Just wanted to let everyone know that we’re still alive up here in the “bitter cold”. I did have to get out of the house today to return a library book and get some eggs from Les and the 20 seconds I was out of the car just about did me in. You can’t imagine how cold 1 degree is and if there’s a breeze, you don’t want to know. Especially if you’re not wearing your long undies. Phil said he felt like his legs were on fire while he pumped gas this morning. He was wearing his long undies. We had an eventful day on Monday with the strong winds, snow and “low” temperatures. Our emergency vehicles were going left and right or North and South I should say. Cars and pickups stuck everywhere, highways shut down and no shortage of accidents in our larger towns. Our big news was about 3 feet of snow on our front porch. While it’s “dangerously cold” outside, it’s a cozy 67 in the house so we’re (me and Lily) are staying put. Poor Daddy has to keep working, cold weather doesn’t give Pastor a day off. Here is our forecast for tomorrow:
Tonight: Bitter wind chills and temperatures. Low: -20 Winds: NW 5-15 mph
Hmmm, “some 30s possible by the weekend”!! Last one in the pool’s a rotten egg!
And here’s some more news from our area.
Mess remains after 29-vehicle pileup
For a period of time Monday afternoon, being on any road was the last place to be. “The conditions were absolutely horrible,” said Dodge County Sheriff’s Deputy Dave Rathjen. “I couldn’t see in front of my cruiser.” Rathjen’s patrol car was involved in one of at least nine accident calls Monday afternoon, but he wasn’t involved in a monster pileup on U.S. Highway 30 near its intersection with West 23rd Street in Fremont. The crash involved two jackknifed semi-trucks and a 25-car pileup with two other semi-trucks. “It was whiteout conditions at times,” he said. “There was very, very strong winds. If you were walking, the winds would push you from one side of the highway to the other.”
