It can get hot here, but add on the high humidity here in the summer, and people sweat a LOT here. We don’t mind some high heat, it’s good boating weather (less the humidity, that is). We won’t be living in a house in Colorado (can’t afford that), so the apartment or condo complex will take care of the shoveling for us. Actually, if we had to, we’d buy another snow blower, like we had there before.
Ive been in Florida in the summer...west Palm Beach, Disney World and Key West and yes it's hot and humid and I wouldn't want to live there but I never wanted to live there...
We were actually drawn here for the boating/water. Unfortunately, boating here is nothing like the boating in Colorado on lakes. Here there is navigational crap all over the place and tides. We've taken two Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes and still don't know what we are looking at on the water here. It's ridiculous. IOW, boating in Colorado was much, much easier and better on a boats engine and outdrive (where the prop is). Have found out that brackish and pure saltwater plays heck on those two areas. Even when fresh hose water is run thru the engine, after being on the water, doesn't help much. Biggest reason we left Colorado is because a fall I had in ice/snow in our driveway caused me to have rotator cuff surgery. Not thinking that either of us could fall anywhere we lived, we moved. One word........mistake.
They're giving us 100% chance of snow on Thursday, but they've lowered the estimated 12-14 inches down to 5-8 inches, so we might get two or three.
You're right, although I was thinking more about ice accumulating on trees, power lines, etc. and the potential for power outages.
@Harry Havens The Missouri Ozarks are well-known for their "ice storms", as they call them. Coatings of ice over 1/2-inch thick and more are common, snapping tree limbs, power lines, and such. Not to mention the roads! Frank
I remember ice storms in Summerville, SC and although they were beautiful to look at...the reality of what ice storms can and will do...makes them very dangerous indeed.
We had a few ice storms in central Colorado, when we lived there. Beautiful ice formations, but when ice coats things, like tree limbs, it's dangerous. And, in some "snow belt" areas of the U.S., people just simply won't slow down when driving. Accidents all over the place and sometimes deaths.
The snow has started. They have been talking about this storm as if it were just this side of Armageddon, so I am pretty sure that I am going to die today... that is, unless I can get Michelle to shovel.
In fact I just read this today, our mountains don't ha e any snow either which is bad for the ski business and all others that get a lot of people going to see snow. Also won't get the melt off on the spring that's so crucial. Hopefully it changes.. http://abc30.com/weather/first-snow-measurement-of-the-year-brings-disappointing-results/2857461/ And Shaver Lake is the closet to me and where I would go with my ex sometimes to see snow in the winter. http://abc30.com/weather/no-snow-at-shaver-has-businesses-concerned/2857957/
We got a guesstimated 2 inches of snow from this storm, @Ken Anderson. They got a lot more down near the coast. That is unusual. We normally get a lot and they get only a dusting, if any. There were people using surf boards to snow sled in Wilmington. It looked like fun. I don't know how much y'all will get but get ready, it's coming! My son came over before the snow started and asked it I needed anything from the grocery store . I told him that I had stocked up on bread and milk. He asked me if I was going to make a milk sandwich.
You're right about that. Duke Energy does a good job of cutting back limbs and trees over power lines but when the ice is on the lines, there is nothing we can do but hope for the best.
New York is being punished for not paying enough carbon tax. The global warming people are saying this is a sign of global warming and if you would have paid enough tax we would have fixed it .
I think we're past the worst of it. Although it's supposed to continue snowing tonight, it stopped a couple of hours ago and all we seem to have right now is blowing snow because it's windy. It was a hurricane but hurricanes aren't as horrific as the name might imply, although I suppose they can be. It's hard to tell how many inches we got because the wind was blowing so hard it was drifting in places. One side of the car was up to the middle of the door, while the other side was bare ground. I just came back from shoveling. If my snow blower were working, I would have just left it for the morning but if I am going to have to dig us out, I wanted to do it while it was still fluffy and light. Otherwise, it might freeze to a crust overnight. Even if it doesn't snow anymore, I'll have to shovel again in the morning because of the wind, but at least I will have made a start on it. Certainly, the town is going to block my driveway in with the plow. We have someone who will plow us out tomorrow but I have to be able to get the car out of the driveway first, so I still have to shovel. Overall, even if it were to continue to snow all night, the storm wouldn't be nearly so bad as to account for all the fuss they made over it.