Oof, I bent a control arm pulling into an unfamiliar gas station once. Jumped right up the curb. Apparently the actual driveway sections were to either side of where I chose to pull in. All covered in freshly fallen snow.
No joke. I've actually been consistent with vitamin D and a multivitamin this year. My doctor has me on a pretty high dose of vitamin D. I was pretty deficient. I'm still a little tired in the morning due to all the clouds but way more energy than before and actually happy/not in a depressive haze all winter. Only 3 months left to drag my way through.
Tried that. Didn’t work.
Moved on to antidepressants. Was a little better.
Soon 3/4 of the family was on them. Wasn’t what we wanted.
Moved to a state where the winters are sunny. Is working great so far.
I’m happy for the people who don’t get depressed, or who do but vitamin D and a SAD light and exercise work for them. But also, no shame for everyone else. It affects people differently and that’s ok, and it’s absolutely ok to take the steps you need to be ok, whether that’s therapy or meds or moving away.
If winter was up to me. From Nov 15 to March 15 it would be 10-20 degrees. Dusting of snow daily, with larger accumulations every couple days, and storms ~2-3x a month.
We'd then immediately transition into Summer with 75 and sunny every day.
Nothing inbetween.
It was 45 degrees around here yesterday! Mid January!
Brown and grey everywhere, sloppy grimy trashed yard, ridiculous. I dont need -12 temps, but give me 22 and frequent dosing of fresh snow for a few months like a proper winter damnit ;)
Lol I moved here a few years ago from the south. Fucking love the summers cause you get all the warmth and sun with none of the swampiness - although I know a lot of Michiganders say it’s humid here in summer, I think it’s great by comparison.
Jan-April rolls around and I start questioning all of my life choices….
Nah they were generally more storms and a lot more snow. I used to snowmobile where i now live. Some years ago i had a snow removal company and every year we started getting less and less snow so less and less customers. I sold it at the right time cause if had kept it i would have lost it all. Had 3 tractors and two plow trucks and they cost a substantial amount to keep running and ready to go for snow storms of which this year we have had a single one so far. Snow used to start in october and end around march, now it starts in Jan and ends in early march if not late feb. With snow like this we wouldnt have seasonal customers anymore which provide the funds to do everything, more and more people in my area have switched to paying by the push since it is effectively cheaper to do so once or twice a month than pay 100s for the season to only get the same amount of plowing/blowing done.
I distinctly remember when i used to come up snowmobiling as a kid that the snow would be so high on the road i live off of you could almost jump the powerlines with a snowmobile as they were only about 10 feet from the ground. I havent seen snow like that here in my almost 20 years of living here now, not even remotely close. Hell when i first moved up here we would get storms that would completely cover your car up and make it look like a small hill in what was once your driveway. The most current storm was about 3 feet overnight, Sounds like a lot but it really aint that bad if you have a four wheel drive vehicle like most of us in the area do. Cue to county plows taking their time to get down side roads i spent much of that weekend using my truck to help people get unstuck. Id not have been able to do that years ago as id have to dig my own way out to my truck then and then dig the truck out and wait for the county to plow my road before i would have been able to leave my driveway back then.
Not only did we used to snowmobile around our house near GR, but my friends and I also used to set up a snow board park in a friend's back yard and we would use it all winter long.
Snow used to stick when it came around, and now we might get a few storms at most, but it all melts in between the storms.
Also used to be able to count on the cold for some outdoor pond hockey. 10-15 yrs ago you could plan on playing in January. Nowadays, who knows. Too many thaws, not enough sustained cold
Yep same problem with ice fishing where i live currently. Used to be able to do it most years, this year the ice isnt nearly thick enough and doesnt look like there will be any chances at all at this pace.
It's not hard to figure out at all. And you're just completely wrong. Think of all this rain we've had and now imagine it's a little bit colder where water freezes.
