Below Normal

This winter has been below normal for so long we are beginning to get used to it.  That is sad!  It is bad when zero and no wind feels warm.  We have been running at least 10 degrees below zero all winter and even more.  Our roads have been solid black ice.  So many people have been in the ditch this year and many killed, as well.  I have stayed in as long as 3 days at a time without even going out to get the mail.  It has not been a fun winter.  One thing about it, the snowmobilers are having a ball.  Several have been killed on those too.  I think they tend to drink and drive their snowmobile and end up in an accident.

Birthday

Our youngest son had his birthday on Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny and warm day. I say warm because normally it would be snowy and below freezing in January. The night he was born, we had tons of snow, and it was way below zero. I nearly froze getting to the hospital. It was very early in the morning and still dark outside. It is hard to believe that was 55 years ago.

Winter Wind Chill Warning

Our temperature was -6 at 7:30 a.m. It probably got down as low as -10 or more during the night. The wind came up yesterday about 11:00 a.m. and was blowing something like 38 MPH and out in the country it was white-out. We stayed in after we got the mail yesterday and didn't go to church this morning as it is just plain dangerous to be out on the road in the -30 to -40 wind chills. You get frostbite in as little as 10 minutes out in this stuff. We sure will welcome Spring.