balloonshark
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- Jun 5, 2008
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It was in the 70's last week. Today I woke up to snow on the ground. Tonight it's supposed to get 19F. Is it spring yet?
Can't say I'd like your winter weather when it gets really cold, but I would love that kind of cool you're posting right now (not so much the ice instead of snow I guess though lol). Felt great when the polar vortex came down to Texas and we were at -2C to -4C with 8 cm of snow in February 2021. Didn't feel great not having power half the time that week because of how trash the Texas power grid is, which forced the state to basically shut down for a week, but the weather was great. Loved just slapping a sweatshirt and a beanie on and walking through the snow as it was coming down.Winter is officially here! Have a couple cm on the ground so far. Suppose to turn into ice pellets and rain and overall be a pretty nasty combo.
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the damp cold like we are getting is playing havoc with my arthritis. At least in winter things stabilize for me. The darkness doesn't bother me that much.What's interesting is the cold we are getting now is actually worse than the cold we get throughout the rest of winter. I find single negative digits in the fall feel way colder than double digits in middle of winter. Then single digits in the spring feels like tropical weather.
To me the biggest part of winter I hate is the constant darkness though. Dark before work and dark after work. And during the day when there is light out, it's still fairly dark compared to a summer day.