Are you ready for winter?
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O Town
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My answer is NO! I guess I am a true Floridian, born and raised here and I am not sick of it yet. I hate bundling up for the little of time that I have to. It' okay for about a week and then I'm over it. Shorts, tank top, and flip flops is the most I like to wear. If it were up to me I would love for the spring to stay all year somewhere in the upper 70's low 80's. That's heaven for me. Old man winter can stay asleep for all I care.
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tornadochaser86
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im ready for some cooler temps...but winter? not really.......if it would stay fall or spring down here year round then it would be a paradise....last winter here in ocala we had some bad freezes with 26 degrees being the lowest i remember....and then in january we had 2 weeks of temps. in the 80's....floridas winters are always weird....ya never know what your gona get? being born and raised here im used to it...so im wondering if we will have a cooler than average, or a warmer than average winter this year????? only time will tell 
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hazel_eyed_girl88
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Nah, not ready for winter yet. Getting ready means buying coats and gloves and all those accouterments for the kids, since they outgrow them every year! We'll be wearing shorts until it gets down into the 40's.
Yeah, we get winter here. Usually there's two weeks in January when it doesn't get out of the single digits. I think the record here is like -10 That's cold enough for me. I used to live in Philadelphia. On any given day, it's 5 or more degrees colder here. That makes a big difference in the weather, when it's hovering around freezing. The biggest snowfall I ever experienced was in January '97 when we got hit with like 3 feet of snow over 3 days. Then a week later, it went up to the 60's and rained. There was a lot of flooding as a result of that.
Yeah, we get winter here. Usually there's two weeks in January when it doesn't get out of the single digits. I think the record here is like -10 That's cold enough for me. I used to live in Philadelphia. On any given day, it's 5 or more degrees colder here. That makes a big difference in the weather, when it's hovering around freezing. The biggest snowfall I ever experienced was in January '97 when we got hit with like 3 feet of snow over 3 days. Then a week later, it went up to the 60's and rained. There was a lot of flooding as a result of that.
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Miss Mary
It's supposed to go down to 39 Thursday night!!!! I feel like pitching a tent and building a campfire.....this has been a very hot and also dry summer. Sunny day after sunny day. At times, smog alerts.
My next door neighbor hates winter, I'll be out there lovin' it and she'll be shivering! LOL
Well, I just had to share the good news.....I am so ready for cooler temps. I can taste them.
Mary
My next door neighbor hates winter, I'll be out there lovin' it and she'll be shivering! LOL
Well, I just had to share the good news.....I am so ready for cooler temps. I can taste them.
Mary
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gunner1551
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hey we got our first taste of winter a couple of days back!! it was below zero in C i cant remember the conversion off hand should be about 28.4 degrees F. AND factor in the extream wind chill at this time in the year. it was about 28 degrees lol. anyways i cant wait for winter bring it on!!
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wxwatcher91
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heck ya
I live right where the moisture from Nor'easters interact with cold air and where the most snow comes out of the nor'easters... usually... last year was an exception with the coast getting most of the action... anyway we usually get a good 2 to 4 weeks of highs 0 to 10 above and lows 0 to 10 below... and we hit 20 below a couple times last year...
we were deprived of a lot of snow action because most of the storms last year were RI and MA storms... still, we get about 80 to 140 inches each season...
I'm not necessarily wanting the tropics to slow down because I do want the record broken this season, but I can't wait for some winter action!
I live right where the moisture from Nor'easters interact with cold air and where the most snow comes out of the nor'easters... usually... last year was an exception with the coast getting most of the action... anyway we usually get a good 2 to 4 weeks of highs 0 to 10 above and lows 0 to 10 below... and we hit 20 below a couple times last year...
we were deprived of a lot of snow action because most of the storms last year were RI and MA storms... still, we get about 80 to 140 inches each season...
I'm not necessarily wanting the tropics to slow down because I do want the record broken this season, but I can't wait for some winter action!
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The biggest snowfall I ever experienced was in January '97 when we got hit with like 3 feet of snow over 3 days. Then a week later, it went up to the 60's and rained. There was a lot of flooding as a result of that.[/quote]
That was January 1996, fellow Pennsylvanian, ggg. I remember it well, had to shovel off our roof so it would not collapse, but that was no problem, because could just step off the roof onto the snow piles from the roof, the sidewalk and the drifts!! After the thaw and flood, the road crews had to pick huge iceblocks off of the road with payloaders where the road was near the local creeks because the flood dropped all the ice on the roads and nearby fields. Last time I saw that was in the 60's and it wasn't as bad as 1996!
I am seeing a lot of natural indicators that are saying this winter will be similar, rather brutal.
READY FOR WINTER?
New Blaze King Princess Insert (Highly recommended by friend in Alaska!)
6 Cords of wood, Mostly Split and Ready to go
1000 gallons of heating oil, enough for almost 3 years for us
New Blizzak Snow/Ice tires for 4WD
Extra food in the pantry
Lots of DVD's (including Winter Storm favorite, "The Shining")
Snowblower ready to go
Son in law with big Plow Truck
All I need is a set of snowshoes
READY FOR WINTER? I SHOULD THINK SO!
That was January 1996, fellow Pennsylvanian, ggg. I remember it well, had to shovel off our roof so it would not collapse, but that was no problem, because could just step off the roof onto the snow piles from the roof, the sidewalk and the drifts!! After the thaw and flood, the road crews had to pick huge iceblocks off of the road with payloaders where the road was near the local creeks because the flood dropped all the ice on the roads and nearby fields. Last time I saw that was in the 60's and it wasn't as bad as 1996!
I am seeing a lot of natural indicators that are saying this winter will be similar, rather brutal.
READY FOR WINTER?
New Blaze King Princess Insert (Highly recommended by friend in Alaska!)
6 Cords of wood, Mostly Split and Ready to go
1000 gallons of heating oil, enough for almost 3 years for us
New Blizzak Snow/Ice tires for 4WD
Extra food in the pantry
Lots of DVD's (including Winter Storm favorite, "The Shining")
Snowblower ready to go
Son in law with big Plow Truck
All I need is a set of snowshoes
READY FOR WINTER? I SHOULD THINK SO!
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Miss Mary wrote:It's supposed to go down to 39 Thursday night!!!! I feel like pitching a tent and building a campfire.....this has been a very hot and also dry summer. Sunny day after sunny day. At times, smog alerts.
My next door neighbor hates winter, I'll be out there lovin' it and she'll be shivering! LOL
Well, I just had to share the good news.....I am so ready for cooler temps. I can taste them.
Mary
wow!! good for you miss mary!!........we havent even had "fall" yet!!! uggggg!!!! im so tired of the humidity i could barf!!!
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