My brief moment of kvetching

[Solly Mack]

It's cold!

Cold! Cold! Cold!

I know it's not as cold (22 tonight, 12 tomorrow night with highs not topping 30) as it is in other places but this is Louisiana and it's not supposed to be this cold.

All done.

Thank you.

[elleng]

1. OH GOLLY!

NOT that cold here (southern MD, 60 miles south of DC,) 33 now, and hi tomorrow 38. Ice melting.

[Solly Mack]

3. It won't be above 30 at night here until the weekend with the days improving some, in the low to

mid-30's. But the weekend brings warm temps back.

It's supposed to freeze tonight and snow tomorrow.

Lucky me.

lol

[elleng]

7. LOL!

WEIRD stuff here too, get THIS! HI TUESDAY morning showers 54, after hi tomorrow 38! and next weekend, 36 and 44, 'mostly sunny!!!'

[blm]

2. ((Solly))

[Solly Mack]

4. Thank you, blm.

Hugs help to keep warm.

I've been hugging dogs and cats all day. Dogs enjoyed it but the cats were not amused.

[niyad]

13. I think my cat ordered the weather so that I would have to stay in and cuddle with him. He does

not like it if I am out of his sight.

[Solly Mack]

16. My cats visit me at night, one after the other, for snuggles. After a few minutes the go their own

way.

They do it for me, I'm sure. Probably think I'm too needy.

[brewens]

5. It was 11 here in Idaho when I went out for my morning walk. The usual hour was a little more

exercise today, I can still feel it in my calves. There was about 3 1/2 inches on the ground. I intentionally tromped through a small park and athletic field for more exercise. We have about 3-6 more inches on the way. I'll be making it a little shorter probably for a few days.

[Solly Mack]

8. Walking the dogs today was most unpleasant. They didn't like it either.

Their walks tonight and tomorrow will be shorter ones.

11 during the day - damn.

[Behind the Aegis]

6. I hear ya!

Right now, it is 4 Degrees! It is so cold in the garage, I had chicken in the fridge thawing for four days...it is STILL frozen! Sodas on the shelf are COLDER than the ones in the fridge and the ones IN the fridge, as of today are starting to form ice in them...while in the fridge! I have never seen that happen. I brought in my extra carton of eggs.

The dogs are mad at us because we allowed the ground to get cold, hard and filled it with this nasty, white stuff. They are not amused!

[Solly Mack]

10. My dogs didn't understand why they had to go out in the wet cold either.

I told them I was miserable too but they didn't care.

4? I'm sorry!

Hopefully your drinks won't pop and spew. Put a towel or blanket on them maybe? I would hate to clean up the mess is all.

Stay warm as best you can!

[MuseRider]

9. Oh dear, be glad

you left this forsaken place. -11 real temp with -35 wind chill. Going to close up the net for now, dress up and go take my final run in the barns and buckle everyone in for the night. It is just no fun at all here.

I can imagine it feels just as bad to you all where you are even though it is not as extreme in temps it is still unusual. Stay warm and take care.

[Solly Mack]

11. Yikes! -11. I had forgotten about temps like that. Last winter I lived there

it snowed so much it reached my upper thighs. That was no fun at all.

Hope one and all settle in for a warm(er) night!

[niyad]

12. High today minus two. Low tonight minus 20. High tomorrow 18. I remind myself it IS winter. .

But. . .DAMN!!! It is COLD!!!!

I understand it is supposed to snow in Houston tonight. I was there once when it snowed. Amused the hell out of my friends and me.

[Stuart G]

14. Those 3 words say everything."It is Winter."..."It is Winter"..."It is Winter"..."It is Winter"....

[niyad]

17. On the other hand a couple of weeks ago it was 65. Typical flips like that around here.

[Solly Mack]

15. We usually have one week of cold and I'm talking maybe freezing, mostly not.

I can drive in the snow and ice, though I won't go out on ice unless it is an emergency.

Still, I'd rather not do either.

We kept our chains from living in snowy locales, good thing.

[TomSlick]

18. I feel your pain.

I'm in SW Arkansas.

Predicted low tonight 12.
Monday High/Low: 21/4
Tuesday High/Low: 27/18
Wednesday High/Low: 26/21

It is predicted to finally get over freezing on Thursday
High/Low: 33/9 - with snow.

I have seen cold weather but I've never seen it this cold this long.

