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[pennyJo1960]

We have not been as warm and not raining until today We probably came pretty close to 65
today but gosh when the weather is that warm here we are in no sleeves and shorts

 

[lilwildrabbit]

65 that's cold!!! lol I think it has dropped down at night to 65 here lately the other week it got down to 40 that was cold enough lol

 

[microchick]

We've had a few 70+ days but it's been pretty chilly the past two weeks, feeling more like March in Illinois than Missouri. But our winter was very mild and dry so I'm trying to roll with the punches as far as the rain is concerned. Our pond was down about 2 feet before the rain this week. We walked down to check it today and it's up about a foot.

I am seeing a warm up to the mid 60s and low 70s next week. More like spring. But still pretty wet. I was planning to clean out the coop and spread the offerings on the pasture but it looks like it's going to have to go for mud control at this point.

Yeah, 65 is t-shirt weather here also....I long for shorts and tank tops.

 

[lilwildrabbit]

We wear t-shirts in December here and normally on new years it's still warm our cold spell starts in mid January till about end of febuary people here are scared to death if they see snowflakes! (Actual snowflakes)

 

[microchick]

One of the first things that impressed me about Missouri was how they react to winter storm warnings. This January we had our first real storm (ice) and headed to the nearest city. They were calling for the weather to start later on in the afternoon and by noon, MODOT had all of their snow equipment out and stationed on the shoulder of i-36, lights flashing, ready to roll. That's not the first time we have seen that either. They keep the interstates clear, which is good. But we live 7 miles from town and 3+ miles from the nearest blacktop, all gravel. It's amazing how many big city people don't understand the concept of 'no, we can't get to town' even when the blacktops are mostly clear.

 

[pennyJo1960]

because of all the California people here that moved in the early 90's
to mid 2000 see a snowflake oh my god the world is going to end
I grew up driving in snow slow and steady = dry and warm no do not do 70

 

[lilwildrabbit]

Driving a big rig all over the USA was funny every year the first or second snow that came down I81 through Virginia I could count the people that had bought their first SUV 4x4 it was usually in the ditch or off the side after the ache little bridge that you came across and anyone that has driven 81 north or south knows that's about every mile or so I had to laugh no one seemed hurt but upset that the 4x4 would slide faster on ice than a normal car!! Every bridge had signs saying that bridges freeze in winter faster than roadway but you think that people in suvs think that because of it being an SUV that they wouldn't slide on bridges? They were a menace to traffic! One year I counted over 100 suvs in the ditches! And then the ic storm in Atlnta one year that was fun to watch them idiots drive through that! Talk about non drivers!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I was 65 ft long or longer myself I had a a f350 a 30ft travel trailer and 14 ft utility trailer, traveled
every state in the country showing dogs it was only severe eastern states I would fly but same cost to clients flying a dozen dogs
less stress to drive them... Weather had never worried me

 

[lilwildrabbit]

I was 65 ft long or longer myself I had a a f350 a 30ft travel trailer and 14 ft utility trailer, traveled
every state in the country showing dogs it was only severe eastern states I would fly but same cost to clients flying a dozen dogs
less stress to drive them... Weather had never worried me

It never worried me I was raised in East Tennessee live in Indiana, and West Virginia and 11 years in Germany snow no problem ice no problem non drivers scared me!

 

[pennyJo1960]

oh I agree I was great driver all those years they took my license
as I am mostly legally blind now I have graves disease but still think I
could drive better than allot on the many on the road