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We got 4" of snow in Houston!

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It's 65 and drizzling here in Palm Beach!! Haven't seen the sun in 2 days!! WTHeck!!

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It's 1 degree in Michigan. Must be global warming again.

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got 5" of snow Sunday night and now the artic air this week.. 1 degree this morning when I left for work and forecasted to be -1 when I leave tomorrow morning. April will be here soon enough.

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Just got back to Ft Lauderdale a couple hours ago from Colorado. We saw -12 degrees in the upper elevations. AC is running here in South Florida. The house we rented in Granby Co had about a foot of snow on the ground. We had light snow every day we were there. The kids had fun sledding, snow tubing and making a snow man and snow angels. It was a nice relaxing vacation with the family

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I wouldn't mine being back in Ft. Lauderdale right about now, was there 3 months ago.

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We had 8.5in of snow in Biloxi Mississippi yesterday The last time we had snow like this on the Gulfcoast you could go to your chev dealer and buy a brand new split window corvette

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-7 air temperature here this morning. -25 with the windchill. :eek:

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Bout Time.... We haven't had a Ohio winter in 10 years. No snow, not much cold. It's been like November fall days, except it last all winter. We did have a crazy hailstorm couple years ago that destroyed the whole town. I received a new roof, downspouts, new siding and new Car. Homeowners insurance went up 800 dollars. From 1100 a year to 2000. We now have what I call a normal winter. Ponds are finally frozen over to where kids can ice-skate, sleds are back in use. This morning it's -10 and forecast shows a high of 15. Now THIS is more like it......

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Jeff,
I agree. I recall back in 1978 when we had the dairy farm nothing came down our road or could for 4-days! When the township did get it opened, they were snow drifts halfway up the telephone poles. Winter of 1976 wasn't much better.

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Jeff, I am happy you like the cold weather you have again. I wish I could send you more from Texas. When I rolled out of bed yesterday it was -4 degrees and we had 85 hours below freezing temperatures. It did get above freezing yesterday afternoon for about 2 hours. We also had 8 inches of snow last week and snow drifts 4 feet deep on the north side of my storage shed. That snow will be there for awhile. I am ready for spring.
I would like to have your homeowners insurance prices.
My homeowners insurance here in Texas went up almost 25% last year which amounted to about $1500 a year. My homeowners insurance is up almost $500 again this year. I shop every year and just paid it again for 2025. We have not had a claim since 2018 when we had a hail storm and a new roof. We live in the panhandle of Texas so we don?t have floods or hurricanes yet homeowners insurance is brutal. We do not have a huge house just a few acres of land.
Texas does not have state income taxes but the insurance costs for homeowners and vehicles makes up for it.
I am ready for some warmer weather.
Rick Cates
Canyon TX

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Hi Rick! I still run around with Bill Scharrer. He's the guy you sold that big block crank too. Remember? He still drives it around town. 65 El Camino. Sounds nasty but I think its a no go showboat. Your crankshaft was over kill for that motor. LOL

Yes, a lot of folks don't believe in climate change. Problem is all our insurance company's sure do! Another decade of this crazy weather and none of us will be able to afford the rates, if you can buy it at all. I say it way too much, but I'm glad I was born when I was. Being old is actually going to have some benefits... Ha Ha
good Talkin at ya...
Jeff

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I would trade you insurance cost in a heartbeat. I don’t have the new bill for 2025 yet, but if they haven’t drop me completely it will be somewhere around $8K for the year. (This is just in Murrieta / Temecula area of California)

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Mine in Houston is just shy 8000...:(

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Yes, I do remember the crank sale. Jerry Calton picked it up in Amarillo at a restaurant and I had to buy his lunch so I lost money on that deal. lol I think Jerry owes me a couple of lunches. I think Jerry is retiring from the racing circuit and I may be doing the same thing and Jerry is a good friend. The wife and I are seriously discussing retiring from racing also just like Jerry.
My insurance bill is getting totally out of reason. I have entirely way too much stuff to insure at my age.
Stay warm and healthy.
Rick Cates
Canyon, TX

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Here in NS it was -19 this morning at 8am...how do I know? I was working on the hot tub!! GRRR! Always breaks either in a snow storm or freezing weather, lol!

Should be in the garage but don't think I'll waste propane when it's warming up to -5 in a few days which is where it normally is at this time.

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Here in Charleston, South Carolina we received almost four inches including a thick layer of ice underneath the snow and it's been in the twenties and thirties for at least two weeks.
When we moved here from Connecticut ten plus years ago it was to get way from this. It's not what we signed up for, but my 60 years in Connecticut conditioned me for this.

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Had a little bit of rain here in Commiefornia yesterday and last night,weather is 63/45 ,all insurance is outta control everywhere especially here (Southern California) getting ready for the double with my Stocker in Az. in a few weeks,but first my grandson has a double Div. jr race in Bakersfield this weekend,he dreams of being like his uncle Shawn,so letting him follow his passion, man I get wore out easy anymore,not as young as I once was,retired 4 yrs. ago,but I ain?t quitting till I?m dead or broke,still have loads of fun doing this?..Chad Langdon 706C G/SA