Happy New Year : (

[peterb]

Caught with my G1 EXACTLY as you see it in the midst of a horrific blizzard on Cape Cod this New Year's eve at the Stop and Shop I pulled into for some last minute snacks.

Oh..the [shopping cart] humanity!

Hopefully where you were was better. I'd love to see what you saw.

Back to the party...Happy New Year!

Peter

 

[barjohn]

Its bright and sunny in the low 70 degrees farenheight. First a picture from the from towards the mountains and then my back yard (a golf course).

 

[peterb]

I am soooooooooooo jealous! It's 17 degrees here. (3 with the so-called chill factor but as far as I'm concerned once you're below 38 degrees what difference does it make?)

Happy New Year John!

 

[bensonga]

Yeah, me too.....sooooo jealous, that is. Minus 12 degrees here now (7pm)......before factoring in the wind chill. It's been down to minus 18 the past couple of nights. I think the high today was about 5 degrees. Only 4 months of winter left. We're gaining a few seconds of daylight each day now....there's hope for us Northerners after all.

I wanted to go out a take a few photos today....thought better of it when I stepped outside. This kind of cold truly takes your breath away. I'm just VERY glad I don't live in Fairbanks, Alaska....minus 40 degrees there. :thumbdown:

Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska

I am soooooooooooo jealous! It's 17 degrees here. (3 with the so-called chill factor but as far as I'm concerned once you're below 38 degrees what difference does it make?)

Happy New Year John!

 

[peterb]

Yeah, me too.....sooooo jealous, that is. Minus 12 degrees here now (7pm)......before factoring in the wind chill. It's been down to minus 18 the past couple of nights. I think the high today was about 5 degrees. Only 4 months of winter left. We're gaining a few seconds of daylight each day now....there's hope for us Northerners after all.

I wanted to go out a take a few photos today....thought better of it when I stepped outside. This kind of cold truly takes your breath away. I'm just VERY glad I don't live in Fairbanks, Alaska....minus 40 degrees there. :thumbdown:

Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska

Yikes Garry! And I thought growing up in Malone, NY where I'd gotten used to temperatures dropping to -25 below BEFORE THEY CLOSED SCHOOLS (a place, where summer, as the local wags would say, fell on a Tuesday) was cold. I'll never complain about the cold again.

Compared to your neck of the woods, Cape Cod right now is downright balmy.

P

 

[barjohn]

Well it is cold in the mountains about 45 minute drive from my house. I was in Indiana two weeks ago and froze my you know what off.

 

[bensonga]

As the saying goes, it's all relative....I consider myself VERY lucky not to live in Fairbanks. Forty to fifty below zero....now THAT is cold. There was a photograph from Fairbanks in the Anchorage daily newspaper a couple days ago. A woman was standing in her yard (in a down parka of course) and had thrown a pan of water into the air. At 40 below zero, most of the water froze in mid-air before hitting the ground. Reportedly, at 50 below zero, ALL of the water freezes in mid-air. My friends (as John McCain would say), that is seriously cold weather.

So while I shouldn't complain about minus twelve, I'm afraid I will. After 18 years in Alaska (and Minneosta for most of my life before that) I'd just much rather be in California or Arizona right about now, enjoying 70+ degree warmth and sunshine.

Gary

Yikes Garry! And I thought growing up in Malone, NY where I'd gotten used to temperatures dropping to -25 below BEFORE THEY CLOSED SCHOOLS (a place, where summer, as the local wags would say, fell on a Tuesday) was cold. I'll never complain about the cold again.

Compared to your neck of the woods, Cape Cod right now is downright balmy.

P