Crazy Weather

[plennis]

Boy have the last few days been crazy here. (Southern California)  Our cabin has over 4 feet of snow, usually we get maybe a foot for the entire winter.  At our home we have gotten over 11 inches of rain in the past week.  Winds have been really really really strong.  Thankfully all of our trees have stood tough!  Now starting today we are getting more rain, 1 to 2 inches which we usually think of as a big storm.  It is going to seem like a reprieve after the last few days.  Our storm is now moved on to the Midwest and East.  I heard tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas..rain and snow in parts of the East that have gotten barely any this year.

[plennis]

Just went to drop kids off for school.  At 7:40 when we are  on the way they send message that school is closed for the day, no power so no lights or heat or food.  Kids are dropped off starting at 7:20.  What about those parents, kids are stuck there all day.  I am sure they have had no power since Saturday, have family that live near there and they have had no power since Saturday.  I feel bad for those kids that are already dropped off, and parents that need to get to work.  They may have a great time with just playtime activities in the darkened rooms.   This is an elementary school,  The older kids all have open schools.

[sfreeman8]

Same here. A couple days ago, we were close to 70. Had some winds the other day and with the Ash borer, most of the ash trees are dead and snapping off. Starting this afternoon, into tomorrow morning, they expect rain, sleet, and snow up to 3.6" and in the northeastern part of the state, they expect up to 7".  Then decent weather until Friday evening when we are supposed to get the same rain, sleet and snow.

I haven't seen any news or video about California but it doesn't surprise me about the weather out there. That state seems to be in another world with weather. Wondering if it's El Nino or El Nina. Forgot which "El" it's supposed to be this year. I feel for the people, sure are going through ________. Stay safe and be careful.

Yes, we had a decent winter here in the East. Temps in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Only a trace of snow twice this winter. Snow was only a couple miles north of us. They can keep it. We've had up and down 60s and one day just recently 74 degrees. Only two weeks did it get down to the single digits at night and teens during the day. Tha's fine with me.  Not complaining this year. 

I still remember, pretty vividly, the year we got 3 feet of snow, then sleet on top of the snow and rain on top of the sleet which made for a lot of flooding. Our foundation was weakened so much, by the time we built a new place higher up, the foundation was 3 feet below the walls. Water ran in one end between the foundation and wall and out the other end when I opened the crawl space door. Water came up to the kitchen floor and my sunken living room was totally sunken. It was an indoor swimming pool. Our dog was living on an island and the mother-in-law's trailer was almost flooded at the end of the property. It was a real mess. We live on a hill and the street was a river. Water ran down our property in 3 streams beside the nice quiet creek that we now put underground. Took us 3 days to dig out and the township was going to blame us for the mud left on the street just because it came off the hill.  Yet it was no problem when they slanted the road to have "gutters" that any water coming down the street would wind up in our driveway.
 

[plennis]

The news had been saying we were going to have a dry year and that it would extend the drought problems.  Guess they were wrong!  LOL   The moisture totals are like almost 300% above normal.  Unfortunately it will take more than one year to get all the  resevoirs and ground water (aqua filter) stuff filled up.  But it is a start and any little bit helps.

[sfreeman8]

Well, we got a trace of snow last night and it's melting already. The northeastern section of the state got up to 9" snow and the north central part got 3."  Now it just a waiting to see what we get over the weekend. Makes me nervous because of one of the worse snows we got in March the one year.

It's too bad there was no way to really bottle up all the rainwater California got to cover the summer besides the reservoirs instead of it running off.

[ccandpam]

Here in Georgia, one day is Winter and the next day is Summer. We have had a lot of sick people because of it.

[cathy37]

North Carolina has had some strange weather.  One day it is hot and nice outside and the next day it is cold and rainy.  Flowers are already blooming and pollen is getting bad.

[linderlizzie]

Same here. A couple days ago, we were close to 70. Had some winds the other day and with the Ash borer, most of the ash trees are dead and snapping off. Starting this afternoon, into tomorrow morning, they expect rain, sleet, and snow up to 3.6" and in the northeastern part of the state, they expect up to 7".  Then decent weather until Friday evening when we are supposed to get the same rain, sleet and snow.

I haven't seen any news or video about California but it doesn't surprise me about the weather out there. That state seems to be in another world with weather. Wondering if it's El Nino or El Nina. Forgot which "El" it's supposed to be this year. I feel for the people, sure are going through ________.Stay safe and be careful.

Yes, we had a decent winter here in the East. Temps in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Only a trace of snow twice this winter. Snow was only a couple miles north of us. They can keep it. We've had up and down 60s and one day just recently 74 degrees. Only two weeks did it get down to the single digits at night and teens during the day. Tha's fine with me.  Not complaining this year. 

I still remember, pretty vividly, the year we got 3 feet of snow, then sleet on top of the snow and rain on top of the sleet which made for a lot of flooding. Our foundation was weakened so much, by the time we built a new place higher up, the foundation was 3 feet below the walls. Water ran in one end between the foundation and wall and out the other end when I opened the crawl space door. Water came up to the kitchen floor and my sunken living room was totally sunken. It was an indoor swimming pool. Our dog was living on an island and the mother-in-law's trailer was almost flooded at the end of the property. It was a real mess. We live on a hill and the street was a river. Water ran down our property in 3 streams beside the nice quiet creek that we now put underground. Took us 3 days to dig out and the township was going to blame us for the mud left on the street just because it came off the hill.  Yet it was no problem when they slanted the road to have "gutters" that any water coming down the street would wind up in our driveway.
 

Well, what the "El"? 

Seriously, sfreeman8, I'm so sorry you had to go through all that.

[ssarber]

WNC has been mostly nice warm weather, but they say March is going to be cooler. Plus tree pollen is coming in strong. Ugh. Sadly we are down to very little wood to burn, so it needs to stay warm. I refuse to turn on the heat with bills being so high.

[plennis]

WNC has been mostly nice warm weather, but they say March is going to be cooler. Plus tree pollen is coming in strong. Ugh. Sadly we are down to very little wood to burn, so it needs to stay warm. I refuse to turn on the heat with bills being so high.

We ran out of wood, so had no choice.  The heating prices here this year are ridiculous.  SO we are wearing lots of layers and put extra blankets on the beds.

[kleenex40]

Yes the weather this year has been very crazy all over the world. Like having the temp beening in the 60's and the next day having a winter storm. The weathers all over the place