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Last Tues it was 7 for a high, next day didn't get above 0. Yesterday it was 34 for a high. Yep, shirt sleeves. This time of year, if the wind is down and the sun is out, it's not so bad.
Cept if you're a adolescent tabby cat.
Edited by - farmerjones on 01/23/2025 06:27:37
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Originally posted by farmerjonesLast Tues it was 7 for a high, next day didn't get above 0. Yesterday it was 34 for a high. Yep, shirt sleeves. This time of year, if the wind is down and the sun is out, it's not so bad.
Cept if you're a adolescent tabby cat.
Yesterday it was upper 30s F, this morning it was one, degree, that is. Now,8 hours later, it's a balmy 17 F. Usually February is the coldest month here, but January has been pretty frigid.
Y'all in the South are having Iowa Winter! It'll pass. Layer up, cover your head and your neck (you lose a lot of heat from the neck). Be thankful that this isn't your regular winter and remember those of us who endure this yearly. My dog was not having the single digits, I had to carry him back in after his poops he literally stopped walking and cowered next to my leg, assisting with my picking him up by giving a little jump. Foolish little guy, trying to go too far for a return trip.
The last couple of years were rough for some wintertime outdoor events like ski jumping and sled dog races. This year the Naquemenon cross country marathon had to be cancelled for lack of snow at higher elevations. That's a first. We had the local ski jump last weekend successfully and the big one in Iron Mountain is coming up soon as is the U.P. 200 sled dog race in Marquette. That last has been cancelled 2 years running because temps were too high for the dogs and also they couldn't find an alternate route for lack of snow. The cold seems bitter. Just lately it's been below average but this winter weather will be better for outdoor activities. If it holds then the Munising Ice Fest (ice climbing) will be good for those folks. I stay off the frozen waterfalls, but the evening speakers and presentations are great if you're interested in mountaineering and you don't mind a theater packed with athletic types who have spent their day in polar fleece and wool. I just wish they would shut up about wind chill on all the news casts here locally. Mention it, sure, but enough with the sensationalism and the drama already. Somebody has to say it. Wanna know what the weather is like? Take my mother's advice. Get outside and blow the stink off!
Edited by - boxbow on 01/24/2025 14:49:45
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Originally posted by ChickenManY'all in the South are having Iowa Winter!
It'll pass. Layer up, cover your head and your neck (you lose a lot of heat from the neck). Be thankful that this isn't your regular winter and remember those of us who endure this yearly. My dog was not having the single digits, I had to carry him back in after his poops he literally stopped walking and cowered next to my leg, assisting with my picking him up by giving a little jump. Foolish little guy, trying to go too far for a return trip.
Folks north of us always get a giggle when we Southerners get winter misery. Fact is, we've had -10 deg spells about every other year since I've lived in the Ozarks. This year has been constant single digit day and night. It's not like we don't know how to dress or drive in it--I get my tractor in the shop and plug in the truck block heater. Put on my snowmobile suit to go feed hay. It's just that I don't care to deal with this so much. Chopping pond ice, running heat lamps. That's why I live down south. I should not have to endure this.
Let's talk when it hits 100 for a day or two up north and folks are singing the blues. Meanwhile, I'm sweating constant from July til October. No breaks. October, the month in the upper South when you go from 90s at the beginning to snow and freezing by Halloween.
I'm "in-lawed" to Iowa and Minnesota, so I get all the weather back-and-forth
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Originally posted by Flat_the_3rd_n7thquote:
Originally posted by ChickenManY'all in the South are having Iowa Winter!
It'll pass. Layer up, cover your head and your neck (you lose a lot of heat from the neck). Be thankful that this isn't your regular winter and remember those of us who endure this yearly. My dog was not having the single digits, I had to carry him back in after his poops he literally stopped walking and cowered next to my leg, assisting with my picking him up by giving a little jump. Foolish little guy, trying to go too far for a return trip.
