# Summer Officially Cancelled on the East Coast **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835 "2003-05-27T18:49:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/41 "2003-05-28T19:35:13Z")
**Kn\*ckers** , I have still have some pasta salad left from the weekend. Help yourself. And could someone please pass me a wine cooler? ---
**Author:** ![Madame\_Zelda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Madame\_Zelda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madame_Zelda)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/42 "2003-05-28T20:07:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winnie \* > \*\*…Jeez, by the end of May we at least start getting a taste of warmer weather – I’m not expecting 80 degrees and sunny every day especially since it’s not even June. But this is ridiculous… \*\* **Winnie** , darling, you’re more than welcome to our “spring” weather - it’s been over 100 degrees every day for 2 weeks or so, now. At 10am today it was already 102 - and the A/C in my Jeep is still on vacation. Honey, come on down - be more than happy to share the warmth with someone who would truly appreciate it. Welcome to sunny Tucson…now take some heat with you when you leave. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/43 "2003-05-28T22:52:21Z")
There’s something very wrong here today in Baltimore. It started out normally enough, dreary gray sky, drizzling rain, just like it’s been for weeks on end. Then, about 3:00, something scary happened. The sky turned this weird blue color. There were these little puffy white things in the sky. And there was this big round yellow thing in the sky, just blazing away. It was warm and bright. I think the big round yellow thing may have had something to do with it. Anyway, people were stumbling around outside, looking up at the weird blue sky, pointing and squinting. It was just bizarre. It was scary, though. I don’t know if we can handle that much excitement again tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/44 "2003-05-28T23:13:30Z")
Dudes, weren’t y’all last year under water-use restrictions? This is just all the water they forgot to send you between 99 and 02. And really, anyone eager for full-blown Chesapeake summers must own an air conditioner business. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/45 "2003-05-29T01:04:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JRDelirious \* > **Dudes, weren’t y’all last year under water-use restrictions? This is just all the water they forgot to send you between 99 and 02.** Yes, we were in a serious drought condition last year. Between this current rain and the 10 feet of snow this past winter, I think we’re all caught up. :smack: \*\* > [@](#): > > And really, anyone eager for full-blown Chesapeake summers must own an air conditioner business. \*\* No, don’t get me wrong. I **HATE** the full-blown hazy, hot and humid Chesapeake summers here. Our central AC stays on from July till mid-September. It’s the pleasant spring-time weather that we’re missing that I like. It should be 70° and sunny, with a nice cool breeze, and _no_ humidity. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/46 "2003-05-29T01:47:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racinchikki \* > **It’s my fault. I carry bad weather with me everywhere I go. When I lived in Mississippi the weatgher rthere was colder than in New York. Now it’s colder than average up here.** I’m the same way. 1996–Five days after I moved to North Carolina, Hurricane Fran came through Raleigh. 1998–A week before I moved back to New York, a tornado touched down a few miles from my house. A month _after_ I moved back to NY, we had those awful spring storms (tornados, microbursts in Mechanicville). Oh yeah. I’m the harbinger of bad weather. As for the current weather, [Eric Cartman]“I. Am. So. Pissed. Off. Right. Now!”[/Eric Cartman] ---
**Author:** ![greyseal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@greyseal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greyseal)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/47 "2003-05-29T01:55:00Z")
At least you’re not where I am. It was 95F today. I could use some old-fashioned cold and rain! ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/48 "2003-05-29T02:53:51Z")
I want warm weather. I want warm weather NOW. I just bought lots of snazzy new summer clothes and sandals and _I can’t wear any of them!!!_ They’ve been languishing in the closet quite long enough. Good grief, I’m still wearing sweaters I was wearing in March, for heaven’s sake. To whom do I complain? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/49 "2003-05-29T03:15:52Z")
Nutty Bunny, being as we live in the same area, obviously this weather is the result of our confluence. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/50 "2003-05-29T14:18:40Z")
