Ed Morrissey’s Wild Ride, or It’s Not Easy Being Cold
posted at 4:15 pm on January 13, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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How do Minnesotans deal with -15F temperatures in January? This is my twelfth winter here, and so far, this has been the coldest — after last year’s deep freeze set that bar. Mostly we just stay indoors. Even the hardiest of outdoor sportsmen (and sportswomen) pack it up for the days when we don’t get above zero for a high, and dive into double-digit negatives for the lows.
I discovered the reason for that native wisdom earlier today when returning from the First Mate’s regular blood test for her transplants. The roads form ice at that temperature that salt and gravel don’t touch, especially when that cold is immediately preceded by snowfall, as it was today. We saw a number of spinouts off the roads, but being careful usually makes the difference … usually.
We had made it almost all the way home and was literally entering into my housing tract when our luck ran out. A truck turned left in front of me, not paying attention, and my evasive maneuver sent the Honda SUV into a spin, thanks to the ice on the street. Fortunately, or so I thought, I went head first into a big snowbank and off the road. No sweat, thought I. I had spun out a few times earlier, but hadn’t ever had to pull out of a snowbank — but I figured, How hard could it be? It’s just light, fluffy, pretty snow!
Uh … right. Underneath the 1/4″ of light-fluffy-pretty, I had buried the car into heavy-ugly ice about three feet high. Even my car’s all-wheel drive couldn’t get me out of the snowbank. I had to exit the vehicle in -15F, and let me tell you, no amount of clothing will keep you warm for long at that temperature. The truck driver returned when he saw what happened and offered to get a shovel from the nearby city maintenance yard. Two other people stopped to offer assistance as well.
We broke one rope and some heavy electrical wire trying to pull my car out of the snowbank. Eventually, three of us took turns digging out snow from under the car, which aggravated my already-cranky back. After about ten minutes, we used the heavy electrical line again as a towrope and yanked the car bank onto the road. We exchanged pleasantries briefly, and fled back into the warmth of our running vehicles.
So how do we deal with -15F temperatures in Minnesota? Seasonal agoraphobia, I think, is the best prescription. The next time anyone sees me outside this house will be April.
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Ed, I feel your pain. I live in Iowa and it is -5 degrees outside. That is without the windchill.
ousoonerfan15 on January 13, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Sarah wouldn’t whine about a little chill. Yoo girlyman.
the_nile on January 13, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Wow. Good thing everybody’s okay.
I spent one winter in Potsdam, New York near the Canadian border in 2006-2007, that wasn’t fun. I can’t imagine what that’s like up there this year.
jimmy the notable on January 13, 2009 at 4:23 PM
That kind of cold actually hurts!
grapeknutz on January 13, 2009 at 4:24 PM
That’s why I live at the beach…where it is now rainy and a balmy 35. Thanks for putting things into perspective, Ed.
KelliD on January 13, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Just think of this, Ed – Al Franken is going to be your Senator.
That should get your blood boiling hot.
BacaDog on January 13, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Oh yeah…how about that global warming??
KelliD on January 13, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I read 35 degrees below in Northern Minnesota.
rob verdi on January 13, 2009 at 4:25 PM
My father would always remind me: “It is hotter where you are going.” That always warmed my heart.
infidel on January 13, 2009 at 4:26 PM
I will southern barbecue this weekend to help out. The increased CO 2 from the smoker should alter the earths temperature forever.
rob verdi on January 13, 2009 at 4:26 PM
72 here today. Thinking of taking the doors off the Jeep for the ride home from work
offroadaz on January 13, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Keep a shovel in the SUV and a set of insulated coveralls and high rubber boots that go over your shoes in the winter along with a full face mask. It can keep you alive. A jug of water on the inside of the car where its above freezing also helps if you wind up stranded.
In December 1983 it never reached zero for a high for over a week. My brother and I got cabin fever and went for a hike at -24 F. Unfortunately, we set out with the wind and when we came back we were facing it. Eventually, I walked backwards but still frostbite my nose despite a full facemask. I don’t avoid the outdoors, but I do get well prepared.
KW64 on January 13, 2009 at 4:28 PM
In Colorado, we go skiing. And when it’s really cold, the Texans stay in the lodge so the entire mountain is left to people that actually know how to ski/ride.
kirkill on January 13, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Coldest temps I’ve ever experienced was -20. Funny, but you’re never aware of the moisture in your nostrils until it freezes.
