[NYer]

Thanks for the empathy ....

Checking in from Albany, where we too are experiencing an arctic blast with dangerous wind chill warnings.

[donna]

Empathy . . . I'm trying . . . may I just say that I switched on my A/C here in Phoenix. (81 degrees)

[redhead]

"Checking in from Albany, where we too are experiencing an arctic blast with dangerous wind chill warnings."

I think you must be getting what we had last month. It was down around -27. No wind, thank goodness! Pretty, but COLD. Now, it's more moderate: 25 above, and SUNNY like you wouldn't believe, and we are gaining daylight like crazy. We saw some pussywillows blooming the other day, even. Yay, us!