Last week's forecast of snow and ice fizzled out here in central GA. But the forecast for tonight calls for some snow and icing conditions. To prepare for that I have some Sriracha chili in the slow cooker that will be ready later tonight and carry me through the weekend.

 

Unfortunately, the three day weekend I had planned is off as I need to punch (inspect) rooms that the painters are turning over on Sunday. But that's OK since it's too cold to be outdoors. I'll try again next weekend.

On 1/20/2022 at 11:30 AM, A-Jay said:

Getting our money's worth with the bitterness this winter.

Lake effect snow and cold temperatures will continue tonight.

Expect wind chill readings by morning to be several degrees below zero across most of northern Michigan ~ Again.

A-Jay

Sheeze Louise! Stay warm, man!

3* tonight and has been all white here for weeks, everything frozen. 

73* in the house but burning LOTS of wood. Lol

Woke up this morning to -35C outside. Sure glad the wind wasn’t blowing or it would’ve felt a lot worse on the face. The old truck sure did growl and complain when I fired it up for work!

Y’all made me feel a little better. I’m going fishing in the morning, i thought I might freeze to death at 20 degrees……… but after reading this, I think I’ll make it 

45 minutes ago, Way north bass guy said:

The old truck sure did growl and complain when I fired it up for work!

I was letting my dog out at 7am and I heard my neighbor start his truck. That thing sounded ROUGH when he started it too lol. First it squealed, then coughed, and when it finally turned over it sounded like it was gonna blow up!

Went for a walk this morning, looks like the season is over. We are all locked in here. (For the record I didn’t throw that rock on there). 
 

just kidding I’m leaving to go launch the boat in about 30 minutes 

Once again, the prognosticators were wrong. No snow here, but the temperature was below freezing all night. There are black ice warnings out, but I'll never know because I have no reason to head out today. It's kind of nice having nothing to do today except a few chores around the house.

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Went for a walk this morning, looks like the season is over. We are all locked in here. (For the record I didn’t throw that rock on there). 
 

just kidding I’m leaving to go launch the boat in about 30 minutes 

You were wearing a PFD I hope? ?

7 hours ago, Koz said:

Once again, the prognosticators were wrong. No snow here, but the temperature was below freezing all night. There are black ice warnings out, but I'll never know because I have no reason to head out today. It's kind of nice having nothing to do today except a few chores around the house.

They are most always wrong. I hit one tiny ice patch today, that’s it 

 I'm doing what I can to survive winter up here in the Midwest or southern north? Whatever you'd call Iowa . Doing my normal stuff...watching and reading tons of fishing stuff and filling in gaps in the arsenal..just got a new jerk bait rod in last week and I have a jig rod on the way. Normally I'd ice fish to help hold me over but I'm just not feeling it at all.

 Luckily between my new role at work and my diet\lifestyle change I've got things to focus on which helps. If we are lucky up here like last year I've only got 5 weeks til ice out..realistically it will likely be more like 8. Positive note I've been doing a moderate keto style deal since just before Christmas and I've lost 12lbs in 5 weeks..plus my knee and back are starting to feel better.

42 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

I'm doing what I can to survive winter up here in the Midwest or southern north

I hear ya. I just joined a pickle ball league. I play pretty much every other sport with a racquet already.

On 1/22/2022 at 6:27 PM, gimruis said:

I hear ya. I just joined a pickle ball league. I play pretty much every other sport with a racquet already.

That seems to be a growing sport. 

Looks like something even my questionable knees could handle.

1 hour ago, Jigfishn10 said:

That seems to be a growing sport. 

I play pretty much everything else with a racquet and this looks interesting so I'm going to give it a try.  It helps me stay in shape and definitely beats running on the treadmill.

9 hours ago, gimruis said:

I play pretty much everything else with a racquet and this looks interesting so I'm going to give it a try.  It helps me stay in shape and definitely beats running on the treadmill.

Let me know how you like it, I wouldn't mind looking into it further. ?

And for tonight's wonderful weather.

21 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

And for tonight's wonderful weather.

Can't imagine. 

I sprint to the wood boiler under 20*.

3 minutes ago, Bird said:

Can't imagine. 

I sprint to the wood boiler under 20*.

You'd die up here, man. Current predicted high for tomorrow is -2.

55 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

You'd die up here, man. Current predicted high for tomorrow is -2.

Certainly been colder this winter than it was last one so far. Fall was very warm but January has been brutally cold.

@MN Fisher, stay warm man! Hokie smokes that's cold.

 

We had snow overnight and by noon it will be 40*. 

I think you'll enjoy this one.  Its from a few years ago, but still very funny.

 

 

Just now, gimruis said:

I think you'll enjoy this one.  Its from a few years ago, but still very funny.

 

 

Sad part about it....it's true here in MN too.

1 minute ago, MN Fisher said:

Sad part about it....it's true here in MN too.

The best part is when the weather guy says "anything beyond 5 days is like throwing a dart anyways."

6 minutes ago, gimruis said:

The best part is when the weather guy says "anything beyond 5 days is like throwing a dart anyways."

He's optimistic - beyond 36hrs is 'educated guess'...beyond 72 hours is dart-throwing.

 

That's from my dad who was a meteorologist in the Navy.

Our luck is about to change on Friday night. We're looking to get clobbered with snow depending on the track of the storm coming up from the south.