SoldiersMom on January 13, 2009 at 4:32 PM
-15 windchill here. I live in the Quad Cities on the Mighty Muddy, and it is getting a layer of ice. The weather is supposed to get worse, too. It was good to see Ed without a scratch on the show.
BoomJunkie on January 13, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Two words, Cap’n Ed: Puerto Rico.
If I could, I’d be at my mom’s house in five hours, from Houston. Unfortunately, I can’t right now…
newton on January 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM
On Friday during the snow here in between Chicago and Milwaukee a car had spun out onto the corner (kind of a ditch, semi not) and two guys with snow shovels parked their trucks and helped get the car out of the yard.
I was taking my son to school and thought at the time that it was very nice of those guys to help out.
kimsch on January 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Gosh, I am complaining of 56 here in S. TX. I have the heat on and freezing. I would just die in that cold. Stay warm and take care of the First Mate, Ed.
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letget on January 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I used to go skiing at Hyland on days like that. So cold you get big ice chunks in your eyelashes from your own breath.
Now I live in the south, and whine when it gets below 30.
Tanya on January 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Sure, rub it in.
I’ve been skiing in Vermont when the actual temp was about 8 degrees…15 below is a bit much. Colorado is sooo much better tho, it’s not that “cold” cold.
JetBoy on January 13, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Wimps. I was in Siberia last winter, and it was like 45 below…
Vashta.Nerada on January 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Hahaha, of course it will.
CP on January 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Sorry Capn but I love watching people that didn’t grow up in the Nort try to get unstuck. Usually it’s the people that go out in this weather with a light jacket, a baseball cap and no mitts. Layers Ed, layers and take your time. How many times do the weather guessers on tv have to tell ya?
oakpack on January 13, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Sometimes bad weather brings out the best in people, tho. Driving home from church, I saw a town snow-plow fella stop his truck and help a little old lady shovel her sidewalk. Warmed my heart, I tell ya. Town: Ridgefield, Ct. A good and kindly worker.
marybel on January 13, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Ok. It’s so cold………..
It was so cold…
hitchhikers were holding up pictures of thumbs!
It was so cold…
roosters were rushing into Kentucky Fried Chicken and begging to use the pressure cooker!
And finally……
It was so cold . . .
we had to chop up the piano for firewood – but we only got two chords.
Badda Bing!
BacaDog on January 13, 2009 at 4:39 PM
-15F? What whiners. I used to regularly see -40 in North Dakota.
mojo on January 13, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Down in Dixie, it’s 37 degrees right now, 50 tomorrow, 26 Thursday. We have a saying around here: “Don’t like the weather? Stick around a little while. It will change.
Cap’n, you’d be in a world of hurt if it wasn’t for all that Global Warming, huh? Make an Al Franken Dartboard. That’ll help pass the time. Keep you and your family safe and warm.
kingsjester on January 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM
One thing to enjoy though is the warmth of strangers here in the frosted midwest when incidents like that happen. There’s always a shovel and a helping hand nearby. Pretty cool about living here…
beatcanvas on January 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM
It’s been fluctuationg between 15-25 degrees here in the Bay State. Not as cold as Ed or our Canadian friends, but not pleasant either.
As I tell everyone else I see when commenting on the cold:
“Don’t worry, Mr. Gore assures me that global warming is on its way!”
BKennedy on January 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Should be algoreaphobia…
pain train on January 13, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Ed,
You’re simply imagining this.
Al Gore said it was warming. Do not believe your
feezinglying eyes.catmman on January 13, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Glad you’re okay Ed! I feel your pain, having had many a scary moment when living in the frigid Northeast. Icy intersections may be the worst, when brakes are unreliable and stubborn vehicles often refuse to heed red lights or stop signs.
Buy Danish on January 13, 2009 at 4:43 PM
I’d keep an extra house in California handy.
unclesmrgol on January 13, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Being an Iowa born Chicagoan-it’s 9 right now-I buy my winter gear oversized so I can layer.
Long johns ,wool socks, and warm boots with good treds are also a must.
I walk half-marathons(walking my first marathon this fall) andi train in the winter.
