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NOT the WCDT 15-19 November 2010 (1796-1800)
HeavyP:
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--- Quote from: zadojla on 18 Nov 2010, 12:23 ---Where is "here"? Texas is great this time of year. Summertime not so much...
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Texas, of course.
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Central Texas, checking in! We get snow like once every three or four years, it's enough to make yards pretty and white but I've never seen it snow enough or remain cold enough to let it stick to the roads. Granted, we pay for this lovely mildness by having summers that are over 100 degrees for weeks in a row (I think we set a record this summer with 32 days in a row where the high was over 100, with a record high of 108 or something like that).
Is it cold in here?:
Iceland doesn't get all that cold in the lowlands but gets lots of snow.
Pennelope and Wil should move there. Years ago I read that it had the world's highest per capita number of bookstores. One of their major historical political figures is remembered primarily because of his poetry -- that's how much they respect poets.
Dr. ROFLPWN:
Tapirs always reminded me a little of Tsathoggua from the Cthulhu Mythos.
zadojla:
--- Quote from: Akima on 18 Nov 2010, 18:16 ---Our main problem with frozen water falling from the sky is hailstorms in summer
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Yes, we get those in North Texas also, frequently in company with tornadoes. But we are south of "tornado alley", that part of the central US where 40% of the world's tornadoes occur.
--- Quote from: bfd on 18 Nov 2010, 19:10 ---North Texas had its greatest snow day ever last year right around Valentines Day. It snowed 12-13in in about 24hrs, DFW shut down. Massive power outages, grocery stores like madhouses, it was insane. I built a 7ft tall snowman with some friends... IN TEXAS. Still blows my mind.
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I remember that. Most of the guys at work are transfers from New Jersey, so we were all "Pish, what do you mean the supermarket is closed? It's just a little snow!" We really tick off the native Texans.
daryljfontaine:
--- Quote from: Coco on 18 Nov 2010, 13:25 ---Oh man, I've always thought of Chicago as having a relatively pleasant summer what with the nice winds that stir up over the lake and everything. My husband is from there and jokes that the whole city is air conditioned (of course this past summer was an exception). He and his family never stop complaining about how awful Kansas City summers are.
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The local joke for Chicago is that if you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes.
This summer had some gawdawful warm days, but the worst was the crazy fucking rain. Like several days straight, in June. And July. With nasty heat/humidity in between. I think I saw more mosquitoes this year than during the past decade combined.
We had some great Indian summer during October, but once we crossed the November threshhold, the city suddenly remembered it was autumn. Overnight frost, brrr... good time for blankets and kitties.
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