This is not a good winter

mantis
mantis Posts: 17,201
edited February 2014 in The Clubhouse
So every other day it's snowing, ice cold etc. Last night it decided to ICE storm the hell out of us and cause trees down, power outages everywhere.
I'm no fan of winter anymore. I once liked the snow, the cool off from the summer heat but I gotta tell yeah, I'd rather sweat then freeze.
We lost power in the night as when I got up this morning everything was out. We did however get power back a few hours ago but not the next block over. Guy behind me has been running his Generator all day long. It's one of those Gas powered Pressure washer looking models thats loud as hell.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited February 2014
    I feel for ya bro! We got a little over an inch of snow here last week. Shut everything down for 3 days! Just the mention of snow and they were already closing school! lol
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2014
    You must be living in the stone age, have you not heard of global warming?? Open some windows!
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited February 2014
    So I tend to agree with you .... this winter really sucks ****.... we got slammed with ice and snow last nite, and the traffic was horrible last nite with people going out for milk and bread.... took me like 45 minutes to go the last 5 miles last nite...
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,029
    edited February 2014
    I feel your pain, bro. Its either frigid cold or snowing. It's like Dylan said, "Alright, I've had enough."
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    edited February 2014
    Left Pa 30 years ago. One big reason is that I never wanted to shovel snow again.
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,901
    edited February 2014
    I live in the Pocono's and I surrender. I spent most of today cleaning up snow. Now I'm told that this weekend it's gonna snow again that'll be the 3rd snow in a week.

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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,277
    edited February 2014
    The Louisville area got 1/2 inch of freezing rain last night. The electricity went out at 4am, trees down everywhere. Waited until noon, got out the generator, gassed it up, got out the extension cords, hooked up the fridge, and a couple heaters...ten minutes later the electricity comes back on. Then spent 90 minutes on the tractor trying to bust up/plow the ice off the driveway and push fallen trees off the road. 25 miles north of me got about 8 inches of snow, and 25 miles south got nothing but rain. I hate ice! All the trees are bent over, about to break. Now I get to spend all weekend with the chainsaw. I need a leather face mask.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2014
    I agree. Temperatures are way above average, with nearly zero rainfall. Something wacky is going on with the climate.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,066
    edited February 2014
    Yeah....man.....this global warming thing. You would think we would have a warmer winter, but its actually colder!!!! Go figure, although the average temperature of the planet is increasing - based on this nonsense they call science - its colder this winter!!!! Go figure.....weird, wacky stuff.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,014
    edited February 2014
    Is any winter a good one ? Hell man, lets all head down to the keys, dip our toes in the sand and warm up to a cocktail. That's how I'd like to spend winters...but this damn work stuff keeps getting in the way.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited February 2014
    I am still trying to get my head around how global warming is causing this cooling trend we are in... I have read all the explanations... Man this complicated science stuff is too much for me and my itty bitty brain to comprehend.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    edited February 2014
    Yeahp, here in Columbus Ohio, we got seven inches of snow and then a quarter inch of ice last night. No problems with electricity of down trees though.
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  • pglbook
    pglbook Posts: 2,228
    edited February 2014
    I agree. I am also tired of this winter and all of the cold and ice and snow. We got about 10" of snow today in upstate NY (Albany) and it is supposed to snow again this weekend.

    I think part of the reason this winter feels as rough as it does is because we have had pretty mild winters the past few years. I remember growing up on Long Island 30 years ago and every winter was just about this bad.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited February 2014
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »
    Yeahp, here in Columbus Ohio, we got seven inches of snow and then a quarter inch of ice last night. No problems with electricity of down trees though.

    I was outside the AM and all i could here was branches snapping, and I can look out my window and see 3 mature trees down. Fortunately they did not hit anyone or anything.
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited February 2014
    Have to shovel two driveways now. The new house and the one im trying to sell. Suxass!
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited February 2014
    I'm tired of it too...and I don't even have to deal with snow...haha.
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,863
    edited February 2014
    mid 80's here and the a/c is on.......don't miss Minneapolis at all...............stay safe and warm this winter...
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited February 2014
    My feelings exactally!
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  • Dabutcher
    Dabutcher Posts: 2,597
    edited February 2014
    Next ten days forecast has something below zero every day! Plus I ran over a large wood pallet w my minivan! No damage noticed yet? Was loud as hell though. Peace. We will enjoy spring that much more!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,465
    edited February 2014
    Dabutcher wrote: »
    Next ten days forecast has something below zero every day! Plus I ran over a large wood pallet w my minivan! No damage noticed yet? Was loud as hell though. Peace. We will enjoy spring that much more!

    Sounds like the winter of 81 all over again.

    I actually do miss the snow here in sunny (and WARM:lol:)Los Angeles...
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,336
    edited February 2014
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Sounds like the winter of 81 all over again.

    I actually do miss the snow here in sunny (and WARM:lol:)Los Angeles...

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,014
    edited February 2014
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Sounds like the winter of 81 all over again.

    I actually do miss the snow here in sunny (and WARM:lol:)Los Angeles...

    Sounds like your also missing a little rain too.
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited February 2014
    I think we only got one tenth of an inch of rain in January.Water resources let out all the water out of the dams in anticipation of a normal year.Already asking people to cut water usage by 30 percent and only water yards once a week.Gonna be a rough summer.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited February 2014
    The family behind me Still doesn't have power. His Loud Generator is still running. He must have spent a small fortune in Gas today. Funny thing is 1/2 the street behind me is all out, I drove down that street to see what was going on. We got power back early today but one street over is still out. I saw a Tree spit in half resting on some power wires , some down and the Township put cones around it and looks to have left the fallen tree handing there. Thats strange and looks dangerous.

    I wish I could persuade my wife to move away from this crap. She hates the cold more then I do but she loves it around here for some reason. I could move tonight. We can always build another house somewhere else warmer.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited February 2014
    tonyb wrote: »
    Is any winter a good one ? Hell man, lets all head down to the keys, dip our toes in the sand and warm up to a cocktail. That's how I'd like to spend winters...but this damn work stuff keeps getting in the way.
    Lets jump on the next plane , I'm in.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited February 2014
    Rick88 wrote: »
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    I so agree with this. I gotta get my son to build that in our front yard.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited February 2014
    mantis wrote: »
    The family behind me Still doesn't have power. His Loud Generator is still running. He must have spent a small fortune in Gas today.

    I would just go tell him it's too loud if it's bugging you.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited February 2014
    George Grand wrote: »
    I would just go tell him it's too loud if it's bugging you.
    it sucks but not having power gotta suck more. It's pretty cold out and he has kids. I'm not going to complain , just vent here.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited February 2014
    Got a foot of snow. Worked from home then used the snow blower when it stopped. Kids loved playing outside. Coming from Syracuse, NY this is called "February".

    Watched the news this morning about the storm coming in on Sunday. They said it is too early to tell exactly how it's going to track. So it may just go out to sea and miss us. I love it on Sundays. Normally go to church, but if it does snow that much on Sunday then we will probably end up doing the rounds cleaning out our elderly people's driveway. It's actually fun to get 10-15 people going around clearing out people's driveways. Then cocoa at the end of the day.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,014
    edited February 2014
    mantis wrote: »
    it sucks but not having power gotta suck more. It's pretty cold out and he has kids. I'm not going to complain , just vent here.

    Exactly.....you'd probably get a polite middle finger anyway. Whats the guy gonna do with no power, let his family freeze because the neighbors don't like some noise ? Yeah...not a choice bro and you'd make the same one if you had to.

    Suck it up, power will be back soon enough. Crank the stereo to drown it out if need be.
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