Its 52 degrees outside in Michigan...How long till the cherry trees bloom?

[handymanstan]

I can't believe the temps in Michigan this winter.  I have only plowed the drives twice and each time was less than a inch.  I mowed the last of the leaves and crap up in the third week of December.  I think I mowed in Dec. last year too.  3 years ago my gas bill was $132.00 a month on payment plan.  This year the bill is 69.00 a month.  I remember winter as having snow and cold with a ice storm every January.  The cherry trees bloomed and froze the last two years and looks like it will do that again.  The only cherrys we got in Michigan last year were up in the northern parts.  I know a lot of people in the state that need snow to make a living are hurting.  There is more mud then snow in my backyard. If you have a snowmobile down here in the lower parts you have to trailer it north and that sucks.  Sorry for the rant but every time the dogs run out and back in I am mopping up mud.

Stan

 

[kingfishcam]

Not sure if I should open the pool or not....

 

[linguica]

Well.........The guys in the white lab coats are telling us to expect "more severe weather extremes" What ever you usually get, it will be worse than normal years. West coast warming, mid America dry, East coast more severe hurricanes and nor-eastern storms. The same for the rest of the globe. The solution is both simple and terribly complex at the same time. The bottom line...complain about something you can change.

                                      Or maybe we can change it!

                                                                                                                                       

 

[redneckman]

It is over 52 up here near Cadillac.  I was hoping to get out ice fishing today, but I decided to wait until next weekend. 

 

[handymanstan]

WOO HOO  Snow.

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• handymanstan
• Jan 14, 2013

About 1-1/2"   Its a start still see the grass poking through but its a start. 

Stan

 

[baba bones]

I did'nt get but about 3/4 of an in here in Flint, But its good and cold BERRRRRRR

 

[humdinger]

Not a drop of Snow over on the East side here, but my face nearly froze walking into work this morning. The cold is definitely back!