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   thebird55 said, 3 months ago

   Not enough cold weather around here. At this rate, it will be a bad year for peaches.
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   Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago

   @thebird55

   Maybe we should send you some of ours!
   We won’t miss it!
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

   We’ve been having 2 months longer winter for four straight years in the Pacific Northwest. Hoping this year is not one of them. The Pacific High, a high pressure system that brings an end to the fall/winter/spring weather pattern (rains west of the cascades, cold east of the cascades), normally begins in May and lasts through the second or third week of October.
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   It’s not formed until July for four straight years. The effects on plants in the forested regions of the state with an effective 8 months more of winter in 4 years have not been good.
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   Also disturbing is the sheer number of Arctic fronts that brought frost during the summer months of 2009, 2010, and 2011. Every two to 3 weeks, a killer frost hit on the west side of the Cascades. Not long ago, the pear crop didn’t come in right in the Rogue Valley, thanks to it being a cool summer. The crops were tremendously delayed.
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   As a general rule, Arctic air masses only hit the PNW from November at the earliest to about April at the latest. We’ve been having them periodically during the summers.
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   Tog said, 3 months ago

   @thebird55

   It’s snowing here and we’ve been warned to expect temperatures of minus ten by Wednesday. I don’t know if this helps at all.
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   olfart said, 3 months ago

   Mmmm..wildlife stew!
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   vwdualnomand said, 3 months ago

   another new england winter of 3 feet of snow.
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   bubbareb said, 3 months ago

   @Nabuquduriuzhur

   It’s okay. You can say it. Just close your eyes and let the words just quietly slip out: GLOBAL WARMING.
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   Becca said, 3 months ago

   @bubbareb

   Global Climate Disruption is more accurate.
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   thebird55 said, 3 months ago

   @Becca

   Excellent, descriptive name.
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    TheTrustedMechanic said, 3 months ago

    @thebird55

    Yeah, it’s been a weird winter her in N. Lower Michigan. ?Had the shop doors open in December and again in January because at 50°F it was nice. Hate snow, hate cold, had the heavy coats (the female form is so much more pleasant not looking like the Michelin Man), but I have to say I really hated to see the bare ground in the middle of winter. It’s too hard on the animals, the lakes/watershed, and simply is not right, at least for my area.
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    kea said, 3 months ago

    @bubbareb

    or even “climate change”
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    cujosmom said, 3 months ago

    Nabuquduriuzhur…this isn’t a science class…and Tog…I agree this isn’t in very good taste. People are dying in their cars and you post this?
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

    Another mild Winter, no freezes.
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    vtcwvet said, 3 months ago

    I live in Vermont and I have only 8"" of snow on my lawn, even after the big storm last weekend. My sympathies to southern N.E. though, Been there, done that. I remember the Blizzard of ’78 all too well.
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    win said, 3 months ago

    @Bruno Zeigerts

    Send me a peach, too; can’t get ’em in the Philippines.
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