It’s Chicago so I bundle up and move on.*grin*
annoyinglittletwerp on January 13, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Sorry to hear about your mishap Ed!
I’m glad you got some help and got back on the road.
People in Minnesota are usually very neighborly; I went to college there for 4 years from 1985-1989, then had a one year internship there so it was actually 5 years.
Being from Texas I hated the cold weather at first but by my fourth year year I had ‘gone native’ and was doing stuff like playing football in the snow.
Still, back then was nothing like the cold you guys are having now.
Stay warm until the thaw hits, buddy! Only 2 more months to go! :)
manofaiki on January 13, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Come on Ed, I went to High School at -60! The school refused to close. It’d only close when the bus drivers refused to drive.
So cheer up! You’re about 60 degrees warmer than my worst winter in Alaska :D
apollyonbob on January 13, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I recall vividly being in Park Rapids MN on Potato Lake and the thermometer read -30. I walked out to my van to bring in a plastic folding “chaise lounge” lawn chair to bring in to the cottage and it crumbled into pieces when I unfolded it. Brrrrrrr like cold!
Tim Zank on January 13, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Well I’m helping you out by having the air conditioning on in the office today! Don’t want it too warm here in the Orlando area. I hope those emissions contribute to the global warming!!
Princeps on January 13, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Where you at?It’s been a fairly mild winter up to this point in CB.
thomasaur on January 13, 2009 at 4:52 PM
I spent the holidays at my parents house and agreed to take Grandma home when I left. Usually, even in winter, that’s a 90 minute drive; no kidding, it was almost 3.5 hours. Highways of sheet ice, crosswinds, if you looked at the brake pedal you were going sideways. And you still had people passing. My biggest worry was that someone was going to get too close before they pulled out to pass me, then their quick change in direction was going to wipe us both out.
I lost track of the number of drivers in the ditch but that was the most puckered I’ve ever been behind the wheel.
landshark on January 13, 2009 at 4:53 PM
It’s 83 and sunny in L.A. right now. Just saying.
Nemo Dat on January 13, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Not where I am. This morning it was 4 degrees in southern MA. It didn’t break 20 until about 1pm and it currently claims it’s 33 but it feels a whole lot colder.
jmarcure on January 13, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Much black ice is formed by stopped cars as moisture drops out of the exhaust pipe onto the road. Be very careful at intersections and freeway area’s that had bumper to bumper earlier that day.
I miss the snow once in a while, but you can keep the cold. It’s days like these that remind me why I now reside in Texas.
As was mentioned earlier – layers is the key for the cold. Also keep an extra set of large clothes in the car – it can be a lifesaver in less populated areas. When it gets that cold preparation can save your life.
Enjoy.
Corsair on January 13, 2009 at 5:02 PM
After Baracky implements his objectives, the gov’t will control your thermostat and fireplace, THEN it will be cold.
kirkill on January 13, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Sorry about the cold Ed. I’m glad you are there to warn other like me away ;)
kanda on January 13, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Were you cussing worse than Mickey Rourke?
Someday you’ll have to tell us the story of why you would forsake the OC for ice country.
snaggletoothie on January 13, 2009 at 5:15 PM
This is why I moved away from there right about the time you arrived. Being back in December visiting family only confirmed my awesome decision-making.
askheaves on January 13, 2009 at 5:15 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g89hNVQ96YE
Don Carne on January 13, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Studded snow tires are a must for icy conditions, and I hope you’ve invested in chains or a good tow rope!
TDBURN on January 13, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Ojmjakon, Russia
Wednesday
Partly Cloudy
High Low
-31° F | -61° F
-35° C | -52° C
Thursday
Clear
-31° F | -59° F
-35° C | -51° C
Friday
Clear
-25° F | -59° F
-32° C | -51° C
Saturday
Clear
-27° F | -56° F
-33° C | -49° C
Sunday
Clear
-20° F | -65° F
-29° C | -54° C
http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/24688.html
tmitsss on January 13, 2009 at 5:22 PM
One advantage to old age is you can sit in your wheel chair and watch the youngsters learn lessons you learned 40 years ago.
One disadvantage is those same youngsters don’t want to hear about it, and won’t take your advice.