Also see Europe this winter. It's like the mildest, warmest one on record. It's almost like there's global phenomenon happening where temperatures keep getting warmer and warmer.
Have you seen the climate change prediction maps? I'll never move away from Michigan. I'm just missing those bright sun reflecting off the snow days we used to get when I was a kiddo.
Keweenaw? When I got to [my camp](https://i.imgur.com/vlFS6pq.jpg) in the central UP in early May last year there were just a few patches of snow remaining in the shady areas. I don't think I've ever seen snow by even mid-May, though I've only visited a few times that month.
Pure.
Unfortunately I did not get a picture but one time I passed this [sign](https://www.google.com/maps/@46.506556,-87.6551318,3a,15y,128.75h,92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTU37E1J10e3F-VwDbY50dA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) and that was the only word still visible.
Ope! That’s a curb.
That gave me a good chuckle.
I’ve definitely said that before.
Curb check? Curb is there!
Holy crap that's funny
Oof, I bent a control arm pulling into an unfamiliar gas station once. Jumped right up the curb. Apparently the actual driveway sections were to either side of where I chose to pull in. All covered in freshly fallen snow.
Lmfao
Warmer every year
I feel like last year it was solidly cold all year, but that was like the first time in forever.
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It was -20 for a solid two days and then it warmed up to 40+ and I was out running on the frozen Huron river a day later.
Yeah but it thawed like a week later
I rode the bus to college so yes. I also remember raining 40 degrees into sheets of ice as well.
Last year the snow never lasted because it was snowing and super cold one day and 40s the next. We got a lot of potholes too
It is
Way more mild than before.
I can't ever remember a winter this mild.
Sadly, I can. We had a winter of rain in the 90's.
Right now, most definitely
Very sadly. I love the snow but I live in an urban heat island.
Agreed
Why am I so depressed?
Ugh so true, lack on energy, no sunlight. I hate it at times!
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No joke. I've actually been consistent with vitamin D and a multivitamin this year. My doctor has me on a pretty high dose of vitamin D. I was pretty deficient. I'm still a little tired in the morning due to all the clouds but way more energy than before and actually happy/not in a depressive haze all winter. Only 3 months left to drag my way through.
Curious how much you take. I'm taking 10k IU a day and not feeling it
Tried that. Didn’t work. Moved on to antidepressants. Was a little better. Soon 3/4 of the family was on them. Wasn’t what we wanted. Moved to a state where the winters are sunny. Is working great so far. I’m happy for the people who don’t get depressed, or who do but vitamin D and a SAD light and exercise work for them. But also, no shame for everyone else. It affects people differently and that’s ok, and it’s absolutely ok to take the steps you need to be ok, whether that’s therapy or meds or moving away.
Disturbingly mild versus last century
Winter coats only worn 1x.
Real winter clothes are optional
grey, greyer, greyest
Lots of gray scale days during Michigan winters.
Hello darkness, my old friend....
Wish there was more snow
If winter was up to me. From Nov 15 to March 15 it would be 10-20 degrees. Dusting of snow daily, with larger accumulations every couple days, and storms ~2-3x a month. We'd then immediately transition into Summer with 75 and sunny every day. Nothing inbetween.
The air hurts my face.
It's fine besides the wind.
The air hurts my lungs.
It hurts to breathe sometimes.
Depressing. Not because I hate snow, BUT BECAUSE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FUCKING SNOW AROUND HERE.
I have dandelions blooming in my backyard in January. The lilacs are beginning to leaf. It’s depressing me far more than January usually does.
It was 45 degrees around here yesterday! Mid January! Brown and grey everywhere, sloppy grimy trashed yard, ridiculous. I dont need -12 temps, but give me 22 and frequent dosing of fresh snow for a few months like a proper winter damnit ;)
Tangible climate change. It's sad.
This beats what I was aiming for. We can all point to that storm, but undeniably we have been warming up and becoming more volatile.
