[Magdalen] How cold is cold?

[Jon Egger]

10F here right now, low tonight 0F.  Highs in the 30s next week.


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Grace & peace,
jon


On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net
> wrote:

> It's -5F here right now, with a predicted low tonight of -19; wind chill
> to -35. I had Lee stop at the hardware store to get a new outdoor extension
> cable for a heater in the greenhouse, so my poor little rosemary plant
> (which has survived several winters in the greenhouse) won't succumb.
> However, the circuit breaker keeps tripping, so there must be some other
> problem. Rosemary is good to ~10F, and I do have several barrels of water
> in there to mitigate the cold, so it may survive. We'll see.
>
> Even down in Mass., a bit NW of Eleanor, it's due to get down to -3, wind
> chill of -19. This is colder than it usually will get all winter there. I
> need to call son Thomas to see if he can get down there and check on the
> furnace - it's steam heat, and it runs out of water every so often, which
> would not be a good thing in this kind of weather.
>
>
> Chad Wohlers
> where we've had a white Thanksgiving (unusual), white Christmas, and white
> Epiphany (totally normal)
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ginga Wilder
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 5:04 PM
> To: Magdalen
> Subject: [Magdalen] How cold is cold?
>
> In Summerville, SC:
>
> Low tonight: 17F
> Tomorrow: 35 H  24 L
>
> Lows in upper 20s for next few days.
>
> Yeah, yeah, I know.  We can't hold a candle to your cold temps.  So how
> cold are you?
>
> Ginga
>