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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWelcome to the balmy Great Lakes Region !!!!
Current temps:
Detroit: 54
Chicago: 57
Cleveland: 61
Pittsburgh: 58
Indianapolis: 58
Toronto: 43
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)I'm taking a rest from shoveling the snow from in front of my garage. The combination of wind blowing across a very warm Lake Ontario at just the right angle plus a cold front left two foot plus of snow in my driveway. I'd still be OK if the plow guy hadn't pushed it all against my garage door! My driveway is down to bare gravel now after the sun hit it today, but I've still got a lot of shoveling to do!
See you all later!
jdadd
(1,313 posts)I think I'll go out and change my oil this afternoon....
dembotoz
(16,740 posts)i remeber when i was at the university--in the middle of wisconsin
the first day it would reach 50 degress was a time for celebration and the consumption of lots of alcohol.
would never have been this early
kinda makes me thirsty
madmom
(9,681 posts)56 in NW Ohio.
but I expect 3 feet of snow in April.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)My part of Wisconsin makes a LOT of money off of winter recreation. (Snowmobilers, Ice Fishermen, Snowshoers, Cross-Country skiiers, etc.) Very mild Winter with little snow + Bad economy = Very bad news for a lot of the little Mom and Pop operations up here.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)and in the winter the fire department would fill them with water so it would freeze and become a hockey rink...wonder if they still do that? This year it would be a waste of water..
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)I think we had less than 3 inches of snow ALL winter, and winter's over in March as far as I'm concerned.
We have cold springs, frost sometimes into June, but the snow thrower's got spider webs on it, and the plain old shovel's only been used twice - yesterday and Sunday - and it took hardly any time both times.
Maybe February will make up for it with 6 ft of snow...
ellie
(6,928 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)This is madness. The ski resort folks are having what must be their worst year ever up here.
Julie
Viking12
(6,012 posts)We're less than 50 miles from Lake Michigan and within the Great Lakes watershed. That counts, right?
marmar
(76,985 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Fourth round of January. Is nice. Makes me smile.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)freaky
to muddy for golf though
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)are hurting for precipitation.