What kind of winter do you think we'll have, and the signs of it?

[ChickaD]

I vote for cold winter...two weeks ago I saw geese flying south (early!) and today I saw blackbirds flocking together, step one for their migration. Some of our trees starting turning red in September, and even dropping leaves, which is jumping the gun a bit.

I don't suppose this entitles me to have some ice cream - you know, to stock up on the carbs for a long winter?

 

[Mrs MIA]

We've got the signs of a LONG COLD winter here... more so than usual.
The fireweed was bloomed out before the end of August, and the migratory birds are already taking wing.

 

[fowltemptress]

Our grass turns brown, but that's pretty much it. Most of the time you'd never even know winter had come and gone . . . which is exactly how I like it

If it gets terribly cold here, I'll be surprised.

 

[ChickaD]

If it gets too balmy there, let me be the first to offer to mail you a box of snow!

 

[shay20]

I think were in for a pretty bad winter, but i hope we do get blizzards, we are going to get an early winter too, but i cant wait, we just moved into a new house, with a huge yard, and woods. cant wait to see.

 

[skyfires]

I think it will be bad here. All the 'oldtimers' are saying so. The cherry trees have dropped their leaves early. They say thats a sure sign of a harsh winter. So we are working on wood cutting and other preps ahead of time. Arkansas is famous for it's ice storms. I'm not looking forward to it,,,,

 

[ChickaD]

IMO, ice is worse than snow...we've been getting far more ice/sleet the last few years. Maybe that's what we get for complaining about snow!

 

[MagsC]

I think its going to be a tough one. We have been seeing the geese going south for quite a while now and I was thinking how early it was for that. Maybe they know something we dont!

 

[ChickaD]

I suspect it's the geese's way of getting out of stacking firewood!

 

[shay20]

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I we were saying the same thing here, and the leaves also started falling about 2 or 3 weeks ago.

oh im in mass