting really blah yucky here.

It is drizzling, temperature has dropped from 60 F earlier this a.m. to the 30's now and dropping more tonight.

We are expecting freezing drizzle, sleet, and colder temps.

I don't think we will get it as bad as Oklahoma and other places are. (Western Arkansas is where I'm at)

So how's your weather tonight?

:shrug: :hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Pretty damn warm for MA in January!

45 deg. F, partly cloudy... :D

I'm wearing flip-flops :D

[SPKrazy]

2. 45 F And Flip Flops

well I've heard that about MA before, the "flip flop" thing. Wasn't there a certain senator that was from MA that ran for President who was accused of the flip flop thing?

When it's 45 degrees around here, I'm thinking it's getting cold!

:P

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Southpawkicker!

Well....the weather here?

It's chilly! :scared:

It's been in the 40's at night, and believe me, that's cold for us!

The high is in the upper fifties!

Some Arctic air coming down from the north.....

Otherwise, breezy, and puffy clouds.....very pretty..........

The ocean is a brilliant dark blue today!

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

9. PPPffffffttttt!

Is it ever really cold there?

:hug: :yourock:

[Kajsa]

53. OK, wiseguy- you asked for it!

you got it---

http://tinyurl.com/yyvw5e

Arctic air chills Southern California
Farmers race to protect crops, officials seek shelter for the homeless while elderly prepare for even colder nights.
BY Jesus Sanchez and Sara Lin, Times Staff Writer
11:32 AM PST, January 12, 2007

Many Southern California residents awoke this morning to icy conditions and even snow as a blast of Arctic air moved into the region, prompting forecasters to warn of even colder, subfreezing temperatures through the weekend.

Farmers were racing to protect citrus and other crops while officials were trying to find shelter for the homeless and elderly. Area residents were preparing for another bone-chilling night.

Snow levels dropped as low as 1,000 feet, leaving a dusting of snow in Montclair and Riverside and prompting one school district to declare a snow day and cancel classes.

Dolores Sanchez, 49, of West Covina, was commuting to Riverside early today when she saw flurries on the freeway -- then brake lights.

"It was kind of exciting, but people didn't know what to do with themselves," she said. Closer to Riverside, Sanchez said, she saw snow on a low hill alongside the freeway. "That's when I started tripping out," she said.

Arctic Blast, my friend! It's 38 on my patio at 4:24 PST.
Do not doubt Cal Peggy and Kajsa, we speak the truth!

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

55. Oh I don't doubt you

she said it was 40 and that was cold. I was really thinking what a wuss!

(kidding)

Hope you all can manage to stay warm. LOL

I worry about the crops and the damage that comes from that, citrus crops this time of year? I guess that happens where it doesn't really get cold very often.

Of course, if I don't like the weather, I should move, right?

I may do that

:hug:

[Kajsa]

59. That's true, Southpaw,

but where do SoCals go?

Hawaii?- Man, I wish!

btw, the citrus farmers have warmers in the groves, but
still a high risk for crop damage. Our little lemon tree is
in big trouble. What can I do, throw a blanket on him?
( yes- he's a him)

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

60. If It Is Going To Freeze

you can turn on the water and coat him with ice!

That way the tree won't freeze, a blanket might help too.

Save him Kajsa!

:rofl: :hug:

[Kajsa]

70. I will, I will!

Number One Tree Hugging 'Librul', reporting for duty!

You were kidding about the ice, right?

:-) :hug:

[SPKrazy]

74. I Think They Do That In The Citrus Orchards For Real

I know I've seen it in other orchards, running sprinklers on the trees when it gets down to freezing because it protects the tree and crops. I think the blanket is the deal

tree hugging is definitely cool!

:hug: :yourock:

[Kajsa]

77. Thanks!

:hug:

[NMDemDist2]

4. pretty much like yours

it was a nice day, warmish but cloudy but it's supposed to drop near freezing tonight with icy rain and sleet tomorrow and not warm up until Wednesday again

I think I'll finally light the furnance pilot light tomorrow. if it's only a day of clouds the sun will warm the house enough for our econoheaters to handle it, but with 3-4 days of clouds any barely breaking 33 in the day and the teens at night I think it's time for some forced air heat

:scared:

[SPKrazy]

10. Just Turning The Furnace On?

kidding right?

I forget you are in southern New Mexico right?

My furnace has been on for a couple of months, of course it doesn't always come on.

but, it will tonight I'm sure.

last night it was warm.

