Bless you Granny

3? Wow. How can people even work? Firefighters, trash pickup, police, street workers, mail etc.? I've never experienced that low a temp. Must be hard to manage pets too?

Could people even live without heat? Do you have a fireplace or a wood stove, Susie.?

Morning everyone, yes here in Indiana it has turned very cold, I think my temp has dropped even lower than 3 above this morning. I am farther north of Susie and Granny. I can heat with wood if needed. I have a fireplace insert with a blower and have two levels to heat. We burned that for years. Now I save that for an emergency. My son and his wife may be out working in this cold weather today, they trim trees. It helps if you are used to being in cold weather, it is easier on you. It is to be even colder in the morning! That is wonderful you can help the homeless Granny. Lots of hard work and love go into what you are doing.

When I think of 3º I remember a Christmas carol service I attended in a church 10 miles away one year. That was the temperature, and I had to call my husband to come rescue me because I had car trouble. Fortunately, he was always good about rescuing me. :-)

Our temp is supposed to drop to the low teens tomorrow, with wind chills well below zero. I already have considerable damage to my right hand from the cold (Raynaud's), so I think I'll skip Scrabble at the library and stay near the woodstove.

I hate winter. I hate snow. I HATE cold.

Here in TN we will drop into the teens Fri night. It has been down to 16F so far, killed the last of the blossoms on my camellias.

I'd always heard that snow squeaked underfoot when the temperature drops to below zero. In 1993 the temp here dropped to -21F and boy did the snow squeak, in fact it almost shouted. I drove an hour to work that morning and never did have heat in my truck.

Did I mention I hate cold?

That's here tonight kentrees, high of 21 tomorrow! Nashville

Marilyn_Sue..are you in Indianapolis?..I live near Eagle Creek park..

No, I am not in Indianapolis. I am north and east a good bit.

Sue

We are hovering around freezing temp now, but will be hit hard tomorrow--low 8°, with a high of 20°. I live in a low frost pocket, so I'm sure when the frigid air rolls down the hills we'll be a few degrees colder. kentrees, I'm with you!

The thermometer outside my bedroom window read exactly 0° at 8:00 p.m. last night. I always sleep with the window cracked about 4 inches. (And I still wake up between 2 and 4 a.m. sweating to death.) This morning the window was frozen open! lol

That's wonderful for you to. Be making all those hats. I bet they love them.

Socks, we have a wood burner stove. Years ago we planted hundreds of trees at the back of our property so we are cutting then now. Love having wood so close. We also have a place in Southern Indiana that has a lot of timber already down. When my hubby goes down he brings a truck load home. Several years ago he picked up some big racks on wheels. He fills them up and brings one into the garage with his tractor. It usually lasts 3 weeks. So nice to have it right outside the door.

They are building a new cancer center at the hospital I go to. There were tons of men working outside yesterday. I would hate to have to do this. They have covered the outside of the tall building with plastic. They will work all winter long. I'm sure they have some heaters scattered around.

i have a meeting I am suppose to go to this evening but I am not sure I will go due to it being so bitter cold. I guess I will just wait and see.

I am such a wuss compared to all of you. I can't even imagine having to get up at 4 a.m. to put wood on a fire or even having to collect wood! I hate getting up in my chilly house at nite to go to the bathroom, even though the floor is heated in there.

Wish I was handy with knitting needles so I could knit some caps, but I am all thumbs with crafty things.

My best wishes for safe times and comfort for all of you dealing with such cold weather.

I've had the "it's too cold, put a log in the stove" experience when staying at cabins in the mountains. For me, that's okay for a day or two but not more. I much prefer living where the weather is more gentle and I can control the indoor temperature with thermostats. I'm a wuss like dedtired.

It is freezing in Toronto today and the wind is howling. I hate the ice, the snow and the cold. I guess if I had to pick one of the 3 it would be the cold since you at least won't slip and fall on it. Also our dog is a major snow eater. One of us is always on the other end of his leash and since he eats so much snow there are a lot of trips outside.

I just walked a granite yard wearing only sweats, very windy....I FROZE! Saturday they say it's getting down to -6 F overnight.

it's 73º here now. Come to Fl.

this is the time of year, when it goes up and down like a roller coaster temperature wise. Yesterday it was in the 40's, today's high is supposed to be 39, tomorrow, 37, Friday 65, Saturday 39, Sunday 23. Just fun trying to figure out what to wear. ;)

JoAnn, I wish.... no, not really, temps were nice, but Florida did not work for me.

It just hit zero at noon today here in ND. It was about -4 last night, wind chills in the -20s. A water main broke in the street last night, 1 door down. The crews were out this a.m. digging out the snow, chopping the 8" ice crust over the ground, and now are trying to dig out the frozen ground to get at the break. That's got to be bitterly cold work! Once they find the pipe, then they have to replace it!

(I feel very sorry for the guy whose car was parked immediately down the street from the break -- his car is frozen in 8 inches of ice right now...that's a lot of chipping just to get the wheels out.) Water will be off most of the day - at least. This is why we all should have emergency supplies on hand - standard procedure in the North!

By the way, Fargo doesn't anticipate going above freezing for a few months...snow on the ground now won't melt until March...

The missus wanted to move to Florida to get away from that winter weather. We still have some cold-weather jackets and hats.

Currently 80° along the gulf coast with lots of sunshine; overnight low is expected to be 61°.

Yesterday was nice, I went for two separate bike rides. Had to run the AC. I wish I could sent y'all some warm weather (and wish you could sent me cool weather when it is 102 in August here in Texas).

