Comments on: Memories of a long-ago July … 2007

By: D Payne

D Payne — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:30:19 +0000

Must be an age thing. I’m finding I dislike the winter more as I get older. But, there still is something I like about the atmoshpere of dark cold nights - as long as it doesn’t get too cold! The only weather I really can’t stand is rain, because even after you get indoors it affects you. At least if it’s just cold I don’t get wet!

By: Max Ehrhardt

Max Ehrhardt — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:46:19 +0000

There’s nothing like a cold snowy midwestern winter. I know I couldn’t live without it, as D Payne put it there is something awesome about the cold dark nights of winter. Not to mention tromping through the fresh snow.

But I do see your point about the ice storms if you have no way of protecting your car. It’s almost hard to believe how STICKY the ice is. Thank the gods for giving my building underground parking!

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:59:30 +0000

I live in Illinois as well, and the weather lately has me cooped up in my apartment. It’s so nice here in the summer, too. *sigh*

By: Sven

Sven — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:53:43 +0000

Arh, you Americans….you think thats bad try living in Finland.

Half an inch…thats what 2cms?

I dream about those days where I only have 2cms of ice to deal with…..we measure it in feet at the moment.

Saturday I had over 4 feet to clear just to get OUT of my driveway.

And it will only get worse before it gets better here

I feel for you Jam, really I do

By: Jammer

Jammer — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:42:55 +0000

^ Are you talking about freezing rain (ice) or snow? We just got 8 inches (20 cm) of snow over the weekend, which is much different than freezing rain/ice. I’ve never heard of ice measured in feet. That’d be like getting 4 feet of rain in the summer. And how would you clear 4 feet of solid ice? That would be impossible. Are you actually talking about snow here?

When I say a half inch of ice, I mean solid ice, a half inch thick, stuck to my car, which must be melted and chiseled — not brushed — off.

Granted 4 feet of snow would suck as well. When we get 1 foot here, that’s pretty bad.

By: Sven

Sven — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:18:38 +0000

Hi Jam,

No thats snow, buts it compacted…the first foot is not to bad you can get through that quick easily…but the last few, its like concrete

To the point where I have to actually use a mallet to break it up otherwise its like a 2 foot wall at the bottom of the drive.

You can’t leave a car outside overnight here as to clear the ice off it would take hours

The problem with Finland….is that its always raining, or in this case snowing, the last clear day I can remember was in September.

So its just freezing over what was there before.

I hate winter!! With a passion!!

By: Malnurtured Snay

Malnurtured Snay — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:09:21 +0000

I’m not a fan of deep summer or deep winter, but I truly believe I would go insane without seasons.