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We can't stop complaining about how cold it is--and luckily, it's not just us being pussies. It really is freakishly cold. Tomorrow's going to be the record-breakingly chilly: "The predicted high of 9 degrees at O'Hare would be the coldest this late in a cold season since a 3 degree high on Feb. 21, 1963." Our entire area is under a wind chill advisory starting this evening because polar gusts are coming our way via Canada. According to the advisory, "the colder air will be ushered in on northwest winds near 25 mph... which will lower wind chills into the 20 to 30 below zero range late tonight and Wednesday morning." (Emphasis ours.)
Oh, and it might snow tonight. [National Weather Service forecast, the advisory, Trib]
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Fuck! I was getting cabin fever and had planned on heading out tonight ... but now, maybe not so much so.
You know, I have it on good authority that Wintry Mix HATES Wind Chill.
Anyone know of a warm 'blue' state other than California? I've had enough!
This is why I hate people who complain about it being too hot! Come on this %#*^ &*^%$ makes me wanna *&^%# those *&#@@! I mean this sucks! On a 100 degree day you can sit out on your porch and drink a beer. You can walk to the corner bar, just move slowly if you have a problem. But this &$#@ means if you go outside for too long you die!
&*%$ this I hate this weather! Give me 100 degree day any time! And in a million years when it gets warm again, lets hang any one who complains about it being "too hot" Those stupid *&^@!
Al Gore was wrong
I've never said this before, but I'm with Spook. Amen, brother.
@Sarah:
I know the feeling. I want to retire my name because he's been right more and more lately.
I left Vegas partly because of heat. Now I realize I'm a fucking retard.
How has no-one commented on how entirely brilliant the headline of this article is? That cracked me up.
Oh, weather. Without it (good, or bad), I wouldn't have a name to post with.
But yes, it's cold outside. And it's gonna get worse. Balls.
Oh, but does Wintry HIXX hate Wind Chill?
Not much was happening until a lonely Wind Chill is delightfully warmed up by Wintry Hixx in "Things That Suck", coming soon to a seedy video store near you.
I've lived in Alaska and Arizona and I'll take a winter day over 110 degrees+ anytime. Nobody lives in Chicago for the great weather, especially this time of year, so try to focus on what makes this place so great! (But I agree, this has been a miserable winter....)
Okay, I'm usually pretty good with winters, but enough already, I'm cold.
I am here to commiserate. I have seen some pretty rough winters, living in the snowbelt in upstate New York for many years, but I'm sick of this too.
My heating bill last month was almost $500...my next heating bill I will not open until I have ingested sufficient quantities of alcohol to numb the shock. I am sitting at my computer with a polar fleece blanket papoosed around my body...I turn my thermostat down at night (it's quite cozy between my flannel sheets)...but it takes almost the whole day for the temperature in the house to get to 70 degrees after turning the thermostat back up.
I don't mind cold weather, but this is the kind of cold that just plain hurts your skin when you're outside.
I cry "Uncle"!!!
For the record
The Summer God aka...
Mr.Green Christmas
Mr.Sun
Mr.Heat blister,
Mr.One hundred and one
They call him Heatmiser,
Cause whatever He touch
starts to melt in his clutch
he’s too much,
Doesn’t like any sort of negative criticism
against heat during the summer and he uses days like this as collective punishment
He calls it with holding “the love”
The hottest days should be worshipped
like Whitney Huston before she met Bobby
and made that stupid movie and sound track “Body Guard
And Hates Puppies, surrender that name now or face the wrath of
My legal team led by William “Bill” Dock Walls III!
We are now suing Margaret Lyons
for human rights violations by denying your very own Spook “The Commentator of the Month Award” by creating a “shell commentator” and giving the award to him! After we finish with her, you’re next! From now own any one who uses Spook in title,most use it as Fan of Spook1, Fan of Spook2, Fan of Spook3, etc, etc, etc
Amen!
Maybe a little pussyish. :)
It's not so bad in short snaps, and it has its scenic rewards when the Lake freezes over and the icepack starts to crack apart, especially at dusk.