It's that time again--F*ck you Mother Nature!

[Food Lady]

We had ice this afternoon, which I didn't know until my foot hit it at the bottom of the stairs. Yeah, I fell. No owies, though, even though I landed on my knee. Then, when I got to work, I let the front-end sup know the parking lot was ice. Apparently I was the 174,876,296th person to mention it.

[blas]

The blowing snow is what really gets to me. It goes up the stairs and onto the porch and it's impossible to take my shoes off without getting a huge mess on the floor. If it would just quit snowing long enough, I wouldn't have to mop the floor every darn other day, or clean my shoes every day.

[BrenDAnn]

I am NOT looking forward to the drive to work tomorrow morning. Ugh. We had ice today, now snow (as you called it, blas, making a winter time cake) and the wind is supposed to pick up and cause all kinds of hell. Wonderful combination...really...can it be spring now??

[blas]

Yeah, it's been sleeting/freezing rain all day, then we're under a winter storm watch until 6 pm tomorrow. Two to four inches. The ride home tonight wasn't terrible, but most of the roads had been treated on and off and hardly anyone was out when I drove home, so there was no pressure and I feel if I'm the only car on the road I can drive great in any bad weather because no one is putting any onus on me to go fast or whatnot.

And again, Fuck you, Mother Nature. You just can't quit it, can you?

[BrenDAnn]

And now we have....ice. Thanks a fucking lot, Mother Nature. I WAS gonna go clear my car off today so I don't have to tomorrow...Ugh.

[Chromatix]

Chromatix, THAT is why I live on a tropical island!

I honestly don't mind cold weather, provided I get to wrap up adequately against it. Also provided I don't slip on an icy hill and fall on my arse. Dealing with Key West's weather would be distinctly uncomfortable for me - too hot!

So given that my return to work next week will probably involve commuting to a customer site which is considerably less convenient in terms of public transport than the office, I plan to invest in winter boots with actual hobnails in them. Especially considering that one of the routes recommended by my iPhone app involves a full 2km of walking.

Aside from the slipping hazard, it is actually quite safe to walk outside in Helsinki even in the worst weather I've yet seen. As long as you're not a complete idiot, that is.

[AccountingDrone]

There is a sea going tug for sale that is being retired by the army. we could possibly actually afford to buy it. I want to tell the freaking bank to shove their mortgage, load everything we own into a storage locker, take the cat and go somewhere warm and friendly. They can figure out how to sell the freaking place.

Hm, 18 000 gal bunker. We could go around 5000 miles [nautical] on that much bunker. One heck of a road trip.

[blas]

Of course, it had to come out of the deep freeze to snow on my birthday yesterday, but thankfully, none of that several inch nonsense that they had been beefing it up to be.

It is getting very old, though, and I'm so tired of continually cleaning the floor and taking my shoes off before I come in. Seriously, snow can go get fucked. I want clean floors.

[chikenlady]

Yay, it is up to - 16C / 3F . I survived the deep freeze.

[dragon_wings]

It snowed in Baltimore last night. But not enough to bring the buses to a stop. Which is good, I'm on a bus on my way in for a closing shift. Of course I'm running late today. Ugh.
Let's just hope the roads stay clear enough for the bus tonight to be on time (for once).

ETA: it's currently 32 degrees in Baltimore.

[Jester]

My work here is done. (Well, for the moment.) Now I'm off to the bike shop to get my bike tuned, and perhaps get an addition for it. And when I say "I'm off," of course I mean in shorts and a t-shirt. It being 70F currently.

[Eisa]

Jester, you suck.

It's in the low 40s right now. Feels like low 30s. And of course, more rain is expected.

[pitmonkey]

Jester, may crabs crawl up your shorts!

[Jester]

My weather today in Key West, Florida, according to weather.com:

Currently 68F and sunny. Feels like 68F. Today will reach a high of 77F, and will be partly cloudy, going down to a low of 67F tonight. (I tried posting a screencap of it, but it came out all jumbled.)

Have a great day!

[BrenDAnn]

As of right now (3:10 AM) it is snowing and a lovely 3 degrees. I think I'll just sit back and watch this storm move through. Nothing better to do!