Skandia Recluse on January 13, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Hell, I’d be more than happy to take some of that cold ‘n snow off your hands.
Here in LaLa Land, we’ve had nothing but sunshine and 70-80+ degree temps for going on 2 weeks now.
I’d give anything to be able to enjoy a caffè al fresco without sweating.
“Winter” in L.A. SUCKS.
The Ugly American on January 13, 2009 at 5:26 PM
The last time I was in Minnesnowta in January, it was so cold they closed the Ice Festival in St. Paul. Really. January 2004; wind chills were below -40.
Anyway, glad your wild ride ended OK, and that everyone is warm again.
NeighborhoodCatLady on January 13, 2009 at 5:28 PM
C’mon, Ed. I live in Minnesota too. This goes with the territory. -15F is not that big a deal.
Your play for sympathy is a complete failure.
chalons on January 13, 2009 at 5:38 PM
As your neighbor to the west, Ed, I am not completely without sympathy — but I don’t have much.
You need to take up poker. And when it’s too cold to go out, play online.
gryphon202 on January 13, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Coldest ever? . . . Climate change climate change (running around in circles. /Albert Little
- The Cat
MirCat on January 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM
It’s four below Ed and we’ve got a cold front coming. Isn’t it bad enough we might have frankenslime in the Senate?
oakpack on January 13, 2009 at 6:06 PM
I wanna say to all those who gave me crap for -35… whoopty freaking DO!
Try having -15 as a high for 2 weeks. And then talk to me.
WAA
upinak on January 13, 2009 at 6:19 PM
upinak on January 13, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Poor baby. Think about how stupid the Anchorage Newspaper is. That’ll warm you up. In the meantime, be careful up there.
kingsjester on January 13, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Not quite as cold here in Michigan because of the mitigating (warming) factor caused by Lake Michigan but close enough I had much the same thoughts as I was clearing the driveway yet again this morning for the I don’t know how many consecutive days.
Here’s the thing. It comes with the territory of living in the Upper Midwest. It was annoying and the dog is resentful how short some of our visits to the great outdoors are BUT, by and large, it is still possible to get around. Your accident was unfortunate but in many parts of the nation, this kind of weather would mean full-scale cancellation of all events for days. In fact, this cold is headed to DC and it will be interesting to see how the coronation of the filthy bastard occurs if the temps are in single digits the day of the beginning of the end for America- a new definition of a cold day in hell.
highhopes on January 13, 2009 at 6:33 PM
I’m in St. Cloud for business this week. It’s my first time in Minnesota. I was ready to go back to DC before I even got off the plane.
hicsuget on January 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM
My daughter (San Diego born and raised) has been in Minnesota for 6 months now; so far she really enjoys it (went to school in Nebraska, so has familiarity with the Midwest and winters, although not as severe as where she is now.) She has taken up cross-country skiing and ice skating (she could already ice skate reasonably well). Really likes the people there.
exhelodrvr on January 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM
I haven’t seen this much snow in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan since I began attending school up here-I walked to class with a facial mask on today. Global Warming, my frozen ass.
theboss on January 13, 2009 at 7:03 PM
lIVE ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF GREEN BAY ,WI. / MI. BORDER .MY WIFE THINKS I AM NUTS WHEN I GET UP AT 4 AM, PUT MY ROBE AND RUNNING SHOES ON, FILL THE WOOD STOVE, START THE TRUCK AND IT IS 20 30 BELOW. IT AIN’T BAD UNLESS THE WIND BLOWS THE ROBE UP THEN IT S NOT SO PRETTY
Maytag on January 13, 2009 at 7:16 PM
You won’t come out until April? You’ll miss the late March mosquito season!
chsw on January 13, 2009 at 7:32 PM
What do we want? GLOBAL WARMING! When do we want it? NOW!!
Consanescerion on January 13, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Ed, you need a chorus or two of the Minnesotans for Global Warming Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJUFTm6cJXM
Seriously, I’m glad you and the First Mate finally made it home safely.