Ice Ice ice

hate ice

[NMDemDist2]

22. we have a bunch of econoheaters in the main rooms that do a fine

job for temps into the 20s as long as the sun comes out during the day

and no, not kidding, haven't lit the furnance yet (but that's changing tomorrow)

http://www.eheat.com/

here's a pic of the one in the bathroom

[SPKrazy]

35. Stay Warm AZ!

don't want any New Mexico popsicles out there

[lizziegrace]

91. Can you tell me more about the heaters?

I wonder how effective they'd be in this old farmhouse.

:hi:

Thanks!

[NMDemDist2]

115. check their website for more details but in this old mobile home with

windows that whistle in the wind (painter's tape is my friend when the wind blows LOL) they work great. but do figure they will be good for a 100sf per heater

we heat about 800 sf with 7 of them and they keep it above 65degrees even with snow on the ground outside. we figured out if we run them all 24/7 it costs us about $40 a month which is a lot cheaper than running the propane furnance

I like them a lot

[lizziegrace]

116. That's good to know

My furnace runs on heating oil. (over $350/fill) I'm getting another 150 gallons next week (I got 150 gallons in early December. We haven't had much winter to speak of, but the house is exposed to the wind in the winter and there's no heat worth speaking of going to the second floor. I love this old farmhouse, but if I owned it, the ductwork would be changed - dramatically.

Two in the living room (it's big), one in my room and one for Lelapin's room. Then the rest can be handled with a radiator-style heater I have and a forced air space heater.

:hi:

[NC_Nurse]

5. 60 degrees here...

supposed to be in the 70's for the weekend. Pretty weird for January.:shrug:

[SPKrazy]

12. Dang, That Is Kinda Weird

Last night it was eerily warm here, I mean like a big storm coming warm, so I imagine we've had lots of gulf moisture pumping up lately.

the cold line is moving our way!

maybe it will come to you too

:pals:

[NC_Nurse]

114. I think it comes through Monday night here.

We're supposed to go from 72 on Monday to 52 on Tuesday. :crazy:

[SPKrazy]

118. That's Better Than 65-31 today!

it's really raining out there now, but it doesn't feel cold enough to freeze, so maybe it will be to warm to do anything!

[stuntcat]

195. here too.. and wierd

I'm in Arlington and we opened our windows today. It's dark out and it's just now feeling cool.

But my friend in San Fran's freaking out, it's allofasudden freezing there :o

[evlbstrd]

6. Freezing rain, sleet and ice storm.

Dropping to single digits for the next several days.
Good Luck!

[SPKrazy]

14. Brrrrrrrr

not going to get that cold here thank goodness

:scared:

stay warm!

[evlbstrd]

39. Thanks.

All of the pets are welcome to sleep on the bed for a while.

[SPKrazy]

43. Yeah, Good Idea

pets are vulnerable to cold.

:pals:

[evlbstrd]

49. Yeah, that's it.

I don't want them to get cold. Right. Got to remember that.

[SPKrazy]

51. Or You!

no popsicle pets or people!

[evlbstrd]

52. I'm selfish that way.

And really tight on the heating bill.

[atommom]

146. Whoops, posted this in the wrong place!

NEver mind...

[cwydro]

129. I hate ice storms

I remember them from NC. Much worse than snow. Beautiful in their way...but the destruction and danger are terrible.

Stay warm.

[ashling]

7. cold, wet, winter storm warning

:scared: :scared:

[SPKrazy]

Sounds Like Here

must be in the general area

stay warm, and safe.

:pals:

[Ariana Celeste]

8. rainy, 55 degrees

ugh.

[SPKrazy]

18. Well, That's Not Too Bad

55 degrees, and rain huh.

Well it started out about that warm here and raining and now it is down in the 30's and heading towards the freezing mark.

:hi:

[Ariana Celeste]

102. no not too bad

it's just that we haven't had winter weather at all in central Indiana and I wish it would just snow already!!! :)

[SPKrazy]

104. I'd Like To See Some Snow Myself

I'm tired of cold, warm, cold, warm, cold, warm, and now threatening ice.

Snow here would be nice

[leftofthedial]

11. currently 1 degree

wind chill makes it approximately a million below

expected low tonight 4 or 5 below

[SPKrazy]

19. Yeah, My Dad Said It Was 0 In Estes Park right now

and to get that cold

brrrrrrr

stay warm leftofdial

huddle up with the animals or something?

:pals:

[leftofthedial]

58. I have a warm laptop in my lap

and a siberian husky who will sleep on my feet if I let him

thanks!

y'all need to button up. You're not used to the cold.

[SPKrazy]

61. Yeah, I Grew Up In Utah

but I've become a wuss about the cold, or at least one who complains of aches and pains now when it gets cold.

warm laptops are kind of comforting.

[Haole Girl]

13. Ground is still warm, but the temps are dropping quickly...

...it will be 32f and freezing rain by 7 am here....brrr!! :-(

[SPKrazy]

21. Here too!

stay warm KC!

brrr is right

hope you don't have power outages, that's the worst thing about freezing rain.

