70+ degrees for the fourth day in a row!



I had to go and dig out the shorts today!

Yeah, it must really suck to endure such beautiful weather.

You do know that most of us SOMBies are midwesterns. In the seventies? Wimp!
Cheers,
Janine

...oh yeah...

YES. way to counter-act there.

I spent 25 winters in Chicago and love the cold and snow, but I chose not to return after I finished school because I hate the summers back there. I can't deal with heat, humidity, and air conditioning.

This is where California comes in. Mud slides, brush fires, coastal erosion, earthquakes, mass killings, et cetera. We can relax and enjoy these disasters because in our hearts we feel that California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of lifestyle. This alone warrants their doom.

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

That picture just makes me sad at how hot Linda Ronstadt used to be.

I love winter...

you referenced my most favorite book, and for that I shall love you forever.

I flew out of OAK on Tuesday and the whole coastline from the Cliff House on down had the biggest waves I've ever seen in CA. Gorgeous.

Man I have beach/ocean envy in the worst way.

Eastbay, you know we're having a record warm winter, right? We didn't have snow on the ground for all of January. It sorta takes the sting out of this thread...

Where's Andrews "reasons why winter is great" post.

Probably in the archives on the old board (which no one other than myself seems concerned with trying to save before it's too late).

Or was that a list about how summer is overrated? Can't remember.

I believe there was one of each.

I'll take the January we had over the 90 degree + days of summer. I don't like the gloominess of gray skies though.

Wednesday I was in Vegas - 76 degrees.

I arrived home at 12:35 am on Thursday. Indianapolis Airport - 19 degrees.

arriving home to Indianapolis would be enough to piss me off...

Yep, did it for me too...

you can not imagine my disapointment when I woke up and saw no snow on the ground. No working from home today.
how can the weather forecasters be so wrong about a foot of snow?
where is my 12 inches?

I got ya twelve inches right heeeeeya!!!!


BOP!!!

We had a lovely evening that included taking cover in our storm shelter at 1am. On a positive note, I ended up seeing way more coverage of Super Tuesday than I had expected.

my lady is apparently driving to work in ice and hail, and she lives out in west brooklyn. poor thing.

There doesn't seem to be any accumulated snow outside. It sounds like it might be sleeting but I'm looking out the window now and it's hard to tell.



West Brooklyn, Illinois?

My parents live near there now.

We've got ice falling hard over here now. I just walked the dog and its awful.

I just got a call from my boss saying that they canceled some stuff because of the snow so instead of coming in at 9:45, they don't need me until 10:45. Thanks.

It was 70 degrees and we had tornados touch down here, yeterday. This morning it's 57 and partly sunny. I hate winter. That's why I moved away from it.

I say more global warming, not less.

Weather forecasts are pretty much telling me it's going to be impossible to get from Lisle to Chicago this afternoon/evening. Ugh. I wish I could've called off today.

snow is starting this afternoon and roker says apparently blizzrd conditions at some point. still forecasting 8 - 12 inches. blah. i jsut dont want to have to commute in this.

looks like i'll be camping out in buffalo grove tonight.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.

THE INITIAL BATCH OF SNOW IS OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
SOME RAIN IS STILL MIXING IN WITH THE SNOW OVER THE CHICAGO METRO
AREA AND THE SOUTH SUBURBS...BUT THE ROCKFORD AREA IS EXPERIENCING
ALL SNOW.

BY LATE MORNING...ANY RESIDUAL MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
OVER TO ALL SNOW...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID
MORNING OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND LATE MORNING OVER
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA. SNOW IS THEN
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...DIMINISHING TO
FLURRIES IN THE EVENING.

THE MAIN FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM IS SHAPING UP
TO BE A LITTLE STRONGER THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. THEREFORE...
THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FORECAST HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 12 TO 14 INCHES
FROM THE ROCKFORD AREA EASTWARD ALONG THE WISCONSIN LINE. THE
NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN CHICAGO SUBURBS AND LOCATIONS WEST TO
NEAR DEKALB SHOULD SEE AROUND A FOOT AND THE SOUTH SUBURBS THROUGH
THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR SHOULD SEE UPWARDS TO 8 TO 10 INCHES.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON
WEDNESDAY...GUSTING TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...CAUSING PERIODS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.

SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK
FOR THE DURATION OF THE SNOWFALL...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE WET AND
HEAVY...REQUIRING EXTRA EXERTION WHEN SHOVELING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

word.

did you hear about the cougars running around over there?

Never heard of this. Wild or escaped?

My parents live in Amboy (for now, sort of), and I pass the West Brooklyn sign (can't remember what the population on it is, but Wikipedia says it's 174) every time I go out there.

i woke up this morning in a haze at roughly 6 am and thought someone was sitting at my desk and playing with some sort of paper wrapper, as i kept hearing this weird noise. turns out it was just ice pelting our windows and not some creep who enjoys watching me sleep while getting their jollies as they play with the wrapper from that baconator i ate so many weeks ago.

winter, normally i have no problem with you, but lately you've been a big whore

dunno, my gf's neighbors saw them out in their yard and took some pics. word was going around that some rich guy who lives in the area (and who's name alludes me at the moment) may have bought them and brought them into the area. means bad news for my gf's parents as they have wah-wahs and irish setters and we're worried they might get attacked.

Looks like we're getting some clouds.

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Alameda Weather - Detailed Local Forecast

# Today: Considerable clouds this morning. Some decrease in clouds later in the day. High 56F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
# Tonight: Partly cloudy skies early will give way to cloudy skies late. Low 43F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.
# Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day. High 57F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.
# Tomorrow night: A few clouds. Low around 45F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
# Friday: Plenty of sun. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 40s.
# Saturday: Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the upper 40s.
# Sunday: More clouds than sun. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the upper 40s.

oh fuck you

Ha! Between the cougar comment coming from seemingly out of nowhere and the past reference to parents, I thought for sure this was some joke about "cougars," not the actual animal. Imagine my disappointment that this thread didn't take a well-needed turn.

I was pretty worried too. Fell asleep on the couch without setting my alarm because, "who cares? I'm working from home tomorrow." Woke up at 6 am to not one goddamn flake. Went to bed until 8, woke up to the makings of a blizzard, thank god. Viva la work from home!

I love a SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Bloody Marys and catching up on dvd's.

I'd like to take a moment to congratulate WesterMats on getting through all of Paul Stanley's recent solo album. Your last.fm outed you. I love Paul as much as the next ex-Kiss fan, but man, that's a tough one to sit through.

it's not even snowing right now. wtf is this storm for real or not?

it's snowing like a motherfucker here in dekalb

Snowing like crazy in Forest Park too. Of course, this is after it snowed slush for a few hours.