Wow! Heard yesterday that from the Carolinas to Nova Scotia there'd be tons of snow, flights would be cancalled and schools closed! Not happening? Thank you for your reply PeaPod and Happy Thursday! :)
Some newscaster somewhere sure played it up big Spunky. Said that from the Carolinas to Nova Scotia the east coast was gonna hit with so much snow that flights would be delayed and schools closed. Is that still not true? If so good. Thank you for your reply and Happy Thursday! :)
The southeast was hit with a lot of snow. As you may imagine, the warmer climate states have little ability to deal with snow. Arkansas, North Carolina, New Orleans, Nashville among others, were hit badly enough for there to be a number of vehicular accidents on the interstates and schools did close as well as flight delays occurred.
Gee Spunky that's really sad. Thanks for the update. We don't get as good an assessment on the west coast. Of course I don't have the weather channel on right now either! Appreciate the info and I'm glad you're doing okey dokey! :)
We have been snow-free for the past week or so, but it's been bitterly cold. It's supposed to be warming up a bit today and over the weekend, but today it's overcast and unless the sun comes out, I don't see it getting much warmer. It's about 32 degrees now and with the wind chill, feels like 23. On the plus side, it isn't very windy, so it's not that bad. :)
That's COLD Spunky! We're cooling off too. Our high today is supposed to be 65 and tomorrow it will drop down to 57. Compared to your weather that's balmy!. We were promised rain for today but once again we got stiffed! That wind chill is a doozy, I think you know I lived in Massachusetts for 5 years and boy oh boy the cold would go right through you to the bone! I read that there was a terrible windstorm in western Europe, particularly in Germany. From the video I saw it was incredibly dangerous. Thank you for your reply and hope your day is smooth as silk Spunky! :)
It IS cold, especially when you're standing outside waiting for the bus. It's not bad if you're moving. I'll take your temperature any day of the week - that's my comfort zone. I did see that story about the windstorm. There were gusts up to 90 mph and one guy got blown right off his bicycle while crossing the street. Even semi-trucks were blown over!
Cold as hell here in Texas---by Texas standards at least.
And my curiosity got the better of me, so I looked it up: (Quora)
"As hell" has become a generic intensifier, like "very" or "really". It's an example of an extreme thing, and it's used to make anything sound extreme, especially if that thing is negative or emotionally intense. One would not say "beautiful as hell" (though it does get used ironically), but "fast as hell" is common.
"Cold as hell" would seem an oxymoron if people bothered to look into it etymologically, but they don't. They just use the intensifier generically. (I don't think they're generally considering Dante's vision of the ninth circle of Hell as cold.)
Very kind of you to look that up tom and share the info with us. I have found so many of the phrases (aka cliches) people use are nonsensical gibberish. But people use them anyway in serious ways as if they are brilliant observations. For instance "when you point a finger at someone 3 are pointing back at you!" Seriously? First of all it is figurative. No hand or digit is involved at any time. Second and most importantly you are bringing attention to something or someone. All done verbally. Hands not needed. Pointing out and pointing at are not the same thing. SIGH.Thank you for your reply and Happy Thursday. I'm pretty sure not too many folks have read Dante's Inferno. If they did they very likely were taking classes in literature and it was an assignment . :)