# And now, the weather **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934 "2006-11-27T13:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/41 "2006-11-28T16:11:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyway, I’m insanely jealous. Me too. I was born and raised in Montana and spent five years in the Pacific Northwest. The thought of Birch Bay, or beautiful Victoria, covered in blankets of fresh snow makes me green to the gills with envy. It’s in the 70s in No’ Carolina, and it’s hard to get into the Spirit of the Season with people walking around in shorts. Ho ho hum. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/42 "2006-11-28T16:37:22Z")
We’re still fighting off mosquitos with badmitton racquets. Cold weather sounds positively heavenly. Fortunately, it’s suppossed to arrive Thursday and then actually freeze Friday, a rarity for these southern parts. Last time it got cold here it actually snowed on Galveston’s beaches. How much did we enjoy that? Not at all… we were skiing in CO and missed it entirely. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/43 "2006-11-28T16:39:57Z")
Here in Central Oregon, we woke up to about 3-4 inches of snow this morning. Driving home last night was… interesting. Everyone here is well acquainted will driving on snow, but the stuff we had last night was a lot more like ice. I think we only had one fatality, though, and she wasn’t actually in town. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/44 "2006-11-28T17:00:10Z")
It snowed overnight in the Willamette Valley and there’s still a snow advisory in effect, though the current forcast looks sleety. The roads in the hills are slushy but not unmanagable if you have any experience driving in this sort of stuff. My furnace was not successfully repaired so I’ll be bringing in some firewood to dry while I’m at work. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/45 "2006-11-28T17:11:38Z")
It’s cracking me up because my sister moved to Vancouver to get _away_ from the cold snowy Montreal winters. She’s got a ton of snow, and it’s been warm and raining here. Ha! Of course, the poor kid’s also been boiling her drinking water for the past week or so, making it rather hard to point and laugh at her. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/46 "2006-11-28T20:20:07Z")
It took me 5.5 hours to get home last night - and only the first half hour of that was in the car. After that, it wasn’t safe for me to drive and the buses couldn’t get to where I was either. (And I wasn’t exactly in the middle of nowhere). Damn snow. At least we don’t get mosquitoes. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/47 "2006-11-28T20:23:53Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] It took me 5.5 hours to get home last night - and only the first half hour of that was in the car. [/QUOTE] I once walked from work (Smith Tower) home (mid-Beacon Hill) when the buses couldn’t get through. It wasn’t bad, maybe because there was no wind, and the temp wasn’t very cold. Today I made a stock-up trip to the store, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/48 "2006-11-28T20:24:00Z")
Anyone watching MNF last night enjoyed y’alls snow last night. Jimmy Kimmel had a great line… “If only John Madden were still alive to see this”. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/49 "2006-11-28T21:16:22Z")
Hubby got home at 11:30 this morning. Even with the sun shining, it took nearly 3 hours for him to drive what normally takes 25 minutes. They updated today’s forcast at noon. Now they say we’ll have more snow tonight and lots more tomorrow. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/50 "2006-11-29T01:35:44Z")
Apparently power in my neighbourhood was restored very late last night. The water heater is 3000w, so the jenny would have to run full-out to run it. And it’s hard-wired, so it can’t be plugged in anyway. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/51 "2006-11-29T02:10:07Z")
It’s supposed to get below freezing in the Bay Area tonight–that’s cold enough for me, thank you. Yeah, pretty wimpy, I know. But I’m a native San Diegan…we’re a thin-blooded bunch. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/52 "2006-11-29T05:00:05Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Of course, the poor kid’s also been boiling her drinking water for the past week or so, making it rather hard to point and laugh at her. [/QUOTE] The boil-water advisory has been lifted, but for the coast and Vancouver Island, it’s really, really cold. It’s gorgeous, though, all the snow on the trees and the ground, and the million diamond points of light on the draping of snow… It’s really lovely (provided you are a) not homeless, and b) have power. Apparently, there’s more snow coming! Nothing, so far, like the 'Blizzard of ‘96’ yet… Our power was out for most of Sunday, but since about five PM Sunday night, all’s been well. