[Magdalen] How cold is cold?

[Scott Knitter]

Second day of no school in Chicago because of the extreme cold.
Looking forward to a warming trend (30!) in a couple of days. I've got
vacation starting next Tuesday. Not planning to show up at the beach
in a Speedo (don't even try to imagine...I can't) but would enjoy not
freezing to death and being able to get away from apartment and
especially computer.

Seven weeks of vacation this year! The HR system at work benevolently
carried over two weeks instead of the expected one week from 2014. I
won't point this out to HR. :) I regard the HR system as the single
source of truth in this case.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
<magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> It's 5 F now in these Pennsylvania Poconos, with a high predicted  of
> 12.  Back down to 2 F tonight, but then somewhat  warmer.
>
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> If this is the big week for winter, it pales with what we had here 25  and
> more
> years ago.  To give an example of global warming:
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> We have had the coldest and snowiest days on record since I've  lived
> here, but both (different winters) about 25 years ago (-24 F and 38"  snow
> in
> a 24 hour period).
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> It hasn't been below zero here for about 15 years.  We've  changed from
> USDA Climate Zone 5a to 5b/6a in a quarter century.
>
> They were offering Southern Magnolias (Magnolia grandiflora) for
> planting here last spring.
>
> What's next - palm trees?
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> David Strang - In Southern Luzerne County Pennsylvania.
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-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA