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Seven Degrees This Morning
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ricksrealpitbbq
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We've got 1 degree, Still waiting for that global warming to show up
Mama Mangia
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Well if anyone finds our mercury (it left the thermometer to go south I think) please return it to me. It's dang cold. I shoveled 4 times yesterday and once so far this morning and it's still snowing. And it's too cold to keep going out there.
And the lake isn't frozen yet! Maybe that is where the global warming is????????
And the lake isn't frozen yet! Maybe that is where the global warming is????????
chubbyalaskagriz
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Clearly, Dilbert- you don't know what'cher talkin' 'bout! (Hee-Hee!)
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jglass
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We passed on a free trip to Dollywood because Jon and I both dislike that sort of music. I don't care for country music and really dislike bluegrass. To many years of hearing my aunts, uncles and cousins plucking away on banjos at family get togethers. I can still remember that noise way to clearly. It was bad lol.
Supposed to be 40 here Wed. Gonna feel like a heatwave. I have some shopping to get done and Wed will be a great day for it if the forcast doesnt change.
Supposed to be 40 here Wed. Gonna feel like a heatwave. I have some shopping to get done and Wed will be a great day for it if the forcast doesnt change.
scubalaydee
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yup very cold in NYC it was 16 degrees
jpshaw
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What do you mean - - "about to"?
Mama Mangia
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wish I had a camera - I could show you the snow that is now falling sideways again - just blowing out there - and the 5 and 6 foot snow banks as well as the walls of snow we have
Bubba707
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The data gives a few years leeway. Before it actually begins things will be a bit erratic. Welcome to the climate rollercoaster.
Mama Mangia
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Janie - I lived here my entire life. Many would say that I'm used to it - but as time goes on I am getting sick of it. Our position on the lake makes our weather very unpredictable 365 days a year - even in summer - we cannot predict what will happen - it changes so fast.
chubbyalaskagriz
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In Alaska I worked in many various regions. Most folks think of AK as being a deep-freeze everywhere all winter long. But it's not.
90% of Alaska's residents live in the Anchorage area in the south-central part of the state (which is way south) and there the weather isn't honestly a whole lot different than here in Illinois as far as snow-fall or cold- just lasts several weeks longer- beginning in Oct. and ending in May- with remnants of snow remaining high up in the mountains all summer long.
But on Alaska's northermost coast at Deadhorse- which is a wee bit east of Point Barrow, where I worked at several oil camps, Alaska's northernmost point on the Beaufort Sea, the snow flew from Sept to June and temps dipped to minus 70 degrees ambient. (Combined w/ 70+ straight days of darkness).
And WAY south, far out on the Aleutian chain, Dutch Harbor is known as "Birthplace of the Wind". It's severely windy (noisy!) always- even on bright, hot, summer days. There, much as mama describes- the snow flew sideways and piled HIGH! Although temps rarely dipped too cold- never below zero. This wasn't always good though, because at least when it gets THAT cold- it cannot rain or snow. There the temp always remained around that magic 25-35 degree mark which made conditions perfect not only for TONS of snow- but also those dangerous winter down-pours of rain that caused ice-ups on roads, bridges, barges and fishing vessels. Many a crab-boat has tragically rolled and sunk due to severe ice build-up.
In and around Valdez, where the tragic '89 Exxon Valdez oil Spill took place- in surrounding Thompson Pass the year I worked at a tiny ski lodge the annual snow-fall was THREE HUNDRED INCHES! The folks there LOVED it though 'cause they're all extreme-ski-ers and snow-boraders!
And finally in south-east Alaska (which is actually rain-forest) where I worked on Admiralty Island just a 45 minute ferry ride from Juneau, it often snowed in winter- but more typically, it rained- and often quite hard. Temps hardly ever fell below 30 degrees, and when it did snow one day- the next day's rain usually washed it all away.
90% of Alaska's residents live in the Anchorage area in the south-central part of the state (which is way south) and there the weather isn't honestly a whole lot different than here in Illinois as far as snow-fall or cold- just lasts several weeks longer- beginning in Oct. and ending in May- with remnants of snow remaining high up in the mountains all summer long.
But on Alaska's northermost coast at Deadhorse- which is a wee bit east of Point Barrow, where I worked at several oil camps, Alaska's northernmost point on the Beaufort Sea, the snow flew from Sept to June and temps dipped to minus 70 degrees ambient. (Combined w/ 70+ straight days of darkness).
And WAY south, far out on the Aleutian chain, Dutch Harbor is known as "Birthplace of the Wind". It's severely windy (noisy!) always- even on bright, hot, summer days. There, much as mama describes- the snow flew sideways and piled HIGH! Although temps rarely dipped too cold- never below zero. This wasn't always good though, because at least when it gets THAT cold- it cannot rain or snow. There the temp always remained around that magic 25-35 degree mark which made conditions perfect not only for TONS of snow- but also those dangerous winter down-pours of rain that caused ice-ups on roads, bridges, barges and fishing vessels. Many a crab-boat has tragically rolled and sunk due to severe ice build-up.
In and around Valdez, where the tragic '89 Exxon Valdez oil Spill took place- in surrounding Thompson Pass the year I worked at a tiny ski lodge the annual snow-fall was THREE HUNDRED INCHES! The folks there LOVED it though 'cause they're all extreme-ski-ers and snow-boraders!
And finally in south-east Alaska (which is actually rain-forest) where I worked on Admiralty Island just a 45 minute ferry ride from Juneau, it often snowed in winter- but more typically, it rained- and often quite hard. Temps hardly ever fell below 30 degrees, and when it did snow one day- the next day's rain usually washed it all away.
Mama Mangia
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geez - I should move to Alaska! less snow! LOL
jpshaw
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Where do you live Mama? It doesn't give a location on your post.