Locally we had the worst April for snow on the ground ever recorded and the reason I am only now getting my summer tires put on. A fitting and to one very long and cold winter.
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Bob
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Locally we had the worst April for snow on the ground ever recorded and the reason I am only now getting my summer tires put on. A fitting and to one very long and cold winter.
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-ne...of-may-5324575
Bob
We are selling up soon because we bought our house with the view that my Father in law was going to move with us, he lived with us for two years prior to the move. He was to have 2 bedrooms, one as a sitting room and a bathroom.
He decided he wanted a Nursing Home between when we signed and when we moved in 90 days later.
Consequently we're stuck with a 5 bedroom house with 2 kitchens, 3 full bathrooms and on 5 levels that we never wanted and would definatey not have bought if we knew what his plans were(it would have been 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms if he had moved with us), There are now just the two of us and since our car accident we both have trouble looking after it and making it up all the stairs.
We have been thinking about where to move to, Thunder Bay was one of the towns we considered but it has some serious winters, New Brunswick we are thinking about seriously but apart from the winters again, we would have to change our driving licenses and I'm concerned that we might have trouble because of my sleep apnea and diabetes on insulin (they are renewal questions even in Ontario but because it's only renewal I don't need to worry here).
If there is an upside to this place, it has to be that I can have my own bathroom as a shaving den.
Well, this has been one of the worst winters for length and snow fall that I can recall in 69 years. Normally, we do not get much snow until December and it is starting to melt by March with April bring the greening of the grass. The cold is normally bad January and February, gradually warming after that. Basically 3 months of real winter instead of the 6 months we just went through.
There are some wicked snow belts in New Brunswick as there are east and west of us up here. Lake Superior has a moderating effect here on the west side of the lake near the shore.
Bob
Do you have a child or even someone else that you could sell your house to with a lifetime lease on what I call here a grandmother apartment?
Just a thought.
I feel for ya, Bob.
I hate the cold winters more now than I ever have. We've had about an average winter down here. Although I missed a bit of it being layed up and not working. That didn't hurt my feelings but has hurt my pocketbook. Now it looks as if I'm going to miss Spring and a part of the Summer before I can go back to work.
Steve, That is a huge house!
The wife and I have a four-bedroom, 1 1/2 bath house. Master bedroom, Guest room, A room for her, and a manly room for me. It works out great this way as we both have our own space. Two bathrooms are on separate levels but not his and hers as we only have one shower/tub.
Let's all try to count our blessings and be happy as this world is in sad shape. Other countries are at war. Political fights everywhere, mother nature causing havoc, and the threat of viruses all over the world. It makes me happy to stay at home and enjoy what I have.
My best to all of you!
BTW, One great thing that did happen today. I was able to switch my mouse for my computer back to the normal layout. So I'm not having to use it in the wrong hand, and can now type with 3 fingers again. LOL.
Our lifetimes are so short compared to the "world'.
What are we to judge what is "normal"
Whatever you do DON'T move to Florida. The weather sucks here.:w:w:w
Well there's cockroaches everywhere. One thing we have in Florida is bugs. There's so many bugs that the roaches have a bug problem. As far as rats, I've never seen one in a palm tree. Tree rats (aka squirrels) on the other hand there are by the million. I HATE squirrels with every fiber of my being.
So in addition to the bugs we have tree frogs as big as your hand, snakes bigger around than a motorcycle rear tire and as long as a semi trailer, Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes 8 feet long that have a head the size of a salad plate, iguanas 6 feet long, alligators that live to be 50, 17 feet long and weigh 1000 lbs. and, in addition American crocodiles that are even bigger. The really dangerous critters though are ones you can't even see. Amebas that can cause meningitis and other flesh eating kinds of things that are hard to pronounce.
But the really, really dangerous critters are the two legged ones that shoot each other over a parking spot.
Well that's comforting.
Nothing personal Bob. The biggest problem we have in Florida is population growth. My wife's family moved here from New York and I told them, "Before, when you came to visit you were Yankees. Now that you have moved permanently to Florida you're damn Yankees."
Perspective is key though. It was 95° F here today...and summer isn't even close yet.
