Originally Posted By DAR <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_13955078?source=rss" target="_blank">http://www.mercurynews.com/bay...urce=rss</a> Pffft you people call that cold? That's shorts weather around here. 36 degrees for a low, we here in the midwest mock your 36 degrees. You want cold, try 9 for the high tomorrow.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan LOL , too true. It is cold here, by local standards. But you'd die if you saw the STORM TRACKER coverage the local channels swing into whenever it rains here. Before the first drop falls, they have a camera crew and meteorologist on the air, wearing a North Face 0° jacket, declaring that this one's going to be a humdinger, better prepare for the worst, start building the ark. There may be a market for recording this stuff and showing it in Wisconsin as a sitcom.
Originally Posted By velo well, it was 26 when I drove the kids to school this morning - low for us because we're at sea-level. The main problem is that no one knows how to drive on ice - and they always look so surprised in that ditch!
Originally Posted By Lisann22 DAR I'll never forget my first winter in Chicago. I got the year it was negative 69 wind chill factor and it snowed from Halloween night till early May. Fun times. LOL I was such a California girl. I arrived as the winter began, a friend picked me up and I asked the temperature (Brrr) he said we'll go by a bank up on the left you can see the temp there. We go by the bank and we are talking so a few blocks later he says "oh did you see the temp?" I replied "no, it was broke." He said "broke?" I said "yeah, it said zero." Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to ChiTown, took a whole winter to live that down. As the winter was coming to an end, my boss calls me one day and says I want you to get in the car and take a drive. I was confused... He said "it's finally 35 today, everyone will be in shorts and t-shirts, moms will be out with the kids in strollers showing off how big junior grew over the winter." LOL!
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF It's all relative. The air in SF has a lot of moisture so it seems colder than it really is. I remember one time I was with a bunch of friends standing in line outside of a movie theatre for a midnight show. I was dressed in a heavy leather biker jacket and had on gloves, and I was still freezing my butt off. The theatre was on Geary, not terribly far from the shore. Oh yeah. I forgot one, small detail. This happened in JULY. Still, it cracked me up to no end to watch people around SF bundled up like they were going to Siberia. Then I moved to MN, and I adjusted to the cold fairly easily. That's not to say I like it. I'll take SF weather over the crap we're having today...
Originally Posted By DAR <<It is cold here, by local standards. But you'd die if you saw the STORM TRACKER coverage the local channels swing into whenever it rains here>> We've had that here the last few days with the first big snowfall arriving. Actually to the west and north of Wisconsin they are having a blizzard up to 15 inches. Some areas of Milwaukee the far end of the county they've got about 6 inches. If you're near Lake Michigan where I work and live(about two miles) you looking at just some rain. Driving in was no problem. But still one station labeled it the STORM OF THE CENTURY, considering we have a few more of these to come, they went a tad overboard.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 We get "breaking news" every few minutes in Southern Cal when it's 65 degrees and sprinkling. I love this cooler weather. I know not to complain though. I've spent a winter in New Hampshire. It wasn't pretty on those below zero days. But I loved it anyway.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 By the way, it's currently 51 degrees at DL. I better take my jacket, lol.
Originally Posted By DAR Another local weather person stated last week that we were going to get "A DRAMATIC TEMPERATURE DECREASE" it went from a high of 42 to a low of wait for it...... 33. Again not really cold for here.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 A friend of mine said it was much warmer going in to work this morning... comparing this morning's temp of 31 to yesterday's of 29. LOL!
Originally Posted By hopemax The last couple of times I've talked to my Mom, she's been whining about packing clothes. They are coming here next Tues. Our current temp is 3 degrees. Her current temp 81 degrees. Colorado...December...there is a reason why I went to their place last January. Although, this year is already a lot worse than last year.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka It was 18 degrees in my neighborhood (near Seattle) this morning. If it wasn't for the deep stinging pain, I wouldn't be able to feel my feet. But in my area, at least, there is no moisture. I know there are some around us that have ice. I hate ice. And most of the people here can't even drive in the rain (the RAIN. In SEATTLE!), there's no way they are mastering ice. (Or 4-way stops or traffic circles. Sigh.)
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Oops, forgot to mention the lack of understanding of how to merge, also. ;-)
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Colorado...December...there is a reason why I went to their place last January. Although, this year is already a lot worse than last year. >> It was -9F this morning in Loveland and is still -1F. We should have highs in the low 40's by the weekend. This winter reminds me of the one we had two years ago. Last year's was mild, we even had highs in the low 60's a few times.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Oh yeah. I forgot one, small detail. This happened in JULY.> "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." - Mark Twain
Originally Posted By Dabob2 And I went to a ballgame in June at Candlestick years ago with the wind whipping off the water, and MAN - that really was frigid.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt >>"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." - Mark Twain<< Actually Mark Twain never said that.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I spent many many years at Candlestick in the summer wearing a t-shirt, sweatshirt, parka, gloves, scarf and hat. So much fog you couldn't see the outfielders....FREEZING!!!!!!!