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

27. Me too!

We've been lucky, so far, and never lost power where we live
(at least, not our particular neighborhood)...you stay warm, too!

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

30. We Had a terrible ice storm in 2000 at Christmas time

power was out everywhere, ice took trees down, etc.

We were lucky and got our power back in 3 days. Cold 3 days. Son was 6 months old and I was most worried about him but he was fine!

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

46. I remember it well...

Three surrounding neighborhoods lost power, but we were very lucky and did not.

[SPKrazy]

48. That's Good

my across the street neighbors lost power for 3 weeks, but we only lost it for 3 days. People were running extension cords from their houses to people who didn't have power.

[samplegirl]

15. Raining Ice

here in Ohio. I'll take snow over this.

[SPKrazy]

23. No Kidding!

Ice is the pits. Hope you keep your power on, it's too cold to lose that this time of year.

:pals:

[hippywife]

45. My family is around the Central Ohio area.

What part of the state are you in?

We're getting major freezing rain down here in Oklahoma, too. Hope you aren't getting it too bad. :hi:

[trof]

16. 65 & humid in coastal Alabama.

[SPKrazy]

24. That's A Nice Temperature

It was about that last night here at midnight eerily warm.

Now it's just sliding down towards freezing.

Brrrrrrr

[Reverend_Smitty]

17. warm

It's probably in the mid 60's right now and supposed to get up to 75 tomorrow...it's just not right. Granted I am in South Carolina but back home it is still about 50 degrees. It's not that I want it ass chappingly cold, I just want seasonable weather, the change in temperature is killing my sinuses

[SPKrazy]

25. My sinuses appreciate seasonable weather

something that we never really have in Arkansas, always warm and cold, warm and cold in the winter

[av8rdave]

it was cloudy and rainy in dallas this am...now in cincinnati..it's cloudy and rainy

haven't checked the weather for san francisco yet...go there later tonight

[SPKrazy]

26. Well av8rdave, stay safe!

lots of traveling today it sounds like!

Pilot I take it?

:hi:

[av8rdave]

29. I am....today is a busy one!

[SPKrazy]

32. Stay safe!

hopefully you'll stay out of bad weather!

[graywarrior]

20. Balmy.

Balmy and boring.

[SPKrazy]

28. Is It Ever anything but balmy where you're at?

I'll give you some of this, and you send some balmy, deal?

I haven't been to the fitness center for 2 days since I've had this bug, but I'm better and hope to get out tomorrow.

[graywarrior]

37. June - November: Balmy-Assed Hurricanes

I did a 10 mile trek on my bike today.

[SPKrazy]

41. Wooo Hooo!

Wish I could get my bike out this weekend, but I don't think so

stationary bike will have to do!

[hippywife]

31. We're just south of Tulsa, OK

so you can just imagine what it's like here. Freezing rain coming down like I've never seen it before. Really tough drive home but we've no place we need to go the next 2-3 days and we're together.

[SPKrazy]

36. Man, That Bites!

It's heading our way from you, can you keep it?

Was watching the Tulsa station and showing the sleet on the roads and everywhere.

a mess

[hippywife]

42. Well we might just end up keeping it.

They're talking as much as 1.8" of ice. I just hope we, and other folks, don't lose the 'lectric. That would suck very much bad. :-(

[SPKrazy]

44. Oh That Is Really Bad!

so sorry!

I know we've had those storms and losing power when it is frickin' cold is the worst!

[hippywife]

65. Well, I hope

it fizzles out before it reaches you guys over there. We've been over there to camp at Devil's Den a few times.

[Roon]

33. 2 below zero here in Denver eom

eom

[SPKrazy]

40. Bummer!

that's cold enough for me thanks!

Haven't had the temps that cold in arkansas since I have lived here

but have been in plenty of below freezing temps

[Roon]

66. It really does suck

I tried walking to the store and didn't make it, had to come back.

[SPKrazy]

76. Dayummm!

bundle up good

drive your car

don't freeze in this stuff!

[Sequoia]

34. 21 degrees for Norhern Cal tonight.

Some areas slightly lower or higher. It is amazinly cold here and not normal. The air is so dry my hair is flat and someone at work asked me if I'd changed my hair style. But, it's not raining and while it's good for us we had a pretty lously flood last year and I prefer the sun. I can't even see my breath it's so dry. We brought in our flesh eating plants and all the bugs are gone from inside the house.

[SPKrazy]

47. That Does Sound Cold For N. California

not that I'm an expert or anything, but isn't it usually pretty humid there? I mean I know the ocean breeze blows a lot of humidity out and it is not a humid as the east coast usually, but 21 degrees is really cold.

