Another Arctic blast poised to usher in 2018

[RhodyRams]

Yup
8-14" of snow and winds up to 80 mph

Gonna be a fun day tomorrow

 

[Mackeyser]

Yes! My wife and I are originally from northern California and we were stationed in Texas when she got pregnant with our first. I mentioned that it was sad that our child would grow up scared of earthquakes because he would never experience them.

Through the whole pregnancy I used to grab her belly, shake it, and shout "Baby-quakes!" at her belly. It was really funny. I'd always try to surprise her with it. Our kid didn't freak out though, so I guess that's good.

I did it less with our second kid, but our son did it too so that was funny.

Well, I grew up in SoCal and earthquakes scare the bejeebers out of me...

 

[Mackeyser]

Yup
8-14" of snow and winds up to 80 mph

Gonna be a fun day tomorrow

So....good day for kite flyin’???

 

[RhodyRams]

So....good day for kite flyin’???

Wifey and I did that a few years ago.

International Kite Day is mid January sometime, and we went down to the beach during a storm to fly our kites...I will dig up the pictures later

 

[RhodyRams]

The NSA and Homeland Security must be going crazy with all the talk about #bombcyclone and #bombgenesis on social media sites over the last few days

 

[1maGoh]

Well, I grew up in SoCal and earthquakes scare the bejeebers out of me...

I never lived through the big ones. Just the little ones that you don't notice unless you're on the third floor of an apartment building. I was 3 in '89, so I don't remember that one.

To me an earthquake is what happens when everything is perfectly normal, then my stepdad comes flying into the room going "Oh my God, did you feel that earthquake?! I looked it up, it was a 3.5!"

 

[LesBaker]

High of 58 today.

Last night it got into the low 50's as this cold front crept into Florida.

The next few days will see high's in the low 60's with overnight lows in one forecast down to 33, then it'll return to normal pretty quickly.

 

[Prime Time]

I was in San Jose, CA when the quake hit at the beginning of the A's/Giants world series. Was crossing the Golden Gate bridge one time when a quake began. The bridge swayed back and forth. Thought it was going to collapse. Scary stuff. Out here in Cumberland, MD we get the occasional tornado and bears walking down your street. It's potentially dangerous wherever you live. Back to the cold weather.

NIGHT
8°LO
RealFeel -16°
Precipitation 20%

Mainly clear, windy and colder; extreme cold can be dangerous for outdoor activities late

• Winds from the
• WNW 17 mph
• Gusts: 29 mph

 

[Selassie I]

It's 34° RIGHT NOW without a cold in the sky. Nips are freezing off left and right.

 

[RhodyRams]

So....good day for kite flyin’???

 

[Prime Time]

It's 34° RIGHT NOW without a cold in the sky. Nips are freezing off left and right.

"without a cold in the sky"

Say what?

 

[RhodyRams]

 

[LesBaker]

It's 34° RIGHT NOW without a cold in the sky. Nips are freezing off left and right.

Mebbe you outta change outta that fishnet belly shirt and put on a flannel.

We are faring a bit better down here, but the old folks are wearing parkas of course, and my girl is complaining and actually threw some logs in her fireplace last night.

The area will be back to normal Sunday.

 

[Mackeyser]

I never lived through the big ones. Just the little ones that you don't notice unless you're on the third floor of an apartment building. I was 3 in '89, so I don't remember that one.

To me an earthquake is what happens when everything is perfectly normal, then my stepdad comes flying into the room going "Oh my God, did you feel that earthquake?! I looked it up, it was a 3.5!"

I lived in Arcadia (near Baldwin during the Whittier Narrows earthquake.

Didn't help that it literally bounced me out of bed. Scared the crap out of me. Think it took the whole day for my heart to start beating normally.

 

[Selassie I]

"without a cold in the sky"

Say what?

Damn phone changed cloud to cold. HAHAHA

Sorry bout that.

 

[RhodyRams]

about 11" on the ground now and the winds are sustained at around 30 mph and gusting up to 45.. and supposed to get stronger over the next few hours.


surprised I till have power

 

[IowaRam]

about 11" on the ground now and the winds are sustained at around 30 mph and gusting up to 45.. and supposed to get stronger over the next few hours.


surprised I till have power

We call those flurries..............lol

 

[IowaRam]

What the "bleep" is a bomb cyclone

 

[Prime Time]

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local...ng-From-Trees-During-Cold-Snap-468052923.html

Iguanas in Florida Becoming Frozen, Falling From Trees During Cold Snap
It's chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami's suburbs

It's so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees.

The National Weather Service in Miami said temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit early Thursday in parts of South Florida. That's chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami's suburbs.

The cold-blooded creatures native to Central and South America start to get sluggish when temperatures fall below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, said Kristen Sommers, who oversees the nonnative fish and wildlife program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

If temperatures drop below that, iguanas freeze up. "It's too cold for them to move," Sommers said.

They're not the only reptiles stunned by this week's cold snap: Sea turtles also stiffen up when temperatures fall. The wildlife commission's biologists have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles found floating listlessly on the water or near shore, but no such rescue is planned for iguanas.

A two-week-long cold snap with temperatures below 40 degrees Fahrenheit in 2010 killed off many iguanas, along with Burmese pythons and other invasive pests that thrive in South Florida's subtropical climate. Those populations have since rebounded.

Elsewhere in Florida, the effects of a brutal winter storm rolling up the East Coast were less exotic. It snowed briefly Wednesday in the state's capital, Tallahassee, for the first time in 28 years.

 

[Selassie I]

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local...ng-From-Trees-During-Cold-Snap-468052923.html

Iguanas in Florida Becoming Frozen, Falling From Trees During Cold Snap
It's chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami's suburbs

It's so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees.

The National Weather Service in Miami said temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit early Thursday in parts of South Florida. That's chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami's suburbs.

The cold-blooded creatures native to Central and South America start to get sluggish when temperatures fall below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, said Kristen Sommers, who oversees the nonnative fish and wildlife program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

If temperatures drop below that, iguanas freeze up. "It's too cold for them to move," Sommers said.

They're not the only reptiles stunned by this week's cold snap: Sea turtles also stiffen up when temperatures fall. The wildlife commission's biologists have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles found floating listlessly on the water or near shore, but no such rescue is planned for iguanas.

A two-week-long cold snap with temperatures below 40 degrees Fahrenheit in 2010 killed off many iguanas, along with Burmese pythons and other invasive pests that thrive in South Florida's subtropical climate. Those populations have since rebounded.

Elsewhere in Florida, the effects of a brutal winter storm rolling up the East Coast were less exotic. It snowed briefly Wednesday in the state's capital, Tallahassee, for the first time in 28 years.

I turned my heat on for the 1st time in almost 2 years this week. It ran non-stop all night long last night.... and I only had it set to 71 degrees. I froze my ass off. Even slept with socks on, something I never do.

Less exotic my ass. That's some crazy shit.

Good thing my twins are still home from FSU right now. That snow may have killed them.