Talk About The Weather

[contamination]

-21 Celsius today, that's -5.8 Fahrenheit for you Americans. It didn't feel that bad after I put on 3 layers of clothes. Tomorrow and the day after that it's going to be colder, like -28 Celsius.

[tragabigzanda]

There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

[contamination]

I've been saying for the past 3 winters how it doesn't make sense to buy skis and start cross-country skiing again because there won't be any snow next year. Well it's like a fourth good winter in a row over here, and I have perfect ski trails like a half a mile from my place... Summers are getting increasingly uncomfortable over here because the temperature just keeps rising. I like winter more than summer, but fall is definitely my favorite season. Anyways, can't wait to walk to work tomorrow when it's -26.

[Anders]

Been insanely cold here lately, and now finally it's getting a little warmer. Will go from -23c (about -10 F) to +1c (about 34F) from Sunday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon.

[spike]

the weather guys can't decide if chicago proper's getting several inches of fresh pow pow or just rain.

[Chris_H_2]

the weather guys can't decide if chicago proper's getting several inches of fresh pow pow or just rain.

it seems like with every one of these winter storms chicago (and where i live) is always right on the rain / snow line. it's uncanny.

[spike]

the weather guys can't decide if chicago proper's getting several inches of fresh pow pow or just rain.

it seems like with every one of these winter storms chicago (and where i live) is always right on the rain / snow line. it's uncanny.

Lake effect baby. Warmer in winter, cooler in summer.

[doug rr]

nothing but rain all week and finally getting colder later this week...highs in 20s and expecting some snow at some point..ive got the salt ready for the driveway

[Chris_H_2]

the weather guys can't decide if chicago proper's getting several inches of fresh pow pow or just rain.

it seems like with every one of these winter storms chicago (and where i live) is always right on the rain / snow line. it's uncanny.

Lake effect baby. Warmer in winter, cooler in summer.

yeah, but now do where i live

[spike]

You’re right along the line between 1-3” and 3-6” aren’t you? Somewhere between 294 and 355.

[Chris_H_2]

You’re right along the line between 1-3” and 3-6” aren’t you? Somewhere between 294 and 355.

i love snowstorms. and i want nothing more than to fire up my snowblower for the first time in two winters and throwing 6+ inches of wet heart-attack snow.

[spike]

You’re right along the line between 1-3” and 3-6” aren’t you? Somewhere between 294 and 355.

i love snowstorms. and i want nothing more than to fire up my snowblower for the first time in two winters and throwing 6+ inches of wet heart-attack snow.

Unless it melts by then, looks like I’ll definitely be blowing some snow at our lake place Friday afternoon. Can finally break out my heated gloves and face mask (I always end up facewashing myself when I’m blowing snow).

[spike]

So far the snow has been a bust by me. Just rain rain rain.

[Chris_H_2]

So far the snow has been a bust by me. Just rain rain rain.

we have snowflakes the size of silver dollars by me

[doug rr]

rain and fog

[spike]

So far the snow has been a bust by me. Just rain rain rain.

we have snowflakes the size of silver dollars by me

Yeah this just started here. We’ll see how much piles up overnight.

My sister in WI just spent 40 minutes snowblowing and only cleared half her driveway. I think she’s calling in Mr. Plow.

[Coach]

60 MPH winds and lots of rain tonight.

snow will melt but flooding is possible

[E.H. Ruddock]

I had the basketball hoop in our driveway laid down on its side. It still blew into the neighbor's driveway. Crazy windy out there right now.

[doug rr]

Sweet Lew, how's the view?
Sweet Lew, how could you?

[bart]

speaking of the inner harbor…