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Winter 2016/2017

cooby Nov 20 2016 03:27 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 04 2017 10:16 PM

Today I finished planting my daffodils, brought in my house plants, set up a little heated cat house for the stray that hangs out in our yard, locked the pool gates and put away the pool stuff, and pretty much got everything ready for winter, under sunny skies and balmy weather. By the time we finished it was about 40 degrees and the wind was blowing, hard.

Edgy MD Nov 20 2016 04:04 AM Re: Winter 2016

I enclosed the bird feeder in a 10x10 corral of chicken wire, hopefully creating a safe space for them to snack protected from the nu neighbor's cat. We woke up to carnage two days ago, and Ms. Edgy wanted me hammering a pen together before the ground froze. Find out your local hypothermia hotline (sometimes it's just 311 or 211) and program it into your phone. Days like this, where a warm afternoon is followed by rapid drop to freezing overnight temperature, takes a lot of homeless by surprise. If you see somebody out there, call that hotline.

MFS62 Nov 20 2016 02:16 PM Re: Winter 2016

F'n snow. At least it covers the leaves on my lawn that my lawn service hasn't cleaned yet. Later

d'Kong76 Nov 20 2016 03:17 PM Re: Winter 2016

I did leaves on Wed (city picked up on Thur) and mowed lawn one last time yesterday. When the front pushed through last night it was kinda bizarre out with the wind and buckets of rain seemingly out of nowhere. Woke up to some snow that wasn't predicted this far south. What a racket, these weather peeps.

Fman99 Nov 21 2016 03:14 AM Re: Winter 2016

Shoveled a good 3-4" of wet, heavy snow out of my driveway tonight. Forecast is for 6" overnight and another 6" Monday into Tuesday. Hello winter! On the other hand, got a nice 7 mile run in this morning in the inclement weather. Nothing that can't be overcome with proper outdoor attire.

cooby Nov 21 2016 08:35 PM Re: Winter 2016

If this wind doesn't die down soon we won't be able to put the garbage out

MFS62 Nov 22 2016 12:06 AM Re: Winter 2016

The wind blew one of the shutters off my bedroom window. Later

cooby Nov 23 2016 01:55 PM Re: Winter 2016

Freaking out over the weather forecast, then I realized it was still on Syracuse after looking at Fman's weather the other day

Fman99 Nov 23 2016 03:46 PM Re: Winter 2016

cooby wrote: Freaking out over the weather forecast, then I realized it was still on Syracuse after looking at Fman's weather the other day That's funny. It's not even really freak out worthy for what we'd normally be in for this time of year.

Rockin' Doc Nov 25 2016 03:00 AM Re: Winter 2016

I hate winter. The older I get, the more I dislike it. I dream of retiring to a Caribbean Island in a few years.

d'Kong76 Nov 30 2016 03:02 AM Re: Winter 2016

I know it's still fall, but oddly mild out tonight...

Ceetar Nov 30 2016 03:51 AM Re: Winter 2016

d'Kong76 wrote: I know it's still fall, but oddly mild out tonight... supposed to be warm all week i think. expect a lot of christmas decorations to go up.

cooby Dec 01 2016 10:43 AM Re: Winter 2016

Woke up at 5:30 and looked at the weather map on my cell to see if it was done raining. Saw a great big blue mass bearing down on PA. Then I realized it was Lake Erie. Coffee, I need coffee

Ceetar Dec 01 2016 11:18 AM Re: Winter 2016

cooby wrote: Woke up at 5:30 and looked at the weather map on my cell to see if it was done raining. Saw a great big blue mass bearing down on PA. Then I realized it was Lake Erie. Coffee, I need coffee gonna need more than that if Lake Erie is attacking. Vaporizer maybe.

MFS62 Dec 05 2016 02:00 PM Re: Winter 2016

There is about 3 inches of snow on the ground and its still snowing. Later

Frayed Knot Dec 09 2016 12:34 AM Re: Winter 2016

Winter used to have occasional 'cold spells'. We still have them, only now it's called a 'polar vortex'. That sounds more like needless complication than it does anything resembling progress.

