Sissy stuff to keep warm with during the "VORTEX"?

[Betty]

People in the most affected areas, the coastlines of Rhode Island & Connecticut are reporting nice, pretty, mild snow flurries. No storm or wind yet, even though the weather peeps are saying they should be right in the middle of the storm right now. WABC radio in NYC just changed their weather forecast to 2-3" of snow expected instead of 1-2 feet.

86 y/o lady just reported a foot of snow with blizzard-like conditions in Queens, but another fella in queens reports 3" of snow. Could it be that 3" of snow looks like a foot deep blizzard to a little 86 y/o lady?

High winds reported on Long Island.

N.E. Radar tracking - People in the most affected areas, the coastlines of Rhode Island & Connecticut are reporting nice, pretty, mild snow flurries. No storm or wind yet, even though the weather peeps are saying they should be right in the middle of the storm right now. WABC radio in NYC just changed their weather forecast to 2-3" of snow expected instead of 1-2 feet.

86 y/o lady just reported a foot of snow with blizzard-like conditions in Queens, but another fella in queens reports 3" of snow. Could it be that 3" of snow looks like a foot deep blizzard to a little 86 y/o lady?

High winds reported on Long Island.

N.E. Radar tracking - http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast_loop.php

Satellite image - http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/ecwv.html

Listen live to WABC storm reports on AM (MW) radio 770khz (on a good night you can even pick it up in the UK & Germany) or streaming at http://tunein.com/radio/77-WABC-770-s26921/

[Betty]

16" of snow reported in Gilford Conn, it's getting windy, & their lights are flickering.

[Betty]

Brrr. Got cccold  as we're in the midst of yet another polar vortex again. It's a windy 9F(-13C) outside, bringing wind chills down to -5F(-21C). 4F expected later tonight with wind chills lower than -10F(-23C). Might warm up to 23F(-5C) tomorrow afternoon, but by Sunday night it'll be back down to 4F. -1F expected Monday night. It'll get up to a sweaty 34F(1C) by Wednesday, but then it's back down to 1F by Thursday night. There goes my heating bill. It looks like we're in for a repeat of last year's unusually arctic weather here.

Currently it's 23F in Anchorage Alaska. Maybe I should move far up north where it's warmer.

[Betty]

Currently it's a windy 2F (-17C) outside. They're expecting it to get down to -5F (-20C) to -10F (-23C) tonight with wind chills down to -20F (-29C) to -30F (-34C). We're no longer talking arctic weather, that's Antarctic weather. My heating bill for last month was already too high keeping the place in the 50s F (10C) inside, in the day & 40s F (4C) at night. This month it will be worse.

My small in-wall gas apartment heater can't keep up with single digits outside. I have to use a couple electric heaters in addition to keep the place in the 50s when it gets this cold out. Than god this place came with some decent electric wiring to run them. But that means my electric bill will be sky high too.

I'm getting tired of hearing that this is the climate for around here. No, it's not. I was born here. I know what normal winters are like here. Although it was not unusual to get a day or 2 once in a great while this cold, until last year, we did not get a lot of severely cold days, or a lot of them in a row. And I don't ever remember snow on the ground in April before, or 0-20F temperatures through most of March.

We had only a normal amount of snow though. The past few years we've been getting much less snow than normal in the city. I don't care either way about the snow, but when it's regularly in the low 20s F or lower, I'm very annoyed with winter. 20s most of the time used to be normal for February, but after only a month it gets warmer so it's bearable. Regular constant temperatures around zeros to teens F through most of Feb. is not normal for here.

So where's that global warming? As the poles push their cold air down, it pushes our warmer air up to the poles. The north pole & Alaska are very nice right now compared to us. We're freezing our balls off as the glaciers up north are melting.

[Betty]

It appears to be a visitor here from Pine Gap. The USA/Australia top secret space tracking & monitoring military facility about 18 miles outside of Alice springs. You know, the other secret Alien base. He's reading a juicy story on Windows 7 through a cell tower there, so I hardly think it's a space military investigation or those pesky aliens. Probably a scientist or other worker enjoying his lunchtime at stories. More scientists & industry prefer Windows 7 or XP over anything else. If you really need to get a lot of work done on a computer, it's the only way to go. Other OS's are good for you to play with, not to work with.