PA Cat on January 13, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Consanescerion,
Sometimes I wish we had a YouTube-like “thumb’s up/down” feature just for comments like that. :^)
Tuning Spork on January 13, 2009 at 7:58 PM
I’ve been camping in the Sierra when it got down below -20 and even with the proper clothing it was interesting. It was a clear moonless night and the sky was incredible to look at even though it felt like your eyeballs were about to freeze. I could deal with it on a daily basis but I am glad I don’t have to, to many clothes to wash.
goat on January 13, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Um…that was actually because your eyeballs were, indeed, about to freeze. :-0
I hear all the complaints about the weather this year and it has been brutal in Michigan but I had a few thoughts as I was using the roof rake on the house this morning for the umpteenth time this season…..
How much more terrible did our ancestors have it when they were in the same place in this kind of weather without benefit central heat, pinpoint doppler, or scientifically engineered clothing (i.e. thinsulate instead of wool)?
Did our ancestors declare huge swatches of the nation “uninhabitable” or did they suck it up and deal with the conditions?
Is there anyplace in the US where the extreme cold and snow has actually ground things to a halt this season? None that I can think of unless there is a contributing factor like high winds blacking out thousands of households (as happened in some rural areas around here the week after Christmas).
Aren’t we Americans dealing with the situation far better than those European pansies? Our govermnent and way of life may be going down in flames but it isn’t caused by the weather!
highhopes on January 13, 2009 at 8:24 PM
I go ice fishing. So it’s a little cold out,big deal it keeps the riffraff off the lake.
kingaljr on January 13, 2009 at 8:55 PM
I’m in Sheboygan, Wisconsin — I understand you’re sending that lovely weather this way, and it will be pretty glacial here for a few days. I don’t mind it much, now that I don’t have to be out in it for long — but of course there are situations like yours when unexpected things happen, and you’ve got to (shudder) get out of the car.
Back in my college days (the winter of ‘78-’79, I think), we had a stretch of a couple of weeks in which it never got above zero. Being a lot more young and energetic than I am now, the cabin fever finally got to be unbearable. I bundled up, got my sled, and headed with a bunch of guys to the sledding park, which was closed to all sane people because it was fifteen below. We insane people had an absolute blast! The funniest part was that we didn’t even realize we were being filmed, but we ended up being on the local news that night as “the crazy souls who braved the cold at Baird’s Creek.”
Now I’m like you, Ed, and mostly view it from behind glass. But you must admit — it’s a beautiful view. I really do love Wisconsin winters!
CrusaderMom on January 13, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Tomorrow’s predicted high/low temp:
Fairbanks, AK: 18F/16F
Anchorage, AK: 36F/33F
Minneapolis, MN: 0F/-16F
Most Alaskans live in the Anchorage area and thus don’t know the meaning of the word “Winter”. Fairbanks, AK on average isn’t much colder than is northern MN.
Hollowpoint on January 13, 2009 at 9:27 PM
It was 84 here today. Nice and hot. Is dark and still hot.
sheebe on January 13, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Towing with electric cords is your work around? Talk about open sores production value. Please do yourself a favor and get a tow strap from Northern Tool.
Mark30339 on January 13, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I live in Anchorage and have property in Glennallen, which was -45 as a high.
My place as of 3 weeks or about was -35 (in Anchorage) as I am closer to the mountains. Please don’t freaking patronize me… I don’t know many people who want to live inthe cold for 5 months out of the year.
And people were giving me crap for complaining about -35.. -20 to -15 as the high can kiss my butt. What comes around goes around. And being that it is going to be warmer here then MN… I don’t freaking care, especially when people say I live here and not the lower 48. I don’t choose to live in a liberal States and just because you live down there, then maybe you should try to live up here before giving me crap. At least you can drive 50 miles and get to the next town without worry. Unlike up here.
upinak on January 13, 2009 at 10:47 PM
CrusaderMom:
yeah, I heard ’bout the -30 below windchills with lake effect snow that we’re ’bout to get.
Did I mention that I don’t drive-I walk…everywhere.
Oh. Joy.
annoyinglittletwerp on January 13, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Oh come on. Not enough clothing to keep you warm at -15? I have been out in -30 and kept warm! I will cut you some slack though, only being here 12 winters. This is my 43rd winter here as a born and bred Minnesotan.
Trust me. There are places where you can buy clothing that will keep you warm. It’s just not Target or Walmart.
This winter is not the worst I’ve seen. The winters of 77-78, 83-84 and 95-96 were worse. This cold isn’t fun, but warmer clothing certainly helps!!!
