Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy

[MarqHusker]

My boss' place 'up north'  (West of Green Bay a bit) was buried.  He had his farmer's neighbor plow his country road for a good 1/2 mile to help him get out.

[Cincydawg]

This "spring" has made the allure of Atlanta more attractive to us (thought it's in the books anyway).

We have freezing stuff in the forecast again here.  

We have had a number of friends, like most of them, asking "Why Atlanta?" as if somehow it's the dark side of the moon or something.  I guess Florida is the typical move site for the "elderly"?  If we said Florida, I suppose folks would just nod.

Maybe Atlanta has a bad reputation or folks just don't know much about it past the airport?

[MarqHusker]

People scratched their heads when my parents said they were retiring to WY, twenty years ago.   People later visit, and suddenly understand the perspective a bit.  The world will do its own spinning, doesn't mean you have to live by some kind of script.    There's a lot people don't know, particularly human geography. 

[Cincydawg]

I liked Wyoming a lot until our host noted it would hit -40°F in the winter.

I have friends who retired to Sturgeon Bay, WI.  They are from MN originally and neither likes humidity and heat.  The wife professes to like the heat, and I can tolerate it for the most part.

Atlanta gets a bit of a break being 1,000 feet above sea level.  That is worth 4.5°F versus sea level "on average".  I was surprised how muggy Cincy is when I first came here from NC.  The heat just doesn't last as long and there are a few days in July and August that are pretty nice.  Atlanta in July and August is more consistently hot, but on average not much different in high T than Cincinnati. 

The winters here of course are a good deal worse than in ATL.  The ice storms in ATL can be very bad but won't really impact us now.  I think the only "ideal" weather in the US is in California or Hawaii.

[847badgerfan]

It's nothing compared to our neighbors to the North, but there is about 2" on the ground this morning. This is pretty late in the season to be having snow that sticks on pavement.

[Cincydawg]

Yeah, I see some random flakes here this AM, and it's near freezing of course.

I've had it, I'm moving.

[847badgerfan]

CDawg, Man I wish I could pull that trigger right now, but I just can't.

3 years, 7 months, 15 days.

Mrs. 847 might actually go earlier, if we can work out the logistics. Being a Southern California girl, she's far more tired of this than I am, even though she's been here in the Midwest since 1976 or so.

Today is January 106th, 2018.

[Cincydawg]

I have been retired now for about 5 years and a few.  I expected to be long gone by now.

[847badgerfan]

Why didn't you leave earlier? I've been wondering about that.

[FearlessF]

I'd like to leave tonight or tomorrow

more snow expected Tuesday night/Wednesday morning

[847badgerfan]

This is bullshit.

[HailHailMSP]

The weekend grand total in the west suburbs of MPLS. 22”. There aren’t enough cuss words in the English language to describe how I feel. And this is a winter we made sure to take two winter vacations too.

My 8 year olds is supposed to start baseball this week. Yeah right. Once it melts, the next problem will be flooded fields

[847badgerfan]

Baseball... hahaha. The Sox and Twins say hello.

[FearlessF]

I blame Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin, and Bob Stoops