It was soooooo cold...

**EagleJCS** · 7th January 10, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by KiltedCodeWarrior

we made it up to almost 60 today. Was quite nice this afternoon.

I'm in the same area as Forrester. It's gonna be in the single digits overnight tomorrow and Saturday. Thank goodness my camping trip was postponed!

**beloitpiper** · 7th January 10, 08:40 PM

So far we've had about 9 inches so far, and they say a foot by tomorrow morning. And, as luck would have it, it'll be about 14°F (-10°C) at 8:00am tomorrow as I go to work...

**haxtonhouse** · 7th January 10, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by NewEnglander

I'm not sure at what age you outgrew the total and absolute JOY that a snow day brings, but I can tell you that at 30 I still LOVE me a snow day.

Of course, I'm a teacher so it means a day off...

I'm a teacher too, well said!

**haxtonhouse** · 7th January 10, 09:00 PM

Here in Montana, we had 25 below today, and about a foot of old snow. we have not had a snow day in 15 years.

**Mr. MacDougall** · 8th January 10, 12:58 AM

I'm in Tucson, where it will take a miracle to get a good snow. But folks still up at my Alma Matter, Northern Arizona University, say that it's cold and white up there. I'm kind of jealous, much to my surprise... I thought once I left the Great White North(ern Arizona) I'd be glad to be done with snow!

**auld argonian** · 8th January 10, 08:09 AM

Just heard a bit on the National Public Radio news about winter conditions in the UK (see...you don't get this kind of thing on FOX, do you?) and they said that the current satellite photo of the British Isles shows the whole thing as white with snow cover. One thing that occurs to me, beside the immediate risks to safety, is the potential hit that all of those famous English Gardens might take from the unusual weather.

"I'm dreaming of a white Burns Night
With eve'ry haggis that I slice..."

Best

AA

**Tobus** · 8th January 10, 08:16 AM

We are getting soft.

Yes, to the point of idiocy.

I saw on the news last night that a woman (in the Dallas area, I believe) is in trouble because she dropped her kids off at school in 30-degree weather and they actually had to stand outside for a couple of hours because school was delayed in opening. They had jackets, but no hats or gloves.

I'm sure it was no fun for the kids, but is this really something the mother should face charges over? That kind of thing was normal when I was a kid.

Another woman on the news is in trouble for leaving her young kids in the car while she went in for a tanning booth appointment. The weather was in the 30s and she was inside the salon for a total of 18 minutes, I believe. Is this really the kind of thing that constitutes child endangerment these days?

**turpin** · 8th January 10, 08:36 AM

They shut down the schools in Metro Atlanta today, even tho I can see the grass on my lawn still. But as I said elsewhere, ice, hills with curves at the bottom, and school buses don't mix well. at least in Chicago the streets are flat and straight. I do miss Chicago during a good snowstrom, but not the dirty, messy aftermath.

**Pleater** · 8th January 10, 10:26 AM

It really depends on how old the children are - my son was taken out on a school trip he forgot about/neglected to mention and after half an hour in high winds but only moderately low temperatures had moderate hypothermia.

I have seen that satellite picture a couple of times, and looking closely just to the North West of the Isle of Wight - the diamond shaped little island in the middle of the South coast of England - there are a few darker areas. One of them is Parkstone, where I live.

All the rest of the country is covered - the term albedo keeps coming to mind - must be the same word root as albescent, shading into white.

To be fair though it is not the snow which is causing problems, it is the ice. Though the idiot drivers going about at normal speeds are perhaps the real trouble.

I expect that there will be some specimen plants missing next Summer - the forecast was for a mild winter so some gardeners might not have taken all precautions - though the duration of the low temperatures is going to be the killer. Many plants which can survive through a few night frosts can't cope with prolonged sub zero temperatures.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**cessna152towser** · 8th January 10, 12:23 PM

We are getting soft.

Yes, to the point of idiocy.

Indeed so. It has just been announced on BBC Scotland News that the Bonspiel has been cancelled because of Health & Safety considerations, it seems the emergency services could not provide sufficient cover at such short notice. Curling association spokesman said it might never be possible to hold it again.