Winter Banter 24-25

[LibertyBell]

17 hours ago, NorthShoreWx said:

Here's an interesting thought: some models were predicting an historic snowstorm, perhaps the greatest of all time for parts of southeastern Louisiana, and the storm over-performed.

 

10 inches of snow in the Florida Panhandle wow.

 

close to a foot near New Orleans

[LibertyBell]

16 hours ago, psv88 said:

True and this was well modeled for days. 

This was their February 1978

[LibertyBell]

10 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

-6 in Highland Mills. There will be double digit below zeros all over the lower Hudson Valley and NW NJ by dawn. There are already several popping up. 

-15 in the Poconos too, wow

[Volcanic Winter]

Had COVID during the second half of our Iceland trip in December, it totally sucked but I made the most out of it for our outdoor activities. Hiking with a fever is not recommended.. .

Thought that was probably it for the season for me, and last night a fever hit me like a ton of bricks from out of nowhere. By 5am I was up to 103F. Absolute ass.

[LibertyBell]

11 minutes ago, Volcanic Winter said:

Had COVID during the second half of our Iceland trip in December, it totally sucked but I made the most out of it for our outdoor activities. Hiking with a fever is not recommended.. .

Thought that was probably it for the season for me, and last night a fever hit me like a ton of bricks from out of nowhere. By 5am I was up to 103F. Absolute ass.

You could have RSV, a lot of stuff is going around this year.

Cold and dry is the absolute worst weather for viral spread, virus particles hang around in the air for longer distances and are spread more quickly.

Remember this general rule of thumb:

cold + dry increases viral spread

warm + humid increases bacterial spread

[LibertyBell]

Looks like the Hudson is freezing over already and ice breakers are being used there and ferry service is being canceled on the Hudson.

 

Firefighters are having major problems fighting fires because fire hydrants are freezing up and water is turning to ice on contact.

 

[Volcanic Winter]

13 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

You could have RSV, a lot of stuff is going around this year.

Cold and dry is the absolute worst weather for viral spread, virus particles hang around in the air for longer distances and are spread more quickly.

Remember this general rule of thumb:

cold + dry increases viral spread

warm + humid increases bacterial spread

Thanks man, I’m not well familiar with this RSV but I’ve definitely been hearing about it popping up. I should look into it. 
 

I just don’t like how quick this went from 0-60, but viruses do that sometimes and thinking back to our trip - COVID did that too. We were just settling down to go bed in a hotel way out by an awesome winter hiking spot and I started feeling progressively worse and worse, very quickly. Next morning - boom 102 fever. Took a few days for the other symptoms to get going which thankfully weren’t too bad, but the fever itself was horrendous. 

[Volcanic Winter]

12 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Looks like the Hudson is freezing over already and ice breakers are being used there and ferry service is being canceled on the Hudson.

 

Firefighters are having major problems fighting fires because fire hydrants are freezing up and water is turning to ice on contact.

 

I went out to Seaside today to check on my parent’s house, who are away for a while. Driving over the bridge I noticed the bay was about 60-70% frozen! Crazy! Not something I see every year, that’s for sure. 

[donsutherland1]

27 minutes ago, Volcanic Winter said:

Had COVID during the second half of our Iceland trip in December, it totally sucked but I made the most out of it for our outdoor activities. Hiking with a fever is not recommended.. .

Thought that was probably it for the season for me, and last night a fever hit me like a ton of bricks from out of nowhere. By 5am I was up to 103F. Absolute ass.

I hope you feel better soon.

[LibertyBell]

8 minutes ago, Volcanic Winter said:

Thanks man, I’m not well familiar with this RSV but I’ve definitely been hearing about it popping up. I should look into it. 
 

I just don’t like how quick this went from 0-60, but viruses do that sometimes and thinking back to our trip - COVID did that too. We were just settling down to go bed in a hotel way out by an awesome winter hiking spot and I started feeling progressively worse and worse, very quickly. Next morning - boom 102 fever. Took a few days for the other symptoms to get going which thankfully weren’t too bad, but the fever itself was horrendous. 

I had mine back in October 2023 when I was sick for 3 weeks. =\ My fever was up around 104 too.

[Volcanic Winter]

20 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I had mine back in October 2023 when I was sick for 3 weeks. =\ My fever was up around 104 too.

Ugh that’s horrible, and honestly scary. A fever above 103.5 starts to freak me out, and I rarely get them that high. Glad you were okay though !

[Volcanic Winter]

28 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you so much, Don! Much appreciated. 

[WestBabylonWeather]

This really is incredible. I was in the outer banks last summer. I had no idea they were capable of getting more snow than…….us. Lol

 

[coastalplainsnowman]

1 hour ago, Volcanic Winter said:

Had COVID during the second half of our Iceland trip in December, it totally sucked but I made the most out of it for our outdoor activities. Hiking with a fever is not recommended.. .

Thought that was probably it for the season for me, and last night a fever hit me like a ton of bricks from out of nowhere. By 5am I was up to 103F. Absolute ass.

