On the mildly worrying side

[sparkindarkness]

I remember bitching about how cold it was earlier to beloved, then I read baranduyn's post and reflected.

I was bitching about it being cold, yes, and I was cold. But I was sat on my patio at 11:00pm, in a short sleeved shirt, with no heater, in January.

This is Yorkshire. I shouldn't even be thinking about going outside at this time of year without 3 layers of clothing and a St Bernard loaded with strong spirits, let alone at night.

Freaky, Freaky weather

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[baranduyn.livejournal.com]

I just got back from grocery shopping. It's nine p.m. in January in the Piedmont part of North Carolina and I went in a t-shirt and pants. And perspired from the humidity.

Dude, you should not be able to go about in just short sleeves in Yorkshire this time of year. I remember reading the Herriott books (the vet books) which was set up thereabouts and...there was snow and cold this time of year.

Something is very, very wrong. That's all I'm saying. Oh yeah, and "The Last Waltz" is on VH-1 Classic and I'm watching even though I have it on DVD. :)

[lightandashes.livejournal.com]

*waves* Yeah, I'm another North Carolinian who's mildly freaked by this weather. I'm not complaining, mind you--I love hot weather, I love the heat and I can't stand cold. But yeah, disturbing.

Anyway. What part of the Piedmont are you in? I'm in the Foothills, near Charlotte.

[baranduyn.livejournal.com]

Nawth of you, up Raleigh way.

I had to put the a/c on yesterday because it wasn't just in the 70's, we had damn near one hundred percent humidity. I have a double-coated dog who is deep in "Mummie? HELP ME!" world right now.

I've lived in Florida so I know temperatures this time of year vary wildly depending on where you live but...in Raleigh? We haven't had a decent snowfall in three years. The local farmers are muttering that in their daddies day the hogs would be slaughtered after the first decent cold snap in November/December, but for the past few years it would not have been possible without refrigeration.

This is all so wrong. **sulking**

[klgaffney.livejournal.com]

*laughing* yes, i read all those books too, and according to dr.james herriot, there should be blue fingers and icicles hangin' off your nose, sparky.

just adding to the wrong--it was 57f/14c as a LOW in the middle of the night last night, and it's 68f/20c now, at 11:30am on its way up to 72f/22c, as the estimated high. in new jersey. in january. seriously, as much as a whine about being cold, there's that back-of-brain acceptance that yes, it's nj. it's supposed to be cold. you grumble, and you suck it up. this is utterly SURREAL.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

exactly! Where's my frostbite? I demand my frostbite!

And you should be in arctic conditions with snow round the eye ball level! aieee, winter is sulking with us and won't come to play

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

soooo very wrong. I never thought I'd say it, but it's supposed to be cold, damn it!

[wenhaver.livejournal.com]

On the weekends, I've been wearing flip-flops while running errands. I'm in Madison, Wisconsin, which means I should be up to my boobs in snow with wind chills of -20.

It's not right. Not at all.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

seriously WRONG. All the huskies will be out of work. Will no-one think of the huskies?

[mrmeval.livejournal.com]

What is the weather website for Britain? I tried Accuweather and was unable to get much of anything. No radar, no precip satellite, nada. You do seem to be experiencing a warm spell. We are as well but the western states got dumped on.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

The met office is probably a good one:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Like most British people, i don't use or trust weather forecasts :)