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« on: Feb 12, 2012, 11:53PM »
I can't believe I saw blossoming trees yesterday.

I can remember getting snow in Febuary here in the Seattle area.  It just seems a little un-natural to see flowers popping up and trees budding out and blooming in early Feb.

Anyone else seeing this happen in the Northern US?

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« Reply #1 on: Feb 12, 2012, 11:54PM »
NOPE!

Just got at least a foot of snow.
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« Reply #2 on: Feb 13, 2012, 12:57AM »
35 degrees in Orlando
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« Reply #3 on: Feb 13, 2012, 01:10AM »
35 in Orlando, HaHaHa,

Well unless the citrus crop gets ruined.  That would suck for a lot of people.

I hope WA states agriculture doesn't get ruined by a late hard freeze.

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« Reply #4 on: Feb 13, 2012, 07:57AM »
As long as the temperature doesn't fall below freezing for at least a couple of hours, the citrus crop can usually survive.  I remember an overnight temperature of 28 in Lake Mary, FL and they lost 1/3 of the trees.

I had knee surgery one year and they took me home in early March.  It was snowing lightly.  It continued to 18 inches.  I had to shovel the driveway with a brace on my knee, including that huge pile of snow the plow leaves at the end of the driveway.

This season we got our big snow at Halloween (I hope).
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« Reply #5 on: Feb 13, 2012, 10:17AM »
There are a few daffodils and crocus blooming on Nantucket. Amazed
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« Reply #6 on: Feb 13, 2012, 06:51PM »
We had a couple of cold days, but it should go back to normal (for this year) tomorrow.
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« Reply #7 on: Feb 13, 2012, 07:58PM »
Romania is wishing such!
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« Reply #8 on: Feb 13, 2012, 08:52PM »
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« Reply #9 on: Feb 14, 2012, 01:30AM »
Here in mid-coastal Ory-gone it's been in the 60's or high 50's pretty much all "winter."  We had a couple of Class 6 Winter Storms (we're talking 80-90 mph winds and horizontal rain), but, by and large, seems like Old Man Winter is vacationing in Florida.  A band buddy reported Northern Orioles in her backyard and I need to quit writing this to go mow the lawn.  Global warming? I report, you decide.

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« Reply #10 on: Feb 14, 2012, 01:32AM »
Mowing the lawn at 10:30PM PST???

Wow, I hope your neighbors don't mind the noise

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« Reply #11 on: Feb 14, 2012, 04:43AM »
Quote from: octavposaune on Feb 14, 2012, 01:32AM
Mowing the lawn at 10:30PM PST???

Wow, I hope your neighbors don't mind the noise

That wouldn't, by any chance, be the courteous, hard working neighbors who are asleep by 10:30 so they can start mowing at 5:30?   Evil

Here in northeastish Texas, winter's been pretty kind, though the past couple of days have been just cold enough to be irritating.  It's been, more or less, a return to normal after a truly miserable couple of years.
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« Reply #12 on: Feb 14, 2012, 05:53AM »
It isn't Spring here yet - I haven't seen my first carpet beetle....
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« Reply #13 on: Feb 14, 2012, 08:44AM »
They're predicting 82f today here in Orlando..... The squirrels and the lizards are acting like it's spring. ;-)
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« Reply #14 on: Feb 14, 2012, 09:20AM »
Quote from: RedHotMama on Feb 14, 2012, 05:53AM
It isn't Spring here yet - I haven't seen my first carpet beetle....

In some places here in the US it's the first beer can of spring (tossed out on the street/road).
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