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haikugal

(6,476 posts)
15. I had to walk into the wind
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 01:22 AM
Feb 2015

to get to the barn to feed my horse and even bundled up my eyeballs felt that cold. I thought of all the poor who have no homes....my water is frozen in the kitchen but the bath is fine. I forgot to set the trickle in the kitchen and it froze. No problem beyond inconvenient but the poor are in my thoughts.

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Yipes shenmue Feb 2015 #1
My little section of the PNW is going to be MissB Feb 2015 #2
That was Chicago yesterday marym625 Feb 2015 #3
I walked ten blocks in it frazzled Feb 2015 #6
We've had that marym625 Feb 2015 #9
Here on eastern Long Island the wind, last night, was unbelievable. Gusts around hurricane force. KittyWampus Feb 2015 #25
Pittsburgh - real temp, MINUS 6 degrees; wind chill, minus 16. Divernan Feb 2015 #4
The number of homeless students roughly doubled MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #11
brr keep warm there nt msongs Feb 2015 #5
Yikes! Terra Alta Feb 2015 #7
Yesterday in Wisconsin as well. Wind chill -27 Greybnk48 Feb 2015 #8
Hopefully those made homeless by Wall Street MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #10
I'm getting a strong breeze from the river through my drafty windows, lol. closeupready Feb 2015 #12
But how cold is it? longship Feb 2015 #13
I had to walk into the wind haikugal Feb 2015 #15
Me too. A Columbus OH homeless citizen died this wkd from hypothermia. RiverLover Feb 2015 #21
I agree with you completely. Bohunk68 Feb 2015 #24
Wind chill 15 to 20 below zero tonight... haikugal Feb 2015 #14
It's -8 degrees in the NE PA mountains. Lugnut Feb 2015 #16
Oh, heck. I was in Minneapolis many years ago SheilaT Feb 2015 #17
I agree - easier to survive extreme cold than extreme heat. Divernan Feb 2015 #23
"get over it"? WTF is wrong with you? We aren't used to this degree of coldness. There are homeless KittyWampus Feb 2015 #26
Oh I agree... haikugal Feb 2015 #28
-12 here 33 in Anchorage... Agony Feb 2015 #18
Bizarre new reality..... haikugal Feb 2015 #30
Yeah... Agony Feb 2015 #33
Temp here dropped below 0 haikugal Feb 2015 #35
A possible indication of "global weirding", perhaps? AverageJoe90 Feb 2015 #32
about 80 in so cal JI7 Feb 2015 #19
Why I no longer live in the frozen wastelands of the north. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #20
OMG. That's cold. Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #22
I feel bad for everyone having Ilsa Feb 2015 #27
Oh! I think I would Die! Texasgal Feb 2015 #29
It was only abou ~35 here in most areas of the D/FW Metro today. AverageJoe90 Feb 2015 #31
It was about 80 in Sacramento today. Can we trade some warmth for some moisture? Throd Feb 2015 #34
If only we could. haikugal Feb 2015 #36
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