Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1215 on: January 27, 2026, 12:12:29 AM » Author: suzukir122
@wide-lite 1000, this is so true. We're in serious trouble. It's super cold in my apartment right now by the way, since I had my heater off. Turned on all my F30T12's and F25T12's... all of them were extremely dim with slight fluttering in the F30T12's, and tons of striations going crazy in the F25T12's. It did not take long, at all, for this apartment to get cold.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1216 on: January 27, 2026, 12:15:00 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Sounds like you need to turn the heat back on !
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1217 on: January 27, 2026, 12:45:49 AM » Author: suzukir122
I did need to turn on the heat... unfortunately. I'm financially prepared, but I'm probably gonna get one heck of an electric bill. lol ... two nights on the way this week, of -10 degree actual air temperatures. That's only 5 degrees higher than the lowest I've ever witnessed back in 2013, which was -15 degrees. I wonder if my windows will bring clouds into my apartment after I take a shower? That's what happened in my little studio apartment back then...
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1218 on: January 31, 2026, 11:05:21 AM » Author: dor123
We will have tomorrow a heat wave here in Israel.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1219 on: January 31, 2026, 02:16:23 PM » Author: Baked bagel 11
We're having a heatwave here, it got up to 44°c here last week, usually January just gets to 40 or so.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1220 on: January 31, 2026, 09:46:05 PM » Author: suzukir122
Does Israel and Australia ever see winter conditions like the U.S? I've been wondering this. Over here we're about to get back down to the negatives in Fahrenheit. lol
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1221 on: January 31, 2026, 09:51:06 PM » Author: Baked bagel 11
Most of AUS is pretty nice in winter, I'm in a colder area, where -7°c is normal at night I winter, but we never see snow. Maybe sleet once a year, and it's not remotely impressive! There are some places not too far from me in the mountains where it snows, such as in Thredbo. Not as impressive as the US though!
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1222 on: February 03, 2026, 09:39:56 PM » Author: Cole D.
I don’t know how you all deal with this weather for months on end! It’s been in the 20s and 30s in the mornings here in Florida for what seems like weeks now. This morning it was 26, but it got sunny today and in 60s for a high, which was at least a little better. Sunday it never reached 50 and was windy all day. We are getting warmer weather later this week, even forecast to high 70s, even though a slight cold front is coming again, it won’t get as cold as it’s been. I don’t mind the occasional cold snap, but this year the rather has been crazy so far! Usually we don’t get below the 50s/high 40s as our monthly low! I’m ready for winter to be over. At least we have “breaks” every week or so where the highs go back to 70s or low 80s. I don’t get how people live in this with no sun all winter. And I don’t know how people work in it all day, and I especially feel for those who have no home. ☹️
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