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olmue ([personal profile] olmue) wrote2011-02-02 10:10 am

Cold

The good news is, we were not in the blizzard path. The bad news is, it's -20F (real temperature; the windchill factor is -31.)

This is what we're been driving on since the week before Thanksgiving, sometimes with a topping of snow and sometimes polished to this lovely, smooth sheen:

ice

It's like, Little House on the Ice Floe or something.

School has been canceled today due to the temperature, although DH still had to go to work. Fun things to see as you're driving out in this kind of cold: the exhaust from household dryers turns to steam--and then instant ice--outside, making interesting patterns on the sides of buildings. Pedestrians wearing ski masks have frost "beards" from their breathing/condensation. And people going to the grocery store leave their motors on when they go inside for fear they won't be able to get their cars started when they come out. (I stopped at the store but turned my car off. Everything was fine, luckily.)

Happy winter! And if you are having blizzard fun, stay inside and stay warm!

[identity profile] robinellen.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeesh! DH had no problem with our car yesterday -- but it was only -11 or so (ha). I hope your kiddos enjoy their inside day!

[identity profile] anabelgonzalez.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh I am impressed with the temperatures you all are having. I would send you warm temparatures from here if I could. Stay warm and a lot of patience with the kids!

[identity profile] fandoria.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, as bas as our roads have been (yesterday I drove T to school in 4 inches of unplowed snow), at least they haven't been solid ice. Yikes!

[identity profile] edawn.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It hurts to think about that kind of weather.

[identity profile] jeniwrites.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
EEK! The street looks like a makeshift ice rink. Hope you are staying warm! The snow is falling hard again here; think we're at 19 inches so far.

[identity profile] karenbschwartz.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. That is extreme!

[identity profile] barbarabaker.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Unbelievable! That's amazing. Glad I'm not there.
Stay warm.

[identity profile] kathys-shadow.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. I'm so glad I'm in Utah right now, and that I cannot complain about 16 degrees when it's so much colder everywhere else.

I hope it warms up there soon!