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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Almanac says get ready for colder, snowier winter
2013-09-12


The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts you'll need your snow shovel at the ready this winter.

The other jury is in: A second periodical used for everything from predicting the weather to helping people lose weight agrees that this winter's shaping up to be cold and snowy.

The Dublin, N.H.-based Old Farmer's Almanac which, at 222, is believed to be the oldest continuously published periodical in North America, is predicting that a drop in solar activity and a change in ocean patterns point to colder-than-average temperatures and higher-than-average snowfall totals.

The 2014 edition officially comes out Tuesday.

Last month, the Maine-based Farmer's Almanac, said much the same. The younger cousin has been published for a mere 197 years.

The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts a cold winter for every region but the lower Great Lakes, upper Midwest and the northern states of the Northeast.

"Sweaters and snow shovels should be unpacked early and kept close by throughout the season," said Janice Stillman, editor of the Old Farmer's Almanac.

Posted by:Au Auric

#11  .... oh goody, on my checklist of finding a house in Arkansas, was a fireplace.... remembered a year my sister was out of power for some 5-6 days, and their big fireplace saved them....

No fireplace, and been reading and making preparations for all these plants I have, wondering what winter is like... and now, I learn.... it will be worse.....
Posted by: Sherry   2013-09-12 23:02  

#10  Love your dedication to hornet eradication Barb, I had a nest under my gazebo, so I masked the skirt off and tossed a couple of hornet b gone bombs under but no joy. (did I mention I was checking the shelf life of my beer at the time) I had been cleaning with a shop vac and the small opening left in the skirt masking kind of funneled those critters there ( did I mention the beer I was checking was taking effect) so I started hovering them them up, one at a time. made a satisfying 'thump' when they hit the bend in the hose.
quite fun actually.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2013-09-12 22:08  

#9  I understand they are already shoveling in Vail CO.
Posted by: KBK   2013-09-12 21:21  

#8  They may be right, if insect behavior is any indication.

For the past 2 weeks, I've had huge hornets (1-1/2 to 2 inches long) trying to get in my back door every night (attracted to the automatic deck light, and then to the door/window and the kitchen lights when that goes out).

They started coming in pairs at first, but have picked up lately - the other morning, I had to sweep 7 or 8 bodies off the deck in front of the door. (When they start flying at the storm door, I pull down the top window, which rolls down a screen, and zap them with hornet spray through the screen. [Insert maniacal laughter here])

I've NEVER had this happen before in the 30+ years I've lived here. Can't find a nest anywhere in the area, either. I mentioned this to a friend who's kinda country and he said they were trying to find someplace warm to hole up for the winter since they "knew" it was going to be severe; the ants were doing the same thing. It's as good an explanation as any.

I need to go up to the attic with the hornet spray and look to see if they've gotten in there. :-(

So hang on tight, friends - it's coming!

(And I don't even want to think about the electric and oil bills, which have already gone up from last year.)
Posted by: Barbara   2013-09-12 19:03  

#7  The term "thought crime" was invented for people like you, tu3031.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-09-12 16:26  

#6  I thought it was "Climate Psychosis"?
Posted by: tu3031   2013-09-12 16:19  

#5  "Climate change", Rambler in Virginia, "climate change".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-09-12 15:43  

#4  Of course, the global warming crowd will point to this as proof of global warming.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2013-09-12 15:18  

#3  is predicting that a drop in solar activity and a change in ocean patterns point to colder-than-average temperatures and higher-than-average snowfall totals.

Either that or Al-Gore is on tour.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-09-12 14:53  

#2  I'll take it, being here in Texas
Posted by: texhooey   2013-09-12 14:09  

#1  Judging by the Arctic ice pack, they may be right.
Posted by: DarthVader   2013-09-12 13:54  

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