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04-05-2009, 09:35 PM
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I know how you feel. I've done nothing but sleep for the past couple days because there's nothing else to do. It's great at first but then you get cabin fever. Actually, there were two stabbings around Rapid City yesterday. They accredited much of the blame to cabin fever and not being able to leave the house! Crazy!  |
Oh my!!!! That makes me think of "The Shining". Being snowed in and going insane.
I wonder if our crime rates would be higher if we had nice weather year-round? Do you suppose winter/snowstorms deters crime? OR will we all go insane if winter doesn't end soon?
(I know my personal answer to that last question.) 
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04-05-2009, 10:11 PM
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Oh my!!!! That makes me think of "The Shining". Being snowed in and going insane.
... OR will we all go insane if winter doesn't end soon?
(I know my personal answer to that last question.) |
I know if they were to cancel school tomorrow, I would probably not be the only mom thinking of doing very inappropriate things to the principal . . . I can definitely see how the weather contributes to the crime rate.
Everyone expects it to be miserable during the winter. Then, back the beginning of March, it started to get REALLY nice outside. Your brain just kind of kicks in - WOOHOO spring is here.
Then, you get 3 blizzards dumped on you in 3 weeks, and you realize that mother nature was just messing with your head. Makes it harder to pull the positive attitude back out quite as easily.
I know spring is on its way, I just want to be able to get out and enjoy it. I had some not very nice messages on twitter over the weekend as the snow refused to stop - my account started sounding more positive today, once I could finally see some road through the snow!!
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04-05-2009, 11:20 PM
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Well, if we had a warm climate we'd probably be more populated. If we were more populated we'd have more people. If we had more people there'd be more crime.
However, look at Minneapolis. It's a large city with a low crime rate. Canadian cities have very low crime rates too. Denver's fairly low too. But then look at Detroit, large city, very cold, a**loads of crime and poverty. Their example may rely more on their situation though. Detroit has been dying for decades.
Guess it depends.
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04-24-2009, 08:30 AM
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S.Dak.......home sweet home
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SDHomesteader.........I don't want to use the "S" (snow) word again, BUT............1/2''an hour?
say it ain't so............
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04-24-2009, 08:48 AM
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SDHomesteader.........I don't want to use the "S" (snow) word again, BUT............1/2''an hour?
say it ain't so............
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WHAT?? Are you guys getting snow again? It's gonna be 82* here today! Just make it all go away by the end of June so I don't have to manage a UHaul in it! I will be just fine come October - I will be ready for it to start snowing by then! |
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04-24-2009, 09:26 AM
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Unfortunately, there's snow up here again. It snowed quite heavily west of here, too. It looks like southeastern So. Dak. will luck out and just have rain though. Our temps are wild~91 here yesterday and right now it's 45 with a windchill of 37. We're only supposed to hit 59 here today. AND it's much cooler west of here. One hour east~70 degree forecast for the day.
Not an average situation, by any means, but nothing record breaking.
Last year we had a snowstorm the last week in April. The following week the Hills had a snowstorm.
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04-24-2009, 10:19 AM
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04-24-2009, 10:51 AM
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Aw! Poor Danny! LOL! I remember days like that out there. People always thought I was exaggerating when I said there were days when we went to school in shorts and needed snowpants by the time we got home! I really wasn't kidding!  |
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04-24-2009, 11:12 AM
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Aw! Poor Danny! LOL! I remember days like that out there. People always thought I was exaggerating when I said there were days when we went to school in shorts and needed snowpants by the time we got home! I really wasn't kidding! |
Yup, we turned the AC on yesterday and this evening we'll turn the furnace back on.
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04-24-2009, 11:17 AM
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yep there are flakes in the air - so much for our 80's yesterday  Oh well! |
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