$hucks it is cold...

[Rastus]

Well, we are up to 0 right now....it was -2. 

This is really a pain.  It was too cold to start the tractor yesterday...but we're going all the way up to 14 or 15 today.  I'll head out in a couple of hours and start putting some heat on the tractor engine...I have to break ice for the livestock to have drink today.

[Big Frank]

It was 2 degrees an hour and a half ago with 74% humidity and felt like -10. Then it got colder, not warmer when the sun came up. It's still 1 degree, but now it feels like 14 below. It's 78% humidity and the wind is up to 9 mph now.

[Big Frank]

Last night my friend texted me pictures from the cabin. Since it's a 3-day weekend he went up there to work on stuff, or go snowmobiling the first time in a few years there was enough snow to ride on. Whatever the reason, it doesn't matter. It only matters to his wife that he went away, and left her alone. When he retires he can live at the cabin all winter, and she can live there all summer so he won't get on her nerves.   Nah, she'd never let the house be destroyed by guys while she's away that long.   I don't know how much it snowed or how fast, but he had to get the snowblower out of the garage/shed to clean out the driveway so he'll be able to come home. This is about halfway between Mio and Lewiston, the 2 cities I marked on Google Maps. It's a good deal north in the mitten from here, so it "up north" but not "way up north" across the bridge. And when people in Michigan simply say the bridge, there can only be one bridge they're talking about. The one between the state of Michigan and the 51st state, the State of Superior.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_(proposed_U.S._state)

The second picture is from the door of the garage. The third picture is facing right at the back of the cabin. The little hut against the wall is where the propane tanks for the stove are. The last pic is going past his mom's little cabin, back out to the private trail 3/8 of a mile away that leads to the road. It takes a lot of 3/8 mile trips to clear the whole driveway. If I was there, I'd tell him to sit on the front rack of the ATV and operate the snowblower, while I drive really slow in low range. Forget about all that walking. That's a big, heavy duty pickup he drives, not a regular one, so the snow is even deeper than it looks. 

[alfsauve]

No one ever complained about scraping sunshine off their windshield.


I checked and yes we'll will drop below 20f for a couple of mornings this coming week.  But just early in the mornings. Maybe a little mixed precip one day, but probably nothing sticking. 

Of course sub-freezing is good for the Peach Trees, who need several days of it each winter to blossom properly in the spring.

[Big Frank]

No one ever complained about the pavement melting under their feet when they walk around here in the summer. Every part of the country has something bad about it, and most have something good about them. IMO, Louisiana's only redeeming quality would be its cuisine. I've never been to the state of Misery, so I can't say what's good or bad about it. All I remember about Georgia is when you hit the northern border and think you're almost to Florida, it's still a long way to drive.

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[PegLeg45]

It was 21° this morning.....we're about 60 miles north of the GA/FL border...or about 200 miles south of Alf.
It got a little colder than earlier predicted but once it gets that cold a few degrees isn't much to feel....but, those few degrees CAN mean the difference in frozen pipes and such. It's a matter of time as to how long it stays below freezing.
It's supposed to get into the low 50's for the high today and right back down in the 20's again tonight.
It doesn't do this often here (Once last year it got into the teens for a day) but I'm thinking of investing in a few Freeze Misers to put on several water spigots around the farm.

https://www.freezemiser.com/

[Rastus]

We were up to 10 degrees by 8 AM this morning.  We're supposed to get as high as 33 today....whoo boy!

[alfsauve]

I may have to reconsider what parallel I'm willing to live.  Understanding more every year why FL is a retirement haven.  Maybe below the 29th or 28th, or even with Kevin down near the 26th.

[TAB]

23 degrees warmer today than yesterday

[PegLeg45]

S'posed to hit 55° for the high here...which is close to normal with low in the 40's tomorrow then back into the low 20's Saturday and Sunday.....and THEN next week highs near 80.