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Thursday, February 13. 2014

Global Warming strikes Yankeeland again

It is called "winter."

Our back porch this morning, as today's snow is just beginning and the wind moaning. Lovely, ain't it? A good day to stay home by the fire, take the dog for a walk down the road, and a hot toddy later. Wonderful stuff, but not too easy to mine the firewood out of the snowdrifts.

I half-hope Jose and his minions get here soon with the plow. (Why is it always Central American immigrants from the tropics doing the plowing and shoveling instead of native white or black guys? Is this a racist industry? Or am I an evil racist to even wonder?)

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 08:56 | Comments (12) | Trackbacks (0)

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Walking the dog was pleasant this morning until the lovely snow turned to sleet and the wind picked up a lot and turned it quite unpleasant. Mostly getting zapped in the eyes that bothers me. Needed to walk into it to get back.

#1 Knucklehead (Link) on 2014-02-13 09:52 (Reply)

It's supposed to be 36 today in Ohio, for a single day anyway, if the sun comes out, which it may not.

Yesterday at 25 was warm enough to fix the gear cable on the bike so that I could go out in some higher gear instead of spinning to the store.

It was colder in 2004 but not for so long.

#2 rhhardin (Link) on 2014-02-13 10:09 (Reply)

Bob and Ray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HANGnBFRLuc
offer a tip for walking in cold wind (first skit)

watch both skits, the second being the four leaf clover farm hard luck story.

#3 rhhardin (Link) on 2014-02-13 10:12 (Reply)

If I'd walked with my back to the wind I would have missed out on the skin enhancing exfoliation effect of the driven sleet.

Made a brief effort to find a balaclava but they are apparently all with the ski gear which is somewhere else at the moment. So I grabbed a hooded jacket. I always forget why I hate hoods until the weather is bad enough to coax me into putting one on. They turn into wind grabbers and accelerators once you turn back into the wind.

I was hoping for a little luck from stepping in dog doo but it was all frozen. I don't think that counts.

#3.1 Knucklehead (Link) on 2014-02-13 12:45 (Reply)

We got lots of the white stuff in Hotlanta today.

#4 phil g on 2014-02-13 10:18 (Reply)

Eeek, It's snowing

That didn't happen before global warming. Back then, people understood it was okay if your tires got snow on them.

It was an odd storm down South yesterday. They got more south of me toward Atlanta than north. But it is already bright sunshine and in the 40s so perhaps the snow will melt before it gets grimy.

#5 JKB on 2014-02-13 10:32 (Reply)

Is this a racist industry?

When you mention race, you've already lost. From there it's only a matter of how deep a hole you're going to dig for yourself.

#6 Colorado on 2014-02-13 11:13 (Reply)

It's AlGore's Revenge, unbelievers!

#7 Sam L. on 2014-02-13 12:08 (Reply)

It's warm enough in Ohio (29) to scrape the snow and ice from the solar panel, now supplying 8.64 watts to charge a 12v battery in the basement.

It's a 15w panel but that's all I've ever gotten out of it.

MPPT tracking too.

#8 rhhardin (Link) on 2014-02-13 13:08 (Reply)

It's not for oldsters! On average 1200 people a year die as a result of shoveling snow. Add the back injuries, shoulder dislocation and heart attacks, and snow shoveling is one of the most dangerous activities senior citizens can attempt.

#9 model_1066 on 2014-02-14 04:12 (Reply)

I use snow shovelling as a medical test.

#9.1 rhhardin (Link) on 2014-02-15 08:24 (Reply)

re snow on our back porch

The snow is very pretty when you have it and I don't.

#10 feeblemind on 2014-02-14 10:58 (Reply)

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Global Warming strikes Yankeeland again