ChaoticMusings

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

RE: We are in for a hard winter.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Almost 4.30pm, and it's still light.

Maddog · Go Outside

Snowing here. Everything is closed.

We may all be dead by tomorrow..

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Maddog wrote:
Snowing here. Everything is closed.

We may all be dead by tomorrow..

Flipping heck, it was tropical temps last week where you are.

At least we are consistent...at the moment miserable, cold and damp all the time.

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Snowing here. Everything is closed.

We may all be dead by tomorrow..
Flipping heck, it was tropical temps last week where you are.
At least we are consistent...at the moment miserable, cold and damp all the time.

Welcome to Texas winters.

People lived here 100 years ago and had no idea when the temps would drop 50 degrees F and stay there for a few days.

If you had shelter, you could survive. If you were out in the middle of nowhere, traveling on horseback, you might not.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Snowing here. Everything is closed.

We may all be dead by tomorrow..
Flipping heck, it was tropical temps last week where you are.
At least we are consistent...at the moment miserable, cold and damp all the time.
Welcome to Texas winters.

People lived here 100 years ago and had no idea when the temps would drop 50 degrees F and stay there for a few days.

If you had shelter, you could survive. If you were out in the middle of nowhere, traveling on horseback, you might not.

It can't be healthy to have such sudden highs and lows in temperatures.

The body has no time to adapt to the extremes.

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Snowing here. Everything is closed.

We may all be dead by tomorrow..
Flipping heck, it was tropical temps last week where you are.
At least we are consistent...at the moment miserable, cold and damp all the time.
Welcome to Texas winters.

People lived here 100 years ago and had no idea when the temps would drop 50 degrees F and stay there for a few days.

If you had shelter, you could survive. If you were out in the middle of nowhere, traveling on horseback, you might not.
It can't be healthy to have such sudden highs and lows in temperatures.
The body has no time to adapt to the extremes.

Makes you tough.

Think of the Russians and their saunas in the middle of winter..

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Snowing here. Everything is closed.

We may all be dead by tomorrow..
Flipping heck, it was tropical temps last week where you are.
At least we are consistent...at the moment miserable, cold and damp all the time.
Welcome to Texas winters.

People lived here 100 years ago and had no idea when the temps would drop 50 degrees F and stay there for a few days.

If you had shelter, you could survive. If you were out in the middle of nowhere, traveling on horseback, you might not.
It can't be healthy to have such sudden highs and lows in temperatures.
The body has no time to adapt to the extremes.

Makes you tough.

Think of the Russians and their saunas in the middle of winter..

Tough conditions certainly make for tougher folk.

I am from the north of England, where men are tough and women are glad of it, or even tougher.....well maybe not so much nowadays.

Central heating and air con have softened people up.

Maddog · Go Outside

Still below freezing with shit falling from the sky.

North Texas is basically closed. Almost nothing is open.

I've got 4wd so it doesn't bother me much at all. And I've never hesitated driving on ice, so I'm pretty good at it.

Already let my nurse friends know that I'll get them to work, or home from work if they don't want to drive.

Taking one to work later this afternoon. Last night trucks were stuck on the highways because of the ice. Without the proper vehicle and some skill, these roads are almost impassable. But nurses and others still need to get to the hospital.

Unfortunately, this nurse is a lesbian. Last storm I picked up a very attractive hetero nurse that I know. She had been stuck there for like 36 hours and just wanted to get home..

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

It's good to do favours without expecting any reward.

Maddog · Go Outside

Syl wrote:
It's good to do favours without expecting any reward.

Agreed.

I sorta believe in karma. Help everyone and you will get some sort of reward anyway.

Even if it's just someone being appreciative.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
It's good to do favours without expecting any reward.
Agreed.

I sorta believe in karma. Help everyone and you will get some sort of reward anyway.

Even if it's just someone being appreciative.

I agree.

Maddog · Go Outside

Wednesday-Friday schools were closed because of snow and ice..

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Snow shoes or sandals....very confusing.

Magica · Go Outside

Just boots for me lol

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Winter isn't over yet.
So far today, we have had bright sun, hailstones as big as golf balls, (I thought the windows were going to smash) sleet, snow, and back to sunshine.
Presently it's 4c...tonight, set to drop down to -5.

Some of the camellias are flowering, the big red flowers set against the white of the snow look beautiful. If it gets much colder they will all die.

Magica · Go Outside

Sunny but very cold today.

Vita · Know It All

-5 here, it would freeze the arse off you.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

What a difference a couple of days make.
The local Starbucks has an outside sitting area, we had coffee and cake in the SUNSHINE.
It was brilliant, a taste of the nice weather to come, hopefully.

Magica · Go Outside

Yes we had five mins of sun and I sat in the garden enjoying the heat on my face. 😎