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Melinda, my daughter is going to Charleston, SC for college, and the
school sent her a Chriatmss card with the school's quad covered in snow! We were all a little surprised. I guess they sent it to prepare new students for the rude shock of expecting to go to a "southern" climate! Hope everyone is having a merry holiday! I'm taking a break from marathon cooking--last night's dinner, this morning's breakfast (homemade cinnamon rolls, yum!), today's lunch, and fixin's for dinner tonight. Tomorrow, they're all waiting on ME, hand and foot. Karen Maslowski in snowy, cold Ohio--our nation's deep freeze today Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote: Barbara Raper wrote: Hi Erin, I'm from Simpsonville, SC, 14 miles from Greenville. I'm lucky enough to be able to live in Florida during the cold months. Nice to meet ya! Cold months? How cold does it get, exactly, around there? We were told that it rarely went below freezing and that there was rarely any snow, just occasionally a light dusting. Is that accurate? I hate to be sending my daughter off unprepared for viciously cold weather. But then again, I suppose Pennsylvania is a lot further north than South Carolina. |
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Besides Charleston being cold in the winter and wet during the summer, there
is always a chance of hurricanes in the fall, and don't forget that it is situated on a earthquake fault. However it would be a wonderful place to live! I love it's history! Barbara in FL and Greenville, SC |
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Cold is relative. Yesterday morning it was -15F when I got up.
"Barbara Raper" wrote in message nk.net... Besides Charleston being cold in the winter and wet during the summer, there is always a chance of hurricanes in the fall, and don't forget that it is situated on a earthquake fault. However it would be a wonderful place to live! I love it's history! Barbara in FL and Greenville, SC |
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I was in Boiling Springs about 25 miles from Greenville the end of last
month to visit DS & family and to celebrate DGD's 6th. It was cold! I wore warm clothing and of course, the afternoon she(DGD) had her horse riding lesson was the coldest afternoon so far this year, very cloudy and damp as well. It was even too cold to shoot pictures of her practicing her first jumps with the digital camera. I thought I had broken it, but after we got inside the house, it worked fine. Boiling Springs/Spartanburg is near Ashville, about 26 miles, I think. I call it the foot of the Piedmont Mtns. though that may not be exactly accurate. Emily |
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Yep, Emily. It's called the foot hills of the Carolinas, or foot hills of
the Piedmont. Barbara in SC & FL |
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Barbara Raper wrote:
Don't believe everything you hear! Be sure to pack her plenty of warm clothes and a heavy coat. There might be 2 snows, when schools and stores close for a day or 2. But yes, mostly ice storms, 2 or 3 a year, when YIKES! She doesn't own any really cold-weather clothes -- the lowest it ever really gets here is in the 40s -- and she's leaving for school in two weeks! Time to pop up a web page and start ordering furiously with express delivery! Thanks for the info. |
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Right now it is 32 degrees in Greenville after a low of 26. Yes, your DD
will need plenty of long winter skirts. I don't think the girls are allowed to wear pants on or off campus. Temps should get even colder in Jan & Feb. Hope she can stay warm! Barbara in SC & FL YIKES! She doesn't own any really cold-weather clothes -- the lowest it ever really gets here is in the 40s -- and she's leaving for school in two weeks! Time to pop up a web page and start ordering furiously with express delivery! Thanks for the info. |
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Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
Barbara Raper wrote: Don't believe everything you hear! Be sure to pack her plenty of warm clothes and a heavy coat. There might be 2 snows, when schools and stores close for a day or 2. But yes, mostly ice storms, 2 or 3 a year, when YIKES! She doesn't own any really cold-weather clothes -- the lowest it ever really gets here is in the 40s -- and she's leaving for school in two weeks! Time to pop up a web page and start ordering furiously with express delivery! Thanks for the info. My suggestions for warm clothes (eddie bauer is having their seasonal cold weather gear sale now - just an idea) Long winter coat (keeps knees warm) Wool scarf (or other fiber that still insulates when damp) Wool gloves and waterproof covers (nothing worse than wet gloves in sleet) Wool socks A few warm sweaters Wool hat if coat does not have hood. Boots with reasonable traction that are large enough to fit heavy socks. Her 40 degree clothes will be fine for layering under the warm stuff. I frequently wore a full length full circle heavy wool skirt around campus - kept my legs warm and also generated lots of "are you a nun" "are you in a play" questions. Always fun to answer. liz young in breezy california |
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"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in message ... Barbara Raper wrote: Don't believe everything you hear! Be sure to pack her plenty of warm clothes and a heavy coat. There might be 2 snows, when schools and stores close for a day or 2. But yes, mostly ice storms, 2 or 3 a year, when YIKES! She doesn't own any really cold-weather clothes -- the lowest it ever really gets here is in the 40s -- and she's leaving for school in two weeks! Time to pop up a web page and start ordering furiously with express delivery! Thanks for the info. Merry Christmas, Guys and Gals! These last few posts brought quite a chuckle as I remembered the first year of my marriage: my husband was transferred from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Kitimat, British Columbia. This move was for December 1 - no problem we thought because it was a lateral transfer (both in job position and geographic latitude). What we hadn't counted on was that Kitimat, although technically a seaport, is quite far inland up the very long and narrow Douglas Channel. We discovered immediately that what we thought was winter clothing very truly wasn't! (And we thought that the nickname "Valley of the Snow" was just fanciful thinking - NOT!) From that time hence, I have always packed for a variety of climates - regardless of the time of year. Cynthia |
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Barbara Raper wrote:
Right now it is 32 degrees in Greenville after a low of 26. Yes, your DD will need plenty of long winter skirts. I don't think the girls are allowed to wear pants on or off campus. Temps should get even colder in Jan & Feb. Hope she can stay warm! She doesn't wear pants anyway, but they are allowed to wear them when going to and from the gym and during some athletic events and specific outings (horseback riding, ice skating, skiing, etc.) where they are more practical. She is a stubborn one, my daughter (her first sentence was "Do by self" LOL) and has resisted my attempts to get her to consider boosting her wardrobe. Maybe I'll pass your weather report on to her and see if it motivates her to seriously consider augmenting her wardrobe. I'm sure she'd be fine with a few pairs of leggings plus tights to wear under her skirts, if I can convince her to order them (I'm not wasting any money buying them without her wanting them, because I've done that before and she hasn't worn things because she didn't want them). If not, she can jolly well freeze until she gets the drift. |
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