And the weird weather continues!

[Lindsey]

What an odd year for weather here! It's been going from one extreme to the next. Last week there was a crazy hot spell with wayyyy above average temperatures. On Saturday I took Layla for a walk in capris and a tank top. I was wearing a light fleece jacket but had to take it off after a block because I was sweating. Then on Sunday it got really cold. Monday morning I had to scrape frost off my windows. Last night there was a big storm with a lot of rain and winds that kept waking me up. Now there is snow forecasted for Monday!
What happened to slow transitions between seasons? lol

[judy]

The hole in the ozone layer! It is weird and we have had some tragic weather issues. It is global.

I personally think that God is trying to tell us something.

[Lindsey]

I agree.. it's gotta be due to global warming. Have you seen An Inconvenient Truth? The more the earth is warming, the bigger and more intense storms are getting. And people tihnk that it takes ages and ages... well I've noticed the change in my lifetime!

[HALEY]

I believe its global warming & God trying to tell us something...
Just look at what happen when they took God out of Schools and the Government... Makes you wonder ?????

[gja1000]

I have a friend who has lived in Alaska for 25 years. She says the winters have gotten waaaay warmer than they were when she first moved there. Also, the summers used to be very cold and rainy, but have improved drastically in terms of temps and sun. You would never be able to convince her that global warming does not exist, she has seen it first hand.

That said, this was the coldest summer on record in Alaksa - and the Farmer's Almanac predicts a much colder than normal winter for many areas. I agree that the hole in the ozone has caused much more drastic weather - more intense storms, more odd weather occurrences. Just think about the 3 devastating hurricanes that have hit in approximately the same place, LA and TX in the past 3 years (Katrina, Rita, Ike). That is very unusual - an area usually goes many many years between such devastating storms.

[Janet]

As I read all of your posts...I thought to myself...I don't know a whole lot about this subject, but hey...it's weather. It's been really nice here the last few weeks. Oh we've had some heat...cool at night...yesterday rain...today a bit cooler, but suppose to be a beautiful weekend...

Don't know much about the ozone, but I hope it stays away from Indiana.....lol.

[DianaB]

The weather has been weird for a few years anyway. We've had so much rain this summer that the crops are actually hurt from too much moisture and not enough sunshine. On the other hand, we seem to be having a wonderful fall!!!

[gja1000]

I'm sorry to hear that you've had too much rain - they've had too much at our farm in Oklahoma too! Now, here in central Texas we've not had any rain in soooooo long. We did have some night before last, but that was the first rain in many many weeks!!!

[HALEY]

i know in Pa the farmers almanac is predicting a very cold winter, i hope not, but i've seen some bad winters living in Pa... i guess its a pittsburgh thing i'm just worried about driving Micah to daycare ... if it gets really bad i'll just wait for the snow blows and work late....

[Ponyup]

Our alamanac is predicting another winter like '78. I wasn't around, but I guess in '78 our area had massive blizzards & snow ins. I haven't seen snow like that since I was a kid. I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to it or not.

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by Ponyup

Our alamanac is predicting another winter like '78. I wasn't around, but I guess in '78 our area had massive blizzards & snow ins. I haven't seen snow like that since I was a kid. I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to it or not.

I hope not i only have 5 vacation days this year, and i was trying to save them for around Christmas time, to get last min. shopping done .. but i'm not taking Micah in a blizzard to daycare, no way....

[Lindsey]

We had a terrible blizzard here two years ago... the whole city shut down. People were spending the night wherever they were... restaurants, work, schools. Luckily we got sent home from work after about an hour, and we drove in a line... good thing because I got stuck TWICE on my way home, but I had people there to push me out. Even just leaving the parking lot at work, I barely got out because the snow in that ONE HOUR had accumulated higher than knee-deep around my car! The snow was coming down so thick, I couldn't see 5 feet in front of me. Traffic lights were pretty much hidden from view.
I've seen bad snowstorms before but that was definitely the worst. I was SO happy when I finally got home.