Well, it’s February in the Midwest, and you’ll never guess, but my brother from Florida is in Indy for a couple of days with a convention. He isn’t staying with us this time, but chose to be near the venue instead. Probably a good idea, because he’s not liking our temperatures.
He called to say he’s totally freezing when outdoors, and wonders why anyone goes outside here at all. He told us that it’s the coldest he’s ever been, and this is what he thinks Antarctica would be like. I have been affirmed!
We will see him and his right hand man tomorrow night. The boys will go Indy Go kart racing (indoor track). I will watch and cheer them on! After the racing, we will go have dinner and then take them back to their hotel.
It’s a short visit, but it will be fun to see him. He’s just a little older than me, and was my hero as a kid. I was the annoying little sister who tagged along as often as I was allowed.
I am grateful that he’s in my life.
I had to laugh at the ‘Antarctica’ comment. He’s not wrong because the Polar Vortex has been pumping Arctic air into the US for a couple of weeks now. My youngest brother used to live an hour north of us & he keeps saying ‘I told you it would be cold’ ... it’s colder here than our Old House by 5-10 degrees which doesn’t sound like much, but it makes a difference. Average snowfall here is 16” and at the Old House it’s 10” and most years, we didn’t get much at all. Little bro has been living on the coast for some years now and the climate is actually ‘subtropic’ ... he likes to remind me of that when his garden is going great guns & I haven’t been able to plant yet, or we’re freezing with snow & he’s able to get on the beach with much warmer weather.
Anyway, we are going to be very cold again with snow squalls Friday, then highs just in the 20’s for the weekend. After Monday, there is a warming trend as the Polar Vortex retreats toward Siberia. My favorite non-TV professional weather met says this weekend will be the last of the really cold Arctic temps - I hope he’s right!
In the meanwhile, back in Florida, the cold snap has cold-stunned iguanas dropping out of trees! The FL wildlife folks are asking people to turn them in - they’re invasive and this is a good way to get rid of a lot of them .... they’re humanely euthanized.
As “frozen” iguanas rain down in Florida, wildlife officials say: Don’t just film them — turn them in
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/frozen-iguanas-fwc-disposal-sites-cold-weather/