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    Now reporting 15% of normal statewide. Forecast for Truckee is warm and rainy for the next 10 days. Meanwhile, 3300 miles to the East, we're getting lashed by snowstorm after snowstorm. Cape Cod is being battered as well as the North Woods. I love winter, just not continuous winter. The old folks are are taking a battering slipping in the snow, slush and ice - lots of broken hips, arms, ankles. Also fractures and sprains backing up the emergency rooms. They look so apologetic as they seek aid.
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    Knew it waas going to be a bad winter
    New England has been an icicle this year. Alaska has been warmer. Since I can't do winter sports anymore all I want to do it is hibernate. Cabin Fever is at a pitch up in the hills these days. Meanwhile, record low snow packs in the Sierra has the Central Valley crisping our (corp.) veggie crops.... Pensacola, Fl. was under a winter weather advisory yesterday. Acornmaxe's post is right on. The oceans in general have been mitigating the effect of global warming by soaking up the heat, making this years repeated breakout of the polar vortex completely predictable. Human beings will not adapt in time and there will be a mass kill-off sometime in the next 20-30 years. A few will thrive and profit in that post-apocalyptic world. I'm planning on directing my next incarnation to another planet.
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    I was fortunate enough to re-locate to northern California in 1989, but not until I had spent many years in Ohio, where I saw -30, an ore boat frozen in the ice out on Lake Erie, and several ice storms that were remarkably severe. "If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind". Ain't no wind chill like being out on the glare ice of a frozen Great Lake! Of course, after the smoke and ash from the big fires last summer, our currently balmy weather is enjoyable, but I am also having to water the garden so the bees and toads have some moisture - it is really DRY here. It snowed on December 8th here in the foothills of the Sierra, but, yes, honeybees and hummingbirds in January! The manzanita bushes used to bloom in February, but now they are blooming in mid-December, and the daffodils are coming up already. People don't realize that global warming can cause severe snowstorms - it's not a direct effect. If the polar seas thaw out and turn to open water, glacier-building storms will come down from the north, and the mountain passes could possibly be completely closed all year. A little-known fact from NOAA weather satellites is that the very edge of our solar system, out by the De Kuyper belts, is running into electromagnetic radiation from other sources outside our sun's influence, and the normal wavelike energy patterns are bunching up, like the ruffles on a ballerina's dress. This is in turn slightly warming up the entire solar system, and increasing the sun's solar flare activity. Really. A doctor in Aptos, California did a webinar on this last year, it's well-documented, but not well-known. California is having a drought, that's for sure!
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    on behalf of all Wisconsinites, JDSept, we feel your pain.
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    Rain? I wish
    How about it's -2 with a wind chill of -9 here in CT.
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    A town just east of me was featured on the news tonight with a low of -29. It was fun picking my wife up from the auto repair shop after midnight last night. She must have thought it was a swell time for a night out. When she arrived back to the car in the parking lot, it would not start and the hood latch was frozen. Awesome! Will try out the new snowshoes Wednesday if it's not so windy...I love Wisconsin.
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    The Day After Tomorrow
    If you saw the movie, the weather pattern this year, while not so extreme, is still reminiscent of the major theme of global weather shift. Breakouts of Arctic air from the polar regions due to ocean temps being warmer than normal. I don't think the idea is to study this new polar vortex for the best way for corporations to exploit it, rather, even ice breakers seem powerless to break out scientific research ships from the polar regions. Couple this with the lack of snowfall in the Sierra and you can see a catastrophic winter lining up. I hope Jon Stewart has a glib expert or two in this week to expand on the current evolving crisis...
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    we hit our high today of -12F. Looking forward to tomorrow's radiant glow of 2F above. These wind chills are the coldest I've ever experienced.
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    Keeping almost warm indoors this morning as the mercury hovers around -6 in Kansas. Stay warm, my friends.
  • slo lettuce
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    continued "shrinkage"...
    It has been a brutal winter here in sand county also. We too have had just enough snow every other day to keep the roads slick and hazardous with seriously low temps. Forecast tonight: 18 below with Monday and Tuesday night forecast at around 20 to 25 below with wind chills to 40 to 50 below. That's just flat out f#@*ing cold! And to think that non-hibernating animals like deer, squirrels, and birds survive those temps is utterly amazing. I don't know how our Canadian friends do it year after year; this furless cat is far enough north. All I know is that lots of layers and a few boilermakers help make the hard parts of winter warmer :) *For those few San Fran folks crazy enough to come to Green Bay this weekend, Sunday will hit a high of three below....bundle up!
