Harry P. Posted March 22, 2014 Author Posted March 22, 2014 It was 82 degrees and sunny in Honolulu, Hawaii. That doesn't exactly help me any.
peter31a Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 It says a lot about what this dang winter has been like the fact that we have 48 pages of discussion about it.
tbill Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 It must be spring. I cut the grass yesterday and was trimming bushed today. Pretty soon the pool will be open. my pool is still one big block of round ice ice skating anyone??
Harry P. Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 Speaking of "spring"... it's supposed to get down to 10 degrees tonight. It's March 23. Almost April.
High octane Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Just another "cold night" Harry, just grin and bear it. LOL! Look at all the money you're saving on your electric bill by not running the A/C.
Harry P. Posted March 24, 2014 Author Posted March 24, 2014 Just another "cold night" Harry, just grin and bear it. LOL! Look at all the money you're saving on your electric bill by not running the A/C. All the money I'm saving by not running the A/C, I'm spending on my gas bill to heat the house...
High octane Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 That's right Harry, if it's not one thing, it's another but it's always something. There are days in the spring and the fall where we don't have to run the furnace or the A/C and I call those "free days."
Joe Handley Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) I heard that and the possibility of more snow....................my words had the inititals of J.F.C. The first and last letters are of a religious nature, the middle...........anything but. Edited March 24, 2014 by Joe Handley
Craig Irwin Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Snow is in the next few days forecast, but I don't expect any thing shovel ready. Highs all next week in the mid 30's, lows in the mid 20's. last Thursday was the first day of still winter, Anyone know where I can buy snow tires for a Harley? Edited March 24, 2014 by Craig Irwin
Pete J. Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 As long a the jet keeps coming out of Alaska and slides down the Idaho Montana boarder and then goes due east you are in for cold. All ya got ta do is watch the Jetstream and you will know more winter is on the way. Once it moves north for the summer, the low temps will go away.
Harry P. Posted March 24, 2014 Author Posted March 24, 2014 They're predicting snow here tonight. It's March 24...
Rob Hall Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 They're predicting snow here tonight. It's March 24... When I lived in Colorado, the big snows were usually in late March or April...
Harry P. Posted March 24, 2014 Author Posted March 24, 2014 When I lived in Colorado, the big snows were usually in late March or April... Yeah, a MILE up in space. Here, we are painfully close to sea level, without a mountain within 500 miles. Or more. The only thing flatter than Illinois is Britney Spears without auto-tune...
Kris Morgan Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Yay, More snow for Michigan late tonight into the morning. Man, this has been one heck of a winter.
Harry P. Posted March 24, 2014 Author Posted March 24, 2014 Here's a shot of Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. This is as close to "terrain" as we get here! The "mountains" in the background are maybe a couple hundred feet high. The area around Galena, in the extreme NW corner of Illinois, is similar... one of the very few areas in Illinois that the glaciers missed and didn't bulldoze flat millions of years ago. Actually the area around Galena is very hilly and scenic... to an Illinoisan!
Tom Geiger Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 Snow is in the next few days forecast, but I don't expect any thing shovel ready. Highs all next week in the mid 30's, lows in the mid 20's. last Thursday was the first day of still winter, I was listening to the morning radio on my way into the office this morning. The two morning idiots were discussing the upcoming storm and noted that since we are now officially into spring, that the snowfall doesn't count towards the year's winter totals! But also noted that we'd need something like 10" to match 1st place.
Agent G Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 My daughter called from St Louis. It's snowing there this evening. G
Harry P. Posted March 25, 2014 Author Posted March 25, 2014 My daughter called from St Louis. It's snowing there this evening. G "Spring." Sheesh...
Rob Hall Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Here's a shot of Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. This is as close to "terrain" as we get here! The "mountains" in the background are maybe a couple hundred feet high. The area around Galena, in the extreme NW corner of Illinois, is similar... one of the very few areas in Illinois that the glaciers missed and didn't bulldoze flat millions of years ago. Actually the area around Galena is very hilly and scenic... to an Illinoisan! That looks like a nice area...about the highest points I've been to in your fair state are the observation decks in a couple of Chicago towers...the John Hancock Observatory and the Skydeck.. Edited March 25, 2014 by Rob Hall
Harry P. Posted March 25, 2014 Author Posted March 25, 2014 That looks like a nice area...about the highest points I've been to in your fair state are the observation decks in a couple of Chicago towers...the John Hancock Observatory and the Skydeck.. And those two are actually higher than any natural point in the whole state!
High octane Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 Good thing that you didn't pull out your '67 Impala yet Harry, as we got a dusting of snow this morning.
Craig Irwin Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 The temp was just below freezing all day from a low of 19, and it snowed most of the day as it melted off just as fast as it came down. The low tonight will be 14 degrees. Spring? I don't think so.
High octane Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Spring? You bet, but it's just a little slow getting here. Seems like winter has a hard time "letting go." LOL! We made it this far, so what's another few more days, or another week or two?
Craig Irwin Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 We made it this far, so what's another few more days, or another week or two? Or a couple of months........
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