U2Kitten said:
Current conditions:
16.4 degrees F
wind chill: 0 degrees
winds gusty NNW 37mph
This is NOT normal weather for southeastern VA cotton field country. We're dyin' here! This is very rare and no one is used to it. Half the time our winter temps don't even go below 32 F at night much less during the day. This sucks. I am sorry for all of you who live with these conditions all the time, and I wonder how you start your cars. I guess if you're used to it, but I couldn't stand a whole winter like this!
Heh, yeah, coming from northern Iowa, I'm definitely used to it. Sure, trying to start your car in the morning can be a pain, and sure, trying to manuever icy or snowy roads can be quite the adventure, but my family's adapted well to it. I can see where it'd be hard for you, though (I've always gotten a kick out of seeing people in areas who don't usually see snow or really cold weather react when they actually get it-it just amuses me for some reason). I've felt MUCH colder temperatures than what you're feeling now, too. I remember once when I was little, school was closed one day, not because of a snowstorm-no, it was a beautiful day outside in that respect-but because it was bitterly cold. Our
actual temperature was, like, -40 something, and our wind chill was -60 something. Yeah.
By the way, happy day for me-it snowed last night
. Not a lot of snow on the ground, probably about 2 or 3 inches or so, but hey, it's something at least. And since it's not gonna be very warm for the next few days, that means it'll stick. Now if it can just stay cold on Christmas Day, we're good to go
.
As for our temperature right now, last I checked it was about 35 degrees and we had a wind chill of 22.
Angela