Flesh eating plants? ROFL!

maybe I need some of them

[Sequoia]

71. Yes, it's not normal.

The plants are cool, one has red hairy sticky tendrils.

[SPKrazy]

78. Hmmmm

one has red hairy sticky tendrils

and is it by any chance friendly to humans especially?

[mike_c]

95. gotta nice warm fire going up in Blue Lake...

...keeping things nice and toasty indoors. My gate was frozen shut this morning. Luckily I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow AM until the sun is up and the ice melted.

[hedgehog]

38. Central New York : warm but chilling rapidly

It's 43 now, but we're expecting ice Sunday night.

[SPKrazy]

50. Oh boy, such fun to look forward to!

hopefully it won't get too bad

:scared: :hi:

[hedgehog]

67. I just got back from the grocery and I'm laying in a supply of milk

on Sunday. The kids will be crying though - they already have off on Monday so it'll be a waste of a snow day if we get a real dump (12"+)

[SPKrazy]

80. Well Good To Load Up On Milk

but maybe they will get Tuesday off too if it really dumps!

[sakabatou]

54. Really cold

Might be a draft.

[SPKrazy]

56. Beer, or Cold Air?

:shrug:

[sakabatou]

62. I have to wear a jacket... everywhere!

>_<

[SPKrazy]

64. Cold Draft

jackets, fleece, warm things

good things when it's cold

stay warm

:yourock:

[sakabatou]

82. I'll try

[havocmom]

57. Warmed up to 4

ABOVE :woohoo:

[SPKrazy]

63. That's A Regular heat wave!

4 above

well go out and enjoy the warming trend while it lasts!

:rofl:

[havocmom]

87. Yeah, and when I take my hot flash out on the porch for some air...

Havocdad says this global warming thing might be partly due to the huge Baby Boom population of menopausal women, out in tank tops and shots at 11 PM, fanning themselves :D

[SPKrazy]

88. ROFL!

that's pretty funny

:rofl:

[GreenTea]

68. Cold on the N CA Coast...Sitting in my hot tub with a hot organic joint & some Remy Martin

listening to Blues, Rock, Jazz & even some Sirius Left on my speakers in my hot tub gazebo, under the stars on a redwood tree hill top over looking the ocean....But then I'll have to get out of the hot tub into the cold to walk down the hill to get to the fireplace in my house.

[SPKrazy]

85. Sounds Like A Cool Place To Be!

just hope you are using batt power on your computer!

[mike_c]

97. hey GreenTea-- where are you?

I just KNOW you're nearby.... I'm in Blue Lake, near Arcata.

[TOhioLiberal]

69. I got this map...

of the projected storm path:


the snow/ice line bisects Toledo. It's gonna be a rough one...

[SPKrazy]

72. I Like That Map

it shows the ice missing me!
hope it's right and not the local forecasters

[BarenakedLady]

73. Oh crap

I guess I'll be getting some snow. :eyes:

[SPKrazy]

75. A chance to spend more time with the family!

sorry

I know where you are coming from

[BarenakedLady]

79. Don't even go there...

:spank: :spank: :spank:

Weekends are bad enough without being snowed in to this prison where all the inmates are determinded to drive me even more insane.

:silly:

[SPKrazy]

83. I Understand Completely!

I've been home sick and my wife has been here because there is no need for substitute teachers while the semester tests are going on.

so it's just been us chickens

Actually it's been quite civil and no problems at all.

Now the weekend and we're all here together.

Won't be like it was in Colorado though!

:hug:

[TOhioLiberal]

81. Hi BNL!

...Ice is worse than snow, it at least can be shoveled. Ice has to be scraped! Grr! Doors'll probably ice shut. x(

[BarenakedLady]

84. Heya!

You are right, of course. Except here we also get the extra bonus of "Lake Effect" snow which can add significantly to the total inches of snow. brrrrr. I'm already cold just thinking about it. :scared:

[TOhioLiberal]

86. It's already ruined one weekend plan...

...my son and his wife (I don't think I'll ever get used to saying that!) were going to drive in from Wooster this evening. They can't chance getting stuck up here; she has class on Monday.

[ScreamingMeemie]

154. wrong spot.

:blush:

[scarlet_owl]

89. Raining here, and I just discovered a leak in the ceiling by my

hot water heater. I'm pretty steamed about it.

[SPKrazy]

92. From the heater, or the roof?

one is worst than the other

I'd take the water heater over the roof.

[scarlet_owl]

121. It looks like it's coming from the roof.

Sigh. The house is only three years old. Oh well, it's only money.

