Mother Nature Strikes Again

[Lee Bowen]

I hope everyone is ready for this latest installment in Mother Nature's reminder that She is very firmly in control.  Although my little area will not be nearly as bad as my neighbors to the North, Duke, in particular, it is still going to be a far cry from what I usually experience.  The prediction for Livingston is for maybe a half inch of ice, rain for the better part of two days, and temps in the low twenties, with a wind chill as low as 5 to 15 degrees on Monday.   My hat is off to all you Members that live through this every year. I don't know how you do it. I was in the Nashville area in '87 to '89 and I got just a little taste of your regular winter weather. That was enough for me. Good Luck, stay dry, and stay warm.

[Craig Allison]

I'm trying to keep one E-tank running 24-7 to keep it thawed but I think I may have lost the battle last night with temps around 1 degree. And gonna be worse tonight. I guess it's break time.

[Lee Bowen]

Good luck with that, Craig.  The rain started about 20 minutes ago, but the really fun part starts tomorrow when the bottom drops out of the thermometer and we hit the teens or even the single digits. Your 1 degree makes my temps almost balmy. 

[Cheryl Watson]

O my goodness! y'all have been a bit lucky !

I am still trying to thaw out on March 6 !!

In past weeks, we got hit with  -27° below, and I live in Southern PA !!!!!

It has been a whole lotta years since we've had this type of cold !! (can't remember ever seeing minus 27 degrees though, in 70 years! )

Had a two foot snow dump (which has finally melted slowly, oh so slowly) , still keeping fingers cross over the next few days that temperatures continue to rise ! 

[Lee Bowen]

Cheryl, I feel for you. I lived in the Nashville area for a couple of years in the late '80's, and saw some temps as low as 7 or 8, but don't remember any negative numbers.  Lots of snow and ice. I finally made it back home, where I belong, and while I ran into some single digit and teen temps while working in the Carlton, Tx area, I don't do cold very well.  My hat is off to all you northern states residents.  Anything below 65 to 70 is a great time to crank up a fire. Forecast for today is in the mid 80's, lows in the upper 60's.  Wish I could ship you some of this heat.

[Craig Allison]

Severe weather season here in central Ks. A bit early. Strong winds, heavy rain, and hail last night. 2 dead in Ok. from a tornado. Supposed to be worse tonight. But at least it's not -27.