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oh the wind and the rain we need it here too. last week its was record breaking heat in northeast PA. I luv the fall, lots of color.
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Last week at this time set a record high temp of 86 degrees for Erie, Pa. Today is 47 degrees, damp, and windy. I'm not looking forward to the comming winter, as I'm an Iron Worker and work outside. Love the summers though.
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Southern California has the best weather! It only got up to about 72 today on the coast. My mom and stepfather are staying with me for the week, and they thought it was a little chillier th than they'd been expecting, but I think it's just perfect.
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When I left Andalucia for the weekend, was sunny and close to 30 degrees (80 something for you farenheit guys) Was warm enough to get a wee bit of color in my face when outside. Here in southern Germany is crisp and cool, shocking enough to have given me a lovely cold.********************************* Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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I would love 72 right now!!! Next week we might see middle 60's.
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Today is warm and sunnyyesterday cloudy the day before it Pi**ed down like being in England, except for the warm and sunny Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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Actually it was in the 60s yesterday and dry.The sun came out for a little while and the kids got a rare "play outside" afternoon. Up here in the NW its rare for mid-October. The cold rain and snow are right around the corner..... Eric
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Go f*#K yourself, San Diego! OK, I love this line 'cause I'm sick of hearing how f'ing great your weather is out there. ENOUGH ALREADY! DO YOU WANT MY HEAD TO EXPLODE? Just kidding, Izz. Over "here" we've had a summer of drought, heat and humidity (you do know it's not the heat, blah, blah, blah) and now it should be time for the greatest event of the year, autumn but the drought will be sure to abate our fun, in that regard. Sorry if I seem a bit bleak but here's how I see the weather report today (sorry this may be the wrong thread): You want a prediction about the weather, you're asking the wrong Phil. I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life. Of course that's just how I feel today. On other daze, I feel more like this (so don't worry, 'cause it's actually very beautiful here, crisp temps and vivid skies, with Halloween nipping the Autumn air with fanged teeth. No leaf color to speak of, as yet): Winter, slumbering in the open air, wears on its smiling face a dream... of spring (with a box of Keenex on the night stand). Ciao. The Dude Abides!
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Yeah, we have 'em here in north Texas - you step outside and report what the weather is like. Weather forecasting? We don't bother, nobody knows. I believe it was Mark Twain who said - "Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it."
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we sure are getting lucky in the east. this is the best ?pc? INDIAN summer yet. it's so beautiful out today!! lots of sun and 70's-AGAIN. feel like i've been living in that PLEASANTVILLE movie, where it's always nice. nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
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but it is not raining - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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Back in the mid 70's again for Erie,Pa. Who knows for how long. Just have to enjoy it while we can!!
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still dark here, but it is daylight supposedly the joys of Spanish Weather Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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hey now! forget about the frigging weather... what time is it where you are??!! ( -; in our house, it is ALWAYS 5:15. love and peace.
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the Elvis clock dances, the legs move back and forth like a pendulum, the two other clocks have some nice, deep tones, but this one below is maybe my fav; if you click on the image you will be able to see the label "Made in Occupied Japan" which is pretty damn cool if I do say so my damn self. so, what time is it where you are?? love and peace. ( -:
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It is so muggy here in NJ.....waiting for the cold rain & snow!!And it 's 5 o'clock somewhere...right CC Joe??
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it is NEVER 5:00, it is only ever 5:15!! ( -; where me and my old lady left our brains back in the day... ( -: peace.
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When a blind man takes your hand and says; Don't you see - you have the most beautiful face; Don't you see - we're floating in space; Don't you see - happiness makes you cry; Don't you see - everyone you know someday will die. Life goes fast; It's hard to make the good things last; The sun doesn't "go down"; It's just an illusion caused by the world spining 'round. It's apparently music fusion time for me. Thanks Wayne Coyne and The Flaming Lips for not suing me for loving your music. "All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him."
