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kwassa

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8. Having lived on both coasts, and somewhat in the middle part ...

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 11:29 PM

Jan 2014

A general rule of thumb is:

If it is unusually wet on one coast, it is unusually dry on the other coast.

If it is unusually warm on one coast, it is unusually cold on the other coast.

This is the coldest winter in the east in a long time.

I also remember a seven-year drought when I lived in California, that broke in late '94, as I recall , with really big snows in '95. I remember many lakes being way down below the normal shoreline, like Lake Shasta and Lake Isabella. I went skiing at Mammoth Lakes for many years on man-made, or low natural amounts of snow. In '95, there was a 15-foot base of snow on the ground and the resort stayed open through the July 4th weekend.

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I'll say it again, this the warmest winter of my life. [View all] RandySF Jan 2014 OP

Pour some more salt on this cut, you missed a spot :P X_Digger Jan 2014 #1

Rub it in, why don't ya? femmocrat Jan 2014 #2

Last week, our A/C turned on SoCalDem Jan 2014 #5

you want I should kick some taunting RandySF ass, femmocrat? Skittles Jan 2014 #16

And here in Minnesota it has been one of the coldest winters ever Bjorn Against Jan 2014 #3

Here in western WA GP6971 Jan 2014 #4

-28 night before last. I remember -40 and two week episodes of below zero weather as a kid though. adirondacker Jan 2014 #15

How are you dealing with the no seasons thing? tridim Jan 2014 #6

Me too. I should be complaining about my wet-and-windy commute every day. arcane1 Jan 2014 #7

Having lived on both coasts, and somewhat in the middle part ... kwassa Jan 2014 #8

I have only needed heat for a few days in Socal flamingdem Jan 2014 #9

For this native Northern Californian, it's not the warmest, but certainly the driest Brother Buzz Jan 2014 #10

It was cold as hell, eh bmbmd Jan 2014 #11

I'm a native Texan susanr516 Jan 2014 #19

I've been in SoCal over 30 years and we are wrapping up the warmest kestrel91316 Jan 2014 #12

Snow Summit and Bear Mountain (BARE Mountain this year) are getting ready to close. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2014 #18

Are you getting rain? NutmegYankee Jan 2014 #13

IDK about warm Jamaal510 Jan 2014 #14

We have been living under a cold gray inversion libodem Jan 2014 #17