Posted on 01/13/2007 6:06:57 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Low 20's in Napa and Santa Rosa is grounds for a state of emergency? Yawwwnnnnn. San Francisco might dip below freezing? Yawwwnnnnn. My city takes that without a flinch. Oh by the way, I live in Jacksonville- Florida.
Just talked to my child who lives in Gulf Shores. She reminded me that I still don't know what humidity is. It is 70 plus degrees.
Just like here in south Texas. When the temps are predicted to go low (as they are beginning Sunday night, with lows in the mid-20's by mid-week), advisories are issued to open a spigot and let the water slowly drip, to prevent freeze-up. Can't you guys do that also?
That's for sure. I was in Monterey on 12/27, and though the air temperature in sheltered places was only in the 40's, that icy wind off the ocean felt like Barrow, Alaska. Bad day to be a commercial fisherman. ;)
I'm a Texan plumbing in San Diego, much of the water piping here is simply run outside the buildings, a mid twenties freeze here would be similar to the disaster that struck Houston in the early eighties, when it dropped to about 5 degrees. That Houston freeze caused huge amounts of destruction, when the burst pipes in the attics thawed and flooded the homes.
Even though Houstonians grow up knowing about letting faucets and hose bibbs drip during a freeze, the people here have never heard of that, a day or two in the news would not be enough to incorporate that idea here, if we even have enough water to do it with.
and the whole state has a panic attack.
what a bunch of pussies
No panic here in Northern California. It is 5 degrees out, wrapped my pipes two months ago, like I do every year, and my woodstove is putting out enough heat to keep the house toasty warm.
Put some clothes on and make breakfast.
We took the kids to Lake Arrowhead during Christmas break...both loved it, but it was soooooooooooo cold.
Nah, I went to bed instead.
I have an Air Force parka you can wear while you cook breakfast. I'll keep the bed warm. Wheat toast with butter and marmalade. Scrambled eggs with chopped yellow and green peppers. Hot black English tea with a dash of honey and a dash of that Sicilian Limoncino del Choistro lemon liquor in the square bottle. That is a drink that warms you inside out. Your whole body smells like lemons after a small amount of that. If you want to smell like oranges, get the orange liquor in the triangular bottle.
I don't spend much money on these things. But if you can find a bottle of Spanish Anis liquor in the crystal bottle, I will get you smelling like licorice:):) That goes nice in steamed coffee with steamed milk. That is the best tasting coffee I ever had:)
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