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I didn't realize it got that warm over there. I thought everyone in Michigan lived in igloos or something. But it is nice to hear you guys are enjoying some really nice weather over there. Right now it's know the seventies or eighties where I'm at and I'm loving it while I can. Pretty soon here I'm going to need a jacket though.

Also, now that it's Halloween I can start hating life again as everyone starts getting back into the Christmas spirit.

I mean, you're not too far off in that assumption for half the year, anyway. lol Then we get this really brief thing called "spring" where there's still snow on the ground but it's no-coat kinda temperatures, followed immediately by the blistering heat of summer. Summer is hell. I can't stand anything over like 80 degrees, and it's frequently in the 80's and 90's here in summer. One freakish day a couple years ago it got to be like 107 and the news was all over that s**t.
But yeah. Fall is usually like a 2-week span of time for us in between summer and snow. I won't even call it winter because snow comes long before winter. xd

115?! Jesus! gonk
Yeah, no. I'd rather stick with our occasional -45° (without windchill) days and not get mail because the trucks' diesel froze solid than live through anything over 100°. That 107° day was completely miserable, and I didn't even leave the house at all but the air conditioner just couldn't keep up with it.

It'd be hilarious watching the two of us trade climates for a year. We'd both probably die. xd LOL

Yeah, it's kinda shitty. It's as old as the house (17 years), and the house itself is just a mobile home so we're not talking high quality appliances.

I know, right? Haha I'd be annoyed during your hot season, but then I'd probably have a heat stroke the moment the hell season kicked in. xd I think you'd last just fine here (albeit with a coat on frequently) up until like January/February when it's consistently subzero and the snow really begins to tower over everything.

Last year, these two sisters from (I think) Kentucky were going on a tour of the upper peninsula in the middle of January and went missing for over a week; turns out, they got stuck in a very remote part where they didn't get cell service and the roads weren't plowed, and the snow was too deep for them to dig themselves out. They survived on the Girl Scout cookies they'd brought with 'em until one of the rescue crews just happened to come across them. Apparently, they were following their GPS unit's instructions, and didn't realize that service roads don't often get plowed up here in winter. NEVER leave the main highways in winter unless you absolutely need to, because you will most likely get stuck. That's something that I just always thought was common knowledge, but I guess residents from other states wouldn't necessarily think of that if they don't have to deal with it every year. sweatdrop They're hella lucky they didn't freeze to death, especially since their car ran out of gas after like a day or two...

Yeah, this week isn't nearly as nice here, either. But still no snow, which is a miracle! Although they're predicting some light snow tomorrow morning, and I'm hoping that it won't stick and that no major snow storms will hit us until after at least the 24th. I have to make my first solo drive back home on the 24th, and I'd rather not do it in 3 feet of fresh snow...

I'm from SE Michigan, too. Except I'm a lot closer to Ann Arbor. That's where home is -- I'm only here in the eastern upper peninsula for the school year. It was a big shock to me during my freshman year discovering just how different the weather can be in the exact same state. confused We got snow in October, but you guys didn't get any until I think late November/early December. Plus the winds up here are brutal, since we're right on the water.