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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:27 pm
Rain rain rain STILL!! I swear it has barely stopped for a few hours for weeks and yes there is a small amount of snow on the ground. Big wind and rain storm last night. Back east you guys got snow with that! Great pics skootz, I love that doorway snow pile LOL
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:40 pm
Well, it has snowed all day long today. Actually it started late last night and hasn't stopped. I don't know how much we have but the cars are completely covered. I'm supposed to go to the doctor tomorrow but I don't know if I'll even be able to get my car out.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:55 pm
Sportsfan..the snow is continuing to head your way too. Good ole' winter
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 8:19 pm
I live East and all we got was freezing rain all through the night into this morning. We have about 2 to 3 inches of ice on top of snow, its horrible here, you can't drive anywhere, and tomorrow it will be just below freezing, so there is no chance of the ice melting. I can hear the trucks outside with the salts being sprayed everywhere. Normally we don't get weather like this until January and February, ugh, I really do hate winter, but love the holidays.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 9:46 pm
I'm going to have to cancel my doctor's appt tomorrow. I can't get my car out for the snow and since its 17 degrees I don't see it melting anytime soon.
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Tanzanite
Member
06-28-2005
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 1:06 am
Pictures from last week's ice storm in Oklahoma:

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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 4:53 am
Those pictures are horrible Tanzanite. I hate ice storms, they scare me and are so permanently damaging. I will take snow any day.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 7:33 am
Beautiful and artsy pictures, Skootz! Serate, I forgot to mention when you first posted, that cat and dog picture was one of the cutest ones I have ever seen. Just precious.
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 8:36 am
Ouch, damaging to the landscape, but those pics are very pretty to look at though. Ok, so we had a huge ice storm here the night into yesterday, then all last night it just rained and it froze over once again. Now I can't move my car at all, my tires are covered with ice and they won't move. I guess I will have to put salt down, but I don't think I will be able to get out of the spot until we get warmer weather. Have I mentioned how much I hate winter! LOL
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 9:19 am
It's very very soggy here.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 10:20 am
Ginger and Prisoner, it's all in your perspective. Yes, I live in San Diego. Yes, it's usually warm here. Yes, it's 53 degrees out right now. Yes, I'm freezing my tush off. I don't know how to live in temps that are below 70. And especially when they are below 60. I HATE THE COLD!! Although I do hope those of you who live in the winter storms area are OK!!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 11:13 am
Costacat could you send the 53 degrees to Boston? we received more snow yesterday that turned to rain and then froze.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 11:44 am
Winter sucks! Rant over. Great pix Skootzy!
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 12:40 pm
Costacat, I totally understand your dilemma! I have lived in Arizona since 1973. I just moved from Phoenix to my new home Sept 30 2006. Thirty three years in the Valley of the Sun will definitely thin out the blood. They don't call it "The Valley of the Sun" for nothing, ya know. ehehe So, last winter was the first time in AGES that I had to experience 17 degree weather at night and 28 degree weather during the day. I froze 24 hours a day for a few days. ehehe I am most comfortable with a temp range of 78 to 90. I am cold when the temp drops below 74. I am shivering when the temps are in the 60's. I am already suffering from the cold and can hardly wait to see how cold it gets next month. (that is a bit of sarcasm, folks.) LOL I will never ever visit any place in the northeast quadrant of this country, or even the central section, in winter! I would not survive the experience! So, good luck to all you folks with the ice and snow storms. I do feel your misery, just at higher temps than you. LOL
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 1:42 pm
Well thank goodness it finally stopped snowing, Now its just freezing cold of course! I hate freezing rain most of all though, it causes so much damage (those poor tree's) and is very dangerous for driving/walking etc..
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 3:12 pm
Treasure, it's just the opposite for me. I could NEVER live where folks put up with 90+ degrees day in and day out. When I read of temps in the upper 90s and even the hundreds!
