Chicagoist: Today's Weather: Calm-to-Blizzard

that_girl

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:11:19 -0600

Yeah, I'm used to it - living in northern Indiana will do that - but I'm so freakin tired of it this year...

Ingrid

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:37:18 -0600

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.

dj_skilz

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:21:38 -0600

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.

that_girl

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:03:34 -0600

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.

BlueFairlane

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:48:40 -0600

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.

clarity83

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:59:05 -0600

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.

Ingrid

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:53:17 -0600

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

Marcus Gilmer

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:38:18 -0600

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.

Tower18

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:34:20 -0600

I could have sworn there was a below-zero high a few days before Christmas.

that_girl

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:26:12 -0600

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...)