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Post by Khunlin on Jan 22, 2007 10:09:49 GMT -5
Ladies and gentlemen, Hell, and Southern Arizona, have frozen over. It snowed in central Tucson last night (actually, everywhere in Southern Arizona but... my house.) Ice on the roads today... thank God for early-morning "How-To-Not-Die-On-Icy-Roads" Lessons from my parents... got to watch two of the six accidents that have happened so far unfold right before my eyes... and I made it to school alive!!! I might make it home, yet  See you guys tonight, I hope  |
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Post by Jupiter on Jan 22, 2007 11:50:02 GMT -5
Wow, are they even prepared to handle that? How did they NOT cancel school?! My experience in the South is everyone panics (drives with their butts...Kaiser, can you find that so people know I'm not making that up), school closes, and all grocery stores are out of bread and milk. I did much of my schooling in Ohio where we NEVER once had a snow day even in 18" of snow (superintendant was from Denver  ). Then during my first winter in NC, I thought I missed the bus so my mom drove me to school only to find out the dusting of snow (think frosted mini-wheats) made them close school! Good luck getting home Khunlin! |
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Post by Kaiser on Jan 22, 2007 12:18:56 GMT -5
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Post by drumheller on Jan 22, 2007 18:44:50 GMT -5
Yunno, I have actually heard of snow in Tucson, was even in Phoenix when it snowed (in the many years of my parents lives and their living most of those lives in Phoenix, that was probably their 2-3 time seeing snow), but when it snows in San Diego (which happened about a month ago, I believe, if that), I ponder to myself...so what was that thing about global warming?
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Post by Kaiser on Jan 22, 2007 19:28:25 GMT -5
Don't you know, Drum? Global warming causes it to be too cold. It also causes it to be too warm, too dry, too wet, too windy, to calm, etc. The one constant in our weather patterns is change. Since we are experiencing a lot of change, the global warming loonies are out in font of the TV cameras telling us it is the end of the world as we know it. All it really does is sell books and movies.
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Post by Khunlin on Jan 22, 2007 19:39:32 GMT -5
I heard it also causes cancer. And terrorism.
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Post by Logo on Jan 22, 2007 19:42:22 GMT -5
Ah, that reminds me of the Great Dusting of '93. It was the first recorded time in history that the poor people of Florida were forced to put on long sleeves. That comic is hilarious, btw.  |
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Post by Triia on Jan 22, 2007 20:01:40 GMT -5
Glad you survived the horror, Khunlin! That comic is hilarious, btw. Yeah, we get people driving like that even up here, when the first snow of the year hits. Then everyone sobers up and just gets angry. Oh, and there are great cairns of neighbor-bones in remote towns. Quite spectacular, really. |
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Post by Malae on Jan 22, 2007 22:36:41 GMT -5
Y'know.. up here in Canada land. It's always snowing. I haven't seen grass in over 5 years. In the "winter" season we have to jump from second story windows just to get out of the house! With our snowshoes of course. Did I say house? I meant igloo. They never close the schools, even after the tunnel system collapsed that one day. In the blizzard of '97, I had to walk 20 miles in -50 weather in my father's pajamas, I tell'ya what.
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Post by Darkwind on Jan 22, 2007 22:49:56 GMT -5
Snow?
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Post by Jupiter on Jan 23, 2007 8:03:17 GMT -5
Y'know.. up here in Canada land. It's always snowing. I haven't seen grass in over 5 years. In the "winter" season we have to jump from second story windows just to get out of the house! With our snowshoes of course. Did I say house? I meant igloo. They never close the schools, even after the tunnel system collapsed that one day. In the blizzard of '97, I had to walk 20 miles in -50 weather in my father's pajamas, I tell'ya what. Canadians are just odd. |
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Post by drumheller on Apr 5, 2007 15:18:10 GMT -5
I just wish to pregnant dog more about how I truly, utterly despise Indiana. We had some good weather for a while, it actually reached the high-70's for a couple weeks. On Tuesday I believe the high was 76, absolutely beatiful. Wednesday....the high was 31 and it has been snowing ever since. It's not quite cold enough for the snow to stick, nor is it really snowing very hard...but still. The only damn place I have ever seen such a temperature change is in the desert...
I hate Indiana.
Edit: Oi....yeah for pregnant dogging....
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Post by Triia on Apr 5, 2007 20:26:36 GMT -5
I think I have you beat, Drum. We hit 80 last week and it only got up to 28 today! AND the snow is sticking! There was a virtual blizzard this morning... quite exciting to drive in. Yay for spring in Michigan! *cries* |
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). Then during my first winter in NC, I thought I missed the bus so my mom drove me to school only to find out the dusting of snow (think frosted mini-wheats) made them close school!