Gadzooks, give me snow any day! At least we can bundle up to get warm, but when it's hot like that, there is only so much clothing you can remove before you're hauled away for indecent exposure (of course Pamy is excluded from that, I'm sure).
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 3:59 pm
Huk, here's the thing, though. You become accustomed to whatever temps you live in. When I lived most of my life in FL I was used to 80 and 90 degree weather and was freezing when it was 60. Now, that I've been up here for 12 years its just the opposite. I'm very comfortable at 60 degrees and dying from the heat when it is 80. The day I was at Universal Studios Citywalk I was constantly looking for shade. My face was red and I was sweating buckets. Twiggy and Em and Sierra weren't bothered at all by the heat because they are used to it, just like I used to be. This is the first year I noticed it effecting me so much so maybe 12 years is how long it takes to acclimate.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 5:29 pm
Dfennessey, I'm sending my current 58 degrees to you right now! I hope it helps with the thaw! I dunno about getting used to colder weather. I'm cold even when other people aren't (not enough body fat), and I don't think I'd ever adjust to living in sub-freezing temps. Of course, that's beside the point, cause I will NEVER EVER live in any area where the average temp is below 60!!! (My comfort zone, where I'm just barely OK, is 75 degrees. I'm sitting here in flannel jammies, working, cause it's too cold for boxer shorts and tshirts!)
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 6:01 pm
My first winter in Buffalo, hubby worked nights and one night he came home early and caught me with the heat set to 80. He nearly had a heart attack! LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 17, 2007 - 7:08 pm
Twinks I'm in the So Cal desert and Darren coming home to find the heat set at 80 is nothing new, lol! We're still having freezing temps through the nights here...I forgot the dogs water dish outside last night and this morning it was a giant ice cube! We thought the heater was going out in the living room the other day, it was so cold in the front part of the house all day long and it didn't seem to be making a dent in the temp. Then it kinda dawned on me (rather slowly) that we usually keep the thermostat turned all the way down during the day and only turn it up late at night when I go to bed and the poor thing was working overtime trying to heat the whole front of the house throughout the freezing cold nights. So now we leave it set to 68 in the day and I haven't been cold much at all. Today was actually nice enough I opened a couple windows for a few hours for fresh air. The rest of the week is supposed to be nasty with rain and cold. I miss summer.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 7:43 am
You guys that live in a warm climate crack me up. My heat does not go about 65 and last night it was a whopping 18 degrees out. flannel sheets are great.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 8:48 am
LOL Dfennessey, I have to tell ya. When you folks from colder climates visit places like Phoenix in the winter, we crack up at you. LOL It looks really funny to see ya wearing shorts and shortsleeve shirts in the middle of winter. In summer, I keep my air conditioning at about 83 during the day and 70 at night. In winter it is set at 75 during the day and 60 at night. Helps me save money during the winter so I can pay the higher bills in summer. Huk, just think of those folks that lived here before evaporative coolers and air conditioning. I read somewhere that they hung wet blankets in the open doorway to catch a breeze and cool it down.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 9:53 am
LOL Treasure. We can spot the tourists a mile away here. They are the ones who actually go into the ocean this time of year! We can also spot the transplants. They are the ones who wear shorts and t-shirts and claim it's simply balmy outside. How do you spot a native? The one who's wearing a coat, scarf, and boots!
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 10:23 am
It actually weather here today. It's not just sunny...we have rain woohoo!! Costa...even when I go down to LA, I dress like I'm a native...I only live four hours away and besides summmer we have similar weather... And I totally agree with you about the tourists...you can spot them here too LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 10:53 am
Hey now, I've got the flannel sheets and jammies and I'm still cold most of the winter, lol. I did wake up this morning hot, heaters aren't up any higher than normal and it looks really nasty and cold outside (cloudy and windy) but it's much warmer than it has been. I don't so much notice the non-natives here during winter, it's in summer that I notice them. They are the ones complaining when it's only 95 out. Natives here don't sweat or complain until it hits triple digits, lol.
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