Folks north of us always get a giggle when we Southerners get winter misery. Fact is, we've had -10 deg spells about every other year since I've lived in the Ozarks. This year has been constant single digit day and night. It's not like we don't know how to dress or drive in it--I get my tractor in the shop and plug in the truck block heater. Put on my snowmobile suit to go feed hay. It's just that I don't care to deal with this so much. Chopping pond ice, running heat lamps. That's why I live down south. I should not have to endure this.
Let's talk when it hits 100 for a day or two up north and folks are singing the blues. Meanwhile, I'm sweating constant from July til October. No breaks. October, the month in the upper South when you go from 90s at the beginning to snow and freezing by Halloween.
I'm "in-lawed" to Iowa and Minnesota, so I get all the weather back-and-forth
Yeah you're in the Midwest weather belt. I was mostly speaking to Peggy's and those who almost never get winter like this. This time of year is usually the worst. February: shortest month, coldest days.
How does the dog like it? My little guy doesn't like 10 degrees and colder, but takes his same sweet time getting his business done, so I often end up carrying him back to the door.
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Originally posted by ChickenManquote:
Originally posted by Flat_the_3rd_n7thquote:
Originally posted by ChickenManY'all in the South are having Iowa Winter!
It'll pass. Layer up, cover your head and your neck (you lose a lot of heat from the neck). Be thankful that this isn't your regular winter and remember those of us who endure this yearly. My dog was not having the single digits, I had to carry him back in after his poops he literally stopped walking and cowered next to my leg, assisting with my picking him up by giving a little jump. Foolish little guy, trying to go too far for a return trip.
Folks north of us always get a giggle when we Southerners get winter misery. Fact is, we've had -10 deg spells about every other year since I've lived in the Ozarks. This year has been constant single digit day and night. It's not like we don't know how to dress or drive in it--I get my tractor in the shop and plug in the truck block heater. Put on my snowmobile suit to go feed hay. It's just that I don't care to deal with this so much. Chopping pond ice, running heat lamps. That's why I live down south. I should not have to endure this.
Let's talk when it hits 100 for a day or two up north and folks are singing the blues. Meanwhile, I'm sweating constant from July til October. No breaks. October, the month in the upper South when you go from 90s at the beginning to snow and freezing by Halloween.
I'm "in-lawed" to Iowa and Minnesota, so I get all the weather back-and-forth
Yeah you're in the Midwest weather belt. I was mostly speaking to Peggy's and those who almost never get winter like this. This time of year is usually the worst. February: shortest month, coldest days.
How does the dog like it? My little guy doesn't like 10 degrees and colder, but takes his same sweet time getting his business done, so I often end up carrying him back to the door.
The old border collie Amos is deaf and has forgotten about the doggie door into the heated shop and sits at the house door begging after 5 minutes being out. The Aussie Shep gals are oblivious--they rip, tear and wrestle in it until we worry about frostbite and call them back in. They also love to run out on the ponds, but now that it's warming up, I have to keep them on the bank.
Oh this sure ain't the first time we've gotten colder and more snow than Alaska...but for several years in a row all we've had are warm winters and mud. So this is tough right now.
We've still got snow on the ground from two weeks back when we got the 14 plus. It's finally climbing into the 30s so we're seeing some pretty good-sized patches of ground, but still spots with quite a bit of snow and ice under that...so you walk there, you take your own life into your hands. When we used to have chickens in the back, down our hill, we used to string a rope down from the back of the house to a limb on down the hill...we had to grab on to the rope to get down through the snow covered ice during these types of winters. But it's just a real shock this year because it's been probably 4 or 5 years of winter 50s and rain and mud...now...suddenly below zero or hoving single digits and all this snow.
Kentucky can get some pretty bad winters. We're not exactly the south, and not the Midwest, but sorta in between...I guess some call it the upper south...I don't know what to call it but we do get some bad winters.