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Funny_stuff554 OP t1_jdcao4h wrote

Reply to comment by elkb0y in Are we officially done with the snow? by Funny_stuff554

hehe the best winter we probably had in a while for snow storms.

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GatekeeperTDS t1_jdclq9r wrote

A winter this warm is really, really not a good thing.

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wizardofoz420 t1_jdcly92 wrote

I’m originally from the south. The ticks and insects are gonna be bad this summer. Didn’t get cold enough for long enough to kill them.

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GatekeeperTDS t1_jdcm25b wrote

I believe I read somewhere that ticks are now a year round problem because of the temperatures.

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catsmash t1_jdcmroi wrote

i promise they are. i was pulling them off my dog in january. not ideal

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Chumpatrol1 t1_jdcrink wrote

They certainly are! The only time my dog wasn't infested with ticks this year was when it snowed this month

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Newyorker0023 t1_jdd65d4 wrote

Can confirm. Found ticks on my dog almost every single time we went hiking this winter.

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Vast-Government-8994 t1_jdfdl0o wrote

Definitely gonna be bad, already found some on the doggo....Seresto works best

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SoKool71 t1_jdgvpn3 wrote

Def Seresto! Time to put down tick killer on the lawn that’s for sure.

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ShowOff90 t1_jdcpn6d wrote

It’s due to the volcano that erupted near Australia in 2021. Next year is expected to be about the same (but a little more snow is expected).

And then we’re supposed to be back to normal in 2024.

Edit: volcano was early 2022, thought it was end of 2021. Happened in Tonga, South Pacific.

the weather Channel article

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strippersandcocaine t1_jdczw0a wrote

Source?

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ShowOff90 t1_jdd368f wrote

The water vapor settled over much of the NE and north into Canada.

Plenty of other sources if you search “Tongan volcano”.

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liquidprotein t1_jdebftq wrote

Yeah if you own a snow plow business or something. Otherwise, it's great.

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Due_Kaleidoscope7066 t1_jdcfmqv wrote

Nah this winter sucked. It was cold like normal, but without the snow there was no sledding or snowball fights or any of the actual fun that is supposed to come with winter. It was like a Florida winter. Just cold.

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Sbarrah t1_jdcja9e wrote

It was definitely not cold like normal

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Due_Kaleidoscope7066 t1_jdcrrtk wrote

If it's 37 and rainy it's still cold and unpleasant. That's all I meant.

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Nigel_IncubatorJones t1_jdda1ml wrote

I'll take 37 over 97 any day

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mkt853 t1_jdcqkv6 wrote

This winter was 3.7 and 5.1 degrees above normal at Bridgeport and Hartford respectively. In this part of the country where the weather and climate are about as stable as you can get, those kinds of departures from normal are pretty crazy for an entire season.

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Due_Kaleidoscope7066 t1_jdcrkx5 wrote

Of course, I didn't mean to imply that it was a normal winter or that the temperatures were completely normal. On days we normally would have gotten snow we got rain because it was like 37.

I was only meaning I would have preferred to get some snow days rather than just cold rainy days.

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Funny_stuff554 OP t1_jdch2xf wrote

I mean yeah but there was also no shoveling,slipperiness or power outages that come with the snow storms.

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madnessdanz t1_jdco7ct wrote

Yeah but food chains might change over the course of the next 10 years, and my crops might not grow, but by all means we get to be lazy and not shovel snow.

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Funny_stuff554 OP t1_jdeqqf1 wrote

Who cares about your crops as long as I don’t have to shovel lol we can always import from Vietnam or phillepines 🤗

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Funny_stuff554 OP t1_jdeqxez wrote

Who cares about your crops as long as I don’t have to shovel lol we can always import from Vietnam or phillepines 🤗

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madnessdanz t1_jdeybye wrote

Haha? Loser

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Funny_stuff554 OP t1_jdf1qz8 wrote

I am a loser for not wanting to shovel in a 20 degree weather at 05:00 in the morning? 💀 like I am sorry if your crops didn’t grow but I will take this winter over whatever shithole winter we had in 2012-13 where we had 10-15 inches of snow storms. Like my bad but it is what it is 🤷‍♂️

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bob-a-fett t1_jddaykg wrote

As the Grateful Dead said, "One man's heaven is another man's hell".

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YoSoyCapitan860 t1_jddbad3 wrote

Depends on who you are. For me, this was the most disappointing winter yet. After living in the mountains of Idaho for 12 years, I grew quite fond of massive snowstorms.

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Funny_stuff554 OP t1_jddsx8v wrote

Storms might be good in the mountains but they only bring hassle and loss to the cities.

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