Lucy in Australia Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I am freaking out, reading different people's updates on what you're all going through with this "Polar Vortex". Snowed in, can't open door, trees crashing on roofs, - 45 gazillion degrees... I humbly admit I would have curled up in the fetal position, quietly sobbing to myself a long time ago. I'll keep my deadly snakes, venomous spiders & heatwaves. :coolgleamA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 It has been a long rough winter. We are running 5-20 degrees below normal every day for the past month or more along with near record snowfall. It is just getting tiresome. That said, I do NOT do heat well. Last summer when we were up at or over 100 with high humidity I was melting and doing as little as possible out in the sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have been thinking about re-reading The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder to make myself feel better that I live now and not then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 It's a great reminder of all we have to be thankful for: four walls, a roof, running water, a furnace ..... Yesterday was a rough day because I couldn't stay home. I had to drive the kids to school and back. That may not sound like a big deal, but sometimes driving in this feels like an Olympic event.... I live on top of a hill and it's always iffy whether I'll make it all the way to my parking spot.... And it was also garbage day, so I had to drag the bins to the end of our long drive in rather deep snow. And there was nobody to give me hot chocolate afterwards. ;) But for the most part, having shelter and a furnace is enough to keep us content. I will just cover my eyes when the gas bill arrives.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 The kids are back in school after having two snow days. I don't ever get snow days, and it stinks to have to drive in this stuff—or have DH drive me, like he did on Tuesday. Some of the roads looked like skating rinks in spots yesterday morning, there were multiple slide-offs and vehicles in the ditch, and we had a high near 0. Today the temp may get up to 11, and the latest forecast I saw said it will only be above freezing twice in the next week. I've been daydreaming about last summer's 108 F highs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 And that would be why I live in Central Texas. My hat's off to all my snow buddies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 If you guys want to share your snow, we will happily take some. California is in a serious drought! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 What touched my heart yesterday was a lady out shoveling her driveway. The snow yesterday was really heavy. This lady has a special-needs daughter in a wheelchair who gets picked up by a school bus every morning. She has to wheel her down the driveway to the street. She would have had to do a tremendous amount of work to clear that driveway with a shovel yesterday morning. On top of all the work of getting a wheelchair-bound child ready for school and bundled up. If she hadn't been already just about finished, I would have stopped and helped her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 If you guys want to share your snow, we will happily take some. California is in a serious drought! :( Which county are you in? It has been raining the past few days for my area, near Levi's Stadium. My patio pots are flooded and it is still raining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 See, this hasn't actually been made public but it's a little known fact that there are actually no wimps or wimpettes among WTM homeschoolers. It's not physically possible, goes against the laws of nature :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Arcadia, Los Angeles County. San Fernando Valley. Our Mountains should be green. They are brown, brown, brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I don't do heat well at all either. To me, it's so much easier to put layers on, but you can only strip off so many! It hasn't been that bad lately. No more of the -40 below for the past couple weeks. It actually warmed up to 19 last Sunday, and we were able to go out cross-country skiing for over an hour. It was great. Even going down to the barn with the sled in 5 degrees seemed actually pleasant and invigorating this morning. I actually sweat a little helping DH pull it back up to the house. (We pile quite a load on an extra-long sled) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelAR05 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have been thinking about re-reading The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder to make myself feel better that I live now and not then. Great idea! We may start this as a read-aloud. The Long Winter is my favorite Laura Ingalls Wilder book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 San Fernando Valley. Our Mountains should be green. They are brown, brown, brown. Hope the rain comes your way and wildfires stay away. Our mountains are brown too even though the creek behind my home is looking good. Plenty of contrast within a 20 mile drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 That said, I do NOT do heat well. Last summer when we were up at or over 100 with high humidity I was melting and doing as little as possible out in the sun. There's nothing wimpy about that: You're neither a mad dog nor an Englishman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I was without power for twelve hours yesterday. Thankfully, it came on right before we were heading to bed, so we didn't have to bundle the babies up in double sleepers. And we have a generator so that we can run our furnace intermittently and keep our pipes from freezing. But we can't heat the upstairs that way, and we can't cook very well. I am very glad to have power back. This has been a longer and harder winter