What a quiet morning!

@TheHorse (221710)
Walnut Creek, California
January 18, 2025 10:18am CST
I just took a peek outside. What a quiet morning. The trees are absolutely still and the skies a dreary shade of grey. There is no rain. There are no birds chirping and no squirrel chattering at Kitty or each other. I had better check my news feed and make sure the world didn't end or something. How often do you wake up to absolute stillness?
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@BarBaraPrz (48076)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Jan
It's been quiet here too (except for the sirens a half hour ago). Even the rain has been quiet, but as I look out the window just now, I see it's trying to snow again. But apparently it's still above freezing, so with luck, it won't pile up.
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@BarBaraPrz (48076)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Jan
@TheHorse Not sure what color it is, but there's a Lilliputian hockey rink where the walkway dips...
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan
@BarBaraPrz Understood. Sounds like a good day not to be out driving.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan
I hope it does not turn Into black ice over night.
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@JudyEv (343885)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jan
Sometimes no birds chirping isn't a good sign. They are forecasting huge storms in our north and a heatwave for us.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan
I thought maybe we were going to have an earthquake or something.
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@kareng (64709)
• United States
19 Jan
@TheHorse That could have been a very logical happening! Thank goodness it didn't!!
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@JudyEv (343885)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jan
@TheHorse There was a minor earthquake in Meckering yesterday. They had a huge one around 1968 I think.
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@kareng (64709)
• United States
18 Jan
It was quiet here today as well, but that is normal for when a big storm is moving in. The animals are all getting prepared or already prepared and hunkered down.
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@kareng (64709)
• United States
19 Jan
@TheHorse I don't know. Everyone in mid section, eastern section and south are in for a blizzard. We have up to five inches predicted here in my area in MS and a low of 14 degrees on Tuesday night. Wind chill will have us down to like 4 degrees. Brrr
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan
@kareng Sounds chilly.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jan
It is still quiet here. Is something abut to happen here?
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@LadyDuck (472399)
• Switzerland
18 Jan
Most mornings, as I get up at 5:30, the world around me is still sleeping.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jan
I enjoy that feeling. Peeking outside now. I went to the grocery store, so the world has not ended. But it is still unusually quiet outside.
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@LadyDuck (472399)
• Switzerland
19 Jan
@TheHorse - This morning it was even more quiet, it is Sunday and most people do not work.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan
@LadyDuck This morning it is incredibly foggy!
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@DaddyEvil (139094)
• United States
19 Jan
At 5:30 am, I took my morning meds and listened to the wind playing with our trashcan. I looked out my bedroom window and the trashcan is is on its side being scooted around the yard. It's too cold for me to worry about going out to "save" the trashcan... There wasn't anything in it anyway. *shrug*
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@DaddyEvil (139094)
• United States
19 Jan
@TheHorse There are frost patches on the inside of my bedroom windows. It's 11:40 am, 14F and still windy here. The trashcan is still in my front yard.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan
@DaddyEvil 14 F is cold.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan
It's calm here again this morning, and quite foggy.
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@wolfgirl569 (109922)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Jan
This time of year only if we have no electricity
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@wolfgirl569 (109922)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Jan
@TheHorse Yep and that means I hear the pellet burner and furnace going
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jan
@wolfgirl569 Wheee! I have heat too, even if its only in the 40s here.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jan
Do you have electrity right now? I do.
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@amnabas (14870)
• Karachi, Pakistan
18 Jan
Its midnight here and no silence as its weekend night.
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@TheHorse (221710)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jan
The wind is blowing and the trees are swaying?
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@RasmaSandra (81711)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Jan
Most days unless there is a storm outside or when the garbage men arrive on Mondays and Thursdays it is so quiet around her you can hear a pin drop unless Freddie is caterwauling,
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