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27 Sep 2021, 11:45 am

Being pedantic:

In a true blizzard, winds must be sustained at 35 miles per hour; the snow must reduce visibility by a quarter mile or less, and the conditions must be expected to last for at least three hours.

Lots of people call regular snowstorms "blizzards" when they aren't.

Yes I've been in blizzards. I rather like them, and snowstorms, and any type of storm!

The worst thing is that I've always had to go to work in blizzards and snowstorms. My workplace never closed due to weather conditions. Occasionally I got to leave work early because of snow but work would always open in the morning. Staff were not allowed to stay home on bad weather days. Ever.

When my daughter was an infant that meant getting up at 3 or 4 a.m. to breastfeed, get ready for work, get her ready, shovel the snow for an hour or so (sometimes up to the car windows, and the road not plowed, then chip ice off the doors so they would open, then drive baby to our nanny, then drive to work even if police told people not to drive).

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27 Sep 2021, 7:28 pm

... No.
I had never seen real snow in real life my whole life. I live in the tropics.
And in this particular part of tropics, we got a lot of storms instead.



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27 Sep 2021, 11:46 pm

Yes, I lived through a famous blizzard. My parents didn't make it home, so we, and a bunch of other neighbor kids, went to a neighbor's house. It was like a giant sleepover.

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28 Sep 2021, 10:46 am

Though I live in the contiguous United States now, I am from Alaska. I have lived through a blizzard that the drifts literally covered my home - it reached my roof. I had to go out every few hours and try to clear in front of the door.

I also experienced the blizzard of 1978 that actually (I just learned) has its own wikipedia page.

Q: What's the hottest weather you've ever experienced?



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28 Sep 2021, 10:55 am

A very humid and 40+°C summer.


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28 Sep 2021, 11:23 am

116F, Needles, CA.

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28 Sep 2021, 11:27 am

About 120F, Lake Mead Nevada.

I've also been through Death Valley but I don't think it was that hot.


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28 Sep 2021, 11:29 am

TenMinutes wrote:
116F, Needles, CA.

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I've seen the bank thermometer hit 50 C (122 F) before but it was in direct sun so probably wasn't accurate - but it was close. Just this summer I saw 114 F (45.5 C) in Washington state.

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28 Sep 2021, 3:30 pm

116 degrees in Portland on June 26th, 2021. Crazy beyond belief! 8O

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29 Sep 2021, 9:14 am

Maybe around 43°C? Not sure. We've had a few summers like that here.

What's the coldest weather you've ever experienced?


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29 Sep 2021, 2:50 pm

Murihiku wrote:
Maybe around 43°C? Not sure. We've had a few summers like that here.

What's the coldest weather you've ever experienced?


-102 F (-75 C) Alaska...I think it was 1999...

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29 Sep 2021, 3:05 pm

Somewhere around 19°C in this city, I think.
It was rather dry and sometime by the end or early part of the year.


... I didn't exactly count the 15°C summer, within the summer capital. I don't live there. :lol: Nor lingered long.



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30 Sep 2021, 4:48 am

-19F I think. New Hampshire in 2002ish. My mucus membranes froze solid!

Have you been on any/multiple vacations? If so, what are your favorite and least favorite vacation spots?


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30 Sep 2021, 6:49 pm

Not as of recent.

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30 Sep 2021, 11:13 pm

I haven't gone on vacation, I don't think.

Do you have any stim/fidget toys?



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30 Sep 2021, 11:31 pm

I do! I have an emergency kit in my handbag, one in my car, and one in my pillow fort!

My favourite bits are mini tubs of Play Doh to smell, Wilbarger brushes for tactile, chew toys (although I didn't love them so I mostly just use pens now), and of course my Tickle.

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