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Moonlady wrote:
I saw today in one of the grocerie store tons of easter sweets and that in the middle of January

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Parts-of-Southeast-digging-out-from-snow-4204720.php wrote:
Parts of Southeast digging out from snow
By JAY REEVES, Associated Press, Friday, January 18, 2013

Long trough hanging over the U.S. on Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Hundreds of people spent a cold night trapped on Interstate 65 in central Alabama as a winter storm dumped snow around the Southeast and caused at least one death. The motorists got stuck on the interstate in Cullman County after the snow caused a series of wrecks Thursday that snarled traffic for miles. Hundreds of cars and 18-wheelers were at a standstill on the highway early Friday, County emergency management director Phyllis Little said. "There are hundreds of vehicles on the interstate northbound," Little said Friday morning. "Until we get enough sunlight or warmer temperatures I don't see it changing."

The backup began Thursday afternoon as a winter storm blanketed the area with as much as 4 inches of snow. The jam was made all the worse by drivers who got on the interstate despite the backup, Little said. "Even with the interstate backed up as far as you could see people were still trying to get on it," she said. "Troopers were flashing their lights at people to stop them, and they finally closed exit 310 to keep them off." Little said 120 motorists made it to a shelter in Cullman, but many more couldn't. Officials hoped rising temperatures would thaw the snow and ice and get traffic moving sometime Friday.

In Virginia, the areas hardest hit Thursday and Friday were in the southwest, where the National Weather Service says 13 inches were reported in Giles County, while Grayson County and the Galax area received about a foot. Road crews in that part of the state were out in force early Friday to plow and treat roads. Hardest hit was Interstate 77. The highway still had snow cover and there were reports of disabled vehicles along the roadway. While the winter storm wasn't as severe as initially feared, icy roads remained a concern Friday morning and some school systems decided to open late.

Parts of Mississippi saw 2 to 4 inches of snow on the ground Thursday. In Lowndes County, Highway Patrol spokesman Cpl. Criss Turnipseed said Johnnie A. Matthews, 64, of West Point died when his car collided with a downed tree about 5 a.m. on Mississippi Highway 50. Turnipseed says the large pine tree in the roadway appeared to have been uprooted by wind and ground saturation due to excessive rainfall. The winter blitz follows days of heavy rain across much of the Southeast. No other fatalities were reported but thousands lost power.>>

orin stepanek wrote:Right now it is 1F or -17C outside! Another Brrrr Day! It should start to warm a little starting tomorrow though! I think I'll just stay indoors today'; only go outside with the dog a few times!

Moonlady wrote:After watching the news video, I think I live in a warm place. Its constantly cloudy and or foggy, about -4°C to -10°C.
but its worse in North America:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21176104

orin stepanek wrote:Right now it is 1F or -17C outside! Another Brrrr Day! It should start to warm a little starting tomorrow though! I think I'll just stay indoors today'; only go outside with the dog a few times! :shock:

Moonlady wrote:After watching the news video, I think I live in a warm place. Its constantly cloudy and or foggy, about -4°C to -10°C.
but its worse in North America:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21176104

Ann wrote:The weather patterns over Scandinavia are weird, too. During a normal winter - or what used to be a normal winter - southern Scandinavia would get a lot of mild weather from the Atlantic, while northern Scandinavia would get bitterly cold weather from the Arctic region. Now, however, winds blow insistently from the east and northeast over southern Scandinavia, bringing bitterly cold weather from Russia and Siberia. Northern Scandinavia, by contrast, has milder temperatures than "normal".

This morning temperatures around here may well drop to -15C. It's no fun.

Ann

Beyond wrote:
Supposed to get to at least -10'F or better worser

Ann wrote:Oh, Edward, Vere-fore ist thou not Shaksper?

Ann

Beyond wrote: Maybe they should ask for a raise

Beyond wrote:FANTASTIC Warmth is on the way The weather or not guys here are also threatening us with tempretures in the 40's next week. Of course they did the same thing last week, that is now the 10-15'F daytime tempretures we have. They were only off by 30' or so. Maybe they should ask for a raise

BMAONE23 wrote:

Beyond wrote:FANTASTIC Warmth is on the way The weather or not guys here are also threatening us with tempretures in the 40's next week. Of course they did the same thing last week, that is now the 10-15'F daytime tempretures we have. They were only off by 30' or so. Maybe they should ask for a raise

Maybe they are looking at too many computer models that say it is going to get warmer