I love winter but before you all pummel me...lol, I don't like extremes. It's doable here today at 38 but is supposed to plummet. No snow yet., but my husband goes back next week to work at the ski resort. Skiing begins tomorrow, tubing next week. What I hate far worse than this is temps five degreees above normal from June thru November. Every month the hottest by far going back to the 1880's and no rain . I despise heat and in the winter I can bundle up. In the summer nothing I can take off when I'm in a tank and shorts.

"I despise heat and in the winter I can bundle up. In the summer nothing I can take off when I'm in a tank and shorts."

Yes, lily316 - I agree with you! I moved back to Fargo from Arizona for precisely that reason. In the cold I can put on all the warm clothes I like! In the AZ heat there was only so much you can legally take off!

I too like winter, not that I don't like spring and summer too.

Sue

I don't mind winter as long as I don't have to be out in the bitter cold weather.

I hate winter, snow, cold weather, dark all the time. It has been cold,windy some snow. We are supposed to get 5-8 inches of snow Friday and the windchill will be -35. I would like to stay home but since it could last for weeks everyone goes about their business.

Like lonestar123 - will be -38 celcius with the windchill (which I think is -36 F) the next few days. Just go about our regular business!

I've often said I'll take the cold before hot and humid weather. We're having a stretch of cold stuff now and hey, it keeps some of the riff-raff out. Was -10°F this morning about 4am and it's -1°F right now. The sun is bright, the snow is fresh and clean and here's a couple peeks at what I saw the other day when I went out for breakfast. Sun was just coming up. I pulled over and took a few shots of it. Was enjoyable.

Actually when you're working outdoors it's not that big a deal. I don't work outside anymore so for me it matters less if it's cold now and then.

I'm one who likes winter. I can always put on more clothes - only so much you can take off!

But I do have a built in heater called hot flashes that don't flash but stay for hours. It's nice to go outside to cool off when it's cold outside

Plus I'm old enough to know that winter will be over before we know it (how did Christmas come so fast?!) and it will be hot and humid which I truly dislike.

I live in the Midwest where we get both extremes - hot and humid, and cold with snow.

Yes, it's frigid again here today too. I had errands to run but decided not to go out.

We are having our first cold day in Ottawa -15 with -26 windchill. My husband is attending some family matters in Winnipeg and it is freezing there -30 and going to -37 tonight.

I, too, love winter. As Cynic...winter and autumn are my favorite seasons.

6°F here right now with temps for tonight plunging even further down the thermometer to about -20°F. Good bundling weather. :-)

I just walked the dog at 17 degrees with minus 2 windchill. It wasn't pleasant but it STILL beats 98 with 100% humidity. He's a dachshund and looks like a stuffed sausage with two coats on.

I wouldn't mind the cold if I didn't have to walk my dogs. I don't mind for myself so much, but my little guys shiver a lot - even with coats on. Brrrrrr

lily316 - I would love to see a picture of your stuffed sausage! I have a Dachshund and we don't get much below 30's at night and usually 50's day time here in winter. I tried putting a sweater on her one time and she almost tore it to pieces. In the 14 years we have had her, we have only had snow once. She kept sniffing it trying to figure out what the heck it was.

Wally just loves his daily walks so much he puts up with the indignity of looking plump...lol

At home in Maryland, I woke up to a cold blustery day. It was so windy and cold that our in the ground flag pole snapped off. In the teens now. I am subbing tomorrow and not looking forward to the cold car in the morning. Old Man Winter has finally arrived. "Looking forward" to some snow this Saturday. Stay warm.

About 10 degrees this morning. Had to walk from parking garage to work across the street, miserable 3 or 4 minutes. Then again in the afternoon to move my car. Miserable ride home as it took at least 20 minutes for the car and then me to warm up. I even have heated seats. It's 13 degrees now. Going to be around 10 again tomorrow morning and then Saturday's high supposed to be 60! for one day.

This morning it was 12° at home and it's 26° in Nome.

I'm just sayin'.

It was/is 5 this morning! This is much colder than what it normally is this time of year. I sure hope this in not going to be a sign of things to come. I haven't been able to do anything outdoors for a couple days now, no walking to speak of and no dog park....my dog is not happy about this!

We've averaged -20 to -30C for almost 2 weeks now. The weather network is calling for close to 0 for Sunday, but I don't believe them. This is the longest cold stretch Calgary has seen in about 2 years. I'm so over it. I want that Chinook to finally come....+

While out doing the shopping in the biting cold wind, hubby asked if I'd prefer the cold, stormy blustery winter, or the hotter than normal summer that we just had. We both much prefer winter. As soon as we come in, it's comfortable. With the summer, it's hot and humid as heck outside and the same inside, with no a/c.

Good point about only so much you can take off, and there's those you don't WANT taking off too much! :)

here in SD when I went to work this morning at 10 it was -11. When I came home at 3:30 it was -11. Tonight the wind chill is supposed to be -40 and I have to be to work by 6:30

Snowing like a son of a gun here in north Missouri. Started the day at about 21 degrees and it's down to 11 now. Tomorrow's high is predicted to be 8. I HATE WINTER.

I'm in SD also and it was 4 when I got up and is now well below zero with wind. We had 8 inches of snow(always seems like a lot more) and the temp is dropping. We still do all our regular things it just takes longer and makes everything hard.

I feel sorry for all the pet dogs who have to go out into the snow and sub zero weather a couple times a day to potty.

I'll trade you the cold and snow, for the tornados around here tonight. Our sirens were blaring for a time about an hour ago, but we are in the clear. Our high hit 80 today, forecast high is 30 tomorrow. Strange weather.