Brrr!

This is a really cold week, but then again I just read an article entitled "Second Warmest Weather in January Globally." So, it was really hot in some parts of Australia?  I'm sure Tom Skilling will use (abuse) 15 minutes tonight to explain the obvious. I won't be listening. There is something inherently an issue for me to watch a TV channel with commercials and for which I also pay a fee to Comcast for the privilege.

The good news is, the days are getting longer and this weather will recede. Last year, we were dealing with -14F, in case anyone has forgotten, and about 50 inches of accumulated snow.

If you want warmer weather, move to Tucson. Of course, they tell me that city has five seasons, including "fire" and "monsoon."

The above is a photo taken of my smartphone about 4 hours after I left for work. I can tell you, it was darned cold at 6:30am, and as I travelled westward the thermometer dropped and then dropped again.

This is all normal for this part of the country. But some of the local residents prefer to pretend this may not be so and so we have a few automobiles locked in the ice. Apparently some residents ignore the recommendations this HOA makes. Specifically, move one's automobile to one's driveway so the streets can be plowed during serious winter storms. Then move it back to the plowed street and our service will clean the driveways. Some residents do this, and some don't. Too much of a bother to get out there early in the morning, I guess!