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Susan in Perthshire
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Dec 31, 2017 12:47PM
Turned wet and windy for Hogmanay which is a shame, but it’s still about 4 degrees C! Happy New Year to you all!
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Karlyne wrote: "We have brilliant blue skies, and it's in the 30s. Expecting cold nights, but as long as this sun is out, I don't care!"Karlyne, I agree. Having the sun shining can almost make the cold tolerable. Alas, our (was 20F, now it's)17F is accompanied by grey skies and enough breeze to make it feel like 5F. I do believe that Baltimore's Inner Harbor will not be overly crowded for their Midnight celebration. Only the hardy (or is that foolhardy?) will be out.
Happy New Year everyone! We went for a bush walk with our airbnbers. I was pooped afterwards & slept through New Year!
Gosh this is when I realise how far-flung we all are. You are now in 2018 Carol - and here in Scotland, we still have 3 hours of 2017 to go!
And we have 9-1/2 to go. And have two more hours of sunshine even! Sorry for all the grey skies, Barb!
It is about 25F here, getting ready to ring in the new year!HAPPY NEW YEAR, everybody!
❇Critterbee wrote: "It is about 25F here, getting ready to ring in the new year!HAPPY NEW YEAR, everybody!"
We just had the bells here in Scotland - so it’s 2018! Happy New Year to you all!
Happy New Year from Cambridge UK
Almost 6 hours to go until midnight here in Utah! Happy New Year everyone!!
4-1/2 hours to go... Will I make it? Happy New Year from Idaho (Mountain Time Zone, like Tadiana)!
I'm sipping a glass of Prosecco & thinking of you all!Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to everyone. It is now late morning here (Alberta, also Mountain Time) and finally after about a week of extremely cold temperatures (- 26 deg C or colder, down to -42 with a wind chill), we are starting to see the Chinook winds come in. It is only -16 at them moment.
Brrrrr! I got goosebumps just thinking of -26 plus wind! Wait, what's that translate to Fahrenheit?
Minus 14.8F, practically balmy. Hahaha!
Normal for this time of year is -3C. But after a week of cold and snowy, sunny and -16 feels balmy!
Holy Cats! I feel like a wimp complaining about our cold temperatures this week. Stay warm, Carol!
Goodness, I'm suddenly feeling grateful for nothing more than some typical English rain here in Kent.
Happy New Year from a frigid New England! My parents and I celebrated by going to the movies to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I really enjoyed it. It was basically the same story as Harry Potter and King Arthur, etc. but fun. My parents were confused. I don't know why. My dad saw The Force Awakens and before the movie was a nice little Lego summary.
"nice little Lego summary" - cracked me up...
Whew, I don't feel so bad at 14F / -10C. The dogs have all disappeared under their blankets, not a nose to be seen!
QNPoohBear wrote: "Happy New Year from a frigid New England! My parents and I celebrated by going to the movies to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I really enjoyed it. It was basically the same story as Harry Potter an..."Ah I saw (and loved) The Last Jedi with my brothers, nephews and Father over Christmas. It was soooo emotional, with Carrie Fisher all over the film.
What confused your Father, Poohbear? Was it that part with shirtless Kylo Ren? I was pretty confused about that too...
It is still warm, but now raining heavily - going to be hard on our guests! We are heavily booked this week.
Oh Carol, I'll take some of your rain. We've still not had any even though we were promised. Yeah, I know Welly was being flooded the other morning, but it didn't reach this far up the valleys. Currently sweltering in 32C with just over 70 humidity and NO appreciable breeze.
❇Critterbee wrote: "Ah I saw (and loved) The Last Jedi with my brothers, nephews and Father over Christmas. It was soooo emotional, with Carrie Fisher all over the film.What confused your Father, Poohbear? Was it that part with shirtless Kylo Ren? I was pretty confused about that too..."
LOL no! My dad is always confused because he doesn't pay attention and he never remembers anything. My brother's bff is an avid Star Wars fan and he hated this movie because it ignored the entire mythology of the Star Wars universe-more or less. I gathered that but I think as a stand alone fantasy franchise, this trilogy works well. I'm not a huge fantasy fan but I love good storytelling and strong female heroines.
Hahaha! Your father sounds like my husband! His favorite way to describe a movie is "you know, that guy was in it who's married to that girl from Australia or, wait, maybe Texas, and somebody died in it or maybe their twin brother" . The weird thing is how often the kids do figure out what he's talking about.
YIPPEE! We have rain - real rain, not just drizzle, and accompanied by thunder and lightning. Just coming down steadily and hard enough to penetrate the dry earth, but not cause flooding. Should give the region storage lakes a good top up too. Oh, I'm just sooo excited after nearly 7 weeks with only a bit of drizzle in the hills some mornings - sorry! :)
Congrats to you and your region storage lakes, Lesley! Nothing in more fun than rain that's welcome! Except maybe welcome sunshine I suppose - or a good snowfall! Actually, all weather is good when you want it! :D
Karlyne wrote: "Hahaha! Your father sounds like my husband! His favorite way to describe a movie is "you know, that guy was in it who's married to that girl from Australia or, wait, maybe Texas, and somebody died ..."You could be describing my husband there as well Karlyne. Maybe they're in some secret club that we don't know about. He drives me nuts when we're watching anything together!!
And he'll watch a movie 30 minutes in, or wander off before the ending. Must be a secret society!
