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post #51 of 407
11/11/08 at 1:45am
We ended up with over a foot. They closed part of Highway 83 between here and Bismarck (ND's capital about two hours from Minot where I am). Fargo? No snow at all, just ice from when it rained and then froze.

Fickle bitch that storm was, and hell of a first snowfall.
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post #52 of 407
11/29/08 at 10:12am
Man, winter is on. We had alot of snowfall last night, the heavy and clingy type.



The ice is gonna break!!


My street an hour ago, before I broke out the snowshovel.
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post #53 of 407
11/29/08 at 5:30pm
Last night it got a little cool I either had to close my window or pull a second blanket over me. so I just reach over and pulled the second blanket over me. It better then it was last weekend. I hate Santa Annas, 80+ with really low humility.
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post #54 of 407
11/29/08 at 6:05pm
I miss the winter terribly. I lived in NJ for 21 years, and moved to Tucson, AZ in 2001. It has snowed twice since I got here. Twice. It obviously didn't stick either time. Winter is my favourite season, by and large. It makes everything more beautiful, and when it's snowing, the whole town is dead silent, it's great. It also makes sleeping much more comfortable, because you can just pile on the thick blankets and burrow down and hibernate in your bed.

Thanks for the lovely pictures of Norway, Mr. Crowley. I'm 1/4 Norweigian and I've never been there, but those pictures alone be change that. I plan on someday seeing the four countries of my heritage (Scotland, Ireland, Denmark and Norway), but it has to be winter.
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post #55 of 407
11/29/08 at 11:26pm
The first snow of the year is falling outside now. It's a slushy snow/rain mixture. Gonna get some coverage out of it though.
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post #56 of 407
11/30/08 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted by Tim Pedersen View Post
I miss the winter terribly. I lived in NJ for 21 years, and moved to Tucson, AZ in 2001. It has snowed twice since I got here. Twice. It obviously didn't stick either time. Winter is my favourite season, by and large. It makes everything more beautiful, and when it's snowing, the whole town is dead silent, it's great. It also makes sleeping much more comfortable, because you can just pile on the thick blankets and burrow down and hibernate in your bed.

Thanks for the lovely pictures of Norway, Mr. Crowley. I'm 1/4 Norweigian and I've never been there, but those pictures alone be change that. I plan on someday seeing the four countries of my heritage (Scotland, Ireland, Denmark and Norway), but it has to be winter.
If it make you fill better Huntington Beach got a snow once back in the 80s. SO Cal hardly ever get snow below 4000 Ft. You have to go up in to the mountains for snow here.
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post #57 of 407
11/30/08 at 9:09pm
Fuck winter, I'm itching to get out of Cleveland and move some place warm.
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post #58 of 407
11/30/08 at 9:50pm
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Fuck winter, I'm itching to get out of Cleveland and move some place warm.
I would say move to Socal. it never really cool and only really hot a couple week of the year.


But if we go in to a depression and Gas prices go back up, you are looking at a real life Mad Max.
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post #59 of 407
12/9/08 at 4:07pm
Winter may be cold but it is beautiful at times:



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post #60 of 407
12/9/08 at 4:08pm
It's not so beautiful when you have to drive in it.

Maybe I'm just bitter because we just got dumped on; nearly 14 inches since last night, and it's still snowing. We have a winter storm advisory until midnight tonight Seriously, fuck winter and all it stands for.
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post #61 of 407
12/9/08 at 4:15pm
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Chris: you're getting what we got last night. Luckily for us, we only got around 3 inches of snow here in the Twin Cities, but traffic fucking SUCKED. My 45 minute commute to work became 3 hours of pure rage.
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post #62 of 407
12/9/08 at 4:26pm
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Chris: you're getting what we got last night. Luckily for us, we only got around 3 inches of snow here in the Twin Cities, but traffic fucking SUCKED. My 45 minute commute to work became 3 hours of pure rage.
Thankfully the main roads were plowed, so getting to work was not a problem (wait, why am I thankful for that?). The fact that the side roads, including the ones surrounding the apartment complex where I live, were NOT plowed, thus leading me to get stuck on my way out of the parking lot...well, that was not so fun.
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post #63 of 407
12/10/08 at 2:31am
It's snowing in Austin right now. Earlier today it was 77 degrees.
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post #64 of 407
12/10/08 at 3:03am
Today wasn't that bad, the snow melted away, it was raining though.
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post #65 of 407
12/15/08 at 10:40am
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From weather.com:
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post #66 of 407
12/15/08 at 10:45am
Yesterday it was -50 in some areas of my state Judas. This storm takes no hostages. It will just kick ass.

