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The only good thing about temperatures that cold, at least in low humidity Utah, is that all the free-ranging moisture has already been stunned and dropped to the ground, so I don't have to scrape my windshield. It's been warmish around here, so there's moisture in the air from everything melting, then it got cold and plummeted to my windows.
It's zoomed up to 17 here in DC, but my DH tells me that the heat pump at home is not working, boo! (We have radiators on one of three floors, so we are not completely without heat.) Oh, well, we wanted to consult with our HVAC person anyway to ask about what our options are if we renovate this Spring.
Stay warm, people! We have the opposite problem at our place. Yesterday it was high 70s, the day before it was 80. This morning, I dressed the kids in t-shirts and shorts (which was a little under-dressed for the 60 degree walk to school).
There's a layer of ice on the inside of my bathroom window.
Are you having ice storms back there yet? I kind of miss seeing the pine trees encased in ice. Kind of. Such pretty tinkling sounds as the frozen needles knock against each other in the breeze.
No ice storms yet. Just cold. I'm getting all my clothing layers prepared for classes next week -- the university never cancels classes, even when everything else in the county is closed, and the classrooms are all ridiculously over-heated, so I need to have enough layers so that I'll be OK in both 0 degrees and 80 degrees.
Hil, you really need a better apartment. I hope you find a new job and get out of there, but if not, you should move.
My dog is in for her spay operation and I am having trouble concentrating on the trials and tribulations of the students and faculty on this first day of classes while I wait for the phone call that tells me everything went fine and she is doing well.
There's a layer of ice on the inside of my bathroom window.
Mine too.
When they rehabbed my place, they replaced all the windows except the bathroom one. If it gets really cold I could cover that window with plastic so showers would be more comfortable.