Winter wonderland ~ and the snow is beautiful!
Winter wonderland ~ and the snow is beautiful, except now our snow is gone!
Well this is some winter this year! Here in my area of Michigan we already have had more than four times the snow for a winter and it is only December, according to weatherman on Friday. Then on Saturday we had warming temps up to 56 degrees with rain and thunderstorms; lightening even. That progressed to extreme flooding of the rivers and creeks ~ oh my goodness what a mess to some areas, and even some homes.
And then Sunday at about 4 o'clock in the morning I was awakened by extreme winds blowing around my condo. Luckily nothing hit my place ~ thank goodness!
We had winds up to 65 mph ~ that is hurricane force winds!!!
I know some areas had tornadoes and I suppose this was the tail end of those storms. But trees were blown down taking power lines with them and by noon today there were thousands without power. I was not one of them, thank goodness! And the temps were dropping quickly causing all the rain on the roadways to freeze and it was horrible. Again, churches were canceling services this morning.
We are now at 29 degrees and just ‘normal winter' ~ and we lost all our snow, except for the huge piles that were caused by all the excess snow.
I have so much to be thankful for ~ I am warm and cozy in my place, I have electricity so I can watch my TV, read, play on the computer ~ I am so thankful!!!
Hope everyone can be comfy and cozy as we continue through winter! ~ ((hugs)) to one and all!
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LadyG (
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12.28.08 (7:23 pm)
That is really extreme weather, stay safe Coni.
(((Hugs)))
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auntconi (
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12.28.08 (8:56 pm)
Reply to: LadyG
Yes, very extreme ~ I am safe and warm, thankfully.
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fractalmom (
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12.29.08 (5:43 am)
and the day after Christmas here in NE ohio, we were 69 degrees. What a weirdness that is.
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auntconi (
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12.29.08 (8:19 am)
Reply to: fractalmom
Some weird weather is right...
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bawdy (
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12.29.08 (12:18 pm)
I'm tired of winter already. I wish our snow would melt.
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namm (
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12.29.08 (4:38 pm)
Reply to: auntconi
wow! tht was something ... i like winters but i guess anything to the extreme isnt good ... well wht u told was real bad! ... hope ur safe thr hun .. tc of urself ... warm hugzzzzzzzzzzz from namm! :)
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barnabus1 (
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12.29.08 (5:43 pm)
I think most of us need an attitude of gratitude!!!
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auntconi (
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12.29.08 (6:43 pm)
Reply to: bawdy
It is surely going to be a loonnngg winter!
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auntconi (
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12.29.08 (6:44 pm)
Reply to: barnabus1
I am so grateful that I wasn't w/o power at any time, and could be safe inside ~ very grateful!
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auntconi (
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12.29.08 (6:44 pm)
Reply to: namm
I am very lucky!
posted by:
Verlaine (
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01.01.09 (4:36 am)
We had a really scary windy day a couple of weeks ago, but nothing like what the west side of MI has been through.
I'm glad you were safe at home with your toys and your place didn't suffer any damage.
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scubadiva (
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01.04.09 (11:50 am)
That's not the kind of blow job you want!