Jan 21 # 26 of 39
Mama Mangia wrote:
my furnace shuts off long enough to turn right back on - it's so dang cold - I've been shoveling my azz off - and I don't think my body will ever warm up again - I swear my body temperature has to be just above freezing!
and those winds whipping through here are making it even worse -
it's so bad that the mercury in my thermometer even left town! it's not there anymore!
Time to make a pot of soup and a grilled cheese.
It's not good to be out in the wind like that
shoveling
can wait.
Jan 21 # 27 of 39
We only got about an inch and a half. It missed us thankfully. Got down to 14 and supposed to hit 5 tonight.
Posted By: chubbyalaskagriz
Feb 2 # 28 of 39
With last night's/today's BLIZZARD, I walk a fine line...
Knowing other regions have suffered like this all winter long- while we have been spared (until now)... and being a former Alaskan whose seen harsh weather- I'm tempted to blow it all off and remain in a sort of stylish denial about it all.
But...
Truth is...
This was bad. REALLY bad.
And it's only half-over. MORE snow coming and tonight the 10-15 below zero temps set in. YIKES!
The newspaper is using words like "colossal", "paralyzed", "buckled", "monstrous", "worst-ever", "record-blowing"...
Check this out:
CHICAGO -- A colossal blizzard roaring across a third of the country paralyzed the nation's heartland with ice and snow, leaving motorists stranded for hours and shuttering airports, hospitals, police departments and schools as it barreled toward the Northeast. Even snow-plows were stranded.
The monstrous storm billed as the worst in decades delivered knock-out after knock-out as it made its way from Texas to Maine, bringing a huge swath of the country to a halt. With two to four feet of snow in as many hours, and double that in drift heights, combined with 70 mph winds, two to four inches of sleet and freezing rain, and even thunder and lightening some say this is the worst and biggest the U.S. has ever seen in terms of number of states and square miles affected.
Whew!
Feb 2 # 29 of 39
I know Kev - everything is closed here - and we didn't get hit with it real hard - YET - right now the ice pellets are hitting the windows - I would rather have 2 feet of snow - ice storms are worse - and they say it's going to get worse later.
I'm tired of shoveling - and this morning it was a ice packed - I ache. And I am not a lazy person - I shovel several times a day. But today I just could not finish it. And it's that damp cold that goes right through you. I'll never warm up.
Future forecast - another big one on the way for next week Wednesday.
And that little rat they pull out of the hole each year in PA did NOT see his shadow.
So we are supposed to have an early spring.
Yeah - right - I'll believe it when I see it..........
Posted By: chubbyalaskagriz
Feb 2 # 30 of 39
Well be careful and stay COZY, mama!
