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Yeah you made the right move. Of course one has to have wife and family willing to play along since they rarely are obsessed as we are.

I think it was 2011-12. I’ve been googling snowiest places on earth. I’m turning 75 in December and my wife wants to reward me if I make it…lol.

I’m with you! Of course I want to spend a month in Valdez when the pig is oinking.

No doubt but everyone does it. We tend to bash all these guys that promise us great winters but it doesn’t happen...lol.

You want to go outside and have your snot freeze.

But he tweeted it was a crap model and he said “if it’s right”. Everything he tweeted was factual. He tweeted the model prog and acknowledged the model sucks.

What’s dumb or infantile about his tweet?

Those talcum powder cobwebs lasted deep into the spring otg.

I believe the old average first AOB 32 for BOS is 11/7. Anecdotally, it appears to me that within 7 days of that date doesn’t negatively foretell winter but >10 days does. That 12/6/09 date has me flummoxed. While it was a frustrating winter, it was by no means warm.

Kevin dropping lime?

We’re starting to see the hints on the long range ensembles. The next week or 2 should bring better clarity.

Nice outdoor day. Clearing the calendar.....

Double that for a retired fed

Which models? Some say an early SSW but that’s tenuous. And severe North Atlantic blocking may give you bouts of maritime puke while NYC southward cashes in. You want bouts of blocking that come and go for the best snows.

I think La Niña can suck hard so using that alone is fallacious. Who says PV is expected weak and where’s the sign of North Atlantic blocking? It may be a decent winter but I’d be careful about expectations. Without nao La Niña winters tend to be sub par. We have exceptions but If your threshold is >2 blizzards per winter I think you’ll be disappointed. Let’s see where the pattern goes in a month.

Up there? When hasn’t it been this or much earlier?

Raw rainy Saturday in ENE on the euro

Matthew Broderick approved.

Cold in the house today. Heat is now on. Hopefully it can be turned back off Wednesday.

Man Pats taking it to Dallas!

I think because of all of her hair (golden retriever) it is just coming out as we brush. Anyway it’s ok now so the faint sometimes odor can be managed. We walk her late night without a leash. I gave the signal to cross the street and as soon as she got across she was face to face. So her instincts took over and by the time I’m realizing what’s happening I see the skunk in her mouth dangling thankfully upright. Once the spray came she dropped it and we got home to begin the cleanup. Didn’t have H2O2 or baking soda so I had to find someplace open. Ended up at a CVS on Boylston St in the back bay. She stayed outdoors until we got her reasonably cleaned. Then I bought an anti skunk shampoo yesterday and shampooed outdoors. Then the vinegar treatment. Then 2 more H2O2 and another one today. We’re thankful her eyes escaped. Had to get a mew collar-old leash and collar discarded. We always had a backup leash. What a weekend!

Yeah did that 4 time’s although we washed and dried the towels. Blow dried the last 2 times and it seems we’ve gotten it to manageable. You don’t have your eyes burn when you come within 10 feet anymore. Such bad luck but our dog is a trooper. Tolerated the treatment while clearly not enjoying it. Felt like autumn today finally!

Same. She had the skunk in her mouth so she got a huge dose. Fortunately the spray was below her nose and eyes given she had the skunk in her mouth holding it upright. As soon as the spray came out she dropped it and the skunk ran away but oh man what a disaster trying to replenish peroxide supply in the middle of the night. We’ve isolated the smell now to her neck and throat which makes sense given how she was holding the skunk. Today it’s much better but not gone. She stays downstairs-rarely climbs the stairs these days so bedrooms are ok.

No. Most of us understand what’s happening. But the idea that 60 years ago these patterns didn’t exist is silly. A lot of Octobers of recent decades have had their share of cold. But I also lived through torch Octobers as a child >65 years ago. One year I remember playing touch football in the street on Columbus Day (which at that time was always 10/12) with temperatures >80. BOS climo really hasn’t changed in the climo normals in the past 60 years. But the number of warm records seems to far exceed cold records. That’s probably a better sign than an anomalous ridge in October which is causing cold somewhere on the trof side of things.

Yeah it wasn’t cold but nothing like recent days.