We have eight inches of snow, I think Bismarck ND had 15 and Fargo had...I want to say 17. I know Fargo got it the worst.

The cold is the part you need to be aware of though. It's going to get really windy with this so the wind chills are going to be nuts.

EDIT: Man, your weather forecast doesn't say anything about insane winds. That would be nice if those died off for you.
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post #67 of 407
12/15/08 at 10:50am
My first full on winter in Vancouver. As compared to the minus 30 weather and snow drifts of Edmonton, Van is nothing. We've had two tiny snowfalls that have melted the next day. It rarely gets worse than 0.
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post #68 of 407
12/15/08 at 10:51am
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Jakespears: We've got the winds, but the blizzard passed us by. Didn't you pretty much get shut down in the Eastern part of your state yesterday?

Central and Northern Minnesota got the brunt of the snow...we just got the bitter cold. The wind is giving us the wind chill of around -50.
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post #69 of 407
12/15/08 at 10:54am
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We've got the winds, but the blizzard passed us by. Didn't you pretty much get shut down in the Eastern part of your state yesterday?

Central and Northern Minnesota got the brunt of the snow...we just got the bitter cold. The wind is obnoxious, too.
I haven't actually talked to my friends in the eastern part of the state but yeah, I hear it's a real mess.

That sounds like what happened here (Minot). We got some snow as I indicated but the worst of it seemed to happen everywhere but here as opposed to last time when we got hit the hardest in terms of snow accumulation.

That cold is rather potent though...
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post #70 of 407
12/15/08 at 11:47am
In Winnipeg we are experiencing a face-deforming windchill. With the privilege of still living with my parents, I just stopped coming in to my last (worst) job...how responsible. And the goddamn buses are up to thirty minutes late. Either that or they cancel one of their scheduled rides. Only in the winter. Of Winnipeg. Fuck them.
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post #71 of 407
12/15/08 at 1:05pm
Being in MN today with no heat in my car fucking sucks.
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post #72 of 407
12/15/08 at 1:09pm
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Being in MN today with no heat in my car fucking sucks.
Considering how shitty traffic was, I can only imagine how much that sucked. My 20 minute commute (under normal conditions) was turned into a ridiculous 1 hour and ten minute ordeal.
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post #73 of 407
12/15/08 at 1:19pm
And oh yeah, you lose much of your bitching rights if you drive. Half the people I interact with daily spend up to five minutes outside per day and complain the loudest above all...
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post #74 of 407
12/15/08 at 1:47pm
Yesterday it was in the low 40s. Today it's 3 degrees. I love Missouri.
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post #75 of 407
12/15/08 at 1:50pm
It's 12 degrees. My entire driveway is ice. I hate the winter.
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post #76 of 407
12/15/08 at 1:56pm
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Yesterday it was in the low 40s. Today it's 3 degrees. I love Missouri.
Texas has that beat: Yesterday it was sunny, clear blue skies, and a humidity free 75 degrees. It felt wonderful. I went out and laid by the pool in December.

Today: 33 degrees, raining, and cloud cover. We're getting ice tonight.
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post #77 of 407
12/15/08 at 2:05pm
According to the Weather Channel's website, it is currently a sweltering 2 degrees here in the Frozen Tundra...though it feels like -21.

Fuck. Winter.
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post #78 of 407
12/15/08 at 11:08pm
Here it's -28 "but feels like -41" as the weather dispatches remind us. I can be thankful, however, that wherever I go, it will never seem quite that bad (barring a hurricane/major storm/armageddon).
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post #79 of 407
12/15/08 at 11:50pm
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Originally Posted by dreary louse View Post
Here it's -28 "but feels like -41" as the weather dispatches remind us. I can be thankful, however, that wherever I go, it will never seem quite that bad (barring a hurricane/major storm/armageddon).
Winter nights are long, summer days are gone
Portage and Main fifty below
Springtime melts the snow, rivers overflow
Portage and Main fifty below
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post #80 of 407
12/15/08 at 11:51pm
Suck it, winter! It was 60 degrees and sunny in NYC today.
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post #81 of 407
12/16/08 at 8:37pm
Because of a snow storm, I now can't go play at the show I was set to perform at in Chicago. Goddammit!
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post #82 of 407
12/16/08 at 9:05pm
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Suck it, winter! It was 60 degrees and sunny in NYC today.
And karma bites me in the ass. I awoke today excited for more spring weather and got pelted in the face with ice chunks. Been experiencing a huge snow storm all day.
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post #83 of 407
12/16/08 at 10:19pm
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My commute home from work today was 2 hours, 50 minutes. For those of you in MN, I had to drive from Mounds View to Eden Prairie in that killer rush hour that we had today.

