SURVIVED!!!!

Oh thats just a lil 'guanna ..... no worries .... the water mocs get run off by the cats and dogs we do have a nice black racer that lives in the garden though ..... great rat control--- DAMN!!! I hope it survived the freeze!!!! :(

.....last I checked however---FREEZING TO DEATH-- is very LOW on the death rate list for Florida

www.publichealthpost.org

The Dangers of Cold Weather

Lane and colleagues analyzed death certificate and medical examiner data to understand who is most at risk for cold-related deaths in New York City.
www.publichealthpost.org www.publichealthpost.org


....... thats why I live where I live .......

AInt scared of much on this orb BTBTH -- freezing to death is at least a solid #2 on the list right behind being burned alive -- (see Im NOT INTO EXTREMES!!!) ......... so there ya go
 
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I'm feeling for you east coast peeps dealing with the bad weather. Unfortunately, the infrastructure isn't designed to deal with it. This forest road (part of my commute) was just as tight on the right side a year ago. My cousins crew cut it back 100 feet for nearly 20 miles during the fire last summer. Made a fire break. It was 24 degrees today. I was a little warm outside in a sweatshirt.
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Funny how a few hundred miles make a difference. Here in northern Illinois I didn’t start putting on a coat over the sweatshirt till it was into the 20s. Supposed to be 40s on Tuesday. Warm enough to grill in a t-shirt.
 
Was texting with my eldest. He lives near Peoria Illinois. They’ve already posted a warning for central Illinois for Wednesday and Thursday. His school superintendent has already emailed parents school most likely will be canceled Wednesday and Thursday. They may see up to 17” in that area. Up here by the WI border. We may not even get a dusting.
 
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So, is it just a Boston thing, or do you folks in other cities use various junk like lawn chairs, ironing boards, strollers and whatnot to save your parking space after you've shoveled it out? A few years ago, Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and other cities in the Boston area gave three days that you could save your spot after shoveling. After that, everything was fair game.

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And then, you never want to be the person to steal a spot, less your car end up like this one. This was actually tame. A friend of mine attached a garden hose to the laundry hookup, ran it out the cellar window, ran it to the street and set it to a low stream. It was about 15 degrees that night, and he held the hose above the car for three hours. After entombing the car in ice, he caught a quick nap, made a pot of coffee, and sat in the lawn chair on his front porch that his neighbor tossed in the snowbank. When the neighbor saw the inch plus coat of solid ice on the car, he said "Good Morning Neighbor!"


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SG John said:
So, is it just a Boston thing, or do you folks in other cities use various junk like lawn chairs, ironing boards, strollers and whatnot to save your parking space after you've shoveled it out? A few years ago, Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and other cities in the Boston area gave three days that you could save your spot after shoveling. After that, everything was fair game.

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And then, you never want to be the person to steal a spot, less your car end up like this one. This was actually tame. A friend of mine attached a garden hose to the laundry hookup, ran it out the cellar window, ran it to the street and set it to a low stream. It was about 15 degrees that night, and he held the hose above the car for three hours. After entombing the car in ice, he caught a quick nap, made a pot of coffee, and sat in the lawn chair on his front porch that his neighbor tossed in the snowbank up . When the neighbor saw the inch plus coat of solid ice on the car, he said "Good Morning Neighbor!"


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While I don’t live in Chicago, I’m close enough to get Chicago news. Folk in Chicago makes “dibs” a winter sport.
 
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I spent many a weekend snow skiing in jeans and a t-shirt as a youth --- one "acclimates" to ones climate.

Ive not resided in the North since 1987 ...... and have only been above the Fl./Ga. line less than 5 times-- in that time frame---my blood is so thin you probably cant SEE IT!
Id wager its roughly the color of Captain Morgan ;)
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My HEAVY winter coat back in Ohio was a grey zip up hoodie with a Levi jacket over it. I wore this in the worst of the winter. Even during the Blizzard of 1978 when temps were below zero...

Now I have to wear thermal underwear if it's below 45...:pound-hand::pound-hand:
 
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