Deanasc's Journal: In my day New England winters were a lot colder

I it just me, am I the only one. I miss my wool overcoat. Long and grey with a collar that would flip up and scratch my neckhairs. I could wear it open and it would bookend my sides like a pair of quotations. It made a statement wearing that coat. It said I'm a man who's not afraid of winter.

Now however thanks to global warming I haven't worn it in several years. I haven't needed it. Boston has such mild winters now. I usually only go out wearing a sweater to protect me from the cold.

We've ruined our planet, haven't we?

Snow and cold

[Misao]

It's mid-march and we have snow falling in the Northwest today.

It's a little strange, because everyone is saying how weird this is. Except _I_ seem to remember when I was younger, this wasn't that unusual.. and my parents remember years with snow in April - but I can't.

Maybe it's not just New England :)

-misao

Re:Snow and cold

[Deanasc]

What's odd is that when I was a child (1970's) there would be snow on the ground November through April. Now we've had about 2 inches of snow total. Most of it melted by the next day. Last week flowers began to pop out of the ground. But it's not the snow I miss it's the bitter cold 20 Degrees F days that last for weeks in February and March. That's when you need a nice wool overcoat.

Strangely enough today (3/20) it's snowing. It's still not cold enough to put on a jacket though.