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SELA weather from the POV of linemen here from other places restoring power

Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:29 am
Posted by High C
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:29 am
Two different friends had two separate conversations with linemen crews, one crew from Pennsylvania and the other from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Both groups were very appreciative of the hospitality they’ve received, but both friends gave me the exact same quote for what they said about the weather.

“How do people live in this?”

This was before the relief we got yesterday. I’m sure we would have a similar thing to say if we were up there in January, but I found it funny.
Posted by t00f
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:32 am to
I’d rather the 2 months of high heat than their crappy winter months
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:32 am to
I met a guy who lived in interior Alaska and had previously lived on the UP of Michigan. He said the UP winters were worse.
Posted by Swagga
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:34 am to
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“How do people live in this?”




It’s pretty easy, I’m not built to live in their winters. I like being able to play golf and do things year round and I’m sure as shite not golfing in their winters
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:34 am to
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I met a guy who lived in interior Alaska and had previously lived on the UP of Michigan.


The UP gets more snow, but its not colder, and winter lasts far longer in the interior.

Now Anchorage, that would be correct.
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:34 am to
Both extremes suck. You live in one long enough you get accustomed to it and it makes the other extreme seem impossible.
Posted by bbarras85
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:35 am to
The weather here from June to October is just down right disrespectful. My parents have property in East TN and I was up there in late June. You can actually sit out on the deck of the house during the day and not sweat but the entire time we were up there their neighbors were absolutely dying from the "heat". It is all what you are used to. The morning we left to come back here it was like 58 degrees in July. My father has already said once he retires we will not see him down here from May to October.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:36 am to
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I’d rather the 2 months of high heat


???
Posted by Athis
Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:40 am to
Had a boss from Michigan.. Her comment about the weather was "The Extremes". She lived here for about 12 years and saw the hottest of the hot and the coldest of the cold (for New Orleans). We had a real stretch of cold weather and she was bitching about how cold she was..
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:41 am to
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I’d rather the 2 months of high heat


As a life long resident of south LA, I too would like to go where ever there's only two months of high heat
Posted by Ronaldo Burgundiaz
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Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:44 am to
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I’d rather the 2 months of high heat than their crappy winter months
Two months? Is this something like the whole "two weeks to flatten the curve"? More like 5 months of 90+ in Louisiana.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
17938 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:45 am to
July- Sept are terrible for getting anything done outside.

But I lived in the upper Midwest for a few years. Snow pilled up from late November-March sucks donkey balls. After a few weeks that constant stinging wind gets fricking old.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:50 am to
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I’d rather the 2 months of high heat than their crappy winter months


Lol 2 months.

More like half of May, June, July, August, September, and half of October. That's 5 months.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:52 am to
A cold wet day in south lousiana is pretty rough. Had friends from PA comment how cold it was to them.
Posted by LSUChicageaux
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:53 am to
Nearly a decade of Chicago winters made me welcome (well, not quite...but accept) Louisiana summers.

Beyond stinging wind and misery, there's something about the lushness here I didn't appreciate it until everything was cold and gray.
Posted by Purple Spoon
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Member since Feb 2005
17938 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:01 am to
May and June or tolerable October is not very seasonal for us but it’s not usually hot. Last year the first weekend of October was almost cold.

July August Sept is insufferable though
Posted by ellishughtiger
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Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:05 am to
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other from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.


How do people hibernate for 5 months
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164354 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:08 am to
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May and June or tolerable October is not very seasonal for us but it’s not usually hot. Last year the first weekend of October was almost cold.

The second half of May is when the oven turns on. It’s like you can feel the switch flip. June is never tolerable. October is a toss up. Some years October is hot and some it’s tolerable. It’s been common recently to have a game in Tiger Stadium over 90 degrees in October.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20280 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:11 am to
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June to October is just down right disrespectfu

Lol! I love it. But I am not made of soy either.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20280 posts
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:12 am to
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How do people hibernate for 5 months

I have spent time in Wisconsin. Nah, dawg. You can’t hide from the cold. Have to embrace it bro.
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