Ashie62 Dec 09 2016 12:57 AM Re: Winter 2016

Every year winter becomes more difficult. I am sore.

MFS62 Dec 09 2016 01:28 AM Re: Winter 2016

Frayed Knot wrote: Winter used to have occasional 'cold spells'. We still have them, only now it's called a 'polar vortex'. The rough translation is "cold weather sucks". Later

cooby Dec 09 2016 05:17 PM Re: Winter 2016

It's a rare occasion that I feel chilly, but I am freezing today.

Frayed Knot Dec 15 2016 03:30 AM Re: Winter 2016

So yeah, the weather may suck and is likely to get worse for the next two months, but we've hit the spot where sunset times have turned around and are starting to get later. On account of the earth not being a perfect sphere, the sunset times start to turn around in the northern hemisphere even as the sunrise times continue to get later. So even though it's still another week before we hit the shortest amount of daylight for the year, at least you're getting a couple of extra seconds per day on the afternoon side. Sunsets bottomed out in NYC anyway at 4:28 on December 7th. By tomorrow it'll be way up to 4:30 and you can then tack an extra minute on every couple of days after that. So we got that going for us anyway. And from there it's only a matter of time until Opening Day.

cooby Dec 15 2016 11:38 AM Re: Winter 2016

I found $15 in my winter coat pocket!

Ashie62 Dec 15 2016 11:46 AM Re: Winter 2016

0 here with wind.

Fman99 Dec 15 2016 12:45 PM Re: Winter 2016

Yeah we're forecast for 3-6" today and squalls and sub zero temps. I may do my evening run indoors tonight on my gym track, not because the cold bothers me terribly, but more because I worry about cars slipping around on the roads in proximity to me.

d'Kong76 Dec 16 2016 05:54 PM Re: Winter 2016

Fall is going out on a roller coaster... single digits this morning, up to 6" snow tonight into morning and then rain to wash it away and in the 50's on Sunday. Let's see if they get it right...

MFS62 Dec 17 2016 05:27 PM Re: Winter 2016

Already about 5 or 6 inches of snow on the ground and its just starting to change to sleet. The town plow has only come through once or twice, the last time a few hours ago. Amy Freeze, the channel 7 weather person said this morning we could look for the top of the projections. The prediction was 3-5 inches for my area, so I guess they got it kinda' right. BTW, how great is it that a weather person's name is Freeze? Later

cooby Dec 18 2016 04:27 PM Re: Winter 2016

Wednesday during that cold snap I bought a pair of heavy black sweat pants. Today when it's back to normal, I put them in the washer and thought "when in the world am I ever going to wear these?"

Ashie62 Dec 20 2016 04:18 AM Re: Winter 2016

I had to leave for a Dr. at 7am. -9 with wind chill. I wore a tee-shirt, sweat shirt, Maine Warden's jacket. a ski cap, the coats hood, gloves and sweats and such and I still arrived a popsicle. Yeesh.

Frayed Knot Dec 20 2016 01:41 PM Re: Winter 2016

Should have borrowed Cooby's black sweatpants.

cooby Jan 04 2017 10:17 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Nuts I have some papers I want to burn and suddenly the wind kicks up

Vic Sage Jan 05 2017 07:29 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

cooby wrote: Nuts I have some papers I want to burn and suddenly the wind kicks up i hope its not my book!

cooby Jan 05 2017 07:51 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

LOL nope! Mostly it's the three or four extra copies of all the loan papers Citizens Bank sent us when we refinanced. Blah.