[Solly Mack]

19. By the weekend it will be back up in the high 60's/ low 70's. This cold is just plain wrong.

It usually isn't this cold this many days in a row. I'm already thinking about hitting the covers.

[TomSlick]

20. We poor southerners ain't used to such.

It looks like we'll be alright here if we can survive until the weekend. Not quite as a balmy as you but at least bearable.

I'm reminded of the lyrics of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." Does anyone know where the love of God goes?

[Solly Mack]

24. I've lived in snow country before. I just like the warm better.

Am from Georgia though.

[nocoincidences]

21. An old fave.

[Solly Mack]

25. That sums it up nicely.

[LudwigPastorius]

22. I'm in North Texas, and it's currently 14 degrees colder here than it is in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Local weather guy was saying that the wind chill could get to -20 tonight.

I'm trying to keep the three, poor feral kitties that we feed alive. I just can't get them to come inside though.
I tried luring them with tuna, warm broth, etc. They're so cold, but they just can't overcome their fear.

It's pretty distressing. I don't see how they're going to survive tonight and the next night.

[Solly Mack]

23. Gosh, that is distressing. Took a nap. Up to walk the dogs.

Can you get a box, fill it with hay (whatever warm things you have now), not too tight so the kittens can move about inside, seal the box except for an opening they can get into?

They might go inside that to keep warm. They will snuggle in the hay together and that will help them keep warm.

I wish you and them well.

[LudwigPastorius]

26. Thanks, Mack

We’ve got a couple of shelters they can get into.
I just hope they use them.

[Solly Mack]

27. I have boxes out around my yard and know 2 of them are with occupants.

One has cats, a mom and a kitten, and not sure about the other. I walked the yard after walking the dogs to check on them. Brought more food and water just in case.

We have a hay bin between two storage sheds that attracts all kinds of wildlife looking to keep warm and snug. That's the only reason we keep it filled with clean hay.

Now I'm wide awake. Dammit.

lol

[LudwigPastorius]

30. Two out of three survived the night and showed up this AM.

This is LeRoy. He doesn't like it.

[Solly Mack]

32. Can't blame him. The cats came out for food and went right back to the boxes.

We're staying in today except for dog walks and food patrol. 19 with a wind chill of 4. Snow covered ground and roads.

I'm getting sleepy just thinking about it.

[LudwigPastorius]

33. Yeah, my bed is talking to me.

Saying, "come lie down...I'm warm.."

[MissB]

28. Ice storm here.

Trees are falling.

We finally lost power with if the last hour. Utility company says they’ll restore it on the 16th. Supposed to be above freezing by the morning.

Good times.

[Solly Mack]

29. We have a mixture of snow and ice on the ground this AM.

I hate losing power. Spent a few weeks without during hurricane season. Whole town.

High today will be 30.

Going to be a quiet day with any luck.

[LudwigPastorius]

31. Good lord.

I hope you have a fireplace, or something to keep you warm!

[MissB]

35. We have a new high efficiency

Wood burning insert. So our living room is toasty.

[LudwigPastorius]

36. Good. Glad you aren't freezing.

I'm trying to come up with a plan if we get hit with a blackout in the middle of the night.

Fireplace, but nothing to burn. It's my fault, I moved in here four years ago and never thought it would be needed.

So far, I've come up with: get in the car and get somewhere warm!

[mnhtnbb]

34. Brrrr....

my niece and her family--with two toddler age boys--live just outside Dallas. They lost power at 3 am. Single digits there. She and her husband grew up in Iowa, so they know how cold it can get. But Texas? Crazy.

Stay warm!

[elleng]

37. HI! You OK?

My niece and nephew moved to Austin, also grew up in Iowa!

[mnhtnbb]

39. Yes. We've just had a lot of rain.

Temp has stayed above freezing, but it may dip into 20's at night later in the week. We haven't had any single digit temps this winter.

[elleng]

41. Similar here, but did have snow (and ICE!)

Melted now, hi later today 54 (after some rain,) then cools down.

[Solly Mack]

38. Your niece and kids OK? Lot of problems in Texas.

You OK?

We've kept power, so far. Colder tonight, 12, with wind chill 0.

Tomorrow will be a little better.

[mnhtnbb]

40. Fine here.

My niece said around midnight that in 21 hours they'd had power briefly, once for about an hour and once for about 10 minutes. She was not looking forward to all night without power with temp still in single digits.

[Solly Mack]

42. I do hate that. It's colder than expected here, so I can only imagine what it is like in places

that got it worse.