Farmers' Almanac predicts numbing cold this winter

Babyblue said:
Maybe it will snow in Florida again. Who knows.
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I hope so! :lol: I would love to see SNOW again since I moved down here from Alaska. Ohhh, how I have missed snow!!! :giggle: It would be nice to see snow once in awhile, if Florida is famous for hot and humid all year round for years. It will give Floridians some break from the heat and snow will give them to enjoy. Less sweat, too. :D
 
Please, I am already having a bad flashback by visiting this thread thinking about the Ice Storm that struck here this recent January. :P

I do not ever want to experience another Ice Storm. It was horrible going through the Ice Storm and ending up with no electricity for 5 days.

I have a feeling that it will be much colder this year here because as of now, it is already cooler than it normally does. At this time of the year, it is usually scorching hot but that isn't the case.
 
Jolie77 said:
Please, I am already having a bad flashback by visiting this thread thinking about the Ice Storm that struck here this recent January. :P

I do not ever want to experience another Ice Storm. It was horrible going through the Ice Storm and ending up with no electricity for 5 days.

I have a feeling that it will be much colder this year here because as of now, it is already cooler than it normally does. At this time of the year, it is usually scorching hot but that isn't the case.
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how did you stay warm for 5 days with no electricity?
 
Jiro said:
how did you stay warm for 5 days with no electricity?
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I had to wear multiple layers of clothes, gloves, scarves, etc. You name it. During those days, I would have to put tons of blankets on the bed, and put everything in one room and close all the doors to other rooms so that way the air draft wouldn't come in. For food, we would have to grill it outside on the charcoal grill and at least to try to get the fire going.
 
Jolie77 said:
I had to wear multiple layers of clothes, gloves, scarves, etc. You name it. During those days, I would have to put tons of blankets on the bed, and put everything in one room and close all the doors to other rooms so that way the air draft wouldn't come in. For food, we would have to grill it outside on the charcoal grill and at least to try to get the fire going.
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aww how did your kiddos handle it without electricity? 5 days without electricity were really awful.
 
Frisky Feline said:
aww how did your kiddos handle it without electricity? 5 days without electricity were really awful.
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The kids weren't with me. They were safe with their grandparents because they had electricity. I couldn't be with them because even though it was an ice storm, I still had to work. :(
 
Jolie77 said:
The kids weren't with me. They were safe with their grandparents because they had electricity. I couldn't be with them because even though it was an ice storm, I still had to work. :(
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aww i am so sorry. I think it would be much easier for you to worry about yourself than all three of you. you know? again, i am so sorry. I bet they missed you so much for the whole 5 days.
 
Frisky Feline said:
aww i am so sorry. I think it would be much easier for you to worry about yourself than all three of you. you know? again, i am so sorry. I bet they missed you so much for the whole 5 days.
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Right - That is why I took them over to their grandparents because their welfare is more important than my own. I'd rather for them to be safe and warm instead of having to deal with this. Yes, they did and I, of course missed them too.

Although, It was quite an experience to live through this condition. I learned a lot from this because before that, I took it for granted to have electricity, heat and everything else. Now, I don't take it for granted anymore.
 
Jolie77 said:
Right - That is why I took them over to their grandparents because their welfare is more important than my own. I'd rather for them to be safe and warm instead of having to deal with this. Yes, they did and I, of course missed them too.

Although, It was quite an experience to live through this condition. I learned a lot from this because before that, I took it for granted to have electricity, heat and everything else. Now, I don't take it for granted anymore.
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I can relate with the similiar experience as yours except COLD. Our electricity went off for the whole three days. Kids were really withdrawal without TVs and video games majorly. :shock: Thank god I still have old games such as scrabbles, bingos and some kiddos games. I agree about taking too much of granted. eh..
 
Jolie77 said:
I had to wear multiple layers of clothes, gloves, scarves, etc. You name it. During those days, I would have to put tons of blankets on the bed, and put everything in one room and close all the doors to other rooms so that way the air draft wouldn't come in. For food, we would have to grill it outside on the charcoal grill and at least to try to get the fire going.
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smart thinking.

the same thing happened to us a few years ago. we put mattresses in the livingroom, every blanket and even the pets were in there with us. we have a small kerosene heater for emergencies that came in very handy. cooked using the grill through the back window. got fresh water by melting ice...

during this, the tree in front of the house came towards our front door :eek:
had to go hang from it while jumping up and down to get a few inches of ice off of tree. had to keep the tree from crashing through the front door.

there was like 6 inches of ice on the trees. trees fell into homes, onto cars and blocked roads. 90,000 people without power for 5 days. it was crazy
 
C.C.Sinned said:
smart thinking.

the same thing happened to us a few years ago. we put mattresses in the livingroom, every blanket and even the pets were in there with us. we have a small kerosene heater for emergencies that came in very handy. cooked using the grill through the back window. got fresh water by melting ice...

during this, the tree in front of the house came towards our front door :eek:
had to go hang from it while jumping up and down to get a few inches of ice off of tree. had to keep the tree from crashing through the front door.

there was like 6 inches of ice on the trees. trees fell into homes, onto cars and blocked roads. 90,000 people without power for 5 days. it was crazy
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A friendly warning, burning kerosene or propane produces carbon monoxide and can be deadly indoors causing injury and deaths.
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Peace bro'
 
The only way to keep you warm is to bring your pets near around you. They will provide their heat from their body to keep you warm until the power/electricity is back on.
 
Interesting about the Alamanc.

Out in space the sun remains on a record pace at 51 days without sunspots, and no expectations of any change soon. We’ll be in thetop 3 longest quiet periods by Wednesday evening (tied with 54 days from 1879) and by late next week we’ll head into the 2nd position as we surpass 63 days from 1901. The daily solar observations began in 1849, but we know from other observations between 1400 and 1830 that these periods of sunspot minimums were associated with a 400-year stretch known as the Little Ice Age. The only problem with observations from that time is that there were no telescopes and satellites with the observational power we have today. In other words, the long periods without sunspots are even more impressive now because we can pick out the smallest sunspot, ones that would have been missed 100 to 200 years ago. We won’t know if this is true for a long time, but at this point there is no reason to discount the idea that we’re heading into another Little Ice Age, or possible a major ice age. Time will tell…
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Chilly start to autumn 2009
 
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