Fuck Winter.
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post #84 of 407
12/17/08 at 12:44am
I'm working on a project down in Frank. It's usually a two hour drive from my door to the site. Today I left at 7 am and didn't get down there until after lunch due to poor road conditions. Then I got to drive all the way home after an hour of work because I'm guild and I can only work an eight hour day door-to-door or they pay me overtime.
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post #85 of 407
12/17/08 at 1:18am
yeah, what was supposed to be a day of maybe light snow has been pretty crappy here. Luckily I just finished up my classes yesterday and I work from home so I could avoid dealing with this crap.
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post #86 of 407
12/17/08 at 1:24am
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I'm working on a project down in Frank. It's usually a two hour drive from my door to the site. Today I left at 7 am and didn't get down there until after lunch due to poor road conditions. Then I got to drive all the way home after an hour of work because I'm guild and I can only work an eight hour day door-to-door or they pay me overtime.
Fuck. That. Shit.
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post #87 of 407
12/17/08 at 6:47am
Heat wave tomorrow! Highs in the 6's!
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post #88 of 407
12/17/08 at 10:47am
Very carefully entering thread to report my high temps for today and the rest of the week.

High in the low 80s. Man, winter sucks.


Leaves before lynch mob forms.
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post #89 of 407
12/17/08 at 2:48pm
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We MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY hit 10 F today....I'll believe it when I feel it. Tomorow, we supposedly have a high of 22F, but we're also gonna get dumped on with a few inches of snow. I can't wait to have another 3 hour commute tomorrow night.

HBarr, you're gonna get strung up before this winter is over with.
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post #90 of 407
12/17/08 at 2:49pm
My girl was stuck on 94 today for 2+ hours thanks to a tanker that overturned. I fucking hate this state in winter. HATE.
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post #91 of 407
12/17/08 at 2:53pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
My commute home from work today was 2 hours, 50 minutes. For those of you in MN, I had to drive from Mounds View to Eden Prairie in that killer rush hour that we had today.

Fuck Winter.
Hour and a half from Brooklyn Center to Bryn-Mawr. I felt your pain.
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post #92 of 407
12/17/08 at 2:55pm
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MN Winter absolves you of all sin for the previous year. Fact.
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post #93 of 407
12/17/08 at 2:58pm
Atmosphere "Say Shhh(Minnesota theme song)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vyZeIcEeOs
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post #94 of 407
12/17/08 at 2:59pm
It's practically balmy in Atlanta today. So weird. Looks wintry outside, and there's some drizzle, but it ain't cold. It was cold a few days ago, but I guess that air fled north.
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post #95 of 407
12/17/08 at 3:09pm
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MN Winter absolves you of all sin for the previous year. Fact.
Ditto WI winter.

And, HBarr, we will find you... just as soon as we put our scarves on.
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post #96 of 407
12/17/08 at 3:11pm
Fun fact. It's so sunny outside I had to wear sunglasses to drive around the corner (and use AC). I was sweating (and we can't have that happening).
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post #97 of 407
12/17/08 at 3:14pm
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Checking the weather now...yep, Hurricane Fuckyou is heading your way. Tough luck, HBarr.
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post #98 of 407
12/17/08 at 3:17pm
I'm sure I'll get my comeuppance sooner rather than later. I'm hearing rumors that I'll be attending a meeting in Beloit, Wisconsin sometime in February.
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post #99 of 407
12/17/08 at 3:19pm
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I'm sure I'll get my comeuppance sooner rather than later. I'm hearing rumors that I'll be attending a meeting in Beloit, Wisconsin sometime in February.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

Go get him, Zooey.
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post #100 of 407
12/17/08 at 3:21pm
Hey, even when it's 0 degrees outside it can be quite sunny. Worse, it reflects up off the snow so it's doubly so. Sun has nothing to do with it being stupidly cold though.

Plus, I figure that if a bit of snow is what I have to deal with for the 3 months of perfection in the summer and no wildfires or earthquakes, I guess I can deal with that.

ETA: Beloit, WI is basically the armpit of Wisconsin. It's a crappy little town that straddles the IL/WI border and whose only redeeming quality is a tiny liberal arts college and a crappy music festival in the summer. So yeah, enjoy your time there if you get to go. It's about 40 minutes south of Madison and my brother went there for college so I'm pretty familiar with it.
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