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"I have harnessed the cosmic rays and caused them to operate a motive device." Golden Road - I knew that man's face, just hadn't thought about it and your quote but had an aha moment just now. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. Wiliam Blake
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And yes it has everything to do with the weather. "It might as well be said that God has properties. He has not, but only attributes and these are of our own making." Nikola Tesla If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. Wiliam Blake
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I love it when folks "get me". Nikola belongs with "US" and that's what I've attempted to do for him and us. "All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him."
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man i envy people on the east coast ,this is always been my fav,time of the tear.New ENGLAND,is like gods canvase all the colars youll never see here in suc ramnto.,meant sacramento.it has its good points.eehemm???anyhow weather this afternoon,was nice ,later in eve it misted!this is not rain...
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Here in the original Sierra Nevada it is a sunny morning with a little autumn chill in the air Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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a nice sunny fall day here in sacramento.time for yard work.,listen to some good music ,play a few tunes on the ol;martin.a day to enjoy. peace,heathaafeathaa
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i have been out for a walk with Nico the mutt and picked some mushrooms for breakfast. There are lots this year because of the amount of rain we have had Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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cool and sunny morning here in sacramento ,nice day to take the putt,for a ride.up to the hills maybe see some nice fall foliage.
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I'm down here visiting family in Laguna Niguel till tomorrow, and while there are no fires in the immmediate area, there are at least 10 significant fires in SoCal, and the air is so thick with smoke you can barely see the houses across the street, forget the ocean. I can only imagine what it's like in the actual fire area. My brother's a volunteer firefighter in Fallbrook, and consqeuently couldn't come to our family gathering yesterday.
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Here in Eastern Washington the skies are grey and the temperature is in the 40's and it feels damp. The hardwoods leaves are falling and some of the trees are getting bare and others are quite colorful. The rains have come and fire season here is over until next July or August. Always a bit of relief with that. I know what you are going through in So. Cal. with the fires. A big part of our lives here. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. Wiliam Blake
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Sorry about the lives affected by the fires. Here in Erie, PA we had a very nice day, warm and dry. Just took my son for a walk in the stroller, I think he enjoyed it. Tonight the weather should turn more fall like accordinding to the forecasters. Rainy and much cooler for the rest of the week.
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What Steve-O said goes for me, as well, in regards to those terrible fires. I'm praying for any relief possible for you guys. The news can't do the situation justice, I'm sure, and yet the images and scope presented on TV and internet are terrifying to everyone here on the other coast. Everyone I know is concerned and pulling for the situation to turn for the positive. The Dude Abides!
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positive vibes for the folks in firefighting and everyone in the area. for anyone who has never been in the belly of the beast in a wildfire, consider yourself blessed because it is like being in Dante's inferno of hell.
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Thanks for that update, CCJoe! (GRTUD's hands tremble as he opens a Xanax bottle and liberally pours them into the funnel he now hold's in his mouth). In a garbled voice GRTUD continues, "Ah, Dante's Hell...", as he chews, swallows the pills and his eyes glaze over. Thank you Walter, that makes me feel very secure, it makes me feel very warm inside.
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I am not in the firestorm as I live at the beach, but have been racing through three cell phones today trying to keep track of the 35 folks in my staff at work, several of home are facing the loss of everything material in their world. It is a very weird time in San Diego.
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There have not been any fires here this year, a few years back we had one thet come about 200 yards from the house, frightening Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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GRTUD et al, we were in our own Dante's inferno of fire hell and back, but that was years ago, not now. izzie, and everyone else in the So. Cal area that is affected by this terrible fire; positive vibes are heading your way, to all of your family and friends and, again, to all of the firefighters, people who risk life and limb. hopefully the gods of Santa Anna will cut the wind, and the rain will come.
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it was great here today in the hill it was to took the putt out for a ride and had just a sweatshirt on.leaves look nice to .on good thing about sacramento is that you dont need all your leathers on at this time of the year..just to enjoy the ride. peace heathaafeathaa
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hopefully it will clear later,when the sun gets up ---------------- - - - - Spanish Jam
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Is raining like hell in Sevilla this morning! Warm rain in October-how cool!i********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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Temps in the 50,s, got a ton of rain yesterday, brought the creeks way up. There will be lots of Steelhead in the creeks, but I'll have to let the water levels drop to be fishable. Probably will be fishin tomorrow!!!!