# This Winter Sucks ! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 17, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619 "2003-02-17T13:53:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ed655f/32.png) [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/21 "2003-02-19T02:40:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > \*\*Yeah, heat can be as annoying as cold, but heat doesn’t come with snow (and we’ve managed to alternate huge amounts of snow with negative degree days- good for ice, that- pretty much all winter. > > What’s that you say? You got **in** to your car this morning? You haven’t been trapped in a cramped, miserable, animal infested (well the dog can’t go out in this weather) beerless house for the last (and probably next) 24 hours because it wasn’t worth the threat to life and limb it would take to go as far as the grocery? But you had to run the A/C? Oh, you poor baby :mad: . > 😃 \*\* Aren’t we cranky? 😉 I was happy today; the temp when I left this morning was 58F and when I got home it was 70F. That I can deal with. Enjoy even. ANYWAY, I’m gonna be in Rochester, NY this weekend (assuming the plane can land) and it’s going to be my first time seeing snow. After that, I will consider myself qualified to tell you all whether you’re being brats or not. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/22 "2003-02-19T12:07:42Z")
We have just surpassed 120 inches for the season, Erie PA.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/23 "2003-02-19T15:15:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pezpunk \* > \*\*Florida is nice this time of year. 😃 > > ::runs away:: \*\* Hehe!! So is Anchorage THIS year. Unseasonably warm all autumn, and now, in February when we should be getting a 2 week long 10-30 below zero cold snap, it’s in the 20s. (keeping fingers crossed, hoping the annual cold snap “forgets” to visit this year!!!) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/24 "2003-02-19T22:49:02Z")
Just in case you haven’t seen enough already, i thought i’d link to some [pictures](http://www.pbase.com/mhendo/balto_snow_feb2003) i took in my neighbourhood here in Baltimore yesterday. I grew up in Sydney, Australia, and it will be a cold day in hell before i get sick of snow (:)). I love it. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/25 "2003-02-20T04:54:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Icerigger \* > We have just surpassed 120 inches for the season, Erie PA.:mad: Damn…You are even beating us out here in Rochester…although we’re close (118.6")! The key is to bundle up and get out and enjoy the snow! I cross-country ski and once a week we even play ultimate frisbee in the snow…It’s awesome! And, the snow is so beautiful!!! Of course, I’ve loved snow ever since I was growing up in Washington DC and was so excited that I couldn’t go to sleep when there was a snowstorm…I’d go out and measure it every few hours. Somewhere I probably still have the records I kept of our snowstorms. I still get excited when a storm hits here (or even a big storm hits somewhere else…I can live vicariously too!) I do hate the lack of sun here in Rochester in the winter…although November through early January are the worst for that. This time of year, it starts to get a little sunnier and at least the days start to get longer. ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/26 "2003-02-20T13:06:07Z")
Here in Halifax we’ve surpassed the 200cm (90in) mark and had two weeks of of -20 to -35 C temperatures. It is normally quite mild here and hovers around the 0C mark. My common refrain is “at least we’re not in Newfoundland”. Those poor bastards have had over 400cm (181in) and check out [this town](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/02/17/canada.flood.reut/). ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/27 "2003-02-20T13:07:53Z")
Oh yes, those are some really nice pics **mhendo**! ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/28 "2003-02-20T20:37:27Z")
The key is to bundle up and get out and enjoy the snow! I cross-country ski and once a week we even play ultimate frisbee in the snow…It’s awesome! I’m just testing to see if I know how to post a reply with a quote in it.If you are reading this, than I must 1) apologize for wasting your time, and 2) accuse you of being a total idiot for ignoring the subject line ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/29 "2003-02-20T20:40:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chappachula \* > > I’m just testing to see if I know how to post a reply with a quote in it.If you are reading this, than I must 1) apologize for wasting your time, and 2) accuse you of being a total idiot for ignoring the subject line \*\* I wonder if this attempt will fail like the last one… ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619/30 "2003-02-20T23:42:02Z")
**chappachula** , try the button that says “Preview reply”. That way, you can test to your heart’s content and all we get to see is the perfect final version! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-sucks/155619.md?page=1)