Stupid, .crazy. Temps in the teens F. Where is global warming? I need some of that. @medtran49 , @CraigC , @bluejeanbaby - you all must be experiencing this insane weather. We are not prepared for this kind of cold. Schools and businesses are closed. Bridges are closed. No system set up for ice removal. George is nuts trying to keep the orange tree from freezing.
Yes, it dropped off again last night, supposed to last thru tomorrow, warm up for a few days, then drop off again. However, just down to low 40s for us, with feels like of high 30s.Stupid, .crazy
What I hate is that it has often been colder during the day than at night lately. Today was not so bad, was three days this week I have had to turn the electric fire on during the day rather than late at night or early morning. It's 41F here, 36F where my daughter lives, and 32F in the town in Greece near where I was (the village does not show up on weather sites, but I expect it's a lot colder). Riyadh (where my late cousin lived) is a balmy 54F. I tend to use the 'feels like' temperatures. I nipped round the shops on foot Thursday afternoon in what I thought was warm enough clothing and got frozen through because of the cold wind, and I had only been gone 20 minutes.
Teens can only be as high as 19°F. Take away Thirty-Two, times by Five and divide by Nine.
Cold then...
We have snow every year [and ice and frost - in fact much less of it now that even when I was young] BUT we still close schools roads and often run trains late because of maybe 1 - 3 ins of snow tops. Why ?Stupid, .crazy
I can remember once having to dig my car out of the snow in the 1960s after abandoning it for nearly a week. I can also remember having to dig one of my Mum's precious Scotties out of the snow when it decided to slip its lead one day and run down a steep hill. The snow was OK at the top of the hill, but down the bottom it was a few feet deep. When I first drove to Germany, it was thick snow - higher than I am tall - and it even snowed there in June that year. I can also remember, when we were at grammar school, we were allowed to wear one item of non-school uniform if it was very cold, but this didn't always apply to snowy weather or if the school heating was not working. It depended entirely on the whim of the headmaster, and heaven help us if we used snow as an excuse not to get to school. It took long enough to get to the nearest bus stop or station, and then there was the mile and a half walk to the school itself.
We'd two incidents on the same stretch of road.
So we may as well close them all winter.
They don't call huge 4x4s Chelsea tractors for nothing
but some of their owners are probably incapable of driving anything on other than a flat road in the best of weather conditions. And I agree with you about today's 'shocking' weather conditions. Do these people actually know the difference between actual snow and the odd few flakes here and there. Also, what would they do if they were out in a proper blizzard?
