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Mid-winter thaw?

You know how it is in Northeast Ohio... Spring doesn't arrive until mid May.

reply to Pacrat
40 here, sun is out also, driveways are visible, most streets still have slushy on them.
The piles of snow near my garage are still 4-5' high.
I've got 16" of snow on my lawn - I know how high it is cuz I went out and stood in the backyard and the white crap is just at knee level.
I was playing a game at pogo.com...heard this loud 'thump'...went out to see what it was (birds tend to hit my diningroom window - wasn't the case this time)...a HUGE section of icicle from the roof eave had come down and hit the side of the house. Dumb thing was 4' in length and about 27" wide Just missed the BBQ grill, but left a 'dent' in the siding. I expect to hear more *thumps* as the rest come crashing down.
Just glad nobody is around when they do fall.
I still prefer rain to snow.
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Lonnie

reply to Pacrat
40 degrees here as well, with some nice melting going on.

A short lived warm up.... by Saturday, it's a high of 9 and low of 0.

I'd rather have rain than snow, but rather have snow than ice.

I too am tired of this.

reply to Pacrat
Going to be 40's tomorrow....

reply to Pacrat
It's going to be 70 tomorrow.

There are some things about Ohio that I miss, and other things I don't!
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Whats smells like blue?

And a week later we got buried .... Yeah winter is so much fun, about as much fun as having your eyes poked out with Knitting Needles.
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It is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

reply to MacThrasher

In SW Ohio we had plenty of heat last summer and no rain after July 4 till mid fall. GW is not proved nor disproved over a winter weather. Southern CA has seen unusually warm weather . What happens in one part of one state does not disprove anything.

It's been steady at 4-6 degrees for the past 3 hours or so. And that's NOT with the windchill factor either.
I see the tops of some of the trees moving slightly, but not too bad.
I'm still staying indoors...for the 3rd day in a row.
At least I have heat, food, my pc and my 2900 dvds to watch.
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Lonnie

We have not hit double digits yet - going out to a movie and late lunch without the kids...

According to the round garage temp gauge, it is now 20 degrees! Heat Wave!!!

Enjoy!!!
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Lonnie

Warm?!?! That's almost balmy!

Well, it's almost 30 here
Still too cold for me.
Some of those housecicles are falling...too many 'thumps' and dents on my siding.
Neighbor next door just left for 4PM Mass - she's 81+. I could hear her slowly backing out her garage...*crunch crunch crunch*...that's ice and packed snow.
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Lonnie

reply to LadyL
I am not sure what our high was but it was not very high and it was a bit windy as well. Anything that melted s now freezing over in a nice glaze.

Still have not had a plow come thru our neighborhood.

The same here as to temps.
Snow plow? What's that? There hasn't been a city street plow for the past couple of days...Thursday maybe? Or was it Wednesday? I can't remember.
How was the movie?
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Lonnie

It was ok - InkHeart - Wendi had to go and get the book - before we saw the movie. A bit hard to follow at times though. Saw a trailer for the new Harry Potter movie - looks good.

InkHeart. Never heard of it before.
New Harry Potter? Continuation of the series???
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Lonnie