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Actually, I appreciate your honest response, but it just ruined my birthday, and yes, I might need some mental help soon. I could have stayed in Arizona after my mom passed, in a beautiful ranch duplex, in a suburb of Phoenix, but I've been told over and over by the wife that if I did that, our marriage would be over. So I sold, and back to PA I came. And now look at me. A borderline ranting lunatic because of the excessive cold, which I hate with an unbridled passion. Like I said, I can handle normal eastern PA winters, with cold periods interrupted by moderations and thaws. This I can't.

Good God. I really need to move somewhere permanently warm. I can somewhat take an average winter. This I simply cannot.

How does all this correlate to sensible weather?

I'm not a fire fighter, but I'm right there with you regarding summer heat vs winter cold.

Are you serious? This is just going to keep on keeping on?

So this is what I got. A 2026 GMC Terrain AT4. So far I love it! It's so nice to drive a regular vehicle again. One that rides nice, doesn't get blown around in the wind, and people (especially my wife) can actually get in and out of.

I'm with both of you. There is so much residual salt on the roads here that you can't even see the lane markings.

We had a little dimming of the lights going on a few minutes ago. That's one of my worries with this wind combined with the cold. Power outages.

Yup. My wife can't get in it anymore, and I'm not going to wheel it as I don't have time. I/we need something practical again.

And here I sit with thermal underwear on. I'm getting my new vehicle today, so I need to go out. Hell of a day for that.

Now down to 6.

Woke up at 4:00 am and it was 23.4 outside. Four hours later and it's down to 8.4

Thanks! It's actually starting to pick up in intensity here in Hazleton now. I have one more load to do here (schedule change from balmy Fogelsville) so I'm hoping the roads won't now cave. So far it's been light enough to not stick or accumulate, but if it keeps up, that'll soon a change

What's it like to my West? It is snowing up here in Hazleton. It's light, but it is snowing, and I did see it blowing around on 81 with the traffic.

I don't know. I either need a different job, or a different weather forum (probably both) but this is really getting hard to take anymore. And I just need to vent. And it's not the cold as much as the duration of it. If we'd get a break every couple weeks, I could tolerate it, but as it is, I dread going to a job I generally and genuinely love, because it's so difficult (and hazardous) with the ice buildup, not to mention frozen equipment. I know that every winter we get one or a couple of true arctic air masses, but it's been relentless this year. Usually at some point we moderate, but not this winter. Normal to slightly below is ok, but this stuff is harsh. With that, I'm sorry to pee in everyone's Cheerios, but my mental state is precarious right now. I should have stayed in AZ after my mom passed, and let the chips fall where they would as far as the survival of my marriage.

Good Lord. This is NOT going to be a fun weekend.

You'll see 75+

From your keyboard to God's ears... This winter has completely stolen my soul. I don't mind the cold snaps if we can moderate periodically in between, but this year the cold has been relentless. Some love it. I don't.

Wow! Only +4 here.

Not mine...

A regular flat garden shovel works well, but it sounds like you want a bigger scoop. Those, however, are usually aluminum. You want steel if you're going to get into chopping and digging ice.

I had a nice "mild" overnight, but it seems like instead of the rapid after sunrise warm up that I get many mornings, we're going to slow roll to our high for today.

Shows how cold it's been when 20's and 30's actually feel warm...lol

22 this morning here. I can handle winter morning temps in this range. Single digits to near zero, not so much.

Just looked at my forecast. Another solid week of single digit lows. Enough... This kind of cold is just too much for me.