[SPKrazy]

124. Oh man

that sucks

I know I have a roof 3 years old and it's guaranteed for some period of time. You also might have had some wind or other damage that caused it to leak. Worth checking out to see if you can file it on your insurance or something.

[cwydro]

90. Well, here in the Keys...

kinda cool. Maybe 70ish?

Tomorrow I promise to catch some rays for you!:pals: B-)

[SPKrazy]

93. Yeah, Dammit!

so how does one get to live in the Keys anyway?

I wanna live somewhere cool like that.

soak some rays for sure, there won't be any reaching the ground for me tomorrow or the next day

:pals:

[cwydro]

101. Well, being the totally out of the closet queer I was in the early 80's

I fled NC to a more, um, HAPPY place. And I've never left. It is a blast to live down here. Same problems as anywhere else of course, but the sun is usually out and shining, the sea is warm...and hey,you never know what the tide will bring in.

[SPKrazy]

103. I Need To Flee Somewhere

even though I'm straight, do you think I could flee to the Keys?

:pals:

[cwydro]

105. HELL yeah!

People do it everyday. Jobs are plentiful, but the cost of living is high. However, MOST of the pay reflects that.

There are plenty of straight people down here, lol, and they are accepted:7 . No seriously, it is really a live and let live sort of place. They actually say it's a great place for straight guys, because there are more women than straight men...kind of a joke here. Please, no offense intended to anyone.

I love it here. It is really like nowhere else. We refer to the rest of the U.S. as the "real world", as in, "I cannot HANDLE the real world"...or"I have to go to the real world nextweek:scared: "

Here is one of my favorite anecdotes from a friend who works in one of the cigar stores...tourist (American)comes in off a cruise ship, right? Buys some cigars and then looks at her and asks, "How much duty do I have to pay on these when I go back to the U.S.?" OMG...:rofl: True story.

[SPKrazy]

107. How Much Duty? ROFL

I guess it is so different than other places that dorks can't tell it's part of 'merickuh

Might be the place to run to.

the real world is getting to me!

:yourock: :pals:

[cwydro]

112. A lot of people run here

for many reasons. Hell the mayor of the county has a felony record...:rofl: The city manager is being investigated right now. They found several pounds of marijuana in the local firehouse not too long ago. But they got out of it. Said it belonged to the cops..:rofl:

I think it's kind of like the French Foreign Legion of the U.S. Except without the discipline, or the fighting or the uniforms. And you don't have to get up early. But the drinking is included. A popular bumper sticker states: Key West: A drinking town, with a tourist problem. True dat.

And where I live at a marina, it's called "The Backside of Paradise". Gotta love it.

Here's another: what do you call a man in a suit and tie in Key West? Answer: a defendant.

Even real estate agents wear shorts

[SPKrazy]

117. A drinking town with a tourist problem!

that's a good one

mayor with a felony record, and the rest of it makes it sound like the place to be!

What about hurricanes?

otherwise, it sounds like the back side of paradise!

:rofl:

[cwydro]

127. Well yeah.

The hurricanes are a bummer. I lost my car in Georges in 98. I lost everything I owned (except my truck, parked on high ground) in Wilma last year. It was a bitch of a year. But the Keys are a close knit community and we all pulled together. No looting here. Everyone looks out for everyone else.

Another funny story. Right after Wilma, my roomie and I were sitting in our yard, all our belongings (couch, beds, electronics) drenched and on the street with everyone else's. Basically in shock. Of course, we had the National Guard, Red Cross, and Salvation Army all helping. But what was really cool was that so many Keys residents who also lost everything, but still had their vehicles...cruising around with water and ice. A woman I hadn't seen in years, Michelle, pulled up and asked if we need ice. Of course we did, no power and even if we had power, the refigerator was drowned. So she gives us the ice and we talk about our experiences during the storm. So she's leaving and says...if you need anything else let me know. Jokingly. I said, "well hell, we could use some beer!" Michelle walks to the back of her jeep and pulls out a twelve pack of Mich Ultra. Lemme tell you...that is the Keys. Right there.

But meantime, I have lived here 20 years and hey, it's all relative. There're diasters everywhere. And most years we don't have that happen.

I love it here. Nowhere else like it. Eventually I'll probably end up back in NC, but they will have to pry my sunburned fingers off this rock first.

Come on down and visit sometime! You're welcome on the backside of Paradise any day.

I've always been a big believer in therapy by UHaul, lol. Works for me. But of course, wherever you go, there you are.B-)

[SPKrazy]

130. Wherever Ya Go, There You Are!

so true, so true,

yet, if you have to be somewhere, maybe the keys, or somewhere else that is wonderful is better.

My mother wanted to live by the mountains because that was what soothed her.