Send some of that rain over my way (San Francisco Bay Area) if you get too much, Ella’s Gran! We are getting desperate.
Abigail wrote: "Send some of that rain over my way (San Francisco Bay Area) if you get too much, Ella’s Gran! We are getting desperate."It lasted barely 30 minutes! Not enough to do anything. Since then we've been having thunder and lightning but NO rain! If it gets any hotter or humid I'm going to be a pool of lard on the floor soon.
It's hard to imagine the weather ye're describing when it's done nothing but rain here for I don't know how long. It's also very cold. A storm hit the country last night but we escaped the worst of it here in the South. Suppose to be stormy again tonight. I'm fed up of it!!
Supposed to be snow n northern Florida and along the coasts of Georgia and North and South Carolina. Crazy - these are not areas prepared for snow...
Abigail, be safe! I know you have no fires right now, but California is suffering mightily with fires and is dangerously dry...wish we could redirect some of Teresa’s rain or Florida’s freak snow!
I have a friend who moved to Pensacola this year from Oregon, because she and her kids just need a warmer climate. I'm feeling so bad for her right now! (Although her hometown has been socked in with cold fog for days, so maybe the snow won't be so bad...)
Thank you, Susan! I’m actually in a suburban area right by the water, so the fire danger is low. (But tell that to the residents of Santa Rosa or Ventura! They thought so too.) After years of living in an area outside Los Angeles that was prone to earthquakes, fires, and mudslides, I picked my new home more carefully. I’m even up above the tsunami zone!
Abigail wrote: "Thank you, Susan! I’m actually in a suburban area right by the water, so the fire danger is low. (But tell that to the residents of Santa Rosa or Ventura! They thought so too.) After years of livin..."That's one of my favorite things to do when we go to the coast: hold my breath through the areas with "Tsunami Alert" signs...
I have a dear friend in Rockledge, FL (close to Cape Canaveral), who is experiencing freezing temps, though no snow. She is NOT amused. We are forecast for 1-4 inches of snow in our area tonight into tomorrow. Oh joy!(not). Then the deep freeze for Fri and Sat (predicted high 18F/-8C with lows around 4F/-15C). These temps are way below normal for us. Brrrr...
Barb in Maryland wrote: "I have a dear friend in Rockledge, FL (close to Cape Canaveral), who is experiencing freezing temps, though no snow. She is NOT amused. We are forecast for 1-4 inches of snow in our area tonight i..."
Those are Idaho worthy temps! And colder than we're seeing, too. And, of course, we're used to them, so it's not so bad. I do feel for you all who are not.
On the news this morning there was a clip of someone—in Chicago, I think—complaining that the weather felt like Alaska, and then the report cut to the weather in Anchorage, where it was 40 degrees warmer!
Abigail wrote: "On the news this morning there was a clip of someone—in Chicago, I think—complaining that the weather felt like Alaska, and then the report cut to the weather in Anchorage, where it was 40 degrees ..."Well, since we can't do anything about the weather, I guess we laugh about it!
Well that's just about it Karlyne!!!
Abigail wrote: "Thank you, Susan! I’m actually in a suburban area right by the water, so the fire danger is low. (But tell that to the residents of Santa Rosa or Ventura! They thought so too.) After years of livin..."Wise woman.
Karlyne wrote: "I have a friend who moved to Pensacola this year from Oregon, because she and her kids just need a warmer climate. I'm feeling so bad for her right now! (Although her hometown has been socked in wi..."Poor lady - but the problem wouldn’t be her in a Florida snow event, it would be others who don’t know how to drive in bad weather!
As Illinois natives who moved to nc 25 years ago, my husband and I are still amazed at how a trickle of snow can shut everything down! And ice storms are the worst! Nobody can be prepared for that...
Karlyne wrote: "Barb in Maryland wrote: "I have a dear friend in Rockledge, FL (close to Cape Canaveral), who is experiencing freezing temps, though no snow. She is NOT amused. We are forecast for 1-4 inches of s..."
Yes!
NC is not ready for snow, in fact the mere whisper of a threat of snow is enough to close schools and libraries, and cram the groceries full of people in search of milk and bread.edited to add:
Excepting in the mountains of course.
❇Critterbee wrote: "NC is not ready for snow, in fact the mere whisper of a threat of snow is enough to close schools and libraries, and cram the groceries full of people in search of milk and bread.edited to add:
E..."
You forgot to mention toilet tissue! The holy trinity of snow panic buying around here is milk, bread and toilet tissue. I suspect my local Safeway will be jammed around 5 pm today.
This part of Maryland sees enough snow that the road crews are fairly well-equipped--unlike coastal NC, where my in-laws live. Morehead City will be paralyzed by anything over an inch!
Stay safe in the snow and other weird weather! It's hard to imagine being hot and humid when it's been below freezing for over a week. My mom just got back from the grocery store and said it was crazy! The downstairs neighbor was there too. The newspaper reports "near blizzard" for tomorrow. This happens every year people. It's New England! We're hoping it doesn't turn into a repeat of the Snowpocalypse of a few years ago.When it's done snowing I'll will it all to Leslie and Abigail. Good thing I have a ton of free e-books I haven't read yet. As long as we have electricity to charge my computer and whatever tablets we have in the house.
I also have a booklight to read by if I can find batteries.
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