[Magdalen] How cold is cold?

[H Angus]

It soared to 11 degrees F in the afternoon today, but now has dropped to 6. Tomorrow's high is 10. I'm wearing three layers of fuzzy slacks, a thermal undertop, a turtleneck, a fleece-lined jacket, with a floor-length bathrobe over all. This is inside. Outdoors, I put on some serious winter clothes.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Sent: Friday, January 9, 2015 12:31:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How cold is cold?

It's 24 here right now - as you say, "Freakin' tropical out!"

Around here, we call Burlington "the banana belt". It's significantly warmer 
than here, as, thanks to global warming, Lake Champlain hasn't frozen over 
most recent years.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Weigel
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 10:58 AM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How cold is cold?

It was 24 when I went to bed after midnight last night. It was 38 when I
got up this morning. As we used to say sarcastically back in Madison,
"Freakin' tropical out!" I may be a child of cold winters, but that doesn't
mean I have to like them! Oh well, at least they're relatively short here.

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> In  high 30s here but raining. It's supposed to stay above freezing and I
> hope the temp holds - ice spells disaster here.
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 9, 2015, at 8:10 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So, we've survived the freeze.  Today will hit a high of 56 F...5 out of
> next 10 nights will be at or below freezing.  Even though I am a child of
> the South, I believe weather should be cold in the winter.  (Cold is
> relative to climate.)
>
> Ginga
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 5:42 AM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> On 09/01/2015 02:40, Georgia DuBose wrote:
> >>
> >> 61 F under mostly sunny skies here in Florence Oregon on the Pacific
> >> coast. I am told this is unusual, but not unheard of, for January. It
> >> rarely gets much warmer in summer--or at least that was the case in
> >> 2014. It reminds me of Ireland--a lot.
> >
> > Like Ireland there's a large body of water to the West of you.  That
> > moderates the weather - and brings the rain.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>