MFS62 Jan 08 2017 03:17 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Snowed yesterday. Because the doctor hasn't given me the OK to do anything strenuous after my surgery earlier in the week, I can't clean off my car, much-less shovel. Please feel free to grab a shovel and come on over. Bring a friend. I hope my neighbor is reading this. Later

d'Kong76 Jan 08 2017 04:14 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Yesterdays extra cold and winds made this snow fall a pain in the ass to clean up. Still haven't had enough snow to try out the new snow blower, but that's usually how my luck and plans go lately. Gonna approach the 50's again later this week!

d'Kong76 Jan 12 2017 09:15 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

The robins were back today, maybe they know something we don't know.

cooby Jan 13 2017 03:11 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

I'll bet they'll leave again today

cooby Jan 31 2017 09:13 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

I'm glad I got boots for Christmas

themetfairy Jan 31 2017 09:20 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

All we had today was some tiny, adorable sleet -

MFS62 Feb 01 2017 03:41 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

And all I had today was 2 1/2 inches* of snow to shovel. Adorable was not an adjective I thought of using. Later * = too little for my plow guy to come

cooby Feb 01 2017 03:50 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

If that's hemlock, then yes it was tiny! We had that the day before. I was with my daughter in law at an accountants office for about a half hour and when we came out there was about an inch of it on our cars and the sun was coming out. Tiny little pellets that brushed right off

d'Kong76 Feb 01 2017 03:53 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

We got about the same; the new snow blower remains a lonely virgin in the garage. February sometimes is a good snow month... bring one on!!

Frayed Knot Feb 01 2017 04:11 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

I have a cousin in northern Virginia who went out and bought a really big snow plow right after that area got hit by three separate blizzards in about a six-week time-frame, aka: 'Snowmageddon' in I think it was Dec-Feb 2009-10. The problem is that D.C. averages about 15"/year and the western suburbs only somewhat above that. I believe it was three years later before he finally used it.

d'Kong76 Feb 01 2017 06:08 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

We had over two feet in one storm last year, too much for my aging spine.

cooby Feb 01 2017 09:30 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

themetfairy wrote: All we had today was some tiny, adorable sleet - Dipping dots snow

Ashie62 Feb 01 2017 10:17 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Cold and housebound today. Poop.

cooby Feb 09 2017 03:44 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

I'd say we got about 6 inches of snow last night. I haven't gone out to shovel yet so I can't be sure. Snow day from school so I'm home! Biggest snowfall we have had in a couple of years at least

d'Kong76 Feb 09 2017 03:50 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

We're supposed to get almost a foot but I dunno, it seems to be waning a bit and getting brighter already.

cooby Feb 09 2017 03:57 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Yes, we got more than was predicted but it was a fast and furious storm. All while we (kinda) slept. I always have trouble sleeping on those nights. "Two hour delay? Off day? Nothing? Two hour delay? Off day? Nothing?......" Got up at five, no news. Really, half the rest of western PA had already put parents, teachers, and kids out of their misery. Not my daughter's SD!!! But by 5:20, after I showered, it was closed. Ah!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2017 04:16 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Still snowing/blowing by us in the Bronx. Enough that we haven't gone outside yet to shovel/play.

Chad Ochoseis Feb 09 2017 04:58 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

cooby wrote: Yes, we got more than was predicted but it was a fast and furious storm. All while we (kinda) slept. I always have trouble sleeping on those nights. "Two hour delay? Off day? Nothing? Two hour delay? Off day? Nothing?......" Really, huh? I drove from NJ to Cleveland yesterday. I passed through central PA at around 6:30 and there was absolutely nothing. Some flurries in far western PA at around 10. Slightly overcast and chilly here. Some remnants of a storm that hit last week when I was out of town, but that's it. You want to escape the snow, come to Cleveland.

Ashie62 Feb 09 2017 05:25 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

It is done. One foot.

Ceetar Feb 09 2017 07:42 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

probably almost a foot. fun!

d'Kong76 Feb 09 2017 07:43 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

d'Kong76 wrote: We're supposed to get almost a foot but I dunno, it seems to be waning a bit and getting brighter already. Wane this you wanker, four hours later and still going...