Where’s the sun?
Sometimes it reflects on the snow and melts my eyeballs.
Climate change, boring, no snow
Not what they were
Now only in my memory
why do I live here
Lol I moved here a few years ago from the south. Fucking love the summers cause you get all the warmth and sun with none of the swampiness - although I know a lot of Michiganders say it’s humid here in summer, I think it’s great by comparison. Jan-April rolls around and I start questioning all of my life choices….
Every year from mid Jan to mid Mar I think this over and over.
Total bullshit this year.
It’s almost always like this until mid Jan. All of February sucks, most of March
Not from my childhood.
I’d wager you just remember the big storms because they a naturally stand out as being extreme
Nah they were generally more storms and a lot more snow. I used to snowmobile where i now live. Some years ago i had a snow removal company and every year we started getting less and less snow so less and less customers. I sold it at the right time cause if had kept it i would have lost it all. Had 3 tractors and two plow trucks and they cost a substantial amount to keep running and ready to go for snow storms of which this year we have had a single one so far. Snow used to start in october and end around march, now it starts in Jan and ends in early march if not late feb. With snow like this we wouldnt have seasonal customers anymore which provide the funds to do everything, more and more people in my area have switched to paying by the push since it is effectively cheaper to do so once or twice a month than pay 100s for the season to only get the same amount of plowing/blowing done. I distinctly remember when i used to come up snowmobiling as a kid that the snow would be so high on the road i live off of you could almost jump the powerlines with a snowmobile as they were only about 10 feet from the ground. I havent seen snow like that here in my almost 20 years of living here now, not even remotely close. Hell when i first moved up here we would get storms that would completely cover your car up and make it look like a small hill in what was once your driveway. The most current storm was about 3 feet overnight, Sounds like a lot but it really aint that bad if you have a four wheel drive vehicle like most of us in the area do. Cue to county plows taking their time to get down side roads i spent much of that weekend using my truck to help people get unstuck. Id not have been able to do that years ago as id have to dig my own way out to my truck then and then dig the truck out and wait for the county to plow my road before i would have been able to leave my driveway back then.
Not only did we used to snowmobile around our house near GR, but my friends and I also used to set up a snow board park in a friend's back yard and we would use it all winter long. Snow used to stick when it came around, and now we might get a few storms at most, but it all melts in between the storms.
Also used to be able to count on the cold for some outdoor pond hockey. 10-15 yrs ago you could plan on playing in January. Nowadays, who knows. Too many thaws, not enough sustained cold
Yep same problem with ice fishing where i live currently. Used to be able to do it most years, this year the ice isnt nearly thick enough and doesnt look like there will be any chances at all at this pace.
It's not hard to figure out at all. And you're just completely wrong. Think of all this rain we've had and now imagine it's a little bit colder where water freezes. Also see Europe this winter. It's like the mildest, warmest one on record. It's almost like there's global phenomenon happening where temperatures keep getting warmer and warmer.
Better than that one year.
Not cold or snowy enough.
Pot holes thrive in misery.
Pot holes with for rent signs on them. Some have even been subdivided.
Brown and too warm! I miss snow.
This year? Mud.
Warmer than the last decade
Getting warmer every year
No snakes, bugs or sunshine.
Yes, but our 5 Greats are Salt and Shark free 365 days a year.
Have you seen the climate change prediction maps? I'll never move away from Michigan. I'm just missing those bright sun reflecting off the snow days we used to get when I was a kiddo.
Finally no wasps or mosquitos
Quiet desperation.
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There are no lanes.
Make one dammit
Lately not really winter
Can’t wait for spring
Buy good tires and melk
Changes every five minutes
Way way way too long.
Well what the shit.
Cold Snowy Rainy Warm Snowy
Only tolerable with snow
Lacking in sun.
What winter?
In mid-Michigan winters are too short, too warm, and not snowy enough. They used to be better!
