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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 27, 2022 14:03:11 GMT -5
The older I get, the less I like the cold. On average, it's not too bad here, but we do get wicked cold snaps.
What are your winters like and do you love them or hate them?
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Post by miket on Oct 27, 2022 14:36:29 GMT -5
Pretty cold winters here, beloe zero temps, lots of wind. I'm with you, Tela, the older I get the less I like them.
Besides the cold and snow make hounding impossible- or at least unbearable. We still go, however! 🙃
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2022 14:41:06 GMT -5
Being born and raised in Virginia where the winters were tolerable then coming to Illinois where they are miserable has been a big change! I despise the cold but enjoy the snow and the season and of course Christmas!
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Post by hypodactylus on Oct 27, 2022 15:45:45 GMT -5
Yeah, not a fan of winter. I don't mind the crispness of autumn or the cool air of early spring, but the endless cold of winter is not enjoyable.
I live in the Salt Lake City area of Utah, so winters aren't really even all that bad compared to some places. Still, not a fan.
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Post by Pat on Oct 27, 2022 17:02:12 GMT -5
I used to love only hot summers. I’ve mellowed into liking all seasons. All good, just different.
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Post by drocknut on Oct 27, 2022 17:21:41 GMT -5
Winter in Arizona is time to rockhound so I love it. We've had cold snaps but on a whole south central Arizona winter is very mild.
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Post by Tommy on Oct 27, 2022 17:30:02 GMT -5
I voted 'indifferent' but in reality I'm OK with it when it arrives but I get really happy when it starts getting warm again
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Post by liveoak on Oct 27, 2022 18:13:35 GMT -5
I think that's why we moved south years ago to rid ourselves of the dreaded winter.
Here in NW Florida (Panhandle) from October to April it's the best time of the year.
It gets cold enough to freeze water (sometimes) and we have nothing else to prove &
NO firewood to have to haul & split, and no road salt to rust our cars ! ( and we know those things) We're been there and literally got the T-shirts (also long story).
Patty.... Happy winter is coming on
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Post by markb on Oct 27, 2022 18:22:43 GMT -5
Since it isn't up to us what the weather will do, I vote "indifferent." Winter in NW Oregon is usually mid-coolish with some rain on most days. The rain came late this year, giving us a hotter Indian Summer lasting into October. When Fall arrived it did it in 2 days, which just happened a week or so ago. We went from mid 80's, when it should have been cooler and leaves turning, to the mid 40-50's and cool rain. The trees are confused for sure and only half have turned or lost their leaves, as well as the apple harvest, etc. True Oregonians know we need the rain to create the snow pack and help ward off the coming droughts and fires of the next year. I read the predictions for this Winter are harsh cold weather patterns along the jet stream coming down from Canada encompassing the northern and NE states . They are already predicting power outages in many areas in the east. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has already seen a good dump of snow for their first storm, around 9" I think I saw. May be a good time to acquire a generator if you live out there and don't have one already. Our area was predicted to be wetter and cooler than normal, with cooler temps reaching into southern bordering states. Warm and sunny for the southern states, except on the SE flanks of the country. Everyone likes to say, "if you don't like the weather around here, just wait a couple of minutes", but that seems to apply to almost everywhere now. There is something true about getting older and feeling the cold more, but you won't realize that until you get there. If you're a person of faith, you know the extreme changes in weather worldwide are going to increase and become the norm. So check on your neighbors and take care of one another.
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 27, 2022 20:05:20 GMT -5
I like seeing who's from where when they vote "like" or "indifferent". It would appear most of them are from places I don't consider to have actual "winters"! LOL Just teasing y'all a bit! For the last several years, I've hated winter more and more. The cold...especially the wet cold gets more difficult to bear every year. The extremely short days do effect people's psyche...and depression is a lot more prevalent during the winter months. When it's only light 8 hours (or less) in an entire day...well...it sucks! LOL
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 27, 2022 21:36:18 GMT -5
As someone who lived the first 50 years of their life in the Chicago area, I hate it. Especially Chicago winters. They can be miserably brutal and the wind chills from the lake make it even worse. When I moved to the Prescott area, I thought I'd be done with the winter crap. Not necessarily so. While it is much milder in terms of temperature, we can get below freezing and we do get snow. The snow doesn't bother me much, and I actually like it most of the time because the sun will melt it by noon here. Plus, any moisture is good moisture. Tonight our low is going to be 23 and it's still October!
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Post by gemfeller on Oct 28, 2022 2:14:36 GMT -5
I'm from east Idaho whee we had 4 distinct seasons: June, July, August and Winter. Or stated another way, only 2 seasons: Winter and Road Work. Yet, after living in central California for many years where there was little difference in seasons with the exception of winter rains, I'm enjoying living in north-ecntral Arizona where winters can be chilly but not extreme like the 20 below-zero weather I used deliver newspapers in when I was a kid.