than the past several, and I will be very grateful for spring. I hope it is a long, slow spring that does not get hot too quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have been thinking about re-reading The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder to make myself feel better that I live now and not then. I read Jack London's "To Build a Fire" to make myself feel better. If it's only -30F, that's better than -70F, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 We have the worst of both worlds. It snowed 14" yesterday and the windchill is -20F, but we will have heatwaves and wildfires in the summer to accompany our poisonous spiders and snakes. I keep trying to convince dh to move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhanaBee Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have been thinking about re-reading The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder to make myself feel better that I live now and not then. I'll come out of the closet and admit that I *have* been rereading that book in the hopes that it'll make me feel better. It hasn't. I'm still cold, and tired of winter weather. And the rest of my family is out in L.A., wishing they could have half of the wet stuff we're getting. I'd love to ship it to them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Arcadia, Los Angeles County. San Fernando Valley. Our Mountains should be green. They are brown, brown, brown. Is it raining there now? I'm in the OC where it's been drizzling a bit all day, and now is really raining! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I read Jack London's "To Build a Fire" to make myself feel better. If it's only -30F, that's better than -70F, right? Oh, how can that make you feel better? Didn't you have to watch that creepy short film version of it in junior high? {shudder} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Is it raining there now? I'm in the OC where it's been drizzling a bit all day, and now is really raining! :hurray: yes! It's been a slow steady drip for about three hours. It's the best rain we've had in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I have been thinking about re-reading The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder to make myself feel better that I live now and not then. I'm not sure I can take re-reading it now. Maybe sometime in the heat of August. Somehow I feel colder just thinking about reading that particular title at this particular time. I will fully admit that I have become an absolute wimp this winter. The 2nd time I had to chip ice away from the roof and gutters really did me in. I've had enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I will take cold, snow, sleet, no power, any day over heat and humidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I will take cold, snow, sleet, no power, any day over heat and humidity. I used to think so, but now I'm not so sure. We shut off our air conditioning this summer to save money and I did surprisingly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Yesterday's high here was -1 and today it was supposed to get up to 14. It never got above 1 degree. They say the high tomorrow is going to be 40. I sure hope they are right. I'm not sure how many more days of this way below freezing temps I can take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I read Jack London's "To Build a Fire" to make myself feel better. If it's only -30F, that's better than -70F, right? Oh, how can that make you feel better? Didn't you have to watch that creepy short film version of it in junior high? {shudder} I cannot imagine ever putting Jack London's works in the category of 'make myself feel better'. I don't think I've ever felt that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 It hasn't been that bad lately. No more of the -40 below for the past couple weeks. It actually warmed up to 19 last Sunday, and we were able to go out cross-country skiing for over an hour. It was great. Even going down to the barn with the sled in 5 degrees seemed actually pleasant and invigorating this morning. I actually sweat a little helping DH pull it back up to the house. (We pile quite a load on an extra-long sled) :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 yes! It's been a slow steady drip for about three hours. It's the best rain we've had in a long time. Is it raining there now? I'm in the OC where it's been drizzling a bit all day, and now is really raining! :hurray: My cactus in clay pots are "flooded" while my kid's strawberries and broccoli plants are happy. If rain continues this weekend as predicted, my kids will be very happy puddle jumping after their Saturday class. "The driest winter on record will finally get a downpour of relief this weekend with a series of storms expected to deliver in four days double the amount of rainfall the Bay Area has seen all season. In a state beset by drought, poor air quality and winter wildfires, the welcome weather forecast calls for 2 inches of rain on the valley floor and 4-to-5 inches in the mountains by Monday. Much more is needed, however, to alleviate a drought emergency gripping the Golden State." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 We're not tough. We're just screwed. Send a plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASDAQ Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 You can always come to the PNW and just get drizzled on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 You can always come to the PNW and just get drizzled on. Or England. Scotland has just been warm and wet this winter, but large areas of England has been inundated. All this should be farmland. January was the wettest winter month in 250 years or more. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 You had me right up to the deadly snakes part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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