tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post452159986351534146..comments2024-02-23T02:03:23.020-07:00Comments on The Eco Cat Lady Speaks: Weather Geekitude and the Return of WinterEcoCatLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-58940350314293507072016-02-12T22:05:45.326-07:002016-02-12T22:05:45.326-07:00OMG. That clip is hilarious! Seriously though, I t...OMG. That clip is hilarious! Seriously though, I think I totally had the Eli face goin' after that touchdown because I was thinking "Oh no... did he get in? Was his knee down? What if they overturn it? And now we've gotta go for two... what play are they gonna call? <br /><br />The problem with a defensive struggle is that at any point, one tiny mistake can mean a huge play and a touchdown for the other team, so I literally felt like I couldn't let my guard down the entire game!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-83598789153841224762016-02-12T18:21:45.915-07:002016-02-12T18:21:45.915-07:00Did you see the shot of Peyton's family in the...Did you see the shot of Peyton's family in the box at the end of the game where Eli had a completely blank facial expression? That's been the big story here so it was fun to watch this and get Peyton's take on Eli. Peyton does have quite a sense of humor :-)<br /><br />https://youtu.be/NlLEReokX14Lois@Living In Denimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368939902298894344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-77765418974939801472016-02-09T01:02:08.865-07:002016-02-09T01:02:08.865-07:00My mother actually owned a time share on a beach n...My mother actually owned a time share on a beach near Galveston - you don't know anybody who would want one do you... we'd sell it real cheap, like will someone please take this thing off of our hands kind of cheap. I sort of imagine Texas to be a whole little country of sorts.<br /><br />Anyhow, I was in Midland for a wedding in the early '90's and it was really weird. It was after the last oil crash and the place was like a ghost town. The couple getting married had bought a fancy new house in a new housing development... but the developer had basically pulled out half way through building the area. So there were a few completed houses, but the rest were cul-du-sacs with empty lots and even some with frames that were just abandoned. It was just sorta creepy...EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-83261339042201166802016-02-09T00:57:46.182-07:002016-02-09T00:57:46.182-07:00Awwww thanks. I was soooo nervous through that who...Awwww thanks. I was soooo nervous through that whole game. Seriously, my fingers and toes were like little blocks of ice because my hands and feet break out into a cold sweat when I'm nervous or scared. I still wish they'd let Peyton throw the ball more, but at least he got that 2 point conversion.<br /><br />But I'm very happy for my boys. They fought through a lot this season, and it was so nice to see them come out on top.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-54153928395714639912016-02-07T21:55:24.940-07:002016-02-07T21:55:24.940-07:00I just wanted to stop by and be the first to congr...I just wanted to stop by and be the first to congratulate you on the Bronco win! Hope you are celebrating and having fun tonight.Lois@Living In Denimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368939902298894344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-9328962915744891182016-02-07T12:06:08.683-07:002016-02-07T12:06:08.683-07:00I've only seen the intersection of Midland the...I've only seen the intersection of Midland they show in "True Stories" (their one traffic light--back in the 1980s).<br /><br />Texas includes beaches, (small) mountains, rivers, deserts, forests, and probably other stuff I'm forgetting. My part has plants although many are brownish and our trees do not get very big, though they can provide shade. We have lots of wildflowers (as does Colorado), so I really love it here. And I do think scrub and gnarly trunks are cool, and we have some of that here, too. Also, I don't have allergies (yet).Debbie Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-28143255202346109372016-02-05T17:00:58.024-07:002016-02-05T17:00:58.024-07:00OK... I had to go look up "foehn wind" a...OK... I had to go look up "foehn wind" and it does look like it's the same phenomenon. Are you on the north or south island? I spent a week or so in NZ when I was a kid and I thought it was a beautiful country.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-34803736089740101562016-02-05T16:58:59.492-07:002016-02-05T16:58:59.492-07:00OY! I think I'd rather deal with blizzards tha...OY! I think I'd rather deal with blizzards than that kind of heat and humidity. But I think it's the allergy issue that would be the real deal killer for me. <br /><br />I have such a hard time picturing the environment in Texas. The only part of it I've seen is Midland, and for your sake I'm really hoping the rest is different!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-31810288815294928672016-02-05T16:53:24.428-07:002016-02-05T16:53:24.428-07:00Yup... I'm really hoping that we all get to wa...Yup... I'm really hoping that we all get to watch Peyton ride off into the sunset with a Superbowl victory.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-82528239773611727632016-02-05T16:52:10.362-07:002016-02-05T16:52:10.362-07:00I totally agree about driving in snow vs. ice. Sur...I totally agree about driving in snow vs. ice. Surprisingly, winter road conditions in Norway were generally pretty good because with the lack of sunshine you don't get any melting & re-freezing. <br /><br />I had to go look for images of a roof rake - I haven't seen those before. The few times I've been concerned about the roof (well, the patio roof when we got 3 feet of snow) the drifts were so high that I could basically walk all the way up to roof level! I just used a regular sidewalk broom.<br /><br />And I think the pictures I've seen were from Buffalo... things like people opening their front doors to reveal a solid wall of snow. OY!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-31632877967012765202016-02-05T16:47:00.596-07:002016-02-05T16:47:00.596-07:00Wow! Thunder snow... we occasionally get that out ...Wow! Thunder snow... we occasionally get that out on our eastern plains, but I'm not sure I've ever witnessed it personally.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-70333477575019463072016-02-03T20:06:27.695-07:002016-02-03T20:06:27.695-07:00I was interested to read about the Chinook - we ha...I was interested to read about the Chinook - we have the same kind of foehn wind phenomenon in my part of NZ, and the temperature can indeed plummet quickly when the wind changes. Your spring will come! Best wishes. - ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-31585852853646473172016-02-03T15:47:25.525-07:002016-02-03T15:47:25.525-07:00Yep, I was hacked. Turns out the security programs...Yep, I was hacked. Turns out the security programs doen't protect or repair when hacked. You should have seen the password I had it was so long and random I really thought that with it and the security stuff I was safe. Anyway, everything is gone for good. After spending a few days thinking I was done and deleting a bunch of photos I had read to use I changed my mind and started a new blog. I'm technologically challenged so I guess I just learned I'm not supposed to have a self-hosted blog and went back to wordpress. You can find me at http://livingindenim.wordpress.com<br /><br />Anyway about the Superbowl, I'm looking forward to it. I don't have any real attachment to either team, although I think Peyton should really consider retirement before he is permanently injured and it would be nice for him to get a ring first I just hope it's not a blow out either way. Of course I'm super excited not to have to watch another Patriot game. :-)Lois@Living In Denimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368939902298894344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-15341433012027919772016-02-03T14:59:48.803-07:002016-02-03T14:59:48.803-07:00I was wondering the same thing about your blog, Lo...I was wondering the same thing about your blog, Lois. Hope you are able to get everything straightened out. Let us know where you are.<br />Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-73971652859715453202016-02-03T14:56:00.597-07:002016-02-03T14:56:00.597-07:00No, it's not normal. But even more unusual was...No, it's not normal. But even more unusual was the thunder and lightning we had with a snow storm a few weeks ago. Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-4941429449236206312016-02-03T14:19:17.525-07:002016-02-03T14:19:17.525-07:00Our severe weather mostly happens in the summer. ...Our severe weather mostly happens in the summer. We can go many weeks with the low temperature never dropping below 80. Our average high temperature in the summer is at least 95, 99 in August. So we often have long streaks of high temperatures above 100 degrees. Our humidity is between that of Phoenix (around zero) and Houston (around 100%)--and humidity makes heat feel worse. I'm from Houston, so the humidity feels good to me!<br /><br />We also get flash floods, hail, and tornadoes. And we have a lot of allergens, as well, which one could describe as severe interior whether for those who are allergic (not me yet!).<br /><br />We usually have one icy day per year (freezing rain) and one snowy day every few years--they shut down the schools and some businesses for these, which makes our nasty cold days awesome. (Not so much now that I'm retired, but back in the day....)Debbie Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-65052259201619930662016-02-03T13:56:49.335-07:002016-02-03T13:56:49.335-07:00We don't get THAT much snow, typically--a foot...We don't get THAT much snow, typically--a foot at a time, each day, isn't unusual, but you can deal with that with a roof rake. It varies winter to winter. So far, it hasn't been a terribly snowy winter. Often we get mild weather (it's been in the 40s with rain--we also got thunder yesterday) which will melt off some of the snow. Buffalo, NY, on the far end of Lake Erie, really gets walloped. Lois did a good job of describing it. What I find more difficult is dealing with road conditions--snow blowing across the road, especially when temps are in the teens or single digits, ices the roads and makes them treacherous. It's easier to drive through mounds of snow than it is to drive in icy conditions. Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-32022898983395472232016-02-03T13:36:27.443-07:002016-02-03T13:36:27.443-07:00Ha! Well, the sun came out today, but it's sti...Ha! Well, the sun came out today, but it's still down in the 20's so my fingers got cold when I went out to finish up the shoveling that I didn't get to yesterday. I'm betting you wouldn't like winters here!<br /><br />So do you ever get severe weather in Austin, or is it just beautiful all the time?EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-42389715599537284352016-02-03T13:34:58.523-07:002016-02-03T13:34:58.523-07:00I'll bet you're glad not to have to deal w...I'll bet you're glad not to have to deal with that kind of snow any more!<br /><br />So what's up with your blog? I keep trying to get there, but I get some sort of message that you've been hacked! Hope everything is OK. If you're gonna move, please let me know your new blog address.<br /><br />I keep wavering back and forth about the Superbowl. Some days I'm just sure we're gonna get plastered, but others I think we've got a real good chance. I mean, Carolina looked pretty much unstoppable - but then again, I didn't think anybody could beat Kansas City either, and New England obliterated them - then we beat New England. Anyhow, fingers crossed...EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-78484771239477522622016-02-03T13:31:26.970-07:002016-02-03T13:31:26.970-07:00Ha! Yes, you inspired me to do the weather geek st...Ha! Yes, you inspired me to do the weather geek stuff - I figured if you thought it was interesting, perhaps there was some chance I wasn't the only crazy person who likes this stuff!<br /><br />Lake effect snow sounds just crazy... I can't even imagine the crazy amounts of snow that I've seen reported. Do you have special building codes so that buildings don't collapse?EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-82901652551841687282016-02-03T13:29:36.311-07:002016-02-03T13:29:36.311-07:00I think that's the same system that brought us...I think that's the same system that brought us the snow. I've gotta say, thunderstorms in February sounds just wrong to me! Thunderstorms in July are normal, but in February?!? Is that normal for you?EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-61783912445278948122016-02-03T13:28:12.504-07:002016-02-03T13:28:12.504-07:00Sorta hard to have sympathy for folks dealing with...Sorta hard to have sympathy for folks dealing with flooding if they've built in a floodplain! But I can't imagine the amount of rain y'all seem to get! We've had a few uncharacteristically wet seasons in recent years, and it just about drove me batty! I'm very spoiled with Denver's sunny weather (300+ days a year of sunshine!)EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-21081937575311371942016-02-03T13:26:35.205-07:002016-02-03T13:26:35.205-07:00Ha! "Look, woman wearing clothes!" Oh my...Ha! "Look, woman wearing clothes!" Oh my! It does seem that your weather forecasts are much more subdued than ours. We generally get at least half a dozen different graphics in each one - all with different wild colors and other attention grabbing stuff - like a choreographed special effects bonanza. Perhaps that's what's required with the American psyche! Here's one local station's forecast pages - I think the actual video changes every few hours though:<br />http://www.thedenverchannel.com/weather/forecast-parent/forecast/denver-weather-forecast-and-colorado-forecast<br /><br />I'm betting that your weather is much more temperate than ours, especially being so close to the ocean. But it sounds like the land to the west of you provides some of the same cover that our mountains do for us - ie: absorbing the worst of it all before it gets to you!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-72314915676374123242016-02-03T12:20:29.709-07:002016-02-03T12:20:29.709-07:00It's clear, sunny, warm, and gorgeous. But wi...It's clear, sunny, warm, and gorgeous. But with very strong winds, so I still feel cold!Debbie Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-77126733708861014402016-02-03T12:19:15.344-07:002016-02-03T12:19:15.344-07:00Good thinking on your part, what a drop in tempera...Good thinking on your part, what a drop in temperatures over such a short time. We don't have any fancy words to describe our weather here, but a bit further north along Lake Erie we have "Lake Effect" to describe the storms that come across the great lakes from Canada bringing cold weather and picking up moisture from the lake that a few miles inland will drop astounding amounts of snow. <br /><br />I've got my fingers crossed for your Broncos on Sunday. Good luck.<br /><br />Lois@Living In Denimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368939902298894344noreply@blogger.com