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tessagin 09-10-2016 04:06 AM
Just the other day DH made a comment about a rat scurrying across his office floor. Looked kind of big then he caught one the next day. He said the fur was really thick on that thing. He took it outside and let nature take it's course. The last time that happened it was a sign of a long winter for South Texas. Also doesn't help his office backs up to a field.

rjwilder 09-10-2016 04:21 AM
I would love a cold day or two. It's still hot and very humid in Florida.

lots2do 09-10-2016 04:31 AM
We visited the Cascades on our honeymoon ages ago. Such a beautiful place. I hope to get back there some day but not when there's icy conditions. Great photo...thanks for posting it.

maviskw 09-10-2016 05:26 AM
Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk (Post 7649043)
We live near the base of the Cascade Mountains here in Central Oregon. Winters here are cold (like -20 below wind chills),
snowfalls varies from year to year. We are in our Fall weather pattern, days are in the mid 70's and night hit freezing (32 degrees) or hover just above that. Snow could fly as early as Halloween and last till who knows when..lol Or we could have hardly any snow at all then get hammered with several feet in a few days.
If it doesn't get colder than -20 here in Wisconsin, that's a warm winter. That's not wind chill, that's actual temperature. We've had down to -42. But that only lasts for a day or maybe a few hours, and then it goes back up to only -01 with sunshine. That makes a beautiful winter day.

tapper 09-10-2016 05:42 AM
[QUOTE=Chasing Hawk;7649043
We are in our Fall weather pattern, days are in the mid 70's and night hit freezing (32 degrees) or hover just above that. [/QUOTE]

That's exactly the weather pattern we now have here in Eastern Canada.
We have a frost warning for tonight.
I love where I live but winters usually start way too early and go on way too long.

Yooper32 09-10-2016 06:01 AM
Still running the "money-machine" here on the "cool" side of the thermostat.

sparkys_mom 09-10-2016 06:19 AM
Originally Posted by mermaid (Post 7649196)
Wow! You have your own stalagmite (''reaching up with all it's might" -that's how I was taught the difference between
stalagmites and stalagtites ("holding on tight" to the ceiling). Cool picture.
LOL - I learned that you just thought about ants at a picnic. When the mites go UP, the tites go DOWN.

Chasing Hawk 09-10-2016 07:17 AM
Originally Posted by lots2do (Post 7649224)
We visited the Cascades on our honeymoon ages ago. Such a beautiful place. I hope to get back there some day but not when there's icy conditions. Great photo...thanks for posting it.
It is gorgeous out here and especially up in the Cascades. When we take a day trip over the "hill" to Eugene I just love looking out at the scenery as we go by.

Chasing Hawk 09-10-2016 07:20 AM
Originally Posted by Yooper32 (Post 7649308)
Still running the "money-machine" here on the "cool" side of the thermostat.
We have been lucky on that part this past summer. Our electric bill averaged about $125.00 a month and our house is 1636 sq. ft. plus the shop is 28x 30. The shop is cooled by fans we have talked about putting in a swamp cooler or a window unit.
Our winter bill usually doubles because we have 3 heated dog houses as well as running a heater in the shop to keep the pipes from freezing. And the dog water buckets are heated also.

Chasing Hawk 09-10-2016 07:22 AM
Originally Posted by tapper (Post 7649294)
That's exactly the weather pattern we now have here in Eastern Canada.
We have a frost warning for tonight.
I love where I live but winters usually start way too early and go on way too long.
My husband and I look at it this way. The more snow we get the better the aquafir is supplying our well.


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