Yeah, I heard a lot about weather in the US lately, especially the cold spell reaching all the way down to texas. By the looks of it (on a map) it seems Indiana was kind of lucky, as the worst part was further west.
But lucky with the weather is a relative term anyway. The other day I watched a video live stream from Duluth, a city at Lake Superior. The picture had some data inserted, also the temperature - it was -22F in the morning! Now thats what I call cold...
That Hunter's law is usually also valid for me. But for once I beat it recently. See, during the winter I prepared a sun protection for the balcony, for next summer obviously.
Now 2 weeks ago, we also had a cold spell with a blizzard and 15 inches of snow (or 5 feet in some drifts). What Hunter's law didn't know: if I let that sun screen hang straigt down, it closes the opening of the balcony, so the snow is prevented to get in and pile up on the balcony. Haa, Hunter's law, you didn't see that one coming...
Btw., for this weekend they forecast 80F! There you see how much I puzzled the weather with my trick... :)
Yes, it does seem possible to confuse winter! Our temperature yesterday was about 50 degrees warmer than it was a week before--we went sledding the day before yesterday, and took the dog for a long walk yesterday. After sub-zero temperatures, 46F and sunshine seemed like heaven. Maybe all our snow will eventually melt away.
But yes, although we were colder than the south, in general they had more snow and ice than us, not to mention they're just not used to weather that cold. Also, Florida got tornadoes, so ... can't complain.
Yes, it was really sunny and warm here the past few days, too. The sun is surprisingly powerful already. But I just hope we don't see a relapse - it's still only February, after all.
True, if the people are not prepared for such cold weather, it makes it twice as bad. And that's when "Hunter's law" comes into play again. Probably some people in Texas or other southern states will now buy heatings and improve the insulation of their house - and then it never gets cold again for the next 25 years. Or they don't, and have the same mess again next winter. Let's see how the karma balance swings... :)
Yeah, I heard about the tornados, pretty crazy stuff. May be the weather goes totally mad and we get a real nice summer this year... :)
Oh, there's absolutely going to be a relapse--at least there will be one here. In Indiana, there's a period called "March Madness"--it refers to basketball playoffs, but it's always accompanied by truly awful weather of one kind or another. I remember having to walk around snow drifts to get to wildland fires in March.
Maybe I'd better start preparing for hurricane season ...
Yeah, we have something similar that is called "Sheep's cold", often as late as April or early May. The name comes from when the sheep are shorn, that's usually at that time, and they stand there shivering. As do the people...
Best prepare for everything that can possibly happen. Though, that would be a rather long list... And some things are difficult to prepare for, like asteroid impacts and volcanos and such. :)
At least the people can cover themselves with wool!