Try and stay warm!

"I am giving her all she's got" as Scotty would say. (Star Trek reference)

well. 12 years in upper state New York at the foot of the Adirondacks until I retired to this Island in 2010.

Do not miss the winters!

minutes north of Utica and they said it's 10 below without the wind chill. I remember it was frequently in the double digits below zero when I was growing up. Even though Boston gets cold, it never gets THAT cold! Happy New Year!

chills! lol

I was in Little Falls, New York.. so many of my friends are there.. I moved there in '98 from Kaua'i because I wanted to be near my sister. She taught school at the Elementary.

Looks like Little Falls is about 30 minutes SE from Utica!

I remember when it was -20 below with the wind chill factor. I would write letters that it was like living in a damn freezer chest! Always said it was for hearty souls! Hope your parents are nice and Warm!

You're in Boston now?

Happy New Year, smirky!

I am in Boston now, but went to college near the Canadian border (St. Lawrence Univ) and then moved to Boston, then San Francisco, then NYC and now back in Boston 5 years. I don't like the cold in winter or the heat in summer, but I love the spring and fall. Oh well, I guess you can't have everything!

Happy New Year Cha! Mahalo!

like I do!

It's nice to know you're Boston!

2018

and it's -32 degrees. I am really starting to dislike Minnesota winters.

hearty souls.

Mandan, ND

I was going to post from Minneapolis but...

in Kingston Jamaica

Nearly 100-degrees between you and the guy in North Dakota, and 65-degrees between you and I.

Kick some of that 74 stuff up here, LOL. Of course, if nothing else, we're grateful the cold kills a hell of a lot of mosquitoes.

.........

..there in Ohio.

Those nice 55 degree high days in spring, I'll be out prepping my gardens in T-shirt and shorts. After the winter, like today where I was leaf blowing the fresh snow from my driveway in wind and 11 degree temps, 55 seems quite nice.

I get home and usually have to peel them off due to heat and humidity.

I avoid wearing jeans outside as much as possible too. Shorts year round outside.

If it is cold in my house, I wear jamas and fuzzy socks. My house has no insulation. South Texas.

Frozen water lines=no water in coach. Sucks.

Keep safe!

It is too damn cold for December. Hoping for a blast of global warming and climate change soon!

So it's practically a heat wave today! My dog does not want to go out and I don't blame him, I don't either!

They did NOT want to go. Made it a very short one today.

It's -12 but with windchill feels like -22.

South western Ontario.

We're in NE NY, closer to Canada than NYC, and all over the region we're experiencing record lows. My poor dog (he's on the short side, a Brussels Griffon) does not enjoy it out there, just sits down and I have to go out and pick him up. He doesn't like snow to begin with, or rain, come to that. And I'm trying to stay in so I can get over the flu, but nature does call. He has his own cleared area, so it's not like he has to wade in it, but he slipped the other day and he has a long memory. Stay warm!

Then, nightly lows to follow of 4, 1, 7 and 8-deg. I'm warning all my friends about ground freeze and danger of pipes freezing (typically freezes at the meter here) and to keep a slow drop going.

Anyone using portable electric heaters, be sure to feel the cords and outlets for significant heating. I have two going now and try to watch them like a hawk. As a former volunteer firefighter, there's nothing worse than a house fire in this type weather.

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Some people have no heat around here.

Temp: minus 2F

Wind chill: minus 18F

Predicting minus 10F with wind chill of minus 25F during the day - high winds.

Last night around 7pm, it was -3 with a -22 windchill.
I was out on my deck, wearing a hoodie over my sweatshirt, grilling ribeyes and frequently dashing indoors to finish off the mashed potatoes.
Was using my gas grill, which managed to get the cooking temp. up to around 600, so I kept the lid shut as much as possible to avoid heat loss.

That is pretty standard for this time of the year.

Thankfully my oil tank has plenty of heating oil and my old furnace is in fine fit. Just added 300 gallons heating oil. Oy! $800.00!!

but no wind chill. We're supposed to get to 12, with a feels like of -2.

To avoid a burst pipe, open doors on any cabinets that contain plumbing and are on an 'outside wall'.
Maybe also keep a faucet dripping if it's extremely cold.

Was 12 yesterday morning, temp went down through the day
Minus 2 when I got up at quarter past 4.
Supposed to be -12 tomorrow night, and we're west of you
Bundle up!

Happy New Year from Minnesota!

because I love cold over heat. I hate summer.

Best thing about this extreme cold is it may kill off the tick problem we had here the last couple years. Last spring and summer were awful. It'll kill the excess mice and chipmunks that the ticks feed on.

It’s how things run on this planet Earth.

stay safe everyone in the area



...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST MONDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. The cold wind chills
will cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed
skin. Expect wind chills to range from 20 below zero to 40
below zero.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Wisconsin and
east central, south central and southeast Minnesota.

* WHEN...Until 11 AM CST Monday.

here in western Montana. Typical. Just came in from waking my chickens up and it seems the sun may gift us with a glorious visit today which will be oh so welcome.

Happy chilly new year from Big Sky Country!