It's the driving on ice that really bothers me along with snow tires, chains, scraping windshields and unfreezing door locks not to mention shoveling the white stuff. Here in AZ my experience so far is that the snow has melted quickly and doesn't ice up the highways. Hoping for a continuation of that this coming winter but weather's weather and one can never predict what will happen.
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Post by fernwood on Oct 28, 2022 4:13:05 GMT -5
Wisconsin Winters are nasty. High temps in the 30's are considered warm days. Wind chills are often -30 where I live. Lows of -20 and below are common. Snow and more snow.
I can deal with most of it, as it is needed.
I have a hard time with ice storms, blizzards and extended cold temps. The worst is driving home from work, at night, on an ice covered road. Or, during a snow storm with high winds.
If I am home, one of my favorite activities is playing with my Sierra dog during a snowstorm. She loves trying to catch the snow balls I throw her way.
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Oct 28, 2022 8:40:36 GMT -5
As jasoninsd said, the lack of sunlight is a biggie. That annoys me as much as the cold.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2022 9:11:01 GMT -5
As jasoninsd said, the lack of sunlight is a biggie. That annoys me as much as the cold. I would have to agree with you two! I already have the occasionally bouts of depression and anxiety and the dark days of winter seems to intensify them. It really makes me appreciate when spring comes!
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Post by MsAli on Oct 28, 2022 9:30:39 GMT -5
Every since moving back, come January, I'm like WTF was I thinking. And then we go ice fishing and all is well, then it's 3-4 more months of hell
Builds character
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Post by liveoak on Oct 28, 2022 10:02:20 GMT -5
Tom and I are both from up north (NY) and one year we took a job care taking an old 1920's "camp" in the Adirondack Mountains in NY State.
The camp property was 500 acres, in the middle of a 15000 acre track of paper company land (NO development)
It was located about 3 miles back in the woods from the maintained county road.
The Boat House from across the lake - most of the camp buildings were set back in the woods a bit, mostly log cabins built in the 1920's.
Tom had a big 4 WD backhoe that he used to plow the 3 mile road with, in addition to the camp roads, but we used to have to snowshoe 1 mile to where the backhoe was kept in a heated shop (only reason it would ever start in the winter).
After driving me back and plowing with the backhoe, I got the joy of shoveling out the camp buildings, so the owners could come up on some weekends and frolic on their cross country skis. It snowed A lot- but the owners kept telling us it was an easy year.
The backhoe - our only link to civilization.
The owners told us that Tom should start plowing at night,
so he could work on restoring the VERY old log cabins of the camp, during the day
Plowing- Plowing- Plowing with 11 foot wide blade, on the road back from the shop to the main house
Did I mention that we had to cut and split all our own firewood to heat both our house & theirs. 7 cords for our house & lots of"little "chunks" for their antique furnace in the main house. We burned every stick of that 7 cords before the winter was done .
Cold wasn't too bad for up there - 0 a lot of times, but it only got down to 13 below a few nights,
but the ice didn't go out on the lake we lived on, until April 23.
The lake in the winter, the view from standing next to our house.
Snowshoeing with our little friend Sophie (a Pekingese). She was a great sport & loved the winter- but didn't do very well in the deep snow,
due to her short legs, so I would help her out when we went for a walk).
The spring where we got our drinking water, after the deeply buried water line from the well froze. It ran clear and cold all year, never freezing, with wild watercress growing in it.
It was beautiful to look at, but carrying 5 gallon water jugs on your shoulder up the hill, through the snow and ice in the woods, was memorable, and got kind of old.
I could tell you lots more, but suffice it to say that we left after the first year.
I think we had built as much character as we could stand .
Patty
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 28, 2022 10:51:03 GMT -5
I love snow when it's snow I can drive to for the day, then go home to where there's no snow. I don't care for 40's and bone chilling rain and humidity, which basically describes the NW to the west of the cascades. Shorter days and longer nights are not my favorite thing either, but in AZ where it still often reaches the 70's during the day it's tolerable, then there's the sunsets. So basically it's love it here for the most part, hated it there... Since we're looking at 2 years here, 55 there, I voted hate it, but ask me again in 10 years...
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Post by pebblesky on Oct 28, 2022 11:03:45 GMT -5
I didn't do well in the *real* winters (not the California version) but love the pictures and stories in this thread!
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Post by vance71975 on Oct 28, 2022 12:16:08 GMT -5
The older I get, the less I like the cold. On average, it's not too bad here, but we do get wicked cold snaps.
What are your winters like and do you love them or hate them?
I am in Ohio, and I despise winter. It has gotten more mild due to climate change and less snow, but I really dont like anything below 75F. I prefer the temp in the mid 80's to low 90's.
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