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It's 12 below zero in central Illinois tonight!

chubbyalaskagriz

chubbyalaskagriz

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Would you believe tonight in my old stomping-grounds, it's 35 degrees ABOVE in Anchorage,

35 degrees ABOVE in Juneau,

and 40 degrees ABOVE in Fairbanks, (that's 52 degrees warmer in Fairbanks, Alaska than Bloomington!!!)

(Maybe Al Gore was right?) :eek:



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Schools were cancelled here yesterday when it was snowing and blowing/drifting and the roads were awful but this morning it's just COLD, so evidently they're making the kids attend today.
 
Yesterday evening the snow was really coming down. DH and I work on the same side of town so we decided to wait out rush hour in the snow at a restaurant nearby. It was really nice. We meandered home at about 8PM and then took a 45 minute walk around the neighborhood to look at all of the beautiful snow covered trees. It was such a nice snowy evening.
 
Well here in North Georgia it's supposed to have a wind chill factor of zero, setting some kind of Gawsh Awful record :mad:

So in preperation I went and bought fresh hay for our Hens & Rooster to give them something to bed down in. I feel so sorry for them, and I would love to build them a little fire but the hay would probably catch fire and we'd have roasted hens & fryer by the time I woke up:D

Darned old cold weather I really do not like it and I hope this is a very short lived cold spell.
 
Zero out right now - dropped 3 degrees in 15 minutes and still going down - wind chill of minus 20 - minus 25 ---- horrible snow! thought it would be too cold to snow - but.....
 
Ugh it is -1 here this morning.
I have to take Jon to physical therapy or I would hide under the covers to.
 
When I was a kid we would walk a hundred miles to school barefoot one way in 50 below temps having to climb over snow banks and drifts 20 feet high, lol. Kids get off lucky these days getting out of school so easily.
 
:D:D Yeah!!!!

And I remember riding to school on my bike and wind would cut right thru and the tip of my nose would be so cold you couldn't even feel it after you got to class, and my lips stayed chapped all winter, and that was down in Miami, Florida where 40 degrees felt like -0 to me, of-course I'd be clad in my; of all things a sweater, as our so called MILD winters did not warrant Mom & Dad purchasing us winter jackets or coats:mad: I believe I have deep rooted emotional scars from our bitter winter conditions, leaving me with an abhorant disgust of winter:D

And it is -0 to -5 here today and tonight supposed to be colder.:eek:

The Ironic Chef said:
When I was a kid we would walk a hundred miles to school barefoot one way in 50 below temps having to climb over snow banks and drifts 20 feet high, lol. Kids get off lucky these days getting out of school so easily.
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The Ironic Chef said:
When I was a kid we would walk a hundred miles to school barefoot one way in 50 below temps having to climb over snow banks and drifts 20 feet high, lol. Kids get off lucky these days getting out of school so easily.
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I think you went to the same school as my grandfather. :D
 
The Ironic Chef said:
When I was a kid we would walk a hundred miles to school barefoot one way in 50 below temps having to climb over snow banks and drifts 20 feet high, lol. Kids get off lucky these days getting out of school so easily.
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EXACTLY! We walked to school (uphill both ways - LOL), walked home for lunch, walked back to school, and we walked home. And every Monday we had to leave school 1/2 hour early and walk to religion and then walk home - even further.

Never heard of school being closed at all!

We didn't see plows (not everyone had a car - today everyone has 6 cars) and we just trudged along.

And I think we were healthier.

and don't forget - in those days - 99% of the moms were stay at home moms who cooked home cookded meals. No microwaves, no fast foods, etc. And kids didn't have high cholesterol before the age of 5! We ate healthier too - and it gave us the "fuel" to kee going.

Today's kids are whimps! And I am dead set against city bussing!

At least they closed the school today and the snow has not stoped yet - since about 8 this morning it's been snowing - gotta have about 14 inches so far.
 
:p I walked to school too regardless of the weather but they did have shoes when I was little. My poor grandfather apparently had to walk uphill both ways carrying a really heavy slate and chalk for class. He had to walk 100 miles and there was always a combination snow-thunder-ice storm going on sometimes with a side of tornado.
 
I guess the story is the same with the "old" folks that waled to school and had to do their homework by candlelight and had to eat dirt (Bill Cosby - Himself), etc. but I still think they were the good old days.
 
It was 17 here in Mississippi last night and supposed to be again tonight. Not my kind of weather for sure!
Cathy...I was afraid I'd find frozen chickens this morning !But they all made it fine in the henhouse. The Guineas were all out of the pen running around in the yard and squaking....guess they were protesting the cold weather ! lol..
 
Francie my chickens made it fine too, I felt so happy to see tham this morning alive & well that I celebrated by buying them 5 bags of their favorite treat - ground corn - they love it, eat their feed fine but simply devour their corn!!!:D Tell me animals aren't smart;) God bless them! I can not help but love animals they are so unchanged, unlike us humans who have somehow become whimps:eek: Oh well.

I for one am glad my children did not have to live like the old-timers and undergo such harsh conditions, and I am glad we have cars to drive around in, and I drive my granddaughter (that I am raising) to school, sure she could walk or ride the bus but you know that car drive in the morn is our special time at the start of the day, and it allows us to sleep in until a luxurious 7 AM!!!!:) I wish I could stay home & home school her, I applaude people who do that, and I truly loved my time with her before she started attending school, you know she still reminesces about our great times together when she was "little"!
 
Damn, I'M FREEZEING! It is TOO COLD here for my taste. I HATE it (Khrist- do I sound nagative tonight, or what?) Night before last they called for 6 below- BUT it fell to 13 below! Last night? 13 below? Tonight? called for 6 ABOVE, but right now online it says it's only ONE. AGH! I tell ya- it wasn't this friggin' cold in Alaska! I won't go into that whole dry cold/wet cold thing. But the humidity factor? It's for real!

Last night I actually had to call in and miss work. Halfway here the temp light in my vehicle came on and the engine overheated. Had to pull-off the road in a secluded area- lotsa trees and hills so couldn't get cell phone reception and ended-up having to WALK a mile in the 13-below temp (thank God I know how to dress and gear-up for winter!) to the nearest gas station w/ a pay phone to call-in to work (got thru 45 minutes PAST my start-time!) It was awful! Again- AGGGHHH!

Well- try and stay warm! All for now... SHIVERING smiles & chattering teeth- k.
 
:eek: Our house has been knocking, thumping and creeking with cold weather and this morning a window shattered! I hope it warms up soon I don't want to loose any more windows! :(
 
My FIL took me to see the old school house they walked to. The old well where they got water for the school was still standing. It is 33 this morning and snowing. NICE change from the past two days!
 
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