For me, I think the ocean does it. Of course, you are technically in the gulf, but semantics, right?

Water does it for me.

[cwydro]

133. Literally, where we are

you can see the gulf on one side and the ocean on the other. Duval Street (main drag in KW) runs from the Gulf to the ocean. Common way of referring to where you live is either "bayside" or "oceanside". I'm on the oceanside, but can walk across the street to the Gulf. These are small islands. Very small. It is why we were better off than the Gulf coast in a surge. Yeah, the water comes up, but it goes away pretty quick. Up and over.

When I go out in my kayak in the ocean, I can just cross under the bridge and am in the Gulf. Kind of a meaningless distinction here. We're just rocks really.

[SPKrazy]

134. That Just Sounds Awesome!

one of these days I'm going to find my place to live

and it isn't going to be here!

[cwydro]

136. I understand.

I love NC, but this has always felt like home to me. Form the first time I visited in college. I moved down here without knowing a soul. Just packed my truck and left. Never looked back.

[SPKrazy]

142. That's gutsy for as young as you were!

but you knew it felt like home

I've not found a "home".

My parents retired to Colorado and i don't consider where they lived in Oklahoma home.

I don't think of Arkansas as home. I do think of where my son is as being "home".

But I'd like to find a place that felt like home.

:pals:

[cwydro]

143. Well hell.

I was pushing 30...:P

[SPKrazy]

144. Oh, well, whatever...

glad you found where you felt was home!

and a place that you felt accepted and all!

:pals:

[cwydro]

145. Yeah,

now I'm on the backside of 40. Yikes.

[SPKrazy]

147. On The Backside Myself

sliding towards 50!

[cwydro]

148. Yerp

and one foot on a banana peel. I lke getting older though. I seem to be finally maturing. Still very slloowwwllly.

[SPKrazy]

149. I Seem To Be Immaturing!

ROFL

in some ways that is true, in other ways I've been very mature for a long time.

I'm a late bloomer I think in some weird way, I'm blooming in my mid to late 40's LOL

[cwydro]

150. That's a good thing.

I think many of us do that.

[SPKrazy]

152. Good To know

I'm not the only one!

;)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

155. Hey Kiddo!

Ten below and snowing way up here in Key Largo. ... well, maybe not. :) :hi:

[mike_c]

94. COLD and crystal clear....

But I've got a nice warm fire in the stove and the house is nice and comfortable. Bummer that the hot tub doesn't work.

[SPKrazy]

96. Warm and Cozy!

clear and cold

n.California?

[mike_c]

99. yep-- Humboldt county, near the coast....

I like the cold nights-- I sleep under down beneath an open window. The cold air is marvelous. I'd sleep on the back porch if it wasn't so wet.

[Courtesy Flush]

98. Funny you should ask

It's drizzly and crappy here, but I decided to go down to the marina anyway. By sheer good fortune, the weather improved, only briefly, and I managed to spend a couple of hours sailing this afternoon.

Sweeeet!

[SPKrazy]

100. This Thread's For You!

just waiting for you, been sailing huh?

drizzly and crappy here, but I suspect it is a little colder, maybe not

[Taverner]

106. Clear, Cold and Windy

But the home is warm, Tavernertoddler is gnawing on teething biscuits and daddy is listening to Atom Heart Mother

[SPKrazy]

108. Good To Be Warm!

and Tavern toddler is gonna get some teeth soon eh!

watch for those ear infections

[Taverner]

111. Oops meant Tavernertot

My bad

[SPKrazy]

120. Oh, Taverner Tot!

gettin' some teeth!

[Arkansas Granny]

109. Since we're in the same part of the country, I'm experiencing

the same weather. Yucky!

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

119. Yup! How Ya Doin' Arkansas Granny?

it's coming down rain here so far

hoping that it won't get as cold as they say

[Arkansas Granny]

126. Still rain here, so far. My plan for the weekend is hibernation.

[SPKrazy]

128. Sounds Good!

hibernating myself

[flamingyouth]

110. UGH! Freezing and miserable.

I want to go to Hawaii! x(

[SPKrazy]

122. I Wanna Go Anywhere WARM!

and away from here!

[bullwinkle428]

113. Eastern Iowa - to quote Dr. Evil, "It's fricking freezing!!"

About 20 degrees with gusty winds out of the north. Forecast for scattered snow showers on and off over the weekend, but they've backed off the earlier prediction for heavy snow...I'd rather not have to deal with the crap, but I'm okay with it in small doses...

[SPKrazy]

123. Brrrrrr, Not that cold here thank goodness

but it's raining harder than it was

[bullwinkle428]

138. Looks like the gigantic ice storm will stay south of us! As far as cold,

I've seen -25° F on occasion since I've lived here! :scared: Yeah, I know it's the "scared" smilie, but what better represents extreme cold?

