Coping with Cold
February 7th, 2007,Still bitterly cold here. Minus 14 this morning. On Monday the sub-zero run in the Twin Cities ended, with the temperature rising above zero for the first time in 63 hours - less than 3 days. The record run of below-zero weather for the Twin Cities, according to meteorologist Paul Douglas, is 168 hours, or 7 days, back in 1912.
The low-temperature spot in the lower 48 states has been in Embarrass, Minnesota, for at least the last four days. Starting with February 3, these have been the daily lows there: -34, -42, -38, -41. Embarrass is in northeastern Minnesota, near (on?) the Iron Range and not far from the Canadian border.
Sustainable transportation is out the window - out in the cold and freezing - for us at the moment. I’m driving my wife and daughter to work and to school in the car. The bike sits, patiently waiting for the next ride.
February 7th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Sometimes discretion is the better part of sustainability. (I don’t think of it as driving, I think of it as saving my fingers and toes.)
February 9th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Q: How cold is it?
A: It’s so cold, some are tempted to try standing next to Katherine Kersten.