Just outside in a T-Shirt, socks, smoking and breastfeeding on a sunny 55 degree January day

[NNN0LHI]

OK, I was joking about the breastfeeding but the rest of it is true. It is 55 degrees today and the grass is still green. No snow. No cold. And its January. The skies which are usually a sunless bluish-grey color this time of year are different too. Look like a perfectly clear summertime sun lit afternoon. Think I counted 11 or 12 different airplanes going in different directions and at different altitudes. Just perfect visibility.

Not saying it is climate change. More like the Twilight Zone.

Don

[LongTomH]

1. 59 degrees and sunny here in KC

It's been 'unseasonably warm' all winter............and the climate change deniers still won't admit anything!

[KansDem]

12. Heard on KKFI a couple of days ago...

KCI reported the average temperature for last month (December 2011) was 4.4 degrees higher than the average for all previous Decembers.

But, it's just a "natural phase."

[The Genealogist]

25. It is 65 down here in Springfield

I went to the nature center with my partner and walked around. I took a light jacket, in case the wind was blowing and making it a little chillier. I ended up taking off the jacket because I was sweating, just walking around. It is BEAUTIFUL out.

[justiceischeap]

2. Are you sure you weren't breastfeeding a smoking baby? nt

[jberryhill]

4. Baby shotgun bong hits are da bomb!

You put a nipple on the end of the bong and hook up a small plastic hose to the side of the chamber.

The baby does all of the work and you take a hit every 30 seconds or so.

[ThomThom]

3. I was out walking,wearing a sweatshirt,

beautiful day in Arlington... 65 degrees

[Cali_Democrat]

5. No cold?

55 is cold!

[NNN0LHI]

6. I promise 55 is not considered cold in January 40 miles from Chicago

Far from it.

You should see the collection of winter clothes I have here I need to wear walking the dog when it really gets cold. Layers and layers with insulated jeans and big humongous insulated boots. And the face mask and the hats, and insulated gloves. Mama Mia. Takes me ten minutes to get dressed to go when it is cold here.

And usually I need to wear a reflective vest because it is so dark even by 3:00 pm I don't want to get run over because there are no sidewalks. I walked the dog last night and there was still enough light because the skies were so clear at 5:00 pm there was no need to wear the vest.

Don

[The Doctor.]

19. In Buffalo, in January, anything above freezing is considered 'warm'.

It's about 50° F here. This is very bad news because it means the lake is nice and warm (4° above average). When the cold, cold arctic air comes through, we're going to get massive snowfall.

[snooper2]

7. We've got 4" of snow already in Dallas

LOL, made you look

[w8liftinglady]

11. LOL... you made ME look!... it's 71 degrees outside.

[chrisa]

13. !!!!!!!!!

[SidDithers]

8. Where are you, Don?...

48F and overcast in Toronto today. Wouldn't bother me at all to have a snowless winter.

Edit: nvm, saw Chicago in #6 above.



Sid

[NNN0LHI]

16. Just received our December natural gas bill

Cost $60 to heat 1500 square feet plus an attached garage with a ventless heater in there.

Really pleased to see that.



Don

[pinboy3niner]

9. It's not 'perfect visibility' unless you can see Olive Garden from your porch

[hobbit709]

10. T-shirt and socks. What, no pants?

[pinboy3niner]

24. You never heard of 'Casual Friday'?

[hobbit709]

26. I have casual everyday.

[Kookaburra]

14. I know -- it's been a warm winter so far

We had a couple of cold days this week, but otherwise it's been warm. I have some cilantro growing outside in the "garden" that never died off. It's just as lush and green as it was over the summer. And yes, the grass is also green in the backyard. Funky weather.

[dhill926]

15. It's summer, in January.....

The sun is shining, when the snow's supposed to fall.....
Oh it's summer, in January.....
Looks like Al Gore, was right, after all......

[The Doctor.]

17. It's the jet stream fluctuation. More energy= greater fluctuations.

That's why it can snow in Texas. The jetstream compresses from the extra power and dips all the way south, allowing arctic air where it usually doesn't go.

Try and get the moron wingnuts to understand that though.

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. Lucky you, visiting Antartica so early in the year.

or manybe not.

[DesertRat]

20. 74 here today which isn't unusual

But I know that high temp records are being broken across the country. And that's not good.

[maggiesfarmer]

21. sounds like a Jeff Foxworthy "you might be a redneck if don't put out the cigarette before breast

feeding in public"

[NNN0LHI]

22. Here is how bright it is outside in this photo I just took. Look how green the grass still is

[JoePhilly]

23. High of 64 in Raleigh area today, at 4:30pm Friday 1/6/2012 ... and yet ...

On Tuesday, 1/3/2012 ... the high was 34, low was 25 (low in the early hours of Wednesday was 20).

Today's low ... perhaps 38.

So, in the span of 3 days ... or High of 68, is almost 50 degrees higher than the low of 20. And today's LOW of 38, will is higher than the low we had on Tuesday (34).