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You'd think a foot of new snow would be enough for the area. But nooooooooooooo. We have to do everything bigger and better here in Chicago. After a relatively calm day today - cloudy skies, temps in the upper 20s and a chance of snow afternoon - everything's going to go to Hell (or Hoth, as the case may be) late tonight. Temps will drop to the upper aughts as blowing snow moves in, bringing blizzard conditions and an additional 2 to 4 inches of new snow with it. Things will calm down tomorrow, but then it's just gonna get even wilder here with more snow and bitter cold towards the end of the week as Thursday may be the first time in 12 years we don't break 0 for a high. Skilling mentions that tonight's snow could push us past the 38 inch tally that's the normal amount for an entire winter. And it's only mid-January.
Update 12:50 p.m.: That Blizzard Watch is now a Blizzard Warning. Mother Nature is cruel and unforgiving sometimes.
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Ugh. I have total winter fatigue and it's only mid-January. And I just know that despite my warmer coat and gloves and new sheepskin boots, I am going to freeze my effing ass off later this week trying to pry my way into my car in the morning...
I moved to Chicago essentially to get married, and promised him I loved it enough here to stay indefinitely. And I do. But winters like this make me a little wistful for Kentucky weather (not culture, nor people, just weather...)
yeah, san antonio has nothing on chicago as far as culture and people and things to do, but when i call home and my mom tells me that it was 80 degrees, i definitely think twice about staying here.
Chicago often makes me wistful for my old Kentucky home. And I'd say some parts of the Commonwealth compare favorably in social aspects to Chicago. I'm not talking Paintsville or Ashland, of course.
Completely off topic, inspired by snow-inspired homesickness and directed at that_girl: what part of Kentucky are you from? I grew up in and around Elzabethtown, went to college in Lexington, worked many years in Owensboro.
I could have sworn there was a below-zero high a few days before Christmas.
I did as well, but I suppose the "official" reading at O'Hare - or Midway - made it above 0 for the record books. Reports vary as to how cold this weather will be, but it's being heralded as the coldest in between 12 and 15 years.
On the up side....at least we're not in Slovenia :)
-Slovenia with record low temperature -49
Slovenia registered the lowest temperatures ever. At the Bohin resort, a half frozen weatherman standing outside, reported minus 49°C.
Slovenian Media have reported recommendations of the meteorological institute of Germany, which alarms over the risks of having piercings – the metal earrings on people’s body could cause dangerous freezing.
No metal objects attached to the body should be worn, warns the media, for people who must venture outside. For everyone else, Slovenian media urges its citizens to stay in their homes. //01.10.09
Interesting note Ingrid. I am a mutt of mainly Slovenian (Formerly Yugoslavia), Irish, and some misc. other origins.
This might partially explain why this weather doesn't bother me so much.
1) The above
2) Being born in January during a blizzard *WINTER BABY*
3) Born, raised, and lived in Chicagoland my entire life
Ehh.. Just another winter to me. We got off easy for awhile.
It's funny how one's skin gets thick or thin depending on where they're from.
I was born in the midwest and moved to upstate New York. So, snow and cold was something I was used to.
Moved to the southeast and for the first two years I swear, I never wore a coat in the winter. The natives used to tease me. Then, my skin got thin.
Moved to Chicago and it took me YEARS to get used to the cold again. I used to bundle up like crazy! Now I'm used to it again. But, I'm with that girl, I am seriously, seriously tired of it now.
I want it to go away. Yesterday.
Yeah, I'm used to it - living in northern Indiana will do that - but I'm so freakin tired of it this year...
Blue: I cannot say I am lucky enough to really be "from" Kentucky, but I lived in Henderson for two years, worked at the newspaper there. (I grew up in NE Indiana and near Philly.) And while I wasn't exactly sad to leave, I do miss the warmer climate and the barbecue. It was always hilarious to see Hendersonians freak out over a few inches of snow. I watched my upstairs neighbors try to scrape ice and snow off their car with a piece of cardboard once.