Holy Shite-the Wind is SHAKING my HOUSE!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

:scared:

I live in a pretty airtight building, and the wind is gusting over 50 MPH! I'm afraid I'll lose power-it is scary!

And the temperature dropped from 50 degrees to 17 today. Why do I live here again?

[AlCzervik]

1. i just got off the phone with my sister in wakefield

and she said she thinks the house is gonna blow right off the foundation.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. It's like a hurricane

it was sleeting here and it just turned to snow.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

25. It's windy as shit here (in VA), too and it's whistling?!

This morning we had high winds, heavy rain that turned to snow (snowed sideways!?), then it turned sunny and remaind windy. Yesterday, it was about 70 degrees. WTF?

[LiberalEsto]

2. It feels like Siberia

here in Maryland. Howling wind, drifting clouds of snow, roads turning to ice. Yesterday it was 70 degrees, today feels like the coldest week in January.

Think warm thoughts. Hot soup. Hot tea. Spring's coming.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. It was warm here too (not 70, but pleasant out)

Normally this is the time to plan a garden, but it feels like January, and the temperatures the next few days are supposed to be 20-30 degrees below normal.

[hyphenate]

4. The same reason I came back here from California!

We're nuts, that's why!

I'm 40 miles west of you, and it's the same here. It took the radiators a while to catch up with the weather, so I was cold for most of the early afternoon. It steadily got worse until the wind came and rattled all the windows. I wish I'd been able to get the chimney fixed during the summer so I could get a fire going in the fireplace right about now.

Yeah, the windchill factor for tomorrow is supposed to be below 0. Yuck--I hate Punxatawney Phil. We need more winter like a hole in the head.

[AlCzervik]

7. i moved out of mass almost 8 years ago and now i can't

stand the cold.

[tjdee]

5. Here too. Me no like.

It's bad enough that it's freezing, but the wind is horrible.

[MissB]

8. Oh what fun! I used to live in a tall box

At least, that was how I always described my former house. Tall, square box. When the wind would come down from the Gorge, the house would shake. It is a pretty scary feeling - sitting in an 1800 square foot house that is shaking.

Keep warm.

[DS1]

9. Ever see the end of that movie "Runaway Train"?

That was me walking down the block. :scared: <-cold

[Kathy in Cambridge]

12. My sister almost got blown into traffic walking home

She said that the winds were coming from all angles, and she had to take shelter in a coffee shop for 20 minutes. The sleet was coming at her horizontally, and it felt like shards of glass.

[barackmyworld]

10. IT IS INSANE!!

At 5pm it was nearly hailing, and I got whipped in the face with ice balls for 10 minutes of walking!! Now it is soooo windy and I have to walk in this archway to get to my dorm and the added wind tunnel effect was horrifying. I want to snuggle up in bed.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

14. This is crazy-it's one of the worst winters I can remember

it's supposed to be 20-30 degrees below normal the next few days. :cry:

[steve2470]

11. I feel bad for you. I hope it gets better fast.

(warm air being lofted to you from my neck of the woods)

[Amaya]

13. Here too!

I'm surrounded by a lot of trees... all I need is a tree in my living room
:scared:

By the way, when is the March gathering? And where? I'd love to go.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. Well, it's a long story.

I'm still up for the 19th, but another poster who posts in the Massachusetts forum all the time suggested the 20th because there's an anti-war protest that day. Here's the link to the thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158x3205#3427

I can't make the 20th due to a prior obligation. I know that some people coming in from the 'burbs preferred the 19th.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

17. Here's the gathering link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2716248

[Amaya]

23. Sounds great!

:)

[Longgrain]

16. You're not alone...

Very loud wind here in central MA too...look across the neighbor hood and there are trees branches waving all over the place!

[ralps]

18. Stay safe you all

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[jonnyblitz]

19. windy here also!

the temperature drop is really strange!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

24. From 50 degrees to 15, and a windchill of -2

[matcom]

20. hanging on for dear life out here

in Metrowest :scared:

this shit SUCKS!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

22. It sure does. A branch just came down in my back yard.

:scared:

Why do we live here again?

[Danmel]

21. Pretty Frikking Cold and Windy on Long Island

Man are we getting dumped on this winter- the coast is beaten to shit and it's cold and icy and I'm sick of it! We just set a record- third consecutive winter with more that 40 inches of snow.

I'm telling you, the planet is pissed off at us!

[Maine Mary]

26. It's starting to get that way here

But it's been snowing all day and is supposed to continue into early afternoon tomorrow. Approx. 10 inches of new snow so far. It started out at about 30 and now is about 13 above so at least it's pretty warm out. The morning commute is going to be a real drag though.