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.