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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 26, 2024 16:32:22 GMT
Some of those lakes are like being in the Caribbean. I like the no sharks motto. They are beautiful. There are some incredible beaches in Michigan. We pick a campground near one of the Great Lakes every September so we can enjoy it for a long while. We often pop by in the summers too. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 26, 2024 16:38:28 GMT
I guess cold is relative because the last ten years winter has been nothing like they were when I was growing up. Climate change is coming and I'm glad you are lucky to have a place where you can spend the spring/summer weather. When it's 125 degrees in the summer in Houston and winter is 40-50 degrees in Michigan, there are plenty of people who will put up with our temps to get out of that oppressive heat. On the few days it's 90 degrees here, I feel like I'm melting. When I was running outside 3x a week, my favorite temp to run in is right around 40 degrees. I’m not sure of recent Michigan winter weather. But when I was growing up, Lake Huron would freeze over ! All the big rivers nearby would freeze too. You could drive trucks out there and go ice fishing, on the big rivers. I have a late November birthday, and quite often I would have outdoor ice skating parties. Don’t remember the actual temps, but it had to be pretty cold to freeze in November. Lake Huron probably froze over in January. There would be ice breakers ships to break up the ice - so the freighters could go on their journey up the lakes. And, you never got tired of looking at the freighters. Like jeremysgirl said, the winters are not near as cold as they use to be. I think that this is what people think Michigan winters are like. And the fact of the matter is, that hasn't been the case in a very long time in a lot of the state. Climate change is here and those of us old enough to remember what it used to be like are completely dumbfounded when a winter like this last one just happened. |
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Post by sideways on Mar 26, 2024 23:27:43 GMT
Michigan should be aware that an onslaught of folks from the south may change their voting patterns substantially, and not for the better. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I haven’t read the rest of the thread yet, but that was my first thought while reading the article. I hope republicans stay away. They’re climate-change deniers and moving to MI because of climate change a would be tantamount to an admission they they’re wrong. Seriously, fuck them. I hope they stay away from my beautiful state. We’re just barely a blue-leaning purple. Off to read the rest. |
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Post by sideways on Mar 26, 2024 23:37:01 GMT
It matters too where in Michigan you live. I'm in Lansing, so smack in the middle. It takes me nearly an hour and a half to get to either Lake Michigan or lake Huron, but we don't get lake effect snow in the middle either. I don’t know why, but I thought you were near Monroe. Did you live there before? Maybe I have you confused with another pea. |
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Post by sideways on Mar 26, 2024 23:49:10 GMT
We lived in the south for eight years. After our first summer there, we decided we’d GLADLY put up with Michigan winters to have a summer we could enjoy. It seemed like as soon as the kids got out of school for the summer, it was too fucking hot for them to be outside. The humidity made breathing feel like I was doing it through a hot, wet washcloth. No, no, no. I was so glad to get out of there.
That being said, I do get tired of the winter clouds. I wouldn’t mind going somewhere warm for a month, maybe mid-January to mid-February. It certainly wouldn’t be Florida though.
The Great Lakes had record low freezing this year. There was very little ice coverage. I remember flying back here one year in late January during a particularly cold winter. Lake Erie was solid ice. So cool to see from the air.
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Post by Zee on Mar 27, 2024 2:05:59 GMT
We lived in the south for eight years. After our first summer there, we decided we’d GLADLY put up with Michigan winters to have a summer we could enjoy. It seemed like as soon as the kids got out of school for the summer, it was too fucking hot for them to be outside. The humidity made breathing feel like I was doing it through a hot, wet washcloth. No, no, no. I was so glad to get out of there. That being said, I do get tired of the winter clouds. I wouldn’t mind going somewhere warm for a month, maybe mid-January to mid-February. It certainly wouldn’t be Florida though. The Great Lakes had record low freezing this year. There was very little ice coverage. I remember flying back here one year in late January during a particularly cold winter. Lake Erie was solid ice. So cool to see from the air. I've been in the south for 6 years and I'm never going back to the cold. I love summer. Granted, I have AC to retreat into for sleeping, but I just cannot take the cold of winter. 40 years of Midwest living and I don't miss the snow and frigid winds and snow drifts and icy roads and shoveling and freezing breath and all of the rest. |
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Post by Merge on Mar 27, 2024 2:09:11 GMT
We lived in the south for eight years. After our first summer there, we decided we’d GLADLY put up with Michigan winters to have a summer we could enjoy. It seemed like as soon as the kids got out of school for the summer, it was too fucking hot for them to be outside. The humidity made breathing feel like I was doing it through a hot, wet washcloth. No, no, no. I was so glad to get out of there. That being said, I do get tired of the winter clouds. I wouldn’t mind going somewhere warm for a month, maybe mid-January to mid-February. It certainly wouldn’t be Florida though. The Great Lakes had record low freezing this year. There was very little ice coverage. I remember flying back here one year in late January during a particularly cold winter. Lake Erie was solid ice. So cool to see from the air. I've been in the south for 6 years and I'm never going back to the cold. I love summer. Granted, I have AC to retreat into for sleeping, but I just cannot take the cold of winter. 40 years of Midwest living and I don't miss the snow and frigid winds and snow drifts and icy roads and shoveling and freezing breath and all of the rest. As we say here, you don’t have to shovel humidity. I do get tired of the looooong, hot summer, but I also can’t handle real cold anymore. It’s a quandary for sure. |
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Post by pantsonfire on Mar 27, 2024 2:12:55 GMT
Younger me wanted to go to Uni of Michigan. I was accepted but chose not to go. Back then, the snow and cold wouldn't bother me. But now? My EDS would freak out. jeremysgirl about how much snow does your area typically get a season? Is it less or more than other areas? It is a state I for sure want to visit. |
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Post by quinlove on Mar 27, 2024 3:05:55 GMT
Jeremysgirl - I, 100 %, agree about the winters then, and now. It’s very real and very happening.
It is getting hotter. Every. Where. Every. Year.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 27, 2024 9:19:30 GMT
It matters too where in Michigan you live. I'm in Lansing, so smack in the middle. It takes me nearly an hour and a half to get to either Lake Michigan or lake Huron, but we don't get lake effect snow in the middle either. I don’t know why, but I thought you were near Monroe. Did you live there before? Maybe I have you confused with another pea. No I've never lived in Monroe. Jeremy and I grew up in the Jackson area. And I lived near there for part of my adult life too. But we've been in Lansing for 13 years now. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 27, 2024 9:29:31 GMT
Younger me wanted to go to Uni of Michigan. I was accepted but chose not to go. Back then, the snow and cold wouldn't bother me. But now? My EDS would freak out. jeremysgirl about how much snow does your area typically get a season? Is it less or more than other areas? It is a state I for sure want to visit. Last year we had a bit of accumulation and at one point had about a foot/foot and a half on the ground for a week or so. This year Jeremy had to get out the snowblower twice. And generally it has to be around 4 inches at one time to get the snowblower out. Mid-state we don't get lake effect snow. So we are always less than Grand Rapids area (which is about the same point north as us). And I think because of the lakes our temperatures are higher than other northern states. So generally it snows and melts and snows and melts. Where I live, it's not really as cold and snowy as many people *think* it would be. Ann Arbor is very similar to Lansing, as is Jackson where I grew up. |
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