Again...*sigh*

[emily_in_nc]

Emily, we had ice that year in Virginia, too! We hardly ever get large amounts of snow, but because - I suppose - we're near the coast - we get lots of ice. Power was out for thousands of folks (my daughter and family included) for three weeks!

Oh wow, here I was getting all grumpy over having no power for three days!! So sorry to hear what you went through!

ps... has anyone noticed that the days are really getting longer?? I looked out yesterday afternoon and it was 5:15 and still very much light... not too long ago it was very dark by 5 p.m.

Yes!! I've definitely noticed that. I usually leave work between 5:15 and 5:30, and where before Christmas it was pitch dark at that time, it's now downright bright if the day is not seriously overcast. Spring is coming, huh??? (Though you wouldn't know it by today! And another "wintry mix" forecast for Sunday!!!)

Emily

[chickwhorips]

I may have to move to Alaska if this keeps up.

come on up!

Alaska has seasons?

yes, thank you very much, we do. (maybe not where i live, but other places.) here my seasons are cold, cool, coolish, colder, and all around mud.

[emily_in_nc]

yes, thank you very much, we do. (maybe not where i live, but other places.) here my seasons are cold, cool, coolish, colder, and all around mud.

Wow, you even have five seasons where we only have four!

I'm jealous.

Not!

~Emily

[IFjane]

Yes!! I've definitely noticed that. I usually leave work between 5:15 and 5:30, and where before Christmas it was pitch dark at that time, it's now downright bright if the day is not seriously overcast. Spring is coming, huh??? (Though you wouldn't know it by today! And another "wintry mix" forecast for Sunday!!!)

Emily

Emily - our forecast up here is for snow Sunday....and tomorrow is supposed to be sunny, mid-30's with 40 mph gusts......looks like a trainer weekend I suppose I have gotten quickly spoiled by the winter-with-spring-weather we have been having!

[HappyAnika]

Didn't know what this thread was about due to title, so I'm way late . . . but let me just say you New Englanders are welcome to take your winter back from us. Usually when it snows here it only sticks around for a couple of days, the sun comes out and melts everything quickly. However we still have a ton of snow everywhere from the blizzards before and after Christmas. Did I mention I actually got a day off of work weeks after that just because the 80 mph wind blew the snow back into the roads making travel treacherous. Then on top of the wind and snow, the high last Saturday was 9 F. Today its 28, sunny but windy, and dropping below 0 every night this week. Arg! We always get weather like this every winter, but not for an entire MONTH! I walk around in a constant state of fear of slipping on the ice everywhere (my yak trax are on back order).

Sooooo looking forward to my trip to AZ to see the parents and in-laws at the end of the month.