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Winter Weather

Discussion in 'Weather & Natural Disasters' started by Bill Boggs, Oct 26, 2020.

  1. Don Alaska

    Don Alaska Supreme Member
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    It is currently snowing and has covered the ground. This was not predicted to start until late today. When it snows at this time of year, I always wonder if this is the snow that will cover the ground until April, or will we get a few more weeks when the ground will still be visible.
     
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  2. Don Alaska

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    Snow this morning--only about 2 inches, but more is predicted for this afternoon. Temperature in the upper 20s F.
     
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    I turned my air conditioning off last night. A cool front has come through. It is rather pleasant.
     
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    My AC is still on but it's only running a little bit each day. Some days, not at all. My last electric bill is $113. Did I ever tell y'all that I love fall? :)
     
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  5. Ken Anderson

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    It's been pretty warm here for the few days (the 60s), but it's been raining. We've had colder weather already, though. I think we were in the low 20s at night a week or so ago.
     
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    I took a pair of socks out of the closet today and looked at them longingly. I might get to wear them in January.....
     
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    I ordered new tires for my car. There is still a bit of tread on two of my old ones but they won't work well in snow. also if inflation is coming worse than now...
    Best deals here are online Walmart and then get them delivered to and put on at the store. I also got a good deal on 'hot hands' at Menards.
     
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    I just had new tires put on my 4WD Tacoma pickup -- $700 at the local garage. I got stuck in my (uphill) driveway last March because the snow was quite deep and the tires were marginal. Probably wouldn't have happened with decent tires.
     
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  9. Yvonne Smith

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    Thankfully, we do not get enough snow here to have to worry about putting on the studded snow tires every winter, like we did in Idaho, and the road is usually only slick for a few odd days here and there during the winter. When that happens, we just stay home and stay inside the house until it warms up and the roads are better again.

    I have discovered that some of the heavy insulating curtains are 50-70% discount on Amazon, so I have been ordering some new curtains to try and keep heat in the house better this winter. I really like sheer, lacy window curtains, but they do not help in keeping the cold (or the heat) outside at all.

    I got Poodle a warm little cuddle cave doghouse, and he really likes it ! I thought it would take him a while to get used to the idea, but he went right inside and curled up, and slept in it at the foot of the bed all last night. It was bigger than I thought and took up quite a bit of room on the bed, so I am still thinking about getting him something smaller for at night.
    This should help him to stay warmer this winter, too.

    I have put away all of the summer clothing and got out the heavy sweatshirts and pants for the winter; so we are about as ready as we are going to get for this year.
     
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  10. Cody Fousnaugh

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    You do miss Idaho, but you sure don't miss the snow they get there, do you? What I think is kind of amazing is how many Seniors live in not only Colorado, but other states that can really get a winter. Guess, at one time, Florida was really big on Seniors living there, not only Snowbirds, but permanent residents also.

    It can sometimes make a Senior wonder how some of the members on this forum, including the one in Alaska and Wisconsin, can handle the winters there. Then, for us, neither Florida or The South was for us to live in permanently, like we originally thought it would be. We found out that we just gave up to much to live there. Snow will be headed toward us sometime soon, but snow is just part of living here, like heat/humidity is just a part of living where you do.
     
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    We get our wheels shifted when our car goes in for service end of November. We're requied by law to have winter tires December through March. Summer tires are totally useless in winter weather.
     
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  12. Cody Fousnaugh

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    We have All-Weather Wrangler tires on our 2005 Durango all year long. It also has AWD and 4-Lock. Have never got stuck in snow yet, but we drive safe, compared to many, many young drivers of today.
     
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    Being retired, I don’t have to go to work daily, come hell, high water or 2 feet of snow which I certainly don’t miss, especially traveling on the interstate with the whackows who don’t slow down. I remember seeing a Jeep flipped upside down in a ditch with oversized tires pointing straight up in the air. A lot of good they did.


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  14. Cody Fousnaugh

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    I don't miss driving in inches-to-feet of snow to work and back home either. There are those here that will downplay our winter weather and tell people who are thinking about moving here, "we don't get that much snow" and "most winters you wouldn't even need snow tires or AWD". Those people find out very, very fast that those ones that downplay the winter weather here are crazy.

    And, yes, we have a lot of young "wackows" here as well. There winter driving skills, show just how "wackow" they really are.
     
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    Those tires made the jeep easy to find ;)

    On those rare occasions it would snow outside of DC, I recall sitting at the top of a hill waiting for the guy in front of my to go down and then successfully climb to the top of the next hill. All the idiots behind me could not wait, and would all go around me in a line of cars slipping & sliding all over the place.
     
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