MFS62 Feb 09 2017 08:16 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

The town trucks came by and plowed in my car. It took me over an hour to dig it out. I haven't used language like that since the last time I was talking about my Army Drill Sergeant. Kase, I thought you were going to bring your new snow blower here and give me a hand. Where were you? Later

cooby Feb 09 2017 11:22 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

It's gonna melt over the weekend anyway

Lefty Specialist Feb 10 2017 12:14 AM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Just measured and it was ten inches. Oh, and we got a lot of snow, too.

d'Kong76 Feb 10 2017 01:21 AM Re: Winter 2016/2017

MFS62 wrote: Kase, I thought you were going to bring your new snow blower here and give me a hand. Where were you? Sorry, I'm only licensed in New York. cooby wrote: It's gonna melt over the weekend anyway That'll take some doing here, gonna take a couple of weekends.

themetfairy Feb 10 2017 02:14 AM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Looks like we picked the right week to skip town.

MFS62 Feb 10 2017 01:25 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

themetfairy wrote: Looks like we picked the right week to skip town. You know how jealous we are, don't you? Looks nice. Where are you? Later

themetfairy Feb 10 2017 03:36 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

In the photo, St. Maarten Today - Grenada

cooby Feb 10 2017 03:48 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

It'll be that nice here soon :D Have fun!

cooby Feb 12 2017 01:43 AM Re: Winter 2016/2017

d'Kong76 wrote: MFS62 wrote: Kase, I thought you were going to bring your new snow blower here and give me a hand. Where were you? Sorry, I'm only licensed in New York. cooby wrote: It's gonna melt over the weekend anyway That'll take some doing here, gonna take a couple of weekends. Most of ours melted today

Fman99 Feb 12 2017 02:16 AM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Compared to what's going on downstate, we've had a fairly tame winter. A few inches here and there, but the kids have not missed a day of school due to weather since December. Today was a balmy 36, we didn't even zip up our coats.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2017 07:53 AM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Best of both worlds: the 45-50 degree "heat" Saturday afternoon wasn't enough to make it feel comfortable, but was enough to ruin the Central Park Winter Fest, with slushy sledding and melting ice sculptures.

MFS62 Feb 12 2017 04:40 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

So, I ordered roses and chocolate to be delivered to MMYF on Monday, the day before Valentine's Day, so it wouldn't be expected. So I shoveled a nice path from the driveway to the door yesterday for the delivery person. (We don't use the front door, we enter the house through the garage.) Naturally, its snowing again and I'll have to shovel AGAIN! Next time I'll buy the stuff myself and just give it to her. Later

cooby Feb 12 2017 11:23 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Aw, what a nice idea!

Rockin' Doc Feb 13 2017 12:09 AM Re: Winter 2016/2017

After church this afternoon, I put on shorts and an old t-shirt, I raked up the last of the leaves and put pre-emergence weed treatment out on the yard. I'm not much of a fan of winter and cold weather. The older I get, the more I dislike the cold. If I must endure winter, then I'm glad that I'm doing it in the south. Still, I'd rather be where Cookie Mom & Diamond Dad were this past week.

cooby Feb 17 2017 02:01 AM Re: Winter 2016/2017

If it's 50 degrees tomorrow, I'll eat my hat. All week long, we've had snow squalls (formerly known as lake effect). I guess the lake didn't freeze this year. Sunny one minute, whiteout the next.

Ceetar Feb 17 2017 01:52 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

I'd like one more solid snowfall. It'd be nice for like a Friday or Saturday so I would have the time to take Ceetarette the First sledding somewhere.

cooby Mar 11 2017 07:12 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

Well folks, it sounds as though those of us in the Northeast are gonna die Tuesday, so it's been nice knowing you

themetfairy Mar 11 2017 07:34 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

It depends on the storm's formation and track. New York's CBS2 television said that we could get anywhere between 2.5" and 20" Monday into Tuesday.

cooby Mar 11 2017 07:47 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

lol. Well, that's helpful

cooby Mar 11 2017 07:50 PM Re: Winter 2016/2017

We are to get 4 - 8 inches at this point. We have four inches yesterday and still had school. Sometimes I wonder if the Weather Channel thinks we are all morons