Comments on: It gets worse

By: karen

karen — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:04:12 +0000

suggestion: don’t visit Canada in the winter. we had -22*C this morning with a wind chill of -35. nothing shuts down in this part of the country until the mercury drops to -40. well, i shut down before that, though i used to go out in those temps.

By: Edwina

Edwina — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:29:56 +0000

justine: Really? The entire country had the same weather? All over? From Darwin to Launceston? Broome to Wollongong? That’s one for the record books!

**
Oh yeah, and I swear to god the sky is rainbow coloured too.

…maybe that’s enough sugar for me for today. 0_o

By: Justine

Justine — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:57:48 +0000

Edwina: Here in oz it’s overcast, steamy and we’ve had rain!

Really? The entire country had the same weather? All over? From Darwin to Launceston? Broome to Wollongong? That’s one for the record books!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:14:07 +0000

i take it all back. when i woke up this morning, it was in the 40s. woe. though that’s still better than minus whatsit. sheez.

hopefully it’ll be back to 75 by tomorrow. one can hope.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:54:32 +0000

Step 1. Go to Carmine’s with a bunch of your bestest friends when you all have *plenty* of time.

Step 2. Park at a table with said bunch of your bestest friends and start ordering.

Step 3. Stuff yourself senseless with course after course of steaming-hot Italian yummitude.

Step 4. Keep repeating Step 3 for a good long while.

Step 5. Have the man up front call you a cab so you don’t get chilled on your way back to your apartment.

Step 6. Enjoying the enduring sense of peace, fullness, and warmth.

Or, as others have suggested, just move here to Austin. we get snow roughly once per decade.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:20:32 +0000

you north types really ought to come down south. we have the air conditioner running b/c it was so hot.

i freeze in anything lower than 70 f, so i’m in awe of anyone who can actually survive in cold weather. down here, we get ice days, not snow days, and the entire city shuts down, ’cause no one down here even owns a parka or knows how to drive on ice and snow.

they cancelled school for three days last year and one day we got a dusting of snow and it was soooo amazing. but other than that, i’m all about the warm weather.

By: Kadie-Wa

Kadie-Wa — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:52:45 +0000

YAY snow! We got about 8 inches here.

By: shelly rae

shelly rae — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:42:38 +0000

Come visit me in Austin where it was sunny and got up to 82degrees today. I went for a run in shorts and a t-shirt. I didn’t turn the ac on–I like the heat!
Anon

By: Kaleb

Kaleb — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:03:55 +0000

HA! Here in Texas, it was so hot we had to turn the AC on.

By: Ted Lemon

Ted Lemon — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:34:19 +0000

Well, it was nice to see snow outside the train at 5:30 am this morning when I got to the JFK MTA station, but it was a bit nippy. And they had to de-ice the plane, which sucked.

On the plus side, your water is not liquid. In Vancouver, it was snowing when I arrived, but the snow quickly turned to rain, and when I went out to get a book and some dinner, it was pretty much a downpour. My overcoat is now damp.

So the cold does have one small advantage, for what it’s worth. Plus, have you noticed how much steam there is in New York? Check it out sometime to take your mind off the cold. Look at the tops of buildings. It’s uncanny. Very dramatic, frankly, to see steam rising when it’s that cold out.

And do remember the old New York trick of stopping every couple of blocks to shop and warm up. You don’t have to buy anything – just look. Takes longer to get where you’re going, but it’s fun!

By: kim

kim — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:57:54 +0000

me wants its to snow. it never snows in texas.

well it did snow a couple a years ago. then it was less than 1ft. and it was no where near me.

me wants your snow, justine.

By: Edwina

Edwina — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:29:38 +0000

Oh man that looks beautiful!

Here in oz it’s overcast, steamy and we’ve had rain!

…but im really a sucker for the snow. wanna swap?

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:17:50 +0000

31 in Melbourne yesterday. I was forced to have a swim.

By: Patrick, The Space Lord

Patrick, The Space Lord — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:14:26 +0000

a book of lies!!!! all lies! next you say there is no such thing as magic or quokkas.

By: sherry

sherry — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:37:45 +0000

It’s minus 13 here and a storm is blowing in. The only crap thing about working at home, is a snow day isn’t a break at all. It means I’m snowed into work–and if schools are closed, that becomes snowed in at work with four kids underfoot. So nix on the snowday please!!

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:13:58 +0000

-6 sounds practically tropical to me. It’s been hovering around -20 (celsius) here for the last week or so. But I live in Saskatchewan and we have notoriously cold winters. I suppose it all depends on what one’s used to.

By: Ally

Ally — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:20:49 +0000

I want snow! its 70 and raining here. snow means automatic snowday! even if its like less than an inch. i love cold weather. it makes me happy

By: dragonfly

dragonfly — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:47:31 +0000

i remember days when i was in high school (not *too* long ago, maybe 12ish years) when the wind chill was -40F, and the actually temperature was around 0F.

i despise cold. there is nothing more to say.

By: janet

janet — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:12:27 +0000

P.S. In Palo alto today there’s a 20% chance of rain. So you see we all have to suffer.

By: janet

janet — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:10:01 +0000

Thast stupid “32 degrees is freezing” thing is why temperature is the only metric/English (or English/metric) conversion I still have trouble with. It would also help if 1 degree F weren’t 5/9 of a degree C.

If it makes you feel better, Justine, I just go an email from Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park with some childrens/ya gift-giving ideas, and there was a glowing recommendation of the MORM trilogy.

By: marrije

marrije — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:43:48 +0000

I see one newspaper box thingie has died of exposure across the street from you. poor thing.

also I must admit that I am just the tiniest bit jealous of you for the weather you are having. we’re only getting a stupid rainstormlet here. and I will have to bike through it with my shopping in a bit to get home…

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:25:28 +0000

You know, I woke up an hour ago, and…it was like magic. I think that waking up and seeing snow falling and looking out the window and realizing that not only is it snowing, but it’s sticking, will always have that moment of magic and enchantment for me, that feeling of oh, wonder of wonders, hooray! let’s go out and play in the snow! For me it’s the only redeeming part of winter, the snow. But as one gets older, it’s harder to find someone to play with.

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:21:51 +0000

Just a thought: It’s minus twenty back home in Montreal.

Thought it’d cheer you up. ^^

By: stormywriting

stormywriting — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:54:14 +0000

I hate to tell you this, but it gets much, much worse. As Seraphina said… negative farenhiet is a LOT colder. And not all that uncommon. We just STARTED winter.

May I suggest cocoa, warm socks, and staying indoors? Snow is best appreciated from the heated side of a window, IMHO.

By: emily

emily — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:50:27 +0000

really? i want that to be a tradition at my school too! i think i’ll do that today, just for good luck.
justine, the view outside your window is so pretty (for ny)! (i’m assuming that’s your window, right?)

i just have to say this: snow! (although the stupid roads are cleared, so it probably won’t be a snow day )

i’d much rather have snow + cold than just cold. (which is what it was yesterday)

this is a really long + badly organized comment, but i’m too lazy to do anything about it.