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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 01-24-2011 10:37 AM

After a couple of days with the low temps below zero and the snowpack as hard as marble, we are expected to skyrocket into the 30's and low 40's this week. Yea, a heatwave!

Just wish my heating bill wasnt $206.35!

Screen shot this morning from TWC:

Taken next to the main office on the way home from work:

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 01-24-2011 10:56 AM

Yes it has been cold ,but it feels worse after a cruise especially while in the warm Carribean.
We had a few days above freezing in the last few months but NO January thaw.
We have been mulling over a cruise(can't seem to make up our mind)-as to what cruise line.
I prefer the 10-12 day cruises 7 days are just too short now.
We will be going to Phoenix and Sedona in mid Feb. but just for a week. Been cool there however.
Frosty 4

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 01-24-2011 04:54 PM

1 below is a bit warmer that it is here today.

On Friday it hit 46 below (-46 F = -43 C) in International Falls, Minnesota.

Brian

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jeremya
First Class Passenger
Member # 5699

posted 01-25-2011 01:30 AM

You want cold ...

Here in Montreal at this hour it is ( 2f ) or ( -17c ) with more snow on the way. Wind Chill is ( -25 c ) ...

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 01-25-2011 08:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jeremya:
You want cold ...
Here in Montreal at this hour it is ( 2f ) or ( -17c ) with more snow on the way. Wind Chill is ( -25 c ) ...

Wee bit warmer here in Toronto but not much. Sunday & Monday it was -20C and that's without the windchill. Warmed up some today to -2C but snow on the way Thursday & Friday.

It's not the snow that bothers me it's the ice that's underneath - we had freezing rain last Thursday and that didn't help. Having had a bad fall a few years ago on my driveway (ice under the snow) I am so afraid of falling again that I have stayed indoors for 4 days and it's driving me crazy. Tomorrow I'm going out come hell or high water.

I will be so glad to see this winter over.

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 01-26-2011 10:48 AM

Even when it's cloudy and dreary one can be affected with lack of light syndrome--there is a technical name for it.???
But now the Sun sets around 5PM with the days getting longer. By the end of March it's 6PM and then daylight savings time kicks in.
You really need to have indoor activities to keep you busy. I build R/C model airplanes,do jigsaw puzzles,surf the Net and read. Try to refrain from watching TV. Don't be a Couch Potato and gain weight by eating to many munchies.
If you have a hobby --whatever --now is the best time for that.
Frosty 4

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 01-27-2011 01:20 PM

We got another dousing of several inches of snow yesterday. I took this picture Tuesday morning after getting off work and stopping by the office, changing it to black and white to see how it looked:

[ 01-27-2011: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]

Posts: 5650 | From: Clarksburg WV | Registered: Apr 2003 | IP: Logged

dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 01-28-2011 09:11 AM

The snow just keeps coming, doesn't it!

These from this morning on the way home:

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 01-30-2011 06:40 PM

Looks like our turn for the snow. Monday a few inches but Tuesday totals could be 14+ inches.
Lake effect(off Lake Michigan) with strong winds will produce "White Out" conditions.
Snow blower is gassed up and ready. Thank goodness I don't have to drive in this stuff. Can't wait for our cruise in March--when we get back it will almost be April and Winter should be over!!
Frosty 4

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 02-03-2011 11:19 AM

It's over,22 inchesn fell. 50MPH+ winds-snow drifts Yesterday was a day of cleaning the driveway and sidewalks. 4 hours+.
Some light snow over this weekend. Next week might be interesting with more snow expected.
Can't wait till 3/13. Off to FLL and 14 days in the Carribean(WARM).
F4

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 02-06-2011 11:56 AM

Another 4-5 inches today. Just finished shovelling.
East Coast it's on it's way. We melted a little of the big storm yesterday but we got what ever melted back today. Roads still suck.
Frosty 4

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 02-18-2011 03:59 AM

Wow. Yesterday was incredible: a perfect 66 degrees and very comfortable humidity, cloudless skies, and long lines at the car wash!

Its the first time I've been able to open a window in the apartment and leave it open all day since November. However I see it's back to the upper 'teens again by Tuesday. ;(

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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 02-21-2011 06:39 PM

We just got slammed with more than a foot and a half of snow. My car was literally buried and I had to dig to get to it. Barely got out of our neighborhood because the snow was so deep.

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 02-22-2011 06:54 AM

quote:
Originally posted by LeBarryboat:
We just got slammed with more than a foot and a half of snow. My car was literally buried and I had to dig to get to it. Barely got out of our neighborhood because the snow was so deep.

OK, OK, don't rub it in! Some of us poor souls down in South Florida are buried up to our necks in sunshine, sweltering with temps in the mid to upper 80s. And the National Weather Service has just advised us that they don't see any more cool weather coming down this far for this year, so Winter seems to be over for us!

Rich

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 02-22-2011 11:27 AM

After the vast majority a the snow melted we got 2 inches today. And to think that I was in Sedona AZ last week with temps in the 70s.
Came back here Sat. and am getting over a bad cold.
Going from cold to warm and back to cold is NOT a good thing. But We will be doing it again soon as cruise is a few weeks off.
Frosty4

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