Weather Where You Are

[pieces o'nine]

I said "mini-blizzard" because the worst of it occurred *around* Rapid. In town, it was practically balmy. My boss indicated some ... doubt .. as to whether we were really having a spot of weather out here. At least I have pics to prove it.

[Rev. Rowan Redbeard]

We've been trapped in an inversion layer for a while now. It normally never gets much below freezing, but we've had 18 degree weather repeatedly. The worst part is having to scrape the frost off the car windows in the evenings as well as the mornings. I scraped the windows, went to my gf's and watched a movie, then had to scrape the windows again before I could go to the store to get ice cream.

[TwistedSister]

Sun is shining. All of our snow is gone now and it's pretty warm out except for the slight breeze.
I was sitting out in the sun for awhile with no coat on.

[farfalla]

snowing, just enough to fluff up all the branches and provide stark contrast for the cardinals


had to brush off car so we could go get friend at airport..
snow, beautiful to look at not so much fun to drive in
not complaining at long as it is not ice

[Tigger_the_Wing]

Sun is back.

[Ubi Dubius]

We're in Indiana at the moment and had 2 inches of snow fall on us. We have to walk through it to get to our bedroom!

[TwistedSister]

Crazy windy and cold.
Feels like the single digits out there.
brrrr.

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

Cold. Wicked cold. 6 degrees, wind chill around ten below (F). Somewhere around 20 below (C). Last night on the ride home from the office it was snowing. The ride home for me is 62 miles down winding mountain roads. I averaged about 35mph on my bald-as-an-egg tires. Low fuel light on the whole way. I passed six places where other vehicles had gone off the road - three of them the vehicles in question were still in the process of being extricated, the others were just sitzmarks. I kept my car facing in the proscribed direction for the whole ride this time. It doesn't always work out that way. I kept thinking something was wrong, because the piece that's hanging off underneath the front (from a snowbank encounter last year) kept scraping on the snow in the road and making a noise like there was a problem with the motor. One of these days I'm gonna have to fix that.

[Tigger_the_Wing]

Surely you meant 'prescribed'?

Otherwise…

Anyhow, glad you made it back OK!

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

Mongo not can tell little squiggly marks apart. All look same.

[TwistedSister]

Mongo needs to be bitch slapped for not having good tires living way the heck up their in the vast wilderness!!!!!!

Come on ET, it's not like you have a ten minute commute.

Time to give up the pizza for some decent wheels.

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

Heh. If you guys only knew how close we have to cut stuff just to survive. If we can get pizza once a month it's been a good month. I literally barely have enough money for the gas to drive to work, and I work at home two days a week. I go through tires faster than I should because of the mountain roads thing - these tires are about a year and a half old, and they're not crummy cheapo tires. We eat mostly beans and rice and potatoes - that's probably why I have such a great cholesterol level. Once in a while Mrs. T. will find some nice fish on sale and we'll have a terrific meal, but generally it's the Big Three. We're pretty used to milking everything dry, down to the last drop of gas in the tank and the last stick of firewood. We manage, but there isn't much left over. I haven't had five bucks in my wallet to spend as I please for over two years. Probably more like ten years. I haven't had more than 20 bucks in my wallet since last winter, anad the 20's that I have had hve been there for less than five minutes, the time it takes to get from the ATM to the gas station. I'll get new tires when I have to - either when I can't get an inspection sticker or when these go blooey. Whichever comes first.

[Scott the Pirate]

evil cold. even worse, evil cold after rain. while grand rapids got tons of snow, duluth got tons of rain followed by freezing temps. my back stairs have an inch or two of ice on them...

[Tigger_the_Wing]

Oh, guys…

[Scott the Pirate]

that's it! i'm going to go out and hit the lottery, and when i do i'm going to fund ET's cat shelter and the college funds of sworn Pastafarians. any lucky numbers out there?