[SPKrazy]

153. It looks colder than it does scared to me!

that's pretty darned cold

I've been in cold like that, but I don't know how I'd deal with it now.

[greendog]

125. It'll get down to -7 tonight.

It's 2f right now. Better than the snow and rain we've been having.

[SPKrazy]

158. That's Getting Pretty Cold!

stay warm!

[greendog]

161. I prefer this to 32f and wet...

...maybe the roads freeze, maybe you get a whiteout snowstorm, and grey skys for
days on end.

Tomorrow's going to be sunny and that's kind of rare around here in the winter. I'm going to get out and look for the Gyrfalcons people have been seeing a few miles south of here.

[gristy]

131. Supposed to get down to 26 in Mountain View tonight, which will break the record

I'm really, really worried about my orange tree. A crop is just coming in. I suppose I can accept losing the oranges. But will I lose the tree? I don't know.

[femmocrat]

132. Mild and raining in western PA.

Incredible weather for mid-January.

[SPKrazy]

159. It is incredible

the whole continent seems screwed up weatherwise, and otherwise

[ganeshji]

135. 62 F and raining

I'm in central Arkansas.

[Haole Girl]

137. Update: 37 degrees in Ft. Worth.....

:scared:

[SPKrazy]

157. 39 Here in Fort Smith

getting colder

but not raining as hard

[SoyCat]

139. NW FL--tonight's low is going to be at least 10 degrees warmer than average and tomorrow's high

should be as well.

[u4ic]

140. A balmy

-20c/-4F.

Balmy compared to the past couple of days... x(

[SPKrazy]

156. Brrrrrrrrr You Need

and



and

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[deadparrot]

141. I just drove 7 hours through a snowstorm. Normally, it would take me 3.5.

It's cold (30s) and rainy here now.

[SPKrazy]

182. Dang, That Is Quite A Lot Of Snow

and a long way to drive

I remember driving I-40 to Albequerque in an ice/snow storm, that at one point had about an inch and a half of ice on the car, and cars and trucks in the ditches everywhere. We were stupid enough, drunk enough, or something to keep going. This was many many moons ago. I don't know how we made it but it took twice as long as it should have to do it.

:pals:

[atommom]

151. Cold, with freezing rain all weekend. I'm not pleased.

The weather's keeping my husband from coming home this weekend (in between two week-long business trips). And me without any beer in the house... :(

[SPKrazy]

163. Ahhh, Go Git Ya Some Beer!

or have a taxi deliver it

or walk

or get it somehow.

stay warm and hope your hubby comes home soon

[atommom]

190. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

And I managed to make do with what I could find. Though, FYI, champagne doesn't really go very well with tacquitos. :P

[XemaSab]

160. COLD and WINDY

:scared:

I even parked my car in the front of the house because I was afraid of falling branches. Of course, tomorrow I will go out back looking for it and I will freak out when it's not there. :P

[calimary]

172. Here, too. Uncharacteristically cold in L.A. Thermometer reads 44 degrees.

My husband keeps mumbling "climate change. Been here all my life. Not supposed to be this cold now... climate change."

[XemaSab]

193. Well, I was afraid branches would fall on it

but there were only two small twigs in the parking space.

Instead it got COVERED in the biggest crow shits I've ever seen. I don't know what those crows have been eating, but whatever it is it's all over my car now. :P

[TheCentepedeShoes]

162. 18 degrees with sleet

right now. Not a pleasant evening. Left my office about 7 PM and almost gave myself a dose of frostbite. Had to warm up the car and unfreeze the windshield. Forgot to bring my gloves and started scraping. Before I realized it I had lost alot of feeling in my right hand. But see, I'm PK now u jnb ty;e oyst fpme. And what did I have on my feet? Deck shoes and no socks. 'Pede you're not in Florida anymore !!

[texanwitch]

164. It is 71 and really humid.

We have that cold front coming in on Sunday night or Monday morning so we will have a cool down.

[SPKrazy]

165. Well Enjoy the warmth

the humidity doesn't ever go away in Houston does it?

It is raining pretty good here and cold. It is icing just 50 miles or so from here.

Funny how there's a difference in temperature so much between here and there.

[texanwitch]

166. We never escape the damn humidity,

We may escape the icing here, I hope so.

Driving in Houston is bad enough without ice on street.

I checked the weather channel and it looks like we may not get below 32 but you never know.

We have the protection of that old barbed wire fence that seems to keep the really crappy weather away from us.

[SPKrazy]

168. Old barbed wire fence?

I am missing something I guess

[texanwitch]

170. That's a really old Texas saying.

We usually don't get as cold as Dallas or even Austin, I think it is the Gulf Coast that is protecting us from the worst of the weather.