The heat is not fun, but...
I made plans to go visit my Dad in the Central Valley of California. I will be there for the 4th of July. My Dad said its about time I came back to my home when its warm. I told him that is not warm. Thats an oven and if I can help it I will be in his house with the AC on and a fan. Not looking forward to the heat I was raised in. Here it never gets to 3 digits. There 3 digits is normal.
This seemed like a good place for a quote.
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”-Charles Dudley Warner
When it comes to weather it is all about what you have become acclimatised to. Today it was about 50 F and I was out in a T Shirt because it felt warm after the winter we just had. By next fall when it hits 50 F it will feel cold after the heat of summer. You simply can't win.
Bob
Amen to that.
In addendum to that, we moved here from Atlanta when I was almost 9. It was June and that year the heat almost killed me. The heat was so heavy and so oppressive it was murder. Part of it was the latitude (I can even tell the difference between here and Tampa 2 hours southwest) but part of it was the altitude. We went from 1100 feet to 75 feet. After the first year though I got used to it and it was not as bad. Then fresh out of high school I went to LA for about a year. When I came back it was spring time so probably late February- early March. That summer also the summer almost killed me.
This cycle has repeated a couple of times and it is always the same thing with getting used to the heat. I imagine that moving away from the cold and then back it would be the same thing.
It is truly amazing what we are able to acclimate to.
This is why i spend so much time in my local pub. 22° and comfy all year round :o
When the temp moves into 3 digits I don't care what you be used to. Hot as blazes is just that.
May 6
Our furnace is running set at 64f here in southeastern Wisconsin
Latest I have ever run the heat, even in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Not that we are known for hot weather in the UK it does get up to 80c and even has on the rare occasion it can hit 100c, having said that the worst thing about hot weather in Wales is high humidity levels, I don't really do hot weather myself, 65c with a light breeze suits me just fine.
I remember it it didn't get very cold in the UK (not near Bournemouth where I'm from anyway) compared to over here, I could scrape the windscreen with a credit card but it's a damp cold that gets in your bones and says there.
Over here, although it's very cold, freeze your tongue to a lamp post cold (yup, I had to try it but to be fair I was only 45), it's dry cold and I don't really feel it too much.
The Canadians around me are bundled up like Scott of the Antarctic and I'm out there shoveling snow in a t-shirt a lot of times. They probably think I'm crazy but you remember what they say about mad dogs and Englishmen eh?
Had the heater on for a while tonight. I'm hoping my winter isn't too long and cold. Think I'm gettin' soft.:boohoo:
Sounds like y'all is talkin about where I live. We get all the abovementioned.
The weather here is like a baby's diaper, changes daily. Temps are layered in the state. North is typically 15-20°f, cooler than the south end of the state.
Humidity in the summer that rivals with the state of Florida. Wet, icy, cold winter and springs.
But I wouldn't have it any other way.
I hear the ugly weather is headed your way, Mike.
I bought a new sleeping bag to use on my trip in a couple of weeks.
Rated comfortable down to 30'F.
I hope it works!
Actually high humidity keeps the temperature down.
I grew up in New York and summer temps ran around 90 with 60-70% humidity. That's uncomfortable to be sure. Here in New Mexico we get triple digits but the humidity is in single digits. During the monsoon season in August the humidity rises to around 30% and that keeps the temps to the low to mid 90s.
No, it's the way an evaporative cooler works. You take hot air and add humidity and it cools the air. Of course the more humid the air the less efficient it is so in my neck of the woods with single digit humidity it can really drop the temp. In very hot and humid air it only keeps the temp from getting that much worse.
Of course if you live in the tropics and the air blows in hot and really humid...well....se la vie.
It's little comfort I know.
I don't know the science so i can't argue but, I live in the most southern town in Canada - south of Northern California and I'm a 5 minute walk from Lake Erie.
During the height of the summer when I have to mow the grass twice a week sometimes, it gets so hot that it hurts to be outside and it gets so humid with it that it's like sitting in a swamp.
I don't know about the humidity cooling it down but my personal experience is that it stops the sweat evaporating and makes me feel hot, damp and uncomfortable.