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MaineWriter:
Glad to hear you made it home safe and sound, David!
9.9 degrees this morning and clear today. Hannah wrote a snow day protocol (you can read it over on the creative writer's corner...please leave feedback!). She followed it to the letter but unfortunately, schools are open today. Tony is out shoveling the driveway and I am getting myself ready for the morning commute.
More later.
L
opinionista:
I've been abstaining from making reports about Madrid's weather here because some of you have it so bad and I didn't want to make you feel bad. But oh well, I'm making an exception today. It's 52º at this moment, and it is expected to be 70º tomorrow! In February! Where did the winter go? It's supposed to be cold. I wonder if this is related to global warming.
saucycobblers:
--- Quote from: opinionista on February 15, 2007, 08:06:15 am ---I've been abstaining from making reports about Madrid's weather here because some of you have it so bad and I didn't want to make you feel bad. But oh well, I'm making an exception today. It's 52º at this moment, and it is expected to be 70º tomorrow! In February! Where did the winter go? It's supposed to be cold. I wonder if this is related to global warming.
--- End quote ---
I know what you mean. One of the nice things about living in the UK is the variety of weather conditions we get here and when I was a kid the seasons were very distinct from each other. We had a dusting of snow that lasted about 5 minutes earlier in the week, but about 30 years ago I remember us getting huge snow drifts at this time of year every year, and really hot summers, and beautiful crisp springs, and balmy autumns... not so now - they all merge seamlessly into each other and it's hard to distinguish one from the other... :'(
Meryl:
David, it sounds like you had a kind of mini-vacation yesterday. 8)
I feel sorry for the travellers, though. Here in NY several planeloads of people were stranded on the tarmac for up to 11 hours because of backups caused by the freezing conditions. Not fun. :(
--- Quote from: saucycobblers on February 15, 2007, 08:46:23 am ---I know what you mean. One of the nice things about living in the UK is the variety of weather conditions we get here and when I was a kid the seasons were very distinct from each other. We had a dusting of snow that lasted about 5 minutes earlier in the week, but about 30 years ago I remember us getting huge snow drifts at this time of year every year, and really hot summers, and beautiful crisp springs, and balmy autumns... not so now - they all merge seamlessly into each other and it's hard to distinguish one from the other... :'(
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Same here, Nicky. Growing up in Pennsylvania, we had those nice, clearly delineated seasons, but now it's kind of blah. I was just thinking, even though it's great to be living in the age of technology with modern conveniences and more leisure time, we've paid a high price. Not one of us was alive before the air of Planet Earth started to be polluted by industrial and auto emissions. We will never know the purity and clarity of air and visibility that our forebears did, and that stuff is going to be in the atmosphere for centuries to come. :(
On a happier note, NY looks great with its coating of snow! ;D
Congrats to Garry on passing 5,000! 8)
David:
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