It's four below out there. Four below.
It's worse out in the hinterlands -- Kokomo is in the negative teens. I shan't be surprised if they abandon it, leaving "BRRATOAN" carved into a tree near the center of town. Homeless shelters in towns in the wooded, hilly regions of southern Indiana report a small but steady influx of "unusually tall and hairy men," with "extremely large, furry feet and no shoes," who speak only in monosyllables, smell dreadful and are very shy.
YMMV. Me, I am somewhat less happy than a body-shop owner in Atlanta, Georgia watching an ice storm -- which is what they're getting while we're getting the Big Freeze.
Hang in there, ma'am. Relief is on the way. While it was in the minus-teens this morning here in Minnesnowta, we're supposed to be in the upper-teens by this afternoon. And there's a 30-degree high in the forecast in a couple of days.
ReplyDeleteThis warm stuff will be your way a day after that, so if you can just get through the next 48 hours...
"BRRATOAN" was simply the most elegantly brilliant thing I've read all winter about this weather. Heck, the whole post was perfect: witty, concise, and touching.
ReplyDeleteThey're calling for 40 degrees next Monday. After the last couple weeks, that'll feel like sunbathing weather.
ReplyDeleteFondly Fahrenheit indeed...
ReplyDelete-23° at 7:00 this morning here in my redneck of the woods
ReplyDelete-19 her ein NWI.
ReplyDelete2.4 bushels full of plain frikkin' COLD.
But I've been in worse. Not voluntarily, mind you...
So much for Glowbal Warmenizing or whatever they are calling it this year.
So in the Climate Change scientist's world, does one winter that is averaging 30 degrees below normal make up for 15 that average 2 degrees hotter?
Googled "BRRATOAN".
ReplyDeleteGot nothing.
The cold, it's destroying my intuition.
A little help, please?
>> A little help, please?
ReplyDeleteGoogle CROATOAN.
CROATOAN
ReplyDeleteCool.
ReplyDeleteI underget it now!
I'll take this over a freezing rain storm any day of the week, month, or year! But it's not the cold that really bugs me. It's all that snow on the roads and in my driveway, getting in the way of going places.
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