As an aside, after dipping into NW on the odd occassion in years past, I don't know why anyone would prefer that to here. I know the MO thread can get a little fractious at times (the mods do a good job), but that other place is just riddled with snideness, unpleasant digs, and acrimony.
I don't usually read too much into the MOD thread. It can get a bit too hectic in the winter and it can be hard to keep up, but that's just me.
What I hate on there is all the guilt-tripping and all of the cold vs warm rubbish. In summer, it's "you enjoy heat, so you're happy to see wildfires and people getting heatstroke" and then in winter it's "you like cold, so your happy to see the elderly freeze and the economy slow down" or "you like mild and wet, so you like people being flooded" and all that crap. It get's pathetic.
You wonder why some of them are even weather enthusiasts to begin with.