100,000 people without power in -15 degree weather

[Theresa]

Originally Posted by Mrs. LPW

Is there a stick-out-tongue smiley??? lol

yeah but I'm afraid it would stick LOL

[Mrs. LPW]

Originally Posted by Theresa

there are 34000 in Alton and 16000 in Godfrey - not all of either area is effected, just the main corridