VERY COLD
Wind chill is -7 to -12 here in NJ today. We are not used to this kind of cold. People panic and empty the store shelves. ME I made a big cast iron pot of venison stew. Tonight comfort food in front of the fire with my wife. Hope you are all doing as well. J.Michael
Yessir, most definitely.
When south Alabama, 20 miles from the FL line, hits 14... things are certainly rough in the northern areas. My farm is about 30 miles further north and saw 10deg last night.
It does evoke memories of '78 as Doug mentioned. Despite efforts, our pipes froze in the old farmhouse where I grew up and the next day I was working on burst galvanized pipes all day. Won't forget that.
Wife's family lives in Plymouth, IN, near Ft. Wayne & South Bend. Really rough up there.
I also have a big pot of venison chili made up. 
We're on the way back up
by Slow Hand 
, Indiana, Tuesday, January 07, 2014, 21:39 (3916 days ago) @ John K.
We were down to -14 last night, wind chills in the -45 to -50 range. We got nearly a foot of snow (11.8") Sunday night. Started out wet and clumpy but the temps drops as it kept coming down so we have 2-3 foot drifts all around. I finally got on the roads some this evening. Even major roads, state highways, etc are like old washed out gravel roads, except its slick ice Instead of dirt and stone!
I went out in the garage today to do some Kydex work and it was down to about 27. I kicked on the salamander and it got up to around 55 in a hurry! Guess we got lucky that no pipes froze up last night. We left cabinets open and faucets running to prevent it.
We had a freezer full of meat and a couple of shelves full of dry goods. That, along with 20 gallons of gas for the generator and 10 gallons of diesel for the salamander and we were good for just about anything!!
It got up to +9 today and is supposed to be upper 20's tomorrow, then into the upper 40's by the weekend, so it'll all be a memory by Monday!
Jenny was reading in the paper today that this past Saturday was Kroger's single highest sales day in their history!!
Things were defined flying off the shelves! We grabbed a couple extra gallons of milk just due to the fact that all four of us would be home for a few days, but other than that, we were good to go.
A bitter cold...
50 degrees here this morning in deep South Texas. Well cold is a relevant concept.
We had -12 last night, got up to +2 right now but the
by Cherokee , Medina, Ohio, Tuesday, January 07, 2014, 14:11 (3916 days ago) @ uncowboy
wind makes it -20 still. Coldest we've had in 15-20 years. Fine inside but the church furnace is limping along waiting on the service man. Some people lost electricity and furnaces gave out. Tough on a lot of people. Even the dog only goes outside long enough to grab a bite of snow and do his stuff, then comes limping back shaking his cold feet.
-2° this morning here. 1° when I left for work.
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Tuesday, January 07, 2014, 18:03 (3916 days ago) @ uncowboy
All desire to winter over in Alaska is gone. 
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Sincerely,
Hobie
we had -20 windchill here in TN low of -2
Lowest temp in around 20 years.
we had -20 windchill here in TN low of -2
by Dennis Eugene , Prince of Wales Island Alaska, Tuesday, January 07, 2014, 20:05 (3916 days ago) @ stonewalrus
Darn, never got below 42 degrees fahrenheit today but it did rain a bit. You guys hunker down and take care a few more days and you'll have toughed her out. Dennis