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thesheryl

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Apr 16, 2007 15:11

What the hell is up with this weather? Snow on the sixteenth of April? This is the most miserable spring I have encountered since I moved here in 1990. Bah!

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dagibbs April 16 2007, 19:23:22 UTC

Welcome to Ottawa!

Do you remember the first two weeks of January this year? Unusually warm? No snow? Right.

Well, this is the payback. And, you know what they say about paybacks...

thesheryl April 16 2007, 19:52:03 UTC

Yes, you're right. This was the latest winter I've encountered since then as well. :(

souptime April 16 2007, 20:14:26 UTC

with all of these false alarms and big build ups, i fear that when we finally do get a serious storm, everyone will ignore the warnings. or else, people will just overreact.

thesheryl April 16 2007, 22:00:52 UTC

Am I overreacting to snow by refusing to leave the house?

souptime April 16 2007, 22:09:57 UTC

I was talking about here, where I am.

thesheryl April 17 2007, 20:38:19 UTC

Is it hurricanes you're worried about?

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henrytroup April 17 2007, 00:19:07 UTC

It might be Fimbulwinter; or at least fimbulspring.

OTOH, the birds are just making fools of themselves at our birdfeeders - today we had starlings, mourning doves, red-wing blackbirds, finches, blue jays, cowbirds, and the occasional sparrow. I might have seen a catbird, too.

thesheryl April 17 2007, 20:39:59 UTC

Sweet! I love the birdies. The first warm, dry weekend I'm taking my binoculars and birdbook to Mud Lake and birdwatch.

sn00ze April 18 2007, 02:51:31 UTC

That's this weekend... double digits starting thursday... get your biking shoes ready !

tinrobot April 17 2007, 04:05:18 UTC

It's Global Warming(TM).

thesheryl April 17 2007, 20:40:30 UTC

That's ok, I live in Canada! :P

tinrobot April 18 2007, 18:34:38 UTC

oh, yeah...I forgot. Global Warming(TM) only applies to the Lower 48.

Duh.

doublehelix April 17 2007, 10:56:23 UTC

so it never snows in Portland, right? We're talking once every 5 years. It snows in Istanbul EVERY year. Big sticky wonderful snow. The one year I leave Portland to live in Istanbul . . .

yup, you guessed it. It snows in Portland and only sheds a smattering of ice-hard pellts in Istanbul - oh, and it sheds them while I'm in a plane attempting to land. After we've landed and have only barely escaped with our lives, it stops snowing.

I have little sympathy. Come enjoy my snowlessness?

thesheryl April 17 2007, 20:42:49 UTC

Heeheee...that happened when I moved to Nova Scotia. They had gobs of snow and cold there and Ottawa had a mild winter that year.

I would SO be in Istanbul if I could afford it.