(October 30, 2019 at 1:52 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Winter of 81-82 in eastern Iowa did me in for snow and cold. In January 82 we were living on my grandparents' farm in a house that was 100+ years old. I had a four year old and a baby under three months old. The kids and I were snowed in at the farm three weekends out of four. My husband was unable to get to our house after work those Fridays. The last weekend there was a blizzard that stacked snow up several feet deep and the wind chill plummeted to 70 below. At one point during this miserable month a couple friends came over on a snowmobile. One stayed with the kids while I rode with the other one across the fields to my parents' house so I could use their car to go get diapers, formula, and other necessities that I then had to hold onto during the return snowmobile ride to the house. That was enough for me. The next winter I spent in basic training and AIT and then off to southern Arizona. There was one other winter spent in Iowa along the way but it was a mild winter. Every other year I have been in the south where winter snows/ice are scarce and short-lived. I hate, hate, hate winter weather like I experienced in the first twenty some years of my life.
It's chilly and rainy here in north Texas today and I hate it. But I also keep in mind that these 40 degree temps with 30 degree wind chills are a hell of a lot better than 70 below with snow stacked higher than I am tall.
I think I missed fall - it happened sometime over the weekend. We go from sweltering heat to holy shit it's cold, wet, and windy in a matter of hours it seems.
Cold sucks. I cant do it, kids or not. I do know that worrying about disaster sucks too. I also know I, so far, have not had to live through Katrina or Florence.
Every year of climate change assholes on the right make me wonder if there is any state, hot or cold that is worthy of fleeing too.
Been through enough hurricanes to know category sucks for some more than others, but also know hurricanes are still enough of a short term "damned if you do damned if you dont" crap shoot like double dutch jump rope.
Pretty sure the escapee's of the California fires have every right to bitch too.
