It's Snowing

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Originally Posted by dissention

Sorry!

yeah. but i don't think i would die or anything, in MA, it just wouldn't be my favorite. It would get near that cold where i grew up, but not usually in Nov. And we only got snow every few years, just a teensy bit

[dissention]

Originally Posted by amber

yeah. but i don't think i would die or anything, in MA, it just wouldn't be my favorite. It would get near that cold where i grew up, but not usually in Nov. And we only got snow every few years, just a teensy bit

The almanac is saying that our winter is going to be brutal this year. It's already at record cold weather for this time of year!

[estranged4life]

even 25 degrees is not that bad...Guess cause here in Oklahoma we have 25 degrees temp with North winds gusting about 20-30 MPH most winter nights which make it possible to imagine what the hell an eskimo feels! (Its current 48 with winds blowing 13MPH)

What's not really known, But is scientifically proven is that Chicago is NOT the "windy city" (aka-The city with the highest average of blowing wind) as most are led to believed...OKC average more wind over Chicago by 2 MPH, And the whole state of Oklahoma is #1 in windy days per year over the rest of the US.

Matter of fact a "wind farm" was just built 15 miles South of our home to use the natural force of wind for purposes of energy (There's about 30-35 100 foot tall "Windmills" along prairie land.)

Brian j.

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

even 25 degrees is not that bad...Guess cause here in Oklahoma we have 25 degrees temp with North winds gusting about 20-30 MPH most winter nights which make it possible to imagine what the hell an eskimo feels! (Its current 48 with winds blowing 13MPH)

What's not really known, But is scientifically proven is that Chicago is NOT the "windy city" (aka-The city with the highest average of blowing wind) as most are led to believed...OKC average more wind over Chicago by 2 MPH, And the whole state of Oklahoma is #1 in windy days per year over the rest of the US.

Matter of fact a "wind farm" was just built 15 miles South of our home to use the natural force of wind for purposes of energy (There's about 30-35 100 foot tall "Windmills" along prairie land.)

Brian j.

I believe it, dustbowl state man....god, that would drive me nuts. I would give up all hope of my hair ever looking good

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by amber

I believe it, dustbowl state man....god, that would drive me nuts. I would give up all hope of my hair ever looking good

it's "Crustbowl"...since everything around here is covered in crusty layers of dust, And from the looks of the land I predict another "Dust Bowl" era within the next 10-15 years.

Brian j.

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

it's "Crustbowl"...since everything around here is covered in crusty layers of dust, And from the looks of the land I predict another "Dust Bowl" era within the next 10-15 years.

Brian j.

Gross. I think my mom did an environmental paper on OK. Something about erosion, overgrazing, topsoil, overgrazing... overfarming...you know, detrimental dust bowl causing stuff like that

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by amber

Gross. I think my mom did an environmental paper on OK. Something about erosion, overgrazing, topsoil, overgrazing... overfarming...you know, detrimental dust bowl causing stuff like that

ranchers/farmers here love to chop ANY type of vegatation down so they can more precious acreage to work, But then they wonder why the droughts seem to get worse each & every year (Summer this year was not as extreme as the usual, But it also was not a wet summer)...They have no one to blame but themselves if ya ask me.

Thank God my yard is full of trees

Brian j.

[amber]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

ranchers/farmers here love to chop ANY type of vegatation down so they can more precious acreage to work, But then they wonder why the droughts seem to get worse each & every year (Summer this year was not as extreme as the usual, But it also was not a wet summer)...They have no one to blame but themselves if ya ask me.

Thank God my yard is full of trees

Brian j.

yep. It's amazing what people don't know they shouldn't do with the land, the massive and long reaching detrimental effects things can have... der? anyone in there? Ha, those are gonna be the only trees left in OK! Good job, Brian!

[ShamHy89]

The almanac is saying that our winter is going to be brutal this year. It's already at record cold weather for this time of year!

I don't think I'll ever forget last year's disgusting amount of below zero days. How often do you get days off for the cold? Honestly, we risked frostbite changing classes from building to building and whatnot. Screw the cold, bring on the snow.

Shamus

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by dissention

60 degrees is freezing your ass off?! I'd like to see you attempt to make it in MA where the high of the day is 25 degrees.

Here in LA, most of us seem to think 65 degrees is freezing our asses off. It gets down to there and we're all running for our jackets and sitting in class saying, "It's so cold out there!" I can remember it being around 30 degrees a few times last winter and people didn't know what to do. And I've only seen snow twice in my life. If y'all could just have a little bit of what we're having, and we could have a little bit more of what y'all are having...well it doesn't work that way.

Hillary

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Here in LA, most of us seem to think 65 degrees is freezing our asses off. It gets down to there and we're all running for our jackets and sitting in class saying, "It's so cold out there!" I can remember it being around 30 degrees a few times last winter and people didn't know what to do. And I've only seen snow twice in my life. If y'all could just have a little bit of what we're having, and we could have a little bit more of what y'all are having...well it doesn't work that way.

Hillary

No, Alas, it doesn't. I'd trade for some fricking summer! That reminded me of when my aunt came to Cali from michigan to visit, in the winter (christmas). She was wearing shorts and stuff, and saying how warm it was!

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by amber

yep. It's amazing what people don't know they shouldn't do with the land, the massive and long reaching detrimental effects things can have... der? anyone in there? Ha, those are gonna be the only trees left in OK! Good job, Brian!

brother lives in Lubbock, TX and he has mentioned seeing only 5 trees in the whole damn town...Hell we have that many on just one side of our house!

Brian j.

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

brother lives in Lubbock, TX and he has mentioned seeing only 5 trees in the whole damn town...Hell we have that many on just one side of our house!

Brian j.

Damn! yeah, texas is horribly overgrazed...

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Here in LA, most of us seem to think 65 degrees is freezing our asses off. It gets down to there and we're all running for our jackets and sitting in class saying, "It's so cold out there!" I can remember it being around 30 degrees a few times last winter and people didn't know what to do. And I've only seen snow twice in my life. If y'all could just have a little bit of what we're having, and we could have a little bit more of what y'all are having...well it doesn't work that way.

Hillary

What cracks me up is hearing about places that usually don't get snow getting something like a half an inch. All the sudden, it's "oh ****! close all the roads! Declare it a disaster area!" I realize that most people in those areas don't know how to drive in it though.... If I'm not rushed, I like driving in it, love to sledding, love to build snowmen, and I still run down my driveway and SLIDE to the mailbox... BRING ON THE SNOW!

[WelshWitchPMD]

AAH there is some snow outside! Not a bunch but just enough to be a pain in the neck. I just saw a plow go down the street.
It is too soon for this. Just when I am dreading winter, too. I really don't think that I can take another cold winter. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to but here I am.