Winter Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Monday, January 08, 2007 | comments (8)
Time: Saturday afternoon, January (a month known to be a part of the 'winter' season in the Northern Hemisphere)

Location: Washington, DC

Situation: Walking outside

Attire: One t-shirt, shorts, tennis shoes, hat, light-weight long-sleeved shirt (tied around my waist), sunglasses

Body climate while moving: Slight perspiration

Temperatures are back to normal today - kind of. "Normal" is relative and the word tends to get applied to temperatures that are much higher than usual this year.

Still, the radiators in my apartment have begun their hissing. The windows are shut. There's a gentle rain. I guess it's "winter like."

But last week - particularly Saturday - had me convinced: the end of days is near.

What's crazy is that, while I was wearing shorts, this was going on. I guess you have to live at least a mile above sea level to still get winter. Pretty soon we'll all be moving to Canada.


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We've had a total of 3 feet of snow since the week after thanksgiving. 2 mornings ago my thermometer read 3. More snow this weekend in New Mexico

Posted by pat on Jan 08, 2007 at 10:10:59 AM
Dang. I'm jealous.

Posted by Rothko on Jan 08, 2007 at 10:29:10 AM
I agree, end of days must be just around the corner. I went shopping for a christmas tree in a t-shirt, in Toronto.

Guess we need to get really serious about that cee-oh-too stuff I heard about on the tv.

Posted by Patrick Dinnen on Jan 08, 2007 at 11:07:51 AM
Wow. That's disconcerting. There goes my theory that we'll all need to move to Canada. Actually, I'm now remembering when we were up there last year in February there was no snow on the ground. Not even the little hard patches of ice that would signify past snow. And this in Montreal. Everybody was talking about it.

Posted by Rothko on Jan 08, 2007 at 11:57:52 AM
Just got back this morning from Montreal where jackets were left in luggage and the topic of the day was "global warming".

Posted by Jonathan on Jan 08, 2007 at 12:22:17 PM
Well, so much for our "normal" drab, cold, wetness. The sun is out and it's (gotta be) 60+ in Rville right now. Either that or I'm having my first ever hot flash.

Posted by Kbee on Jan 08, 2007 at 1:16:20 PM
Jonathan: Welcome back. I bet most people didn't know I had a roving reporter to comment on weather conditions in Montreal.

Kbee: Wait until tomorrow! The word 'flurries' is getting tossed around. You know what that means - DC will be shut down.

Posted by Rothko on Jan 08, 2007 at 5:54:14 PM
It is nuts, isn't it? Some days I'm dressing too warm, and now today I'm freezing. Argh.

Posted by Sweet on Jan 09, 2007 at 12:10:03 PM
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