Turn, Turn, Turn: The Year-Round Seasons Thread

It's supposed to get down to 25 tonight and everyone is freaking out.

We got a real snow this weekend, too!  It was the most perfect Saturday ever -- not having to go anywhere, big fat snowflakes falling all day, setting up the card table next to the picture window in the living room so we could play Dominion and watch the birds at the feeders in the snow.  Ahhh...  I'm not getting married to seeing the snow around, though, because it's supposed to be unseasonably warm and rainy later this week.  But for now, huzzah for winter!

I just looked at the forecast (it's definitely going to warm up the next few days) and on Wednesday there's a several rows of what looks like waves, like ~~~~~~~. Are they forecasting a tsunami?!

Yow! I never thought about contacts freezing! My hair did freeze a bit on Saturday when I was out brushing snow of my car (I had just washed it.)

And I used to work at a ski resort and I worked in the evenings in the oldest building which was not what you would call insulated. I definitely could have used a snugglie then.

The temperature has increased dramatically but it is super-mega windy and very overcast outside. Like it should be storming or something, but minus the rain. 45-50 mph gusts.

We got sleety ice overnight. It's the kind of stuff that looks like snow from out the window and then you go outside and realize it's tiny ice pellets. Soo... I'm working from home today. There was no sense in trying to navigate the roads (although the way the storm went, it was probably not as bad up by my work, but it's bad enough down here...)

Oh, and we had thunder!freezingrain last night. Complete with lightning.

We have an ice storm warning for tomorrow (Friday) through Sunday. We may get a 1/2 inch of ice. Looks like me may not get off the place for a few days.

We spent the day getting ready for what is either going to be "the worst ice storm in 10 years", or a bit of cold damp weather, or something in between. I got the generator out of the shop, got it on the trailer and drove it to the house, made sure we had gas, starting fluid, and extension cords, and started it up and made sure it would run. Brought in enough firewood for 3 or 4 days, and made sure we have batteries for flashlights.  We then went to town and got a replacement stock tank heater so the horses water tank doesn't freeze up. All this is probably unnecessary, but in the past we have had storms that took the power out for days at a time, and it's easier to do all this when there isn't 1/2 inch of ice covering everything.
  So we are finally all settled in for whatever weather shows up, anticipating not leaving the place for 2 or 3 days, and after a couple hours Gf says "I'm dying for a Hostess cupcake. I'm going to run to the store."  I stare at her in disbelief for a few seconds.  I consider pointing out the the house is full of food, and how reckless this could turn out to be if the sleet hits suddenly,  and then say "Well, OK, pick me up some Ding Dongs."
  Man, we must be the whitest, most midwestern people ever. 
   

It's just barely above freezing and raining. It's going to keep raining all day. And most of tomorrow too.

I'm grateful I don't have to go to work but I do need to go get groceries... and the dog needs walking (which is worse)... and I want/need to go to the gym later.

Gross. I guess I'm glad it's not 3 degrees cooler or this would all be ice.

The nice thing about having a week and a half of solid, dense cloud cover is that when the clouds finally broke it was amazing how light it still was when I left work.  We're gaining, like, two minutes of daylight on the evening end every day, so it was such a drastic change from a week and a half earlier that it was like a tiny little Daylight Savings time change had happened.

Record highs today!  It's 65 and glorious!  Abundant sunshine, bright blue skies, the kind of day that makes you go, "Ahhhh, isn't April the BEST?"

We're supposed to get almost ten inches of snow overnight and into tomorrow morning.

Go figure.

Really?! Wow. It's 70 now, but is dropping precipitately tomorrow night (below zero). I wouldn't mind another snowstorm before winter is over.

Tuesday and Wednesday here in Maryland were lovely - 65-70 degrees, sunny, with a light breeze.

Yesterday it snowed about an inch and the temperature dropped to 32 by the time I went to PT at 1:30 PM, and the wind was blowing so hard I actually lost control of my car door when opening it in the parking lot. Fortunately, I was in a corner space and in no danger of dinging anyone else's car door.

Today it's sunny and has barely reached 28 degrees. Even the Metro stations are fucking freezing.

No wonder I have a headache.

Somebody on Facebook had a post about a tractor-trailer getting blown off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge yesterday. The driver died.