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*blush* Erm, I hate to have to tell you guys, but the Pineapple Express hit us this week and we’re *gulp* ah…about 50 above during the day and 30 above at night. But it’ll stop next week and be back to about -20 Fahrenheit.
We just finished what you guys are going through now. My guess is, as the Earth reaches perigee (closest point to the sun during the winter season) we’re still technically pointed ‘away’ from the sun in the northern Hemisphere and somehow this tweaks the jet stream enough to point all that frigid arctic air down through Alaska and into the states….so for some reason we get to experience the deep cold of space for about two to four weeks every January. Then what’s called a “Chinook” wind blows up from the south and you can smell those trade winds from the South Pacific. Hence why so many folks snowbird to Hawaii or Florida. (Not me, I don’t have that kind of cash.) It’d probably be worse if the situation were reversed and the Earth pointed the northern Hemisphere away from the sun at apogee (the farthest distance from the sun.)Yeah, the warm weather has melted all our snow pack only enough to make it really slick out there. So I can’t even walk down my driveway without falling on my derriere. The next month or so is going to be dicey for any kind of travel, but at least fuel has come down enough that heating the place isn’t as bad as it could’ve been with oil at that $140 per barrel mark that it was. (A tanker did slide off our main road this afternoon though and traffic was held up for 45 minutes while they dug him out.)
I empathize with you all though. Please be safe, this isn’t weather to fool around with.
And yes, my buns went through a major molt for about a month last year while the heat was up. Now they’ve settled down, but it seemed to go on forever! (Today they actually got to have some nice, fresh air from outside…I can see Mimzy is dreaming of spring already!) -
K&K you are going riding tomorrow??? Horses ???
Wow you can actually smell the tradewinds that far up? Cool. Yeah here in Florida we been getting freeze warnings in the middle and a few degrees higher than 32 on the east coast. Today is a nice warm 60? or other.
I haven’t used the heater yet. One thing I hate though is taking a shower when it is cold out.
Brrrrr. We have a heat lamp in the bathroom so that helps. -
awww thanks Mimz!!!
I live in an apartment and each bedroom has its own heat and heat temp. gauge, as well as a combined gage for living/dining room and the bathroom has its own, so i can keep it toasty warm in there! i tend to take more showers in the winter just so i can warm up!
I totally understand the dry hands thing. 2 of my 3 jobs are food service related. I bet I wash my hands 50 times a day, not even exaggerating! Sometimes they are so cracked, the pain is almost unbearable!!!
ps…got like 20 degrees above 0 here today!!! WOOO! T-shirt weather!!!
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