Everyone surviving the polar vortex? Seems to me in the past we have had colder weather, less of a deal was made of it.
Remember the Valentine's day massacre?(my term for it) , guess it was 4 or 5 years ago now, -7F here with gale force northerly wind, -9 at Logan. It was in the mid 50'sF just the day before.
I had some lovely groves of timber bamboo (P vivax, P n borida & henon, for all you botanists)killed to ground in that event, some with 50ft culms, never have been the same. Now the P bisseti is taking over, lol, as they say. Had customers asking what I did to their hydrangeas, 'cause they were all killed to ground as well as and amongst other things..
Back when I drove sander on contract for Mass Highway in the '90s, I remember it was below 10F for much of a week. Teach you to draw down yer air tanks at the end of each run, or else you had to thaw one way or another, to get brake function, and keep block heater on and batteries full if your going to get started when they call you at 2AM...which is when they usually called you, as you have to get the roads sanded before the school buses go out if there is ice or plowed snow.
Well, anyway, have a good evening, or whenever you read this...