I was thinking of all of you in the north and east of the USA / myLot

By rebelann1949

El Paso, Texas

January 6, 2018 11:59am CST

This cartoon by Brian Gordon, which was posted on Facebook last year, should sum up what it must be like up there. Although it is not as cold here I still think it is too cold, I am so ready for SPRING

I just hope we all get an early one. By the way, how early does spring start where YOU are?

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simplyme

@m_audrey6788 (58482)

• Germany

6 Jan 18

Here is around June or July sometimes March or April I think not so sure

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

How bad is it there right now? I heard parts of Europe are experiencing nasty weather right now.

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simplyme

@m_audrey6788 (58482)

• Germany

6 Jan 18

@rebelann Yes the windy and stormy weather

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

Is it having an impact on the area you are in @m_audrey6788 ?

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

7 Jan 18

Spring will be here before you know it then summer.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

I hope so, I love that blissful heat.

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bonnie

@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

6 Jan 18

same here. i guess you are asking about other countries though.

hope everyone is staying warm enough every where though. especially our friends all here

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bonnie

@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

6 Jan 18

@rebelann oh yes. quite cold for here.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

That must be so odd @bunnybon7 I've always heard that FL is always sunny and usually doesn't get down below 50 even in winter.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

Actually spring starts as early as February here if we have a winter that is. Are you in that part of FL that's been getting the cold spell?

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

7 Jan 18

I'm one of the lucky ones in sunny California. The sun is back out today after a few pretty gray days. It's currently 65F out. It should rain tomorrow.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

I hope you get that rain, I know how badly CA needs it .... come to think of it we could use a drink ourselves.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

8 Jan 18

They do that don't they @bagarad

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

8 Jan 18

@rebelann I'm hoping we get it, but the weatherman doesn't always keep his promises.

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peachpurple

@peachpurple (13884)

• Malaysia

7 Jan 18

is it spring yet? Here, the weather had just started to turn sunny

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

Where I live there is no snow, it is too warm here for that @peachpurple

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

It is still winter here but thankfully it does not get as cold here as it does in the north and northeastern part of my nation.

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peachpurple

@peachpurple (13884)

• Malaysia

7 Jan 18

@rebelann iCe snow melting ?

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Rhonda S.

@misunderstood_zombie (8142)

• United States

7 Jan 18

@rebelann We actually had 60 degrees temp today. I don't know how we got so lucky.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

Awesome, maybe today it will be just as warm. It is weird this morning, at 6:45 am it was already 59f out which is unusual even for this region. Usually we get really cold nights and warmer afternoons. Ohhhh goody, I'll be able to open all the windows and boy do I need to.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

Well, so much for opening the windows @misunderstood_zombie the blasted wind kicked up along with the dirt n sand so only one window was opened and it didn't get all that warm either, blasted weather people just can't get it right.

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Rhonda S.

@misunderstood_zombie (8142)

• United States

7 Jan 18

@rebelann I wish I had opened mine yesterday, but I didn't even think about it.

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scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23465)

• United States

7 Jan 18

it really depends year to year.usually around march but that's not guaranteed.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

8 Jan 18

That's true, the seasons haven't been running true to form this past decade

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maezee

@maezee (41997)

• United States

7 Jan 18

For us in Minnesota hopefully March but more likely April to May.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

I hope it will happen in early March in your area, it will probably start getting into the 70s by the end of February or beginning of March.

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M. K. Albus

@MKAlubs (455)

• United States

6 Jan 18

Here on the Great Plains of Turtle Island we went almost 3 weeks straight without the temp ever getting above 32 degrees Fahrenheit. We were below zero for around 15 of those days. Finally yesterday it got above 32 degrees for the first time. It got all the way up to 35. It was like a heat wave. In the 6+ years I've been here this is by far the coldest it's ever been. Next week it's supposed to actually get into the 40's. It'll be time to break out the shorts. I miss the winters down south in the desert. I really do.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

American Indian lore I presume? I looked up the Great Plains of Turtle Island and all I got was a wonderful mythology. I'll be reading that later. So your freezing your tootsies off I take it. I really hate when it gets that cold but lucky me lives in the Chihuahuan desert where really cold weather is rare. It finally climbed to 52 a while ago so now it's not so bad if I bundle up warmly ...... yeah, I ain't wearin no shorts in this kinda cold.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (80023)

• United States

6 Jan 18

Your picture sums it up pretty well. It's crazy cold here in Pennsylvania

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

I wish I could share the warm sunshine with you, I hope spring will come sooner rather than later.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

6 Jan 18

Oh lordy you would hate it in England at the moment then although it was a bit warmer today because we had rain but it has been quite cold around 5C = 41F Last week it was colder! 26.1F

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

You are right, I do not handle cold very well. It finally got over 10c here a little while ago yet I am still cold. I suppose if I had the right clothes I might be able to handle that kind of cold but I do not want to try it to see.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (58190)

• Centralia, Washington

6 Jan 18

Its weird here and frankly I love it cause the alternative is not fun. Gray and kind of foggy rain here- last year on this day we were buried in icy snow. I prefer this January.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

It's partly cloudy here but no rain and boy am I cold, it's 49 which to me is cold, I prefer 60s in winter and 90s in spring.

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Susan

@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

6 Jan 18

I love that cartoon. I never thought I would say this but...I am so ready for Spring.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

It is cute. A friend of mine posted this on facebook last year because it was so cold where she lives, little did she know, right?

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (55761)

• Portugal

7 Jan 18

The spring usually starts in March here, I can't wait for It to start.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

I hope it starts early this year, we need the sunshine.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

Yes it does @nela13 hopefully it will be warm here today.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (55761)

• Portugal

7 Jan 18

@rebelann sunshine make us feel quite better.

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much2say

@much2say (53944)

• Los Angeles, California

7 Jan 18

Bucket of suck

- probably true (oh but not funny for those who live the brrrrrrrr!). I'm not sure what season we're in . . . it feels like our kind of winter in the night and in the early morning - but it feels autumn-ish still during the day. We don't know spring - it literally seems like it goes straight to summer

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much2say

@much2say (53944)

• Los Angeles, California

8 Jan 18

@rebelann Today it actually showered .. . . hurray, hurray . . . not sure if we get any more than that though. It finally feels like winter today. Our local fires have been put out . . . but the Ventura fire was a doozy. The fires are gone, but with this rain comes the mud/landslides

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

8 Jan 18

Yeah, that figures @much2say the developers never consider what could happen when they're trying to get upscale homes built. I remember reading something about a really bad mudslide out in Southern CA back in the late 70s or early 80s. I just remember the news caster stating that very few people had the proper insurance to cover their losses.

rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

Your weather is a lot like ours, it's 67 here now and tonight it'll get down to 37 well, give or take, they never can get the prediction quite right. I haven't seen anything more about the fires, did the put them out completely?

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

10 Jan 18

I love that cartoon, it pretty much says it all about January in the frozen north!!

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

10 Jan 18

If it got like that here for even one day it would shut down this whole county, we don't get that kinda cold here ..... gotta find wood, knock knock knock.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

10 Jan 18

So true @BelleStarr I'm just happy that we didn't get the deep freeze like up north.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

10 Jan 18

@rebelann lol Yes this year is not the year to tempt fate, never say never!!

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Marlina

@marlina (154165)

• Canada

6 Jan 18

We are "freezing" here right now.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Jan 18

I wish I could share the 49f we are experiencing here, to me that's cold but I think it would feel warm to you.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (459635)

• Switzerland

7 Jan 18

It's not very cold here, about 42 F, I have experienced many colder months of January. Real Spring starts around mid-April, March is unpredictable and sometimes it snow the first week of April.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

It is already 59f here this morning at 6:45 am which is a little odd for this time of year but I do not mind, I prefer warm to cold any day. The past 8 years have been far from the normal I was used to in the 1960s thru the 1990s.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111310)

• El Paso, Texas

7 Jan 18

Quick, find some wood and knock on it @LadyDuck

I am just kidding. It is going to be in the 60s here this afternoon but this morning the winds have begun but they are not too severe.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (459635)

• Switzerland

7 Jan 18

@rebelann This is the second year with a warm winter. It is true that January is still young and February is often the coldest month, so I should better shut up.

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