It seems like New York has become a 2-season type of town. No spring, no fall. Just winter and summer. Shame. I liked the spring and fall best. Still . . . I love the city when it is grey outside. Many of the buildings are highly reflective so the whole city takes on this whole film noir feel that I really dig. I like the night and the grey gritty streets of wet days. It makes me feel like I am in a movie. Maybe it’s the cool murder story and I’m the gruff PI (rough exterior with a heart of gold) whose thirst for women and lust for booze has him on the edge of oblivion. Till that dame walked in to my office. That beautiful, sexy, trouble-making dame that knows what she wants and will do anything to get it. Including murder? That’s what I was at this Irish pub to find out that darrk, stormy, night. Or maybe it’s the horror movie and some evil is taking over the city. There is nothing like coming over the Williamsburg bridge and seeing the city glowing within a ton of fog. Haunting. It feels like a bad movie for sure. I pretty much hated the movie “[Fear.com](http://Fear.com)” but they had a great line. Two detectives come out of the police station towards the middle of the movie and for the first time the sun is out. The whole movie was very grey and dark and the color looked so out of place. One detective says “Hey the clouds are moving out.” and the other responds “Yeah, but another storm is moving in.” as if he had recently checked the weather. It was kind of a nod at how silly it was that the city was ALWAYS rainy/cloudy when something spooky was about to happen. I almost feel like whatever movie I’m in (ala “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”) must be about to reach some crucial plot development when the weather gets bizarre. Anyway . . . DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/51 "2003-05-29T14:25:18Z")
**DaLovin’ Dj** , that’s one of the things I loved about New York City during my own brief visit late this winter. To a small-town girl, ANY day in the city feels like a movie. I have to find time to get back there before I leave. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/52 "2003-05-29T14:32:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Madame Zelda \* > \*\ ***Winnie** , darling, you’re more than welcome to our “spring” weather - it’s been over 100 degrees every day for 2 weeks or so, now. At 10am today it was already 102 - and the A/C in my Jeep is still on vacation. Honey, come on down - be more than happy to share the warmth with someone who would truly appreciate it. > \*\* I definitely appreciate intense heat more than cold. It feels so unnatural to have to bundle up to go outside for a few minutes and then strip everything when you come back in, race out to your car because it’s so wet and chilly you can’t stand it, and feel like you want to curl up and hibernate until the sun makes its way around. Heat feels so invigorating to me… while I must say 102 is quite excessive, I didn’t complain once last year during the Summer of Hell 2002. ---
**Author:** ![insomnia4AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@insomnia4AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insomnia4AM)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/53 "2003-05-29T15:37:04Z")
I’m with **Winnie**. I actually like when it’s hot. I think I complained a couple of times in the Summer of Hell, but only because I had to commute 125 miles round trip every day in rush hour with no AC, and a heavy uniform shirt. Well after last nights thunderstorms, and floods, the sun has been out in full force for a glorious 6 hours. At least my office has a window. Too bad it doesn’t open. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/54 "2003-05-29T17:52:11Z")
I just saw my shadow,so I guess we get six more weeks of this. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/55 "2003-05-29T18:50:50Z")
I know I am probably in the minority, but I love cooler weather. Autumn and Spring are the best and even Winter (without the snow) suits me fine… ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/56 "2003-05-29T19:59:29Z")
Recently, during a friendly chat with a dermatologist, I announced my intention of trying for the world record suntan this summer (should summer arrive). She started up with the obligatory “skin damage due to sun exposure is cumulative” yadda yadda and I think the look I gave her made her stop dead then switch to “but there’s nothing wrong with a bit of sunbathing”. Yessss. _…shirtless with a plateful of steaks at Kn_ckers imaginary SDMB barbecue…\* Whoa, are you nuts? Step back from there, it’s already hot enough outside without standing so close to the grill. If you’re going to stand there, better get yourself a beer from the fridge. Get me one too while you’re there. Who wants Italian sausage? ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835/57 "2003-05-29T21:25:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pestie \* > \*\*Less than one week. That’s how long I have until I move from Massachusetts to Florida (for good, this time). I’m counting the minutes. \*\* What part of Florida? We’ve had rain almost nonstop for the last week in West Palm Beach. The flooding on the road to my office just started receding this afternoon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-officially-cancelled-on-the-east-coast/177835.md?page=2)