After all those cold nasty winters in Pittsburgh and DC, I try very hard to to complain when the temperatures get into the 50's at night, or even the 40's. I remember being relieved that temps got over freezing all too often. But I love Miami, even if it is a BAD winter, here it is never AS bad as most other places. No more ice storms, or roof damage from ice creeping up under the shingles. No 10 layers just to get the dogs outside for 10 minutes of BBBRRRRRRR and obedience. And no where near as much mud when things thaw out. On the flip side, try keeping a decent coat on a dog down here. sheila --- On Sun, 12/14/08, Mary-Anne <mary-anne.boulet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Mary-Anne <mary-anne.boulet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Brrr To: "Showgsd-l" <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 4:21 PM We went from -20F last week to a beautiful 33.4F today. We've had about two feet of snow in the last couple of weeks but it was really really light snow. Today, we had 4" but it is really wet snow so we should have a really great base now for the skidoo trails and the downhills. We haven't had this much snow before Christmas for years. My husband took the skidoo out today to make trails for the dogs to run. He must have gotten stuck at least 6 times but once this freezes again, I'll have some lovely walking trails. Time to get the snowshoes out! Now as long as our roofs don't collapse from the weight of all that wet snow, we'll be in fine shape. Mary-Anne Glad I am not there with the pollens, Mo. <G> I think usually our chill factor is about the same as our temp . ( where is our Colorado weather lady ) but today it seems colder than ten . I was out in my sub zero snow suit and was still chilled . Today I am thinking about adding onto my house and put in a dog pen room , now if I can just find the money . Connie, For the time being it is 78 here in central Texas with a heat index of 82 with the over 50% humidity! Never thought I'd do it, but, I flipped the AC on. We are getting winds gusting to 40 mph and the cedar count is off the wall. We did have some glorious nights that got to freezing for at least 2 hours. Mo > I'm in the mountains and we got about a foot last night on top of 6 inches > a couple of days ago . Sounds like it is warmer up here than Denver . It > is ten degrees above right now and the sun is shining . The weather was > great until last week, with no snow and warm weather, then we started > getting dumped on . I don't think my back is going to hold up to too much > shoveling snow out of the dog pen gates this winter , so I will probably > limit the dogs to one set of pens . That of course means fewer rescue dogs > till spring . > Stay warm , ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================