seriously though, on guam 68 is
cold
i guess i'll never attend one of those boston get-to-gethers
Hi sozobe!
Reminds of the "how cold was it?" jokes.
It was so cold I saw a politician on Beacon Hill with his hands in his own pockets.
-or-
It was so cold I saw a dog frozen to a hyrant.
...can't think of any more right now.
Around here, sub-zero cold is just a fact of life. Its common for vehicles to have electrical engine heaters, and in many public places there are electrical outlets for them, some controlled by parking meters; as long as the meter is fed, the current flows. Right now, our own vehicles, in our garage here at home, are plugged in, with battery warmers and trickle chargers, engine block, and radiator heaters going. Its not uncommon, during one of our real cold spells, to see most of the vehicles in a parking lot left running while the owner is inside shopping or whatever. Heavy equipment and large trucks, stuff with big diesel engines, often are not shut off at all during cold snaps which can last days or weeks. Remote car starters are common, too. Both Mrs. Timber and I have them. They can be set to start and run the engine a few minutes every couple hours, and they are used to start the engine and begin warming the interior several minutes before you bundle up to go out and drive away. There's an old joke that goes "If you have half your firewood left at the end of February, you'll probably make it through the winter".
Very slick here this morning! Freezing rain is the worst!!!!!!!!!!
Yeh, the forecast here calls for "Wintry Mix".
Hmm.
Now it's 16 and feeling much colder, tho.
George wrote: It was so cold I saw a politician on Beacon Hill with his hands in his own pockets.
That's funny!
I'm sorry everybody (ahem,
almost everybody) is having such weather. I think this is the bad stuff we had in the PNW a week or so ago... it's just drifted over the country, causing havoc. We're being told on NPR that the snow in New York and New Jersey is particularly bad because of wind chill.
We're back up to 47 this morning, with expectations of 50 or higher AND, even better, some clear skies.
Beautiful. Everything here is crystalline, solid. No liquid to be found. Love it.
Right now in Boston:
Temperature 1 °F / -17 °C
Windchill -22 °F / -30 °C
Historically:
Max Temperature .....................Min Temperature
Normal 36 °F / 2 °C ................... 22 °F / -6 °C
Record 66 °F / 19 °C (1995)....... -12 °F / -24 °C (1957)
Yesterday 8 °F / -13 °C .............. -4 °F / -20 °C
I guess it's within the realm of recent historical levels, but man alive it seems waaaay too cold out there. These temps are for Boston. Up in Winchester (2 towns north by northwest) it's a few degrees colder.
That's chilly, all right. Thanks for the info--and stay warm, littlek!
I'll be ok. I worry about the little critters and the homeless people.
Temperature 5 °C/ 41 F
Wind 6 km/hr W Partly cloudy
Sunsrise & Sunset 8:42am - 4:44pm
Normal Low -20 °C/ -4 F
Normal High -10 °C/ 14 F
Record Low -44 °C/ -47 F in 1896
Record High 7 °C/ 44.6 F in 1965
.....I love winter days when an acquaintance of
mine arrives at the forest near where I live with
his truck full of Siberian Huskies.....They yelp
with anticipation as he prepares the harnesses for
his sled......They take off mushing through the woods....
oh, shepaints! You are so lucky. I love that lively, yipping, happy canine sound. Years ago, when I went on a retreat to Dorset, we stayed near a group of huskies, and then took a couple of them out on a wolf howl. Fabulous!
Tonight, I gussied up the little dogs in baby sweaters (Cleo wears a 2T), then their doggie coats and boots and off we went for a nice little stroll. I was glad to be wearing 3 layers of polar fleece.
Welcome, George, very funny jokes!
Has anyone thought of getting pueo to the States during winter? It's that evil part of me--not the usual me doing the thinking.
Diane, if pueo thinks 68 degrees is cold, then he'll freeze to death if has to experience a winter in the states, especially in the northeast...it's 4 degrees here right now.
diane, mean, mean, mean.
the last time i went back to hawaii, i thought it was cold.
perhaps a trip to the southwest during summer.
never been to new mexico, arizona several times.