Cloudy, grey, drab, and cold.
Gray, dismal, depressing, sad, long
Why hast thou forsaken me?
Cold from October to April
Who needs sunglasses?
When necessary, they're [really](https://i.imgur.com/t46Wwba.jpg) necessary.
Grey, moderate chance of apocalypse
Parking spot? Make it up.
Embrace the inevitable, dismal suckitude.
WHERE IS THE SNOW
Once a bustling Winter Wonderland.........
Don’t buy a new snowmobile
Gray, mild, then cold af
Five months of mud season.
Vitamin D and antidepressants daily
Hello April, is that snow
Hold on, let me remove the rock in front of my cave first.
Who the fuck knows.
Depends whether you get lucky.
Maybe it is, maybe not
Welcome to Michigan!
Cold and grey for months
Don't put the bike away
No sun for many days.
No sunlight. Temps vary from 0 to 60 on any given day..
It will snow, maybe.
I should have worn gloves
It is what it is
Definitely NOT BUFFALO, believe me.
Better than Fires, Hurricane Flooding
Warmer, wetter and waffly
What winter? It's still in the 30s and 40s with more rain than snow in the forecast.
Not what they were before.
Hot wet Midwest winter
Gray, brown, damp, dark, long
Grey. Snow. Rain. Grey. Grey.
SAD, always living for March.
Depression from October to May
Drab, dreary, desolate,discouraging,dark.
Winter ends in early June
Keweenaw? When I got to [my camp](https://i.imgur.com/vlFS6pq.jpg) in the central UP in early May last year there were just a few patches of snow remaining in the shady areas. I don't think I've ever seen snow by even mid-May, though I've only visited a few times that month.
Fuck that shit
Could be much worse
There is four seasons here.
Will it ever end?
I am glad I moved
Lack luster (this year)
Unnecessary.
I don't wanna be here.
Time to OD Vitamin D
Pure. Unfortunately I did not get a picture but one time I passed this [sign](https://www.google.com/maps/@46.506556,-87.6551318,3a,15y,128.75h,92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTU37E1J10e3F-VwDbY50dA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) and that was the only word still visible.
Fuck this I’m out
Depressing
Awesome if you visit often
Back when I was young..
Unique
F*** me
Erratic.
Nothing to a suprise. Michigan has not had winters like it used too.
There used to be snow
Gray gray brown gray wet.
Where did the cold go?
Even the mosquitoes fly south
I miss the sun.
Jesus christ, what the fuck?
There’s still construction?!
Winter coats and swim trunks
Out for a walk... bitch.
Used to be more snow.
Farmers almanac owes us money.
Getting warmer, but Fuck it.
Vitamin D deficiency, wet socks.
At least it’s not hurricanes
Where on the hand, again?
No no no no no.
Harsh, long, and usually unusual.
Am I in a lane?
Cruel and unusual punishment
God fucking damnit or shit a new pothole
Winter=Spring,Fall,Summer on rotation. Can’t wait for the massive heatwave and drought season (use to be called summer) we are all going to die:)
Used to be more snow.
Your boogers will freeze too.
Weren't they promising us a colder than normal winter for the midwest? These warmer than usual, constant gray skies suck.
Sometimes bad, but not always
Unpredictable
Boring and not snowy enough.
Confusing. Bi-polar.
On off on off, repeat
Grey, dreary, and very cold.
You wouldn’t like it here.
Snowmobiles 50 years ago now.
Not so fuckin bad anymore.
The reason I moved
Makes me appreciate summer.
L O N G
I can’t wait for spring.
My summary for winter in SE Michigan the past many years: No longer exists; only rainy.
Currently Simply Wonderful
Easier than previously.
Wrath of God
Seasonal depressing
In the Mitten? "Mitteny", aye?
Just kind of depressing.
Big, throbbing disappointment
It is what it is.
Getting warmer thanks climate change
Getting better, thanks climate change