Rant; Winter 2013/14

[planet planet]

I think there are a bunch of pussies in St. Louis. -2 and you guys don't have to go work? That is our high tomorrow and we are looking forward to it.

It's just stupid to risk it if you can fully do your job at home. I made a judgment call to work from home and apparently only me and my boss didn't make it in from sales. Still sticking by it though; there was a fatality right by me at 11, http://www.kmov.com/news/local/1-killed ... 94591.html.

[JL21]

It wasn't my choice. If work had been open, I would've gone.

But yes, generally speaking, St. Louis people are [expletive] stupid about the cold weather.

[Fat_Bulldog]

Watching the news now and roads look awful still. Major highways are packed solid with snow and ice.

[Freed Roger]

Interesting subthread going on here - extreme heat versus extreme cold - which is worse.

When it comes to lack of comfort and more hassle -Winter is worse -Just because it makes some things not possible.
Needless to say, I have it pretty damn easy -job is indoors- my heat works and I can layer it up to be warm. But running and walking dogs is not fun in the low teens or colder. But rarely does cold keep me inside more than a day or two. I look at Winter as opportunity to do some indoor [expletive] that I otherwise wouldn't (i.e. A few organization things, movies, reading). But yeah, summer is better for comfort and hassle - especially since we usually have vacation in there somewhere.

As far as danger and perils - that is more of a tossup. Extreme cold is worse in StL since it happens less often and we aren't adaptedand set up for it. But extreme heat has it's dangers and probably more people get killed with hot weather stuff (hot apartments, old people, people in cars). Then you have the hidden dangers that occur without precaution in the heat- skin cancer, west nile virus, lyme disease. The supreme beast -the Big Galoot has almost died due to heat exhaustion, tick-borne disease.


LtD can probably fill us in some here. Ignoring comfort/hassle factors - what sends more people to the hospital -extreme heat/or cold?

[tlombard]

They just said today that they are actually going to start treating the side roads in St. Louis! They aren't going to plow them but they are at least going to put down some calcium and a mixture to help with traction. I don't remember the exact wording of the quote but the head guy they were speaking with said that with the number of younger people moving into the city and wanting to get out and about even in bad weather compared to years past that they see the need to just do it. Still won't help for a day or two until the temps warm up but better than nothing. I had to trudge through a good 10-12 inches with drifts to get to the cab out front.

[jim]

In the summer I just walk outside. This morning it was pants and coats and gloves and hats and gym bag and boots and regular shoes and then walk to the car and can't find the keys oh [expletive] where in one of these 18 pockets did I put them. Off with the gloves, look here look there look in that one look in this one. Nope. Must be inside. Go in, take boots off because they are snow packed and I don't want to trapse the [expletive] through the house, find the keys on the counter and re-do it. Oh [expletive] where did I put my gloves when I came back in the house - not on the cabinet not in my pockets not on the floor where or where are the gloves? Find the gloves, go back out and this time make sure I have my keys oh [expletive] where did I put my keys when I was looking for my gloves? Finally get everything and get to the gym and realize with all of the commotion I forgot my damn wallet.

This bull [expletive] goes on every [expletive] day of the winter and I'm sick of it.

[JL21]

I think it's important to note that Chicago winters and STL winters are worlds apart. You might have one, maybe two days out of the whole year on average in STL where you have to do what jim just described and you're dragging snow turds into your house.

Prime example: it's supposed to be 50 almost all of this weekend. There were nine days in December with highs above 50. Two of those were above 60 and one was 70… in [expletive] DECEMBER.

I'd also be a lot friendlier about summer if I lived in Chicago and the heat indexes weren't 100+ for more than a month's worth of days out of the year, or if highs ever dipped below 90 for 60 days out of the year. It's like living in hell with no respite until some time in September.

[Michael]

There's no way I'm ever going to retire in Chicagoland. I'm already talking to my wife about a 2nd house somewhere warm once we payoff our condo.

I'm thinking Vegas. Cheap housing and low taxes. Sounds good to me.

[jim]

There is enough distance between the two where definitely in St. Louis you have the edge taken off of winter, and in Chicago the edge taken off of summer.

[planet planet]

There's no way I'm ever going to retire in Chicagoland. I'm already talking to my wife about a 2nd house somewhere warm once we payoff our condo.

I'm thinking Vegas. Cheap housing and low taxes. Sounds good to me.

I'm sure that's why.