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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Jan 04 2009 : 08:32:11 AM
Had to leave the water running to make sure the pipes didn't freeze. Farmer's Almanac said this was going to be a mild winter! So far we've had over 4' of snow and sub zero temps several days, now. Mild my butt!
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| StarMeadow |
Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 09:33:45 AM
Ice fog is when the moisture in the air gets supercooled and freezes into tiny little crystals in mid-air. It was so cold, so quick here. Plus this little area has drainage ditches all around the fields where the fog was. The ditches are so full from all the rain we had just before Christmas. (Torrents of it) In fact, we had a terrible wind/storm here just after Christmas that knocked out power all over. The water was so saturated in the land that our sump quit working from the storm and our basement started to flood! It's been pretty wacky here. |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 07:40:57 AM
Lisa Marie, Those sound like Alaskan temperatures but parts of Alaska (Seward for example) were routinely warmer than Minnesota. Seward temps are modified by being coastal. JoAnn |
| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 05:06:31 AM
Wow, I knew MN was cold, but aren't those Alaska-kind of temps? Dang! I hope employers don't really expect people to go out in that dangerously cold weather to go to work, do they?
StarMeadow, I've never seen or even heard of ice fog. I'm guessing it's a phenomenon near large bodies of water? Is it particles of ice hanging in the air? Or what exactly is it?
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| StarMeadow |
Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 03:10:14 AM
Hey we were talking about Emarrass yesterday too! I was at a conference and the facilitators were from MN. On my way to work my car said it was -13. As I got closer to civilization it got all the way up to -9. I left a 1/2 cup of hot coffee in my car to go into the venue yesterday...when I came out it was slush! And that was in the parking garage! Today all our schools are closed due to the wind chills being -20 to -30s. Locally a man froze to death after falling off his deck night before last and not being able to get back in the house. How sad. We are not used to these kinds of temps here in mid-MI. On my way in, there were several low lying areas where we actually had ice fog! I've never seen that in my 18 years on this side of the state! |
| kissmekate |
Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 8:27:43 PM
In beautiful Delano MN this morning it was -29 when I drove by school at 7:56 this morning. Incidentally, school was canceled today,and will start two hours late tomorrow morning.
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| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 08:20:17 AM
In Minnesota the temperature in Babbitt Mn yesterday morning was -48! That's actual temperature. Embarrass which is nearby was -43 the day before. Now that is cold! JoAnn |
| soapmommy60543 |
Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 07:30:16 AM
Woke up this morning to a balmy (LOL) -24 degrees... Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... We haven't had the amount of snow that you ladies have seen in ID, but we have had our fair share. We tied our annual average for snowfall the other day, and got 6" more yesterday. Still waiting to see if we'll beat 1979 for snowfall, the year we had a blizzard that dumped 24-30" (depending on where you lived) in 24 hours. That's a lot of snow for here.
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| melody |
Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 5:09:54 PM
Frozen pipes here this morning...just in the kitchen though! Nothing like using water from your tea kettle to brush your teeth...We are expecting a heat wave next week of temperatures above 20-degrees. Where's my suntan lotion?
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| kissmekate |
Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 4:13:25 PM
It is going to be worse tonight. However, relief is on the way this weekend.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 12:53:58 PM
I've been watching the weather channel about all the cold as my family lives in IL. I can remember winters like that and it just makes you cold to the bone. Hope you all warm up above zero soon!
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 05:22:38 AM
Ooh. -18 and I'll bet it's windy there, too, huh? That's one of the nice things about living here. Our town is in a nice protected spot in the mountains and they block the wind for the most part.
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| kissmekate |
Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 10:15:54 PM
I agree with you Lori. It was -18 when I got up this morning. I have been cold since November. This winter has been way too hard!
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| crafter |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 2:17:38 PM
the cold and more snow is coming our way- I am so ready for spring- not that I'm wishing the time to fly by- but this winter has been so hard!
Lori
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Jan 09 2009 : 05:32:47 AM
Mary, that would be the Sarsparilla. Their ice cream is really good, but a bit on the spendy side. All the locals get their ice cream at Donna's which is right across the street from the Sarsparilla. But at Donna's Place the biggest cone I can eat is the child size because they really load it on!
Connie, I realize I'm griping about nothing compared to what you get! So, when everything is frozen over, where do you get your water from? Are you just melting snow for water?
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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 8:29:13 PM
with temps from minus 20 to minus 60 i am happy to not have running water in my cabin to worry about! i do have a time dealing with the chickens water as there is no heat in thier house. please send some of that snow up here! we have the cold but snowfall has been pretty meager *grin* peace connie in alaska |
| Buffalomary |
Posted - Jan 07 2009 : 08:42:29 AM
Hmmm, there's two? I don't remember a name. When you drive up from Boise, I take a left on the main street and it's on the left. It's close to the visitor center. There was a candle shop next door the last time I was there. They hand make their waffle cones. Now that I think about it, I didn't make it up there this last year - boy, am I overdue!!
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| Laura Marie |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 9:21:49 PM
Yummmmm....I remember the ice cream up there...Mary is my mom....we would go up to Idaho when my brother and I were younger and we got ice cream both times in Idaho city. I can't remember where maybe mom will remember the name....
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 8:29:05 PM
Which ice cream? Donna's Place or the Sarsparilla?
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| Buffalomary |
Posted - Jan 06 2009 : 08:46:30 AM
Sounds great, Lisa. Actually I have been known to make the trip for some of that great ice cream when things start to close in on me down here in this crazy rat race! 
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 5:54:09 PM
I don't actually get down to the valley very often, Mary. About once a month or sometimes two months go by. I live here and I work here. Only need to go down on occasion for supplies that aren't available here or are way too spendy to buy here. One of these days (I have to get a car first) I'll come on down and visit. And if you ever come up this way (in better weather) you're welcome to come visit us any time. Maybe we could all get together for some event!
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 08:37:49 AM
We have 68 inches and it is snowing like crazy now. We also burn wood for heat and have been having trouble with the power so I have gathered my books and flash light and knitting and sewing around the fire place and set in for a long winter.
Diana
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| Buffalomary |
Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 08:22:43 AM
Ah, Lisa, you better bring your snow shovel if you're coming today, we got snow last night and it is still snowing! I had about a couple inches to shovel this morning so I can get out and go to work later but it hasn't stopped snowing so I may have to shovel again! I'm glad I don't have to go to Boise today. OMG, I just looked out the window and it is snowing harder!! Guess I had better get going, it's going to take longer to get where I need to go.
Pssst... Actually, if I had my way, I would rather be up on the mountain with ya sistas than down in this valley I said I would never return to. But ya do what ya gotta when it is family <sigh>
Everyone take care if you have to get out in the bad weather today.
Buffalomary
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 03:48:12 AM
Yep, the clouds moved in and it's snowing.
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Jan 04 2009 : 9:58:24 PM
Mary, I think I'll take the subzero temps rather than the wind. No matter how cold it is up here, the wind down there makes it feel even colder. I was down that way on Saturday and I was surprised to see all your snow had melted. I've been sewing and going through my seed catalogs, too. I have several lists that I'll have to pare down to what I can afford!
It was zero at 8pm tonight. Now it's 5. Must have had some clouds move in.
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| K-Falls Farmgirl |
Posted - Jan 04 2009 : 5:05:09 PM
It is really cold here too.. it was 5 when I got up at 6:30 this morning.. its 18 now and I am freezing.. have my "Silkies" & a sweater on too..
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