Man it is cold!! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

[Drorchid]

When I woke up this morning the thermometer said 20 below 0, and that is in Fahrenheit! for all you Celsius people, that is almost - 30 C! The windchill was 40 below (at that point Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same).

To make things worse when I was driving to work I must have hit a Ice spot when I was on the on ramp to the Freeway and I did a 360 degree spin. It sure was scary, but luckily I did not hit any other car, I did hit a snow bank, and found out (when I was at work) that I had a flat tire, but luckily no damage to the car.

Robert

 

[NYEric]

Everybody be careful!

 

[nikv]

I'm glad that you're okay, Robert. So how do you fix a flat in 20 below weather?

 

[JeanLux]

crazy temperatures!!! And you really had a lot of chance Robert !!! Jean

 

[Ernie]

I'm glad that you're okay, Robert. So how do you fix a flat in 20 below weather?

Call Triple A.

-Ernie

 

[Drorchid]

I'm glad that you're okay, Robert. So how do you fix a flat in 20 below weather?

That is why I did not get out of the car to check on it (which I should have) and drove to work. Here at work luckily I can drive my car inside and put on my spare in the warmth.

Robert

 

[Elena]

Scary stuff, glad you are okay!

I walked into town today and some poor woman had crashed her cat into a lamppost in the middle of the town centre. It's 7C here so I'm not sure what her excuse was :rollhappy:

 

[Drorchid]

Was she riding on her cat? That must have been a big cat!:rollhappy: I hope the cat was OK.

Robert

 

[Elena]

:rollhappy:

Yeah, I meant her car

 

[em_tee_w]

Perhaps a cat jumped in front of her car...

 

[NYEric]

I was going to say, "alert the ASPCA!"!

 

[gotsomerice]

Sorry guys. Forecast for today here in Hollywood, CA is 86F!oke:

 

[cwt]

Feel sorry for you guys, we logged 34 C this afternoon.

Best wishes from the other side of the world.
Charles in Pretoria

 

[NYEric]

Sorry guys. Forecast for today here in Hollywood, CA is 86F!oke:

Yep, soon to be oceanfront! oke:

 

[emydura]

Certainly not cold here. The last 2 days have been over 37oC. Absolute stinkers. Thankfully a bit of respite today (28oC).

David

 

[biothanasis]

Glad you are ok Robert!!! Here it is a normal winter... appr. 5oCwith a day/night fluctuation of 2-3 points above and below!!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

It's +10C here today (50F) and it's supposed to stay that way for a few days. They're worried about flooding here because we've had so much snow already.

 

[NYEric]

What the..?!

 

[SlipperFan]

I thought it was bad here at -10ºF. Glad you made it OK, Robert. There have been all kinds of warnings around here to watch out for black ice -- they even closed part of the freeway through town because of black ice after about 30 accidents. Salt doesn't work at these temperatures, so there's not a lot the road crews can do since they don't use sand in town because it "clogs drains."

 

[terryros]

Robert doesn't want to admit that we who live in the Twin Cities "urban heat island" are a bit wimpy. Tonight, while we are -20 F (-28 C), 100 miles north of here it is going to be -37F, which is pretty close to the point where F and C become the same temperature. Nevertheless, the dry cleaners a short distance from home still opens the door for a few periods during the day to get rid of heat. I don't think Robert, Jerry, and Jason are opening any doors at Orchids Limited. I am not going there until Saturday when the heat wave is taking things up to 21 F (-6 C). Some very bright colors on the Phrags are going to be coming.