[Magdalen] ATTN The Scotts !!!

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, we can’t compete with Chicago, but it’s 7 degrees here!  Heat wave in the 30’s predicted for tomorrow, though...

> On Jan 29, 2019, at 10:03 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My father’s family was in Fargo, ND, and I can remember getting notes from my grandmother where she would say things like, “Well, it got up to 13 below yesterday!”
> 
> My grandfather died there in February, and the day of his funeral it was well below zero. That was the first time I heard that they can’t bury people in the winter there; they have to store the caskets until the spring thaw! I think my grandfather was buried in May.
> 
>> On Jan 29, 2019, at 9:39 PM, Chad Wohlers <chad at satucket.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Even here in northern Vermont we never have highs of -11F. Lows, yes indeedy (it was -12F last night and it’s been down to -22 this month). 
>> 
>> But right now it’s 17F (that’s *above* zero!) – however, were expecting about 6” of snow to tonight to add to the 3 feet or so already on the ground. Pictures of our winter wonderland may be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwohlers
>> 
>> Chad Wohlers
>> chad at satucket.com
>> Woodbury, VT    USA
>> 
>> 
>> From: Scott Knitter
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 8:11 PM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] ATTN The Scotts !!!
>> 
>> 7pm CST: Temperature in Chicago is -1F, wind chill -22F.
>> So that's -18C, wind chill -32C.
>> 
>> Max temp tomorrow (Wednesday): -11F. Wind chills tonight down to -60F. I
>> think at some point Fahrenheit and Celsius converge, or maybe it's just
>> that below a certain point on both scales, it just doesn't matter.
>> I'm running the bathroom faucet on a dribble (with a plastic cup placed
>> sideways beneath it to lessen the noise) to help prevent the pipe from
>> freezing. May dribble the kitchen faucet as well, and the bathtub too.
>> Furnace has fresh filter and I'll set it down a couple of degrees for the
>> night so it gets some rest occasionally. Would be no worries if we still
>> had the hot-water radiator heating. Still got the neato old radiators in
>> each room but the system behind them is long gone. We used to have to warn
>> people not to burn their left leg as they used the loo. LOL
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 12:39 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> BTW, they're saying five minutes to frostbite once the wind-chill warning
>>> goes into effect at 6 p.m. CST today, and throughout tomorrow. That means
>>> it's even dangerous to go to the local market on foot without covering
>>> every bit of skin. Goggles would be good. Glad I won't need to make that
>>> short trip.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 12:35 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Right...One of the joys of full-time telework (and there are many) is the
>>>> ability to work even when somewhat ill or when snowed in, as long as the
>>>> data pipes don't freeze. :)
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 11:40 AM Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Glad you're safe with provisions! Wish it were a day off for you as well
>>>>> but I'm thinking not : (
>>>>> 
>>>>> Stay warm! It's unseasonably cold here but no freezing yet. I'm amazed
>>>>> at some of the temperature variations all over the country.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Lynn
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 29, 2019, at 9:27 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi from Chiberia! Here cometh the Polar Vortex. <ominous chord>
>>>>> 
>>>>> I did trudge the two blocks to our nearest supermarket last night to get
>>>>> some potentially essential provisions: a frozen pizza, mac & cheese,
>>>>> pancake syrup, sliced gouda, and high-fiber cereal. And a freshly made
>>>>> Bosnian cheese-filled pastry thing (like a spinach pie only without the
>>>>> spinach, I guess). Obviously I did not run my shopping list past a
>>>>> nutritionist. But I feel prepared not to leave the house until at least
>>>>> Thursday. Cats have enough food, wet and dry.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the historic record-low wind chill day. The
>>>>> lowest
>>>>> I can remember experiencing is -56 while a student at Michigan State U in
>>>>> East Lansing. There was something so essential I had to brave the wind to
>>>>> walk a block to the Mini-Mart convenience shop. Can't remember what;
>>>>> perhaps generic chicken franks? Rum? Cans of Tab? Anyway, that level of
>>>>> wind chill defies all thicknesses of sweaters and multiple shirts and
>>>>> undershirts. Not to mention the exposed bits of my face. But I did have
>>>>> to
>>>>> expose my eyes to see where I was going, at least periodically.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Won't be venturing out in that tomorrow. I pray for any who have no
>>>>> option:
>>>>> no place to go, or heaven forbid a fire or something that requires
>>>>> evacuation. But the city is doing a great deal to make warm places
>>>>> available: every police station, 66 field houses in city parks, off-duty
>>>>> CTA buses, libraries, our neighborhood's wonderful indoor park/gym (The
>>>>> Broadway Armory), and I'm sure more will open up as needs arise. Some of
>>>>> the kinder bus drivers are amenable in such weather to bend the rules a
>>>>> bit
>>>>> and pick people up who wave them down, even if they're not strictly
>>>>> standing at an officially marked bus stop. Actually, I hope they all do
>>>>> this. (Normally, even in torrential rain, a driver will point to the
>>>>> stop a
>>>>> block ahead and make the person run to it if they want to board, or wait
>>>>> for the next bus...a few do have more mercy than that, but some draw the
>>>>> line sharply either because they're a-holes or because of safety concerns
>>>>> with nonstandard boarding points.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyway, lots of school closures (the Chicago Public Schools are waiting
>>>>> until tomorrow to close...I'm sure they'll get angry responses from
>>>>> parents
>>>>> about being open today). Current conditions: 1 degree Fahrenheit; wind
>>>>> chill is minus 16F (what it feels like in the wind).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you, Mike, for thinking of us Scotts here in
>>>>> soon-to-be-historically-cold Chicagoland!
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 7:09 AM M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> It's 3:30 am here, so you might already be in the thick of what's
>>>>> being
>>>>>> predicted for Chicago "tomorrow".  -51 degrees !!!<<<
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I must have misheard.  But still, damn cold!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> M J (Mike) Logsdon.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>> 
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