Freezing In Michigan

[YouNeverKnow]

Can't wait to start living the dream in the Villages this summer. Driving to work this morning the temp. was negative 3 below but windchill was 20 below!
Schools were closed due to the frigid wind chills! :gc:

[gomoho]

Been there - done that - and for the life of me can't understand why anyone would willingly subject themselves to those conditions other than employment Yes, it is beautiful in summer, but I don't particlulary care for the 3/9 rule.

[JP]

All schools including the university closed today due to -15f temperature. Crazy cold wind chill. A couple of tires on my truck were registering low air. Blah. All I keep thinking about is my beautiful house in TV just sitting there patiently waiting for our return. Daddy's coming soon baby! See you in two weeks.

[Cisco Kid]

Been there - done that - and for the life of me can't understand why anyone would willingly subject themselves to those conditions other than employment Yes, it is beautiful in summer, but I don't particlulary care for the 3/9 rule.



3/9 rule
do tell

[Yankee Quilter]

not to whine, but we did not get over 42 here today in Kennesaw GA. We are from CT and have become spoiled!! Leaving for a long weekend to see the progress on the building of our home in Gilchrist on Thursday and looking forward to warm weather!!!!

[MSG@TV]

Can't wait to start living the dream in the Villages this summer. Driving to work this morning the temp. was negative 3 below but windchill was 20 below!
Schools were closed due to the frigid wind chills! :gc:

Wow! And I thought it was cold today in PA. Then again, one of our daughter's best friends and several relatives went to Univ. of Michigan, so I've heard how cold it gets when the wind blows off the lakes.

Hubby and I were talking this morning over whether we will get acclimated to the weather in Florida to such an extent that we will not be able to tolerate the cold when we come up north for visits. I know that's what happened to my parents who retired to Florida. They would freeze when visiting us, and we would swelter when visiting them because they never seemed to turn the air conditioning low enough. Kind of reminded me of a Seinfeld episode when he used to visit his parents. Now we will become them!!

[Schaumburger]

Can't wait to start living the dream in the Villages this summer. Driving to work this morning the temp. was negative 3 below but windchill was 20 below!
Schools were closed due to the frigid wind chills! :gc:

OMG. Freezing in Chicago too, but not as bad as Michigan. The brakes on my car act funny when the temps go below 10 degrees. I found that out last night after working a 10 hour day. :(. I have to let the car warm up for about 5 minutes before I leave the parking lot at work, otherwise the brake pedal is not working properly...should get this checked out, but last month I put $2,000 into my car. I hate winter!! Just my rant for the day.

[Suzi]

Husband had difficulty flying out of UP in Michigan this AM. ( -22 F ) at the airport and the gas to refuel into the airplane wouldn't flow and the de-icing machine froze -up. They had to go to the hangers and try to find some warmer de-icer material. Yikes....they were 1.5 hours late. Luckily the winds weren't too bad. We are both hoping this is our last winter in the north - want to build this summer in TV.

[buggyone]

It was downright cold at Lake Sumter Landing tonight for the music of Uncle Bob's Rock Shop. I had to wear long pants! If it had gotten any colder, I would have had to put on socks. It was so cold that it took 15 minutes for the ice to melt in my vodka tonic.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

3/9 rule
do tell

Probably 3 months of "warm" weather..........9 months of "other" weather.

Bill :)

[CFrance]

3/9 rule
do tell

three months of decent weather, 9 months of #$%^&* Sounds like Michigan, although we don't always get the whole three months.

[CFrance]

I put on jeans, a cotton turtleneck, sweatshirt, my husband's Pirates jacket and a scarf for my 9:00 pm jaunt with the dog. Didn't need gloves, though, and I was mildly too warm by the time we got back.. I can live with that! No Nighttime walks in West MI in January. Not very many daytime ones either.

[gomoho]

Yep 3/9 3 months of summer 9 of winter. We moved around frequently with my husband's career and developed this system of grading weather. And growing up in Cleveland, Ohio I know something about weather!!! There if we were lucky we had 3 months of sun and 9 months of gloom. I definitely belong in the south - don't ya think!

[Bonny]

Wow! And I thought it was cold today in PA. Then again, one of our daughter's best friends and several relatives went to Univ. of Michigan, so I've heard how cold it gets when the wind blows off the lakes.

Hubby and I were talking this morning over whether we will get acclimated to the weather in Florida to such an extent that we will not be able to tolerate the cold when we come up north for visits. I know that's what happened to my parents who retired to Florida. They would freeze when visiting us, and we would swelter when visiting them because they never seemed to turn the air conditioning low enough. Kind of reminded me of a Seinfeld episode when he used to visit his parents. Now we will become them!!

I'm from Michigan. My daughter is in Grand Rapids & my sister is in Troy. They are freezing their duppas off.
I've been in Florida 12 1/2 years. Once it hits 70, I'm freezing !! :shocked: I could never live up north again.

[2BNTV]

I lived in downtown Cleveland for a year and with the wind whiiping off the lake, the wind chill was 38 below. The following week warmed up to 36 below. :cold::cold:

Here in CT, it is single digits for several days but no wind but it's cold enough for me. It makes me think of movig to TV even more. :smiley:

[CFrance]

I'm from Michigan. My daughter is in Grand Rapids & my sister is in Troy. They are freezing their duppas off.
I've been in Florida 12 1/2 years. Once it hits 70, I'm freezing !! :shocked: I could never live up north again.

Our kids grew up in Grand Rapids. I used to battle the younger one all the time because he'd go outside with no hat, no gloves, and his coat wide open. He never, ever got sick, though, so I gave up. Now that he's been living in northern Australia for five years, he's just like you, Bonny--just can't stand anything under 70.

[keithwand]

Just talked to my son in Rochester Hills, MI
Its a balmy 4 degrees this morning.