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/53 "2006-11-29T08:03:59Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] The boil-water advisory has been lifted, (snippy) [/QUOTE] I’m lucky. Our water was fine during all that business (we use bottled for drinking anyway), my power has only blinked on/off a couple times, and the roads in my area were cleared the first night. Of course, when all the snow melts, the Fraser River floods and I’m washed downstream to Richmond, you can point and laugh at me. 😉 We’ve got snow still here in New West. It’s cold out right now. -8.5c on my digital thermometer. The skies are clear so I suspect it will just get colder tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/54 "2006-11-29T14:10:31Z")
It’s snowing in Lancaster (Antelope Valley). I lived there for 11 years, and IIRC it usually doesn’t snow until February. Further north, Whatcom County set a record low Tuesday of 12º. They may break that record. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/55 "2006-11-29T20:07:50Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] It’s snowing in Lancaster (Antelope Valley). I lived there for 11 years, and IIRC it usually doesn’t snow until February. Further north, Whatcom County set a record low Tuesday of 12º. They may break that record. [/QUOTE] It’s depressing that global warming seems to have killed off record lows in Europe, and especially the UK, but not in North America. Here in the UK, 2006 has been ridiculously warm. Now I love hot summers, so I am not complaining about that, but I’d love a proper Arctic blast this winter. July 2006 was the hottest month ever recorded in the UK, in records going back to 1659. It was also the sunniest 🆒 September 2006 was the equal hottest September on record. October was almost 5ºF above average. The autumn (Sept-Nov) is guaranteed to be the warmest on record too, and not by fractions, by more than a clear degree (Fahrenheit). Out of the last 45 months, 39 have been above the long-term UK average. And Europe has had it even worse. Parts of Lapland are currently as much as 17ºC (that’s 30ºF) above average. Areas normally under snow from October are still green. Sure it saves on the heating, but I miss snow ☹ It’s hardly any wonder that Americans are generally more sceptical about global warming when they still get colder-than-average weather. In the UK, it’s got to the point where a below-average month would be newsworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/56 "2006-11-30T15:10:26Z")
**Colophon** , that’w why I call it “Global Weather-Screwing-Up” rather than “Global Warming” - things getting warmer sounds like a _good_ thing to most Canadians. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/57 "2006-11-30T18:02:54Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] It’s supposed to get below freezing in the Bay Area tonight–that’s cold enough for me, thank you. Yeah, pretty wimpy, I know. But I’m a native San Diegan…we’re a thin-blooded bunch. [/QUOTE] -17 f here this morning. My Wife went out to her car in sandels with no socks on. She was on her way to go swimming (indoor pool at least 😃 ) but really. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/58 "2006-11-30T18:32:09Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] All of the Midwest’s snow seems to have been diverted to the Northwest. Screw you guys - gimme my snow! I was outside in a t-shirt yesterday with no coat ☹ [/QUOTE] [Up to 10" predicted for St. Louis](http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USMO0787?from=search_city). ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/59 "2006-11-30T18:54:48Z")
It’s 16 Celsius outside in Montreal right now. We’re going to set a record high. But it’ll drop to freezing overnight. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934/60 "2006-12-02T04:10:40Z")
Bellingham was a ghost town Mon-Thursday. I got snowed in and my boss had to come and pick me up (he has four-wheel drive) so I could get to the office and deal with the schedule. Or lack therof. We actually had a schedule I could fill on Wednesday, and we worked a half day on Thursday. With very limited staff, since most of them couldn’t get out of their driveways. I never complain about the rain. I minimally complain about the heat when it gets too hot. Is it too much to ask that I don’t get snowed in in NOVEMBER? I guess so. It is still the best place to live, IMHO. My grandad called it “God’s Country”…and I still think he is correct. [sub]of course, I was born and bred here, and so I don’t mind the rain and so forth. I’m a “duck.” Sometimes, often, I actually LIKE the rain. I may be nuts, but in general? I’m happy. Good thing.[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-the-weather/381934.md?page=4)