You had a sunrise? You lucky dog!
I saw -60 in Alaska, but there was no sunrise. With the windchill it was -140. I remember the silence, punctuated by shattering cracks. Everything was brittle as glass. Even with all our arctic gear, we only went out for 15 minutes before everything froze solid. It was all we could do to just keep all the equipment running. The heaters kept our maintenance barns a comfortable 20 degrees. I can’t imagine doing that these days. My arthritis would leave me completely disabled.
Glad I live somewhere we consider 60 degrees cold. I’ll be happy if I never see snow again, though the harsh conditions did promote independence.
I guess I don’t mind turning on the AC this weekend to get over the +86degF we had here in Rancho Mirage CA. We break out the parkas at +60F.
I’m foolish enough to still be gazing out the window at just shy of two feet of now old snow.
Oh well, there shouldn’t be more than another 6 to 8 weeks of real winter, then it’s wait for break-up, then mosquito season - what a paradise!
I saw -60 in Alaska, but there was no sunrise. With the windchill it was -140. I remember the silence, punctuated by shattering cracks.