The Ice Storm Cometh

carolbee, come on down!!! Is that phrase already taken? I think I have heard it a time or two on some television show. hahaha Anyway, it is nice down here in south Texas, well at least nicer than you are having up there. I am on the coast here and minutes away from Padre Island if you have ever heard of it.

We have had the cold but not to much snow and ice here. I have not been here in NYC long but the snow and crud here is not like the stuff we had in Maine. I am thankful for that but could it warm up a bit yet? Ainge

I am down in the St. Louis area now. So far, we have been pretty lucky the last couple of weeks. Yes, we got 6 inches of snow in that time frame, but then it melted and two days later, the temperature was in the 70s. I didn't expect to see 70s in February. lol Today it is cold, and we have gotten a little snow, but not even enough to completely cover the ground. I know some of my friends have gotten over a foot of snow in the same time frame. So, I hope you don't get completely buried, and I am very grateful to be in a relatively snow free zone right now! :)

Hi. I am in Indiana and we have 4-6 inches of snow coming for tonight. I just took my daughter to work and it is very slick out. We are also supposed to get freezing rain tonight and it is supposed to turn to all rain tomorrow. We are supposed to have "thundersnow tonight". Isn't that weird? I am sick of torandoes and this weird wether also. It is very scary. I am ready to move also closer to the beach but then we would have hurricane weather.

If this was a 'normal' winter, I would have no complaints but this has been the wackiest winter I can recall. Warm one day, below 0 next. Up and Down like a yo-yo. Here in IL, the roads are really getting a beating with the countless freeze/thaw cycles. Potholes galore, even on brand new roads. Most of our underground drainage system has heaved cause of it. Like we have a grand sitting around to rebury it all. Thanks to this whacked out winter, we had to cut 1/4" off the bottom of our shed doors cause the sloping slab done heaved as well. Over 20yrs old and it's never been a problem till now. I hate to see what it's done to the trees' roots out back by the creek. Bet they all heaved as well so we won't be able to mow back there. Just give me back the normal winters and I won't rant -n- rave about it again.

Well, I too am sick of the weather. My husband talked to his mom a little bit ago, she is 200 miles south of us, in Wichita, KS and she said they got woke up bright and early this morning with it raining ice cubes!!! YUCK! We had our nasty ice storm back in December, and I do not want, nor am I ready for another one. I am not a winter person. I grew up in southern California. Even after having been back here for 26 years,,,,,, I have not developed a tolerance for it. When both my kids are done with high school and college I am seriously considering moving south... south enough that we don't have this cold. My son is going to college about 4 1/2 hours west of here, and he said it doesn't seem as cold there, and this fall, well the end of August, when it was 103 out there he said it didn't seem as hot there at 103 as it did here at home at 90 degrees with the humidity. (Less humidity there) The oldest wants us to move to Oklahoma.... I'm thinking New Mexico. Just somewhere it doesn't get this nasty in the winter. Think happy thoughts, throw a pot of chilli on the stove and hope for the best I guess!!!

How about 85 degrees and a sweet lake across the street? Sorry you're going through a rough winter. We had a cold one too but nothing like that. This week the sun has made its triumphant return and we are speaking of filling up the pool again. The water is still cold though. Hang in there.

Right now it is snowing here in Northern Ohio. We are supposed to receive some freezing rain later on tonight before the snow starts again. I think we are supposed to get about 8 inches of snow and up to a half inch of ice. The kerosene heater is full just incase the power goes out.

Well this weekend we had -35 windchills for two days. It finally warmed up to six degrees today so that it can snow tonight...I am a winter person under normal circumstances.....but I am truly sick of winter this year! Bring on spring!

I am sick of the weather this winter too. Here in Virginia yesterday we had high winds that kept causing the power to go off and on. One of the times it was off for two hours.

I'm freezing here, temps in single digits with wind chills below zero. Turned my car on this AM and it screamed bloody murder. Thought the oil would never get up into it, but it did. Every weekend, they predict bad weather, so I try to sell dog and cat food to almost no one in the store. Sometimes they're right and sometimes they're wrong. Take care

Well I hope that you stay warm and safe for this next bout of crap that's headed your way. We will be waitting for you to come back and share all your stories with us. Hopefully your hubby will let you guys move to warmer weather. Lol Good luck with that. Lol

I hate the winter cause it is so cold and there is so much snow and it seems to always be in the way.

I'm definitely getting sick of the winter this year! One day it's nice out the next day it's snowing really hard! Jeez, what's with this? ;)