you can stick the heat! i prefer the cold weather, can't wait for a bit of snowfall in uk!!.. no choice, everything forced to slow down!

& it's so pretty

just now it's very blowy right now, galeforce even. i had a walk along the beach earlier, love the noise & the seaspray clears the senses & a woolly head

excited said:

Well here in NY we're in the middle of a nice lil' blizzard.

I made it to work alright (thank you All-Wheel-Drive!) but there are scores of people spinning out or getting stuck on the roads.

I woke up early to go shovel and thankfully the snow is light & fluffy so shovelling is easy. But it's still snowing and will continue to do so until later today.

After I cleaned off my car I ran inside, showered & dressed, and by the time I came back out it was completely covered in snow again.

BTW - right now it's 10ºF outside (real feel -9º !!!)

So yeah, it's cold.

PurpleJedi said:

PurpleJedi said:

Well here in NY we're in the middle of a nice lil' blizzard.

I made it to work alright (thank you All-Wheel-Drive!) but there are scores of people spinning out or getting stuck on the roads.

I woke up early to go shovel and thankfully the snow is light & fluffy so shovelling is easy. But it's still snowing and will continue to do so until later today.

After I cleaned off my car I ran inside, showered & dressed, and by the time I came back out it was completely covered in snow again.

drive very carefully!

ThisOne said:

PurpleJedi said:

Well here in NY we're in the middle of a nice lil' blizzard.

I made it to work alright (thank you All-Wheel-Drive!) but there are scores of people spinning out or getting stuck on the roads.

I woke up early to go shovel and thankfully the snow is light & fluffy so shovelling is easy. But it's still snowing and will continue to do so until later today.

After I cleaned off my car I ran inside, showered & dressed, and by the time I came back out it was completely covered in snow again.

Well I hope it stops and that u get a bit of relief !!!


Meanwhile..... I'm off to the beach today!!!

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..........DAMNIT!!!!..........................brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (etc, etc, )

Just outside of TO - minus 41. MINUS 41!!!

U can't even dress for this sheit. Frostbite within seconds. And on top of this, last week due to ice storm and power outage we had a half million people without heat - some for up to 8 days straight. Many sick, many died (some ran generators BBQ's inside their homes - duh). It cost us Billions of $'s and we'll start seeing this on our already high energy bills. Between hydro and gas, I can pay - thru a bad winter - about $550+/month. A MONTH! It's enough to MAKE you WANT to crawl into a cave and get off the grid - all while currently, greedy energy CEO's take home an annual paycheck in the multi-millions (each).

Really makes you think about what happens when the power's gone. Sure there are firepits and generators, but how many can afford a quality generator, fuel (would cost a fortune until it ran out) or an endless supply of wood (you'd be throwing in your furniture). No hot coffee, hot meals, no water (frozen pipes), hygiene - no showers, teeth, hair, laundry; on a few hours of daylight each day, no electronics - NO MORE INTERNET, no hospital procedures, no electric cars or streetcars... etc. etc. Yes, I know - this is the way it used to be, but today, having all that we have - it's a fucking stark reality. And just turn it around with high heat temperatures, dried up lakes and no power?

Makes you wonder that IF some of mankind could survive how our species might adapt.

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mynameisnotsusan said:

ThisOne said:

Well I hope it stops and that u get a bit of relief !!!


Meanwhile..... I'm off to the beach today!!!

Its humid as hell here on the Gold Coast.

HuMpThAnG said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Red said:

ThisOne said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Doesn't Santa pull up in a jet ski at the beach or summin like that down there?

No it's a surf board with dolphins pulling him in!!!!

BobGeorge909 said:

ThisOne said:

No it's a surf board with dolphins pulling him in!!!!

Yeah....that's so cool. Reminds me of Cali....oh do I miss her. :cry2:


'Flipper the red-nosed dolphin. Had a very shiny beak....'
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ThisOne said:

ThisOne said:

excited said:

you can stick the heat! i prefer the cold weather, can't wait for a bit of snowfall in uk!!.. no choice, everything forced to slow down!

& it's so pretty

just now it's very blowy right now, galeforce even. i had a walk along the beach earlier, love the noise & the seaspray clears the senses & a woolly head

What's the hottest temperature u have had to cope with??? Because it's always cold in the Uk!!! It gets cold here in winter and we have snow 2 so I've experienced both and still prefer the heat.... But just like u I Luv the beach 2 - even on a cold wet windy day!!!

nobody owns a thermometer cuz there's nothing to brag about! let's just say there's no need for air con but still need ure factor 50.

we've also have extreme weather in uk right now, high winds, high tides, lots of flooding.. scary world weather..

Red said:

Just outside of TO - minus 41. MINUS 41!!!

U can't even dress for this sheit. Frostbite within seconds. And on top of this, last week due to ice storm and power outage we had a half million people without heat - some for up to 8 days straight. Many sick, many died (some ran generators BBQ's inside their homes - duh). It cost us Billions of $'s and we'll start seeing this on our already high energy bills. Between hydro and gas, I can pay - thru a bad winter - about $550+/month. A MONTH! It's enough to MAKE you WANT to crawl into a cave and get off the grid - all while currently, greedy energy CEO's take home an annual paycheck in the multi-millions (each).

Really makes you think about what happens when the power's gone. Sure there are firepits and generators, but how many can afford a quality generator, fuel (would cost a fortune until it ran out) or an endless supply of wood (you'd be throwing in your furniture). No hot coffee, hot meals, no water (frozen pipes), hygiene - no showers, teeth, hair, laundry; on a few hours of daylight each day, no electronics - NO MORE INTERNET, no hospital procedures, no electric cars or streetcars... etc. etc. Yes, I know - this is the way it used to be, but today, having all that we have - it's a fucking stark reality. And just turn it around with high heat temperatures, dried up lakes and no power?

Makes you wonder that IF some of mankind could survive how our species might adapt.

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i don't think anyone in the uk would stand a chance, the english would defo become extinct, we are so pathetic

some places had power cuts for 24hrs & when the lights started flickering in my house we were crapping ourselves

It was -15˚C/5˚F here in New York City this morning. At least last week's snow was mostly washed away by rain yesterday before the temperature dropped.

Nothing like being trapped in a polar vortex. It's a balmy - 8 here right now. That's up about 8 degrees from yesterday.

Frisky2Times said:

Right now with the warmth of the sun, it's a nice 10º outside, but the "real feel" is -11º

BobGeorge909 said:

Frisky2Times said:

Nothing like being trapped in a polar vortex. It's a balmy - 8 here right now. That's up about 8 degrees from yesterday.

Across lake Ponchartrain from new Orleans, on the 'north shore' its goddamn 26 degrees. The frakkin' pipes froze! I'm from SoCal and this kinda shit it new to me...in SoCal OR here in Louisiana's deep south. Its jot often(if at all) that I've personally seen a bird bath turn into a big flat IceCube. Portions of the muddy ground are rock hard. Seriously...TWENTY-SIX degrees! This is bullshit. Its too goddamn cold. I say this and there's people in places where they WISH it was that warm...and for y'all...I truly sympathize for I can only imagine what's affecting your thermometers and barometers.

Hey, 26 is a heat wave up here.

I have a space heater directed @ the north wall of our home @ the mo in order to keep the bathroom pipes from freezing. Older homes are such a trip.

Stay warm!

PurpleJedi said:

Right now with the warmth of the sun, it's a nice 10º outside, but the "real feel" is -11º

Time to break out the 'kinis.

A nice 40º here!

every time i see this topic title i think of the Robert Johnson song..."Red Hot"