Major Nuisance on January 13, 2009 at 11:12 PM
-26F when I got up this morning. And no, it isn’t bad if you dress for it. It’s nice when the snow squeaks when you step on it.
I live on a rural farmplace and this winter has been a pain in the posterior due to the quantity of snow and the amount of drifting. It seems in the last three weeks, I’ve had to blow the farmyard out every other day – even when we don’t get snow, the darn stuff blkows all over.
This afternoon I was out blowing snow with the garden tractor and broke a belt on the snowblower drive. I did get a 6 foot path done before it croaked. So the vehicles are parked out by the road for the 2 to 5 inches forecasted tonight.
I thought this snow and cold is supposed to keep the riff-raff and wimps out… if that’s the case, why is Franken still here???
Dr. Bob on January 13, 2009 at 11:38 PM
I’m so glad that you and your dear First Mate made it home safely.
I remembered that we were snowed in for a week in SD back in the late 70’s, couldn’t open the front door as the snow reached the second floor of our townhouse. My DH was looking to transfer and said to me: Do you want LA or Ogden, Utah… you guess where we went.
I left CT because I promised myself that I would not live in cold again and the dear AF stationed me in SD.
But today, many CA years later the temp was 85 in the shade. Yippeee!
YankeeinCA on January 14, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Way back in my high school days, a bunch of us traveled to Vermont for a ski trip. My friend had borrowed his dad’s VW station wagon.
At some point on the icy backroads, we skidded at high speed and the car wound up on top of a huge pile of packed snow, leaving the wheels off the ground.
Before we could walk to the nearest sign of civilization, a monster tow truck passed by with 4 hulk-like monsters inside.
They stopped and offered to help. Thinking they’d pull us out, my friend assumed they would hook up to the car’s rear and drag it out.
Instead, 4 guys got out of the tow truck and went to the stranded car. With one guy on each corner, they just lifted the car up with their hands, carried it back onto the road and placed it down.
Don’t try this at home.
Shy Guy on January 14, 2009 at 3:10 AM
The high is going to be single digits in the Detroit area today, makes those first warm days in May so nice. The news reader at the auto show said Congress is thinking of raising the gas tax $1.50 a gallon to curb our driving habits and Bob Lutz, GM said it should be so, so that people will buy electric cars at $40,000 a crack. 2010 can’t come too soon, but the tax increase would keep the economy in the tank.
michigan republican on January 14, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Gird your loins and buy lots of home heating oil while it’s cheap, before Barack Oblabla tries to “green up” the planet and heat your home with windmills!
The Great Anointed One will “stop the seas from rising”–let him stop the snow from rising! Come on, O Great One, wave a magic wand and give us SUNSPOTS!
But in several years, Hope and Change for frozen Northerners will be on its way, in the form of Natural Gas from Alaska, thanks to the pipeline negotiated by that beautifully ignorant queen of ditzes, Sarah Palin.
Steve Z on January 14, 2009 at 10:20 AM
And just think, under Obama the Feds will soon start collecting billions more from us in taxes so the Earth will cool down.
Maxx on January 14, 2009 at 10:21 AM
And claiming credit that their program is working because look just how much colder it is in the winter!
highhopes on January 14, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Ed,
You learned something valuable about getting stuck in deep snow: check what’s underneath the vehicle FIRST! I live on a private road and we have to plow ourselves. Last year we had over 8 FEET of snow in out subdivision. Over the past 12 years of living here, I learned to look underneath before I make any other attepmts to free the vehicle.
It will save you a LOT of time and aggravation, not to mention busted towing ropes.
karl9000 on January 14, 2009 at 10:56 AM
I lived in Vermont for a couple of years and one winter we did not get above freezing for six weeks(day/night high and low)
I experienced one day of an air temp of 30 below, the hair in your nose freezes when you step outside.
Vermont is was very nice outside of girls who look like guys and rampant hippies with those funny little goatees.
A great respect and reverance for black people(there is like 3 in the whole state)
I discovered something called studded snow tire. worked great but didn’t really need them. They clear the roads like an army of ants during and after a snow storm.
It is much more dangerous to drive in Arkansas after an ice storm than in Vermont at any time.
kangjie on January 14, 2009 at 11:34 AM
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