Subj : Re: Severe winter storms To : Al From : Gamgee Date : Fri Dec 23 2022 07:37:00 -=> Al wrote to Gamgee <=- >> I am talking about temperatures as low as NEGATIVE FIFTY >> DEGREES F. > Perhaps in a VERY few places, but that's an exception and not the norm. Al> It's a pretty big event. It's extremely cold here (compared to Al> what we are used to at this time of year). I'm surprised even Al> Texas is 11 degrees according to Nugax. Yes, it is indeed a widespread event. It just makes me laugh when I watch the "news" and it sounds like the Apocolypse is here. I mean...... it's winter. It's December. It just seems so over-hyped, as if the media wants to create a story out of .... nothing. Gee, that is actually what most "news" is, after all. Al> I don't know if you'll get it in Florida but it's a big cold Al> weather system. Yes, we are also feeling it here. Below freezing temps over the next four nights, and daytime highs in the 30's. Unusual, yes. World-ending, no. .... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message. === MultiMail/Linux v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (21:2/138) .