Not a doctor here, but if you're an adult with a fever like that and you still have it now, get yourself to a doctor.  Fever out of the blue like that could be pneumonia.  Have someone listen to your lungs.  Happened to me.  Get well soon!

[WestBabylonWeather]

Pensacola FL has officially seen more snow this winter than nyc and Chicago 

[North and West]

Got down to -6°. Coldest here in a while. I think the most recent outbreaks have been around -1° or -2°. I think we hit about -14° in 2014 or so, and around -9° in 1994 and 1996.

MMU for those keeping score at home.


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[CPcantmeasuresnow]

4 hours ago, Volcanic Winter said:

Thanks man, I’m not well familiar with this RSV but I’ve definitely been hearing about it popping up. I should look into it. 
 

I just don’t like how quick this went from 0-60, but viruses do that sometimes and thinking back to our trip - COVID did that too. We were just settling down to go bed in a hotel way out by an awesome winter hiking spot and I started feeling progressively worse and worse, very quickly. Next morning - boom 102 fever. Took a few days for the other symptoms to get going which thankfully weren’t too bad, but the fever itself was horrendous. 

My wife had RSV last year and for a couple of days it was pretty scary. Fever over 104, I took her to emergency. Once they got her to 102 with fever reducers they let her go. We were there maybe 5 hours. It took her a good two to three weeks to fully recover and she's active, athletic, eats well and all that. You should probably see a doctor tomorrow just to find out. 

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

5 above now, -8 and -6 the last two morning. Looks like a repeat coming up. 

[LibertyBell]

14 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

My wife had RSV last year and for a couple of days it was pretty scary. Fever over 104, I took her to emergency. Once they got her to 102 with fever reducers they let her go. We were there maybe 5 hours. It took her a good two to three weeks to fully recover and she's active, athletic, eats well and all that. You should probably see a doctor tomorrow just to find out. 

I wonder why this crap is happening now, 10 years ago we never heard of RSV.

[LibertyBell]

14 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

My wife had RSV last year and for a couple of days it was pretty scary. Fever over 104, I took her to emergency. Once they got her to 102 with fever reducers they let her go. We were there maybe 5 hours. It took her a good two to three weeks to fully recover and she's active, athletic, eats well and all that. You should probably see a doctor tomorrow just to find out. 

RSV can lead to pneumonia.  That's what my sister was worried about.  However she was in no shape to go see a doctor or even go down the stairs because she had such a problem breathing and was wheezing.  She called her doctor and he prescribed her prednisone which I picked up at the pharmacy.

 

[Stormlover74]

5 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I wonder why this crap is happening now, 10 years ago we never heard of RSV.

It's been around since the 50s but normally just causes a common cold

[LibertyBell]

9 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

It's been around since the 50s but normally just causes a common cold

it's gotten much more severe over the last few years =\

[forkyfork]

covid has been weakening our immune systems for the past 5 years

[LibertyBell]

21 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

covid has been weakening our immune systems for the past 5 years

That's what I was thinking too, the flu, even the *common cold*, etc. have gotten worse since covid.

 

[Brasiluvsnow]

38 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

covid has been weakening our immune systems for the past 5 years

peoples immune systems are certainly weakened but it aint from covid Forky 

[NorthShoreWx]

49 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

covid has been weakening our immune systems for the past 5 years

Possibly through a combination of factors...effect of the virus itself plus effect of fanatical efforts to avoid encountering any germs.  Both factors might be real.

[LibertyBell]

8 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

Possibly through a combination of factors...effect of the virus itself plus effect of fanatical efforts to avoid encountering any germs.  Both factors might be real.

certainly not too much washing of hands haha

[Rjay]

6 hours ago, Brasiluvsnow said:

peoples immune systems are certainly weakened but it aint from covid Forky 

The vax!!!

[SnowGoose69]

9 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

I wonder why this crap is happening now, 10 years ago we never heard of RSV.

RSV tends to have outbreaks impacting adults every 4-6 years or so.  In general we have immunity to it that lasts several years whereas children usually get very sick from it the first time around.  I think when the strain alters enough that the immunity wears off we have outbreaks like this winter.  I recall in 17/18 there was an outbreak impacting people middle aged and up.  I definitely had it 2-3 weeks ago following like 4 people I work with having it.  No runny nose or sneezing and no fever just a horrid sore throat that became a nasty dry cough.  Usually in adults there is a pronounced lack of runny nose/sneezing vs the cold which can be a tip off thats what you have.  Doctor told me at my physical in December there has been nearly no covid or flu this winter, at least as of then on 12/15 and all he was seeing was RSV/colds.

[NorthShoreWx]

Looks like Hudson Bay is finally iced over.  Some of the eastern ice might not be thick or fully consolidated, so latent heat fluxes might still be greater than normal for this time of year, but Hudson Bay won't be much of a modifier for the rest of the winter.  An artic push directly into our area from the north would have some sting.