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sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:06 PM Jul 2014

The polar vortex needs to shut up and go home!

I'm in the U.P. of Michigan for most of the summer.Just had guests from Arizona leave after 3 days of crappy weather here in which they practically froze to death.My son and daughter in law have been waiting all summer to spend a week at their cottage near Petoskey where the high on Tuesday is going to be 61! This is starting to look like the summer that never was here in the Upper Midwest.How is your summer going?

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The polar vortex needs to shut up and go home! (Original Post) sufrommich Jul 2014 OP
Fan-freaking-tastic Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #1
Are you having nice weather in your neck of the woods?nt sufrommich Jul 2014 #3
Cooler weather for sure. Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #6
It's hot here. Texasgal Jul 2014 #2
Sorry your weather sucks too. I guess I shoud be sufrommich Jul 2014 #5
Western rural Michigan LP. So you already know. longship Jul 2014 #4
I really was hoping the weather gods would reward sufrommich Jul 2014 #9
Wonderfully cool so far Chuuku Davis Jul 2014 #7
Glad to hear some southern states are getting a break. sufrommich Jul 2014 #11
I'm in Texas. It's hot. redqueen Jul 2014 #8
Ouch! sufrommich Jul 2014 #10
No, no yee haw ... etherealtruth Jul 2014 #14
Well it's only a few days so far. It's been mid to high 90's so not too bad really. redqueen Jul 2014 #15
I was just being "playful" etherealtruth Jul 2014 #16
Sorry, I am loving it! etherealtruth Jul 2014 #12
strange and unpredictable librechik Jul 2014 #13
I'll trade with you! Fawke Em Jul 2014 #17

Tetris_Iguana

(501 posts)
6. Cooler weather for sure.
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:12 PM
Jul 2014

And much rainier. I really hate the hot dry summers. Right now it feels like early fall.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
5. Sorry your weather sucks too. I guess I shoud be
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:12 PM
Jul 2014

happy it's not hot and humid,at this point I would settle for warm enough to go for a swim.

longship

(40,416 posts)
4. Western rural Michigan LP. So you already know.
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:12 PM
Jul 2014

This last winter was amongst the worst in recent times here. It seems that the cold temperatures are going to continue for the near future. I equally despise 90's (or above) and 60's (or below) in the summer.

But it has been cool in summer here for the past couple of years.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
9. I really was hoping the weather gods would reward
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:15 PM
Jul 2014

us for enduring the crappy winter by giving us a fab summer,no such luck.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
8. I'm in Texas. It's hot.
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:14 PM
Jul 2014


Been in the upper 90's for a while. This weekend should be up in the low 100's. Yeehaa

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
14. No, no yee haw ...
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:24 PM
Jul 2014

90's-100's ... I barely lasted in the heat of Virginia ... I can't imagine surviving in that heat

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
15. Well it's only a few days so far. It's been mid to high 90's so not too bad really.
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:27 PM
Jul 2014

And the yeehaa was sarcastic I sure would like to move someplace cooler.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
16. I was just being "playful"
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:29 PM
Jul 2014

I never could tolerate the heat ... now, at 52, I REALLY can't stand it.

Though I will admit, our last winter was horrific

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
12. Sorry, I am loving it!
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:20 PM
Jul 2014

My dad lives on the lake a bit north of Petoskey ... I have always used it as an escape from the heat. (I have spent most of my summers there since I was 5 years old).

i haven't been to the UP yet, this season ... but I always plan on it being cold (and look forward to it ... Paradise here I come)

librechik

(30,676 posts)
13. strange and unpredictable
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 12:23 PM
Jul 2014

wet and cold too much of the time for Denver--this weekend early monsoon with highs dipping into the seventies. Late freeze after mother's day (!) and hail ruining everybody's gardening projects.

HUGE Spring runoff causing flooding and destruction and landslides downhill from the mountains. Then refreezes at altitude. Then melting and runoff again. I think about 6 folks have died this year due to high waters while rafting or trying to cross the road. It isn't going away.

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