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Originally Posted by flipper35
We layer here since the weather changes all the time and we seldom stay below 0* for any length of time so no one here really wears a parka. We do have different styles of gaiters and balaclavas that are worn, especially when blowing snow off the driveway. We also have good insulated leather boots for hiking/hunting/clearing the drive.
For hunting the kids both have hybrid mitts/gloves. The mitten part folds back leaving a gloved hand to operate the firearm. Otherwise ski gloves for most activities.
What we do have is wind. Sometimes it is 0* and 40-50mph winds which sucks/blows/whatever. More so when there is snow on the ground converted to large drifts.
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And in the summer you import the Florida mosquitoes.
The weather forecast for tonight is for possible severe weather here. We finally warmed up enough to make some supercells and thunderstorms. Possible hail and high winds and maybe spinning air. Network TV will be interrupted with "wall to wall" weather coverage and no commercials. Dozens of storm chasers reporting in and tracking the storms mile by mile. The most advanced weather radar on the planet at the TV station we watch, and two helicopters, and 30 or so storm trackers on the ground. Most of them are meteorologists, not just weather geeks.