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    The freezingness?

    The maple trees still haven't dropped all their leaves and it was 7-degrees (F) this morning with sub-zero (-5) wind chills. Thanksgiving is still 1.5 weeks away. I've lived in this house for twenty years and I've never had to fight the weather like this to collect the leaves.

    We set some record (low) temperatures this year. And that is saying something for Wisconsin.

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    I haven't been watching the weather but isn't this all just to do with this arctic hurricane ?I watched an interview with our state meteorologist who said Elninio was supposed to be in affect for most of the fall and winter and was going to make for mild and dry temperatures well into the winter

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Thien View Post
    The maple trees still haven't dropped all their leaves and it was 7-degrees (F) this morning with sub-zero (-5) wind chills. Thanksgiving is still 1.5 weeks away. I've lived in this house for twenty years and I've never had to fight the weather like this to collect the leaves.

    We set some record (low) temperatures this year. And that is saying something for Wisconsin.
    No problem with the leaves here Phil, they are under a foot of snow........

    Larry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Bolton View Post
    I haven't been watching the weather but isn't this all just to do with this arctic hurricane ?I watched an interview with our state meteorologist who said Elninio was supposed to be in affect for most of the fall and winter and was going to make for mild and dry temperatures well into the winter
    Man I hope you're right, but there is already ice on Lake Superior, which is way early, like a month and a half.

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    I still have green leaves
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    So do I my Bradford Pear will not turn till about January

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    It was the wind this morning (and last night) that was the real surprise. Here in W.PA we have some hills, and you live somewhere on a hill. My house is in a development that's on a plateau and the wind blows strong from the west.

    I walked out to slightly warmer temperatures this morning (it was 13º here), but a stiff 20-30 mile an hour breeze from the west. Today's garbage day. I made sure to put something heavy in the cans, and the cans were still standing up, but my lid was gone, and I got to walk down the street to find it under someone's car and then play goalie and field several others that were coming and put them back on cans. I'll bet most of my neighbors have someone else's lid now (most of us have the same can - makes the lids mix and match), but it's like a flat rate box...if it fits (well, it doesn't ship). A lot of full cans were blown over, and that takes a lot.

    Once I came back up the street, I saw another neighbor coming home from the night shift at a carbon mill...he works outside year round, and all he had to say was "it was a terrible night to work outside!". I wasn't about to complain to him

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bert Kemp View Post
    I still have green leaves
    Keep them that way for a bit. We'll be in Scottsdale all next week.
    It's damned cold here.
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    Strong NE wind is ideal for our leaf disposal. We have woods on the lee side of the yard with that wind. A 13hp Billy Goat blower throws about an 8' swath of them in the air, and the wind helps take them from there. I bought the blower a long time ago from a rental place. They had rented it to two different ladies. It had an 11 hp B&S motor on it then, that we have since worn out, so I put a 13hp Honda on it. One lady couldn't start it, and the second lady blew some small Boxwoods out of the ground with it that she had just planted, so they decided to stop renting it. It also works great for helping with large burning piles. You might find the promo video on the Billy Goat website showing how far it can blow an 8" cinder block across pavement.

    I let the guys use it on weekends to earn extra money. In town, leaf pickup is at the street, so they start on any block, and the next house comes out wanting them to do their yard too. This is how the 11hp motor got worn out, but I'm glad the guys have done so well with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Myk Rian View Post
    Keep them that way for a bit. We'll be in Scottsdale all next week.
    It's damned cold here.
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    25 degrees here in Pa. Looks like we've finally beaten Global Warming. HOORAY!!!!!

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    It was 82 degrees today. Tomorrow we will have a cold spell. It will be 73. There is a reason I live in SoCal. I am not built for the cold.
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    I just don't know about what the weather people say about a dry warmer winter. The trees had really thick foliage, for one, wooly worms are totally black, and we had lots of fog in August this year. These usually indicate a colder winter. The almanac also indicates cold weather. I guess we will prepare for the worst and hope for the best. It's 17 degrees here this morning in NW South Carolina.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Bolton View Post
    I haven't been watching the weather but isn't this all just to do with this arctic hurricane
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shawn Pixley View Post
    It was 82 degrees today. Tomorrow we will have a cold spell. It will be 73.
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