Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Originally Posted By: grampi
That's because you're not in the Midwest. The entire winter, and this is no exaggeration, it was either snowing, or we had single digit temps, and this went on the whole winter...it sucked bad!
I'm in the heart of the midwest. Sorry to burst your blanket statement bubble, but we had a pretty normal winter last year. Not much different from what I remember from many winters past-some days were cold, some days were snowy, some days were warmer, and some days were sunny. We even had our typical January thaw.
The media managed to whip a lot of folks into a frenzy, and had them believing the "polar vortex" was a new phenomenon, while in reality we called it "cold Canadian air" for decades. It seems to happen every winter. Now that the media has a new buzzword for it, they're even claiming that the cooler summer is caused by the "polar vortex".
I'm pretty sure there will also be snow and cold this winter. I'll even go so far as to predict that some areas will see record lows, and some areas will see a blizzard or two (and the media will go into a tizzy over it). And, as usual, there will be people who claim it was the worst winter ever.
I don't know where in the Midwest you're located, but in OH, MI, IN, and IL, with few exceptions, last winter it was pretty much either snowing, or single digit temps the entire winter...this may have been considered a "normal" winter 30 years ago, but we haven't had a winter like it over the last 30 years...