It's the middle of Summer there. It's currently 98F, & they're expecting a high of 104F later this afternoon. Did you notice those aliens like deserts? There's always more sightings around them, & nobody ever get abducted in a snow storm or in a Canadian winter. They must like it hot. But their large eyes & skin suggest a dark or perpetually cloudy place. Definitely not built for the desert sun. Maybe they evolved from a swamp, jungle, cave, or are an underground dweller. No webbed feet or hands, so not a good swimmer.

[Betty]

You know it's really getting cold when they close schools, some government offices, businesses, & churches just because it's too damn cold out.

When I was a kid they only closed school when the snow was so deep the buses couldn't make it out. Even if it was so bad they were all an hour or so late, you had to stand out there, wait for it & go to school when the bus arrived. No matter how cold it got, we always had to go to school.

[Bertha]

Weather patterns are strange aren't they? Here in the UK, for the last few years we have had more extreme weather in winter than in living memory. Yet this year there has been no more than a few chilly nights with some frosty mornings and a tiny amount of snow. Of course the schools have been closed for quite a few odd days! Like Betty mentions, I went to school in the sixties when there were a few quite severe winters by UK standards, yet not once did I get an extra day off school. Referring to the subject title of this thread, before the advent of the onesie, pyjamas for adults that incorporated feet were unknown in the UK and seeing the popularity of the two piece variety in the US I was always eager to own some. I managed to source a vintage pair at quite an expensive price. (The delivery charge from the US was prohibitive) They are from Sears, flannel, pink floral. Sadly, I found them impossible to sleep in. For some reason I disliked the feeling of my feet being enveloped by the vinyl sole. I can wear them for a short time around the house but in bed no, such a a shame.

[Betty]

Yeah, it feels a little like I'm wearing shoes to bed. Under the blankets my legs & feet always got too warm. I usually have to stick my legs outside the blankets to get it just right. Shipping varies depending on where you buy from. A lot of places, locally or overseas will deliberately mark down a price to be to good to be true, just to make up for it in shipping charges. If you look up the actual shipping service actually doing the shipping, & compare the size & weight of the package, you'll find the seller is marking up the shipping price by 2-100 times higher than the actual shipping cost. Yeah, I know it takes time & money to package & get it ready to ship, but not that much.

A 5 dollar part that weighs a couple ounces from Amazon or Sears in Texas, does not cost 10-20 dollars to ship to the UK or Buffalo. It cost 1-3 dollars to ship it to the UK. A warm sleeping garment isn't that heavy so shouldn't cost that much to ship. When ordering from another country, try to find distributors that specialize in shipping to other countries. Unless it's a one of a kind item, you'll probably find many companies carrying the same product or just under a different brand that's essentially the same thing.

I can find pretty sissy & Lolita dresses in Hong Kong for $56-$80 that will ship to my house for free with a $50-$90 minimum purchase. So why should I buy the same dress from the USA or Japan for $136-$200 plus over $50 for shipping? I'm all for supporting stores that sell products we like, but don't get overcharged & robbed for it. I would go without it, search or wait for a better deal, rather than have them steal from me.

You can but a pair of plastic panties from an ABDL store for $25-$70 plus $20-$35 in shipping, or buy it from their distributor or manufacturer for $5-$20, & $1-$5 for shipping.

I see on the national news, they're saying another blizzard-like storm is on it's way to the N.E. USA. Huh? I just looked at all the radar & satellite maps. I don't see any storm. Where is it coming from, or is this another false alarm from the weather peeps?

[Betty]

I'm reading it won't even get up to zero F here Sunday. They're predicting a high of -4F & an overnight low of -10F for Sunday. With the wind chills, it'll be cold enough to make penguins & polar bears shiver.  WTF!

There's a brief heatwave expected Saturday where we'll get afternoon high of around 20F. Get out the suntan lotion! I need a snow tan.

Gotta move to Alaska where it's warmer & the economy is better.

[Angela M...]

Hey Betty,
you could probably get tech work up there in Alaska but what would it cost you to move there and I hear milk is $11.00 a gallon among other high prices to live there. Rental costs would probably be like renting a penthouse in Buffalo. They also get this snowy weather about 6 or 7 months a year don't they?