[SPKrazy]

173. Probably So

I live in the Arkansas river valley and we are always 10 degrees or so warmer than 45 miles north of here. They are just a little higher and the lay of the land and the river seem to provide a barrier.

I've driven up the Interstate from Ft. Smith to Fayetteville and there is a tunnel between here and there and on one side there was no snow, and on the other side there was snow. The tunnel isn't more than maybe 300 feet long.

just different weather up there.

[texanwitch]

176. I think it is breeze from the coast,

Galveston Bay did freeze a long time ago, I don't remember the date.

[opiate69]

167. Cold, cold and friggin' cold!

[SPKrazy]

169. Well Stay Indoors And Stay Warm!

I'm doing that

[opiate69]

171. Damn skippy!

Although, earlier I was outside trying to get a peek at the comet with son#1's telescope.. no luck though..

[SPKrazy]

Man, Too Cloudy here to even look

but you didn't see it eh?

too bad

[opiate69]

175. yeah.. the pisser is, I saw the damn thing as I driving home.. but by the time I got here,

I couldn't pick it up.. I think it may have been behind some trees

[Zookeeper]

174. Really cold. FINALLY!

It's about 1 degree above zero. But, it's really OK. I mean, I was painting my house on Thanksgiving weekend. We've had, maybe, 3 inches of snow. We hit 40+ degrees this week. People are driving their vehicles through the ice (of course, that's a thinning of the herd sort of thing).

This is Minnesota, for cryin' out loud!

I don't imagine you Arkansans (Arkansanians? Arkies?) are used to it, though. Stay warm, Southpaw!

:hi:

[anti-everything]

177. Minus 8 right now...

nostril hairs freezing is an interesting feeling. Here in Northeastern Minnesota, we are finally at normal temps. God, I love the cold.

[Zookeeper]

179. Well, it's certainly a relief from the bizzarro-world winter...

we've had so far! If I wasn't worried about global warming I may have been able to just relax and enjoy it, but with all the warm winters we've had up here lately......:-(

There isn't much outdoor fun to be had during a winter without winter sports.

[anti-everything]

180. I know...

And working outside has been pleasurable...What's up with that? At least we've had hockey outside up here in Duluth for a couple months, as it's been below freezing up the hill where I live, for a while now. But we're finally getting normal temps.

[SPKrazy]

178. Don't Like Ice and Never Get Used To That!

it doesn't get as cold here for sure, I've spent Christmas in Minnesota before!

my cousins live in Minneapolis and when I remember being there it was wayyy below zero.

we went skiing at Afton Alps and I froze my toes off. You were colder standing in the lift line and spent more time there and on the lift than you ever did on the slope.

:pals:

[Zookeeper]

183. Well, see, that's why you need to try cross-country skiing....

you'd stay a lot warmer!

A S.F. friend of mine, who was originally from Texas, visited me one winter. She had done some mountain climbing in Tibet, so she was pretty certain that she was ready for MN cold. And she was sure she had the proper clothing, too. Let's just say that her polar fleece jacket proved to be "inadequate." And when I took her out to play on the ice on Lake Harriet, she was absolutely terrified! She just couldn't conceive of the idea of a thoroughly frozen lake.

Probably wouldn't be much of an issue anymore, though. If you visit again, it could be warmer than where you live!

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

184. Growing Up In Utah

I did some cross country skiing and yes, it would definitely keep one much warmer.

Minnesota cold is something to be appreciated though. I can't imagine why anyone settled there before central heat!

:rofl:

[anti-everything]

186. I can tell you why they came here before central heat...

they came from Sweden.

[SPKrazy]

187. There Is That Ya!

:scared:

[anti-everything]

188. They were looking

for a place as cold and miserable as back home. That's why, even today, most of Minnesota's population is Swedes or people of Swedish descent.

[anti-everything]

185. People don't know cold

until they know Minnesota cold. Up until this year, anyway...

[pinniped]

181. 7° C

In S.F.

[clyrc]

189. Lovely lovely cool!

SO much better than the 120 or so degrees I have to deal with in summer.

But my parents and sister live in Tulsa, so I've got to call tonight and make sure they're ok.

[SPKrazy]

191. Still Raining Like Crazy

cold and 38 degrees

supposed to get down in the 20's tonight

[Seeking Serenity]

192. Rain today, tomorrow, and Monday.

One heck of a holiday weekend. Blech.

[GenDem]

194. We have winter storm watches

up for the next twenty-four hours. I guess we will get a bit of everything...freezing rain, sleet, and snow. We haven't seen much winter so far, so this should be interesting.