Such an odd start to winter....2 weeks ago here in NE Ohio it was 60* out and now finally 10 days into December we have signs of snow (after Chicago getting nearly 1/4-1/3 of their annual snow in one day last week).
Wife finally decided that the late Okra she brought in from outside wasn’t going to do anything else despite the buds on top...all the leaves had dropped weeks ago.
I’m thinking we are in for a hard and long winter starting in late January through mid April. Bits about Farmer’s almanac and just the feeling in the bones....Almost feel like a repeat of ‘78 in the midwest to me and I was just 10/11 then....course no one really knows what it’ll be, so just wait and see.
I’m reluctant to start things indoors this year as I’m out of a job and looking...likely will need to move...such a pain when it comes to th green...wife will want to take most of what we’ve planted over the past 10 years if it comes to that....(NOT a selling point...LOL)
There has been a lot of weird weather reported this past week in the USA and other countries. I ran a cross a you tube video saying that lots of retired navy and intelligence people settle in Southwest Missouri and Northern Arkansas.
Supposedly due a significant elevation above sea level. However, it’s also subject to lots of tornado, storms, and electrical outages, and the winter can sometimes be pretty bad.
I think I heard that Joe Bastardi was predicting this summer a repeat of 70s type of weather-much worse than some of the recent ones.
I recall the early 80s the most, because I had just started to commute 75 miles to St. Louis. There was an overnight snowfall of 21 inches overnight. When I tried to call in, the phone rang and rang, until a security guard finally answered and told me that no one was going anywhere and to not worry about staying home.
Two days later, I got caught in a blizzard on the way home that added a huge amount of the white stuff on top of the first batch. I missed the first turnoff the interstate to go home, just couldn’t see it till I was on the overpass. Had to stop and clean off the windshield every 15 or 20 minutes. Took forever to get home.
That year, there was only 1 day of school for January and February. Very memorable winter. 1978 was not so hard for me, as I was teaching, and only had to drive 3 miles to school, and got to stay home on really bad days. Plus we had a wood stove in the basement, and 2 fireplaces upstairs and lots of firewood gathered from the National Forest.