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Baby it's Cold Outside!

Marcia Thornley

14 years ago

-10Â°C with a windchill of -20Â°C. Had to carry the dog back in this morning as his feet were frozen. He just sat down and would not walk! Poor guy had ice crystals between his toes. I guess I'll have to trim the hair on his feet.

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bigack
14 years ago
Wow it sure is, about 15 here, and lower windchill. Our dogs are big, but they still hold their feet up, and Maggie takes forever to "go". Keep warm!
Marilyn Sue McClintock
14 years ago
Here in Central Indiana it is 8 outside this morning.

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Klea, knock on wood I am not having any back problems to speak of yet!!!! I'm 5ft 9 inches tall and weigh in at a whopping 165 lbs (SKINNY) and I turned 45 on the 19th of June so i'm still fairly young and healthy (other than being diabetic). So for me moving the hoyas back inside is a JOB (usually takes about 3 days)but I love my hoyas so I don't really mind doing it. The hardest part is getting and keeping each plant unwound from around it's neighbor!!!! I am outside working with the hoyas almost every single day and at least once a week I try to unwind vines to keep everyone to themself. I do this even in the gh during the winter also as some of the hoyas continue to grow throughout the cold season. My gh is 18ft wide X 10ft high X 56ft long I could have gone the extra 4 ft and made it a full 60ft but there's a grape arbor behind it and I wanted to leave enough room for me to walk between the two and be able to mow grass.
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Forgot to water today, but brought them all in anyway. Only supposed to get to 32,so I guess the Crown of Thorns will be fine with a blanket over it. It survived 25 degrees last year in North Port. Got frozen back a lot, even covered, but came back from the roots. I left the Aloe outside and the Clivia, and pulled all the cold-tolerant things up next to the sliding glass door where the indoor heat can radiate out to them. I really need to repot that COT in a plastic pot! It's not going to survive here if I can't bring it in. It's sad enough that it doesn't get enough sun to bloom. I'm thinking about asking my next door neighbor if I can put it on his patio. He never uses his patio, and it gets more sun than mine. My poor desertrose has lost all its leaves. I can't wait for spring so I can cut it back. It loses leaves every winter, but it's never gone completely bare before. This place just is not good for it. I hope that by the time my lease is up, I'll have enough money to move to a better place for me and the plants.
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Sounds like IÂm not the only one frozen in! fiedlermeister, from what I hear from friends, beside the cold you folks in Maine have had your fair share of snow this year too. Yuck. smokemaster, youÂre killing meÂ send some of the high temps my way! chililover, I figured joeknowsjolokia was talking -2F. Definitely not shorts and t-shirt weather! IÂm starting early for a few of reasons but primarily because of the jolokias slow growth rate. As for starting other varieties by March, last growing season was cool, dim and wet here which resulted in a miserable crop of peppers. I want to get some good growth underway before this years plants head outdoors in case we have a repeat of last years weather. Bill
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roseluver
14 years ago
I only thought 29 was cold. I don't see how ya'll thrive in weather sooooo cold. I never would leave the comfort of my home. My favorite place when I am cold is under my down blanket.
User
14 years ago

About 30Âº here now
snap58_in_wi
14 years ago
We have -3 below & windchill is -23 .....dang wind! Good day to stay home and enjoy a good book.
iowagirl2006
14 years ago
-20Âº here. I don't give much stock to the wind chill temp - don't even know if there is one today, as there is no wind this morning (thank goodness!)

I think wind chill reading is a way the weather people can make it sound worse - heck, sometimes I have a hard time finding the actual temp on TV weather, lol!

Our pets are all outside. Last night they were all tucked in the garage - even a few I don't see too often. I have old blankets up on a couple benches for them to snuggle up on. I even put their food/water bowls inside the garage for now.
wanda_va
14 years ago
It's about 20 degrees outside...and cold inside also. Our furnace apparently decided that today was a good day to die! Hope the repairman can get here soon.
cynic
14 years ago
We're looking for a high around 0Â°F (-18Â°C) today. Right now it's -17Â°F (-27Â°C), windchill of -30Â°F (-34Â°C) and this is using the "new" downgraded windchill calculation. But I'm not going to complain since I noticed it's currently -35Â°F (-37Â°C), and that's air temp, not windchill, in some of the northern parts of the state. At least there's no wind up there to complicate things. Oh Dottie!! Phyllis!! I hope you're cuddled up and toasty warm! Don't venture outside today! Not a good day for building snowmen in your swimsuits! although why you'd want to put your swimsuit on a snowman, I'll never know! :)
Mystical Manns
14 years ago
We didn't get as cold as expected, it's just a frosty ZERO this morning. Brrrrr. But we also got another 4 inches of snow which is beautiful at the moment.

I don't think I have to go outside at all today, DH has already said he'll feed and water the birds for me. I loooooove the heated water basin for them. It's mind-boggling to see a group of starlings taking a bath together and having such FUN at it, in cold weather like this.
nodakgal
14 years ago
Air temp is 25 below.Can you say bitter cold? When its that cold I don't care what the windchill is, it's just plain horrible!
linda_in_iowa
14 years ago
It is -18 here at 9 a.m. It was only supposed to get to -15 last night. I think this is the coldest it has been here in the 4 years I have lived here. When I took the dogs out, they did their business and hurried in. Usually they want to eat snow and play in it.
pump_toad
14 years ago
Another Iowan reporting- it is -14 here and that is actual temperature.Burrr !! Was planning on doing some shopping today but have changed my mind.Next week does not sound a heck of alot better.
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minnie_tx
14 years ago
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Yep, Cynic......-35Âº here this morning. We had our belated Christmas gala yesterday, and people were starting the cars for the return journeys.....lots of steam in the air. I'm going to stay huddled down with one of my gift books today.

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