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The climate is changing back to the way it was in the old days! I guess we need to refine more oil and drive our cars more often!
I have heard of Tornadoes, Floods, and massive power outages this winter. Have any of our members been affected? We have been very fortunate around here. I have been trimming up some tree branches this morning and came across a large plastic bucket. It was full to the top with water. About 15 inches. This has come down in the last few weeks and now our creeks and rivers are flowing and the drought is over. At least that's what the "experts" are saying. They think we have pumped out so much from the water table that it will take years to come back. Our well has not gone dry during the drought. It is about 150' to the water which raises to 30' on it's own.
Have any of our people lost roofs or got their cars damaged? Hope not. Some people in the area of Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear have been stuck there since the last weekend. They went up to see the snow and now all the roads are closed. In the last couple years much of the area was burned by fires and now the mud slides and avalanches have made the roads either unsafe or unpassable. Hopefully they won't run out of food and baby formula and will still be able to heat the houses and hotels.
Norm

From extremes come averages. The climate has never been stable, and the weather certainly never has been. Ice ages come and go; sea levels rise and fall, oceans and mountains and plains come and go. Continents drift about, collide, and break up or are subducted. Mankind fusses scambles and bumps about like a bug trying to fly through a windowpane, and the planet cares not a whit. It will consume Man and all his works. Excess Population, not excess Prosperity, drives environmental degradation.

Excellent summation.

Norman. You should relocate to Florida. Great weather (except for the occasional hurricane). No disasters like wildfires, floods, earthquakes, riots, or Gov. Gavin Newsome. Jim Patrick

Great Model T weather this Winter in coastal S.E. Texas near Houston. We had a dry freeze here about 6 weeks ago in the high teens that killed a lot of shrubs in the area. Since then it has been very mild with a little rain. So mild in fact I mowed my St. Augustine lawn for the second time in two weeks. Tomatoes, bell peppers, squash, asparagus, green beans, cucumbers and blueberries all doing well in the Spring garden. On any given day the last two months we run either the heater or AC in the house.
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The NWS is currently predicting below average temperatures for almost the entire US in mid-March. I hope they're wrong.

Only Alligators we have are in the Zoo. We don't have very many mosquitoes no chiggers. Our house is paid for. We have good neighbors, and I only have a few years left. We will let the kids decide what they want to do with our property. Our daughter lives in Washington, One of our sons in Idaho, One granddaughter in Michigan and even at least one cousin lives in Florida. Three cousins in Oregon, One cousin in Utah, Another cousin in Mexico, My sister lives in Arizona. Some cousins in Canada and some in Finland. So I get to visit most of these places and have been through many earthquakes. One year our well wasn't producing much water and then we had an earthquake centered over 100 miles from here and it opened up the aquifer and since then had plenty of water.
Most years I can drive the T year around without going in rain or snow, so we will just stay here a few more years and then hope to move to an Ivory Palace.
Norm

Got them tubed right on coils NH carb been below zero all week third full rev turn over fires up keep running and had run retarded get it to boil oh no fan or water pump

Supposed to snow again tonight. The Beast continues serving as the
firewood bin for the shop stove until nicer weather returns. I am tired
of winter by this time every year, but nothing too unusual here.

Burger in Spokane wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 05, 2023 12:26 am

I am tired of winter by this time every year, but nothing too unusual here.

X2 here as well. Ready for Spring.

Downunder in Australia is is now Autumn (Fall) and the temperature was 32C (90F), perfect for driving a 22 Touring with the rag too down!

I've recently tuned the coils with Mike Kosser's ECCT, the car is now singing on magneto and just loves hills. The difference is amazing.

I'd say the easiest winter here I can remember. The lines have always been angling from SW to NE and staying just west and north of us. Not saying we won't get a wet heavy dump here in the next couple weeks, but the old truck is sitting in the parking lot, blade on and ready to go, haven't used it once! Wonder if I can get rid of old rusty and just put a blade on the TT? If I did it right, you'll see a picture of our "major winter storm" that was going to cripple the state and caused the bread and milk to be cleaned off the shelves. This is as close to pushing snow as it got.

It will be a while.

Mike!
I hope that is not your T under that pile of snow.
Norm

Might be a skier....

Well today the weather treated me well enough to go for a drive in the Fordor. Too chilly for open car, they're still laid up for thr with ter anyway. We're supposed to ha e a much cooler than normal March so there may not be many more drives till April.

Temps in the 40's, blue sky, and the ground turning to mush. Tried to get the T out for the first time but the gravel drive was too soft for the skinny tires. They must have made a real mess of the dirt roads back in the day.

Snow again enough go for a drive befor the plows come 24" and was a blast till ran out of gas then boiled on the way home