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I don't know what's up with the weather where you guys live, but here in the Netherlands it's gone wack. Usually around this time of year, we have snow or we've at least had it. This year: zilch. No snow at all, and it hasn't even been very cold yet. On New Years Eve it was 10 degrees Celsius above freezing point!! Wut?! It felt like Autumn or Spring! What makes it even weirder, is that plants and trees are blooming and birds are still flying around in V-formation; they should have left for the South months ago. What's going on? Nature's gotten all confused and I understand...

Last year was a disaster here... Spring was AMAZING, the end of April was as hot as Summer usually is here, but then the entire Summer we had nothing but clouds and rain. Very depressing. If we get another hot-hot-hot Spring I'll make sure I'll enjoy it thoroughly, knowing that we might skip Summer again, lol.

Part of me is hoping we'll skip Winter this year entirely, because I hate slipperiness (2010-2011's Winter was horrible, even walking on the sidewalk in the city wasn't safe because the government ran out of salt early and they couldn't handle the big amounts of snow and ice and it stayed that way for weeks/months on end), the other part of me hopes we'll at least get a BIT of snow for use in doll photography... ack.

What's the weather been like in other parts of the world? Like normal, or have you noticed some changes too?

The weather where I live (IL) have been wack too and pretty much all over the states in fact. They predicted that this winter was gong to be warmer then usual and I guess they were right. A lot of ski resorts are doing poorly because of the lack of snow. New York on average has about 30 inches of snow a year, last year they had about 70 inches, and this year about 1.7 inches so far.

Why my brother couldn't have his wedding this winter is beyond me. XD

Well, let's see. It's due to be around 80 degrees fahrenheit today here in Phoenix, AZ. Normal? Unfortunately it's not that far off although I think it is a bit early to reach that temperature

I honestly hope it doesn't snow here in IL because I have to work in the snow if we do get it. Have you tried to drive a bus on pure ice? Doing a 180 in a school bus, not fun.

AlmySidaKay wrote:I honestly hope it doesn't snow here in IL because I have to work in the snow if we do get it. Have you tried to drive a bus on pure ice? Doing a 180 in a school bus, not fun.

You quieter! Why not go the full 360 you're already half way there. XD

Here in IA, it's just a whole bunch of wind, some flurries and well...not much else. It's not that cold out, and the lawns are still green.

Gift_in_Edge wrote:They predicted that this winter was gong to be warmer then usual and I guess they were right.

That's funny, because here in the Netherlands they predicted the coldest, heaviest Winter ever...
Rrrrrright...

This is the first week we are hitting 20s at night around North Georgia and that will warm up by the end of the week.

Last year, we were setting up for a snow and ice storm that crippled Metro Atlanta for nearly a week! LOL - not that it takes much, but even my New England born-and-bred husband said it was bad.

Here in Minnesota we seem to have the same weather as the Netherlands! We did get snow on New Years Eve, it was big heavy flakes that looked like a giant pillow fight.

Gift_in_Edge wrote:The weather where I live (IL) have been wack too and pretty much all over the states in fact. They predicted that this winter was gong to be warmer then usual and I guess they were right. A lot of ski resorts are doing poorly because of the lack of snow. New York on average has about 30 inches of snow a year, last year they had about 70 inches, and this year about 1.7 inches so far.

Why my brother couldn't have his wedding this winter is beyond me. XD

All your fault, it's snowing here now!