[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

WE have this going on currently:

CA: HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY ~ SoCal Mountains ....

And the midsection of the US is getting some real Winter weather.....

Statement as of 6:24 AM CST on January 21, 2007

The following are snow reports received through 630 am from portions of
east central... north central and northeast Kansas...

Anderson County... 5 inches.
Brown County... 6 to 8 inches.
Clay County... 6 to 7 inches.
Cloud County... 7 inches.
Dickinson County... 6 inches.
Douglas County... 3 inches.
Franklin County... 3 inches.
Lyon County... 4 to 5 inches.
Marshall County... 5 inches.
Morris County... 5 to 6 inches.
Nemaha County... 5 to 6 inches.
Osage County... 5 inches.
Ottawa County... 7 inches.
Republic County... 7 to 8 inches.
Shawnee County... 3 to 4 inches.
Washington County... 5 inches.

[snugs]

It makes us realise in the UK that our weather is very mild compared with elsewhere in the world.

Our country would come to a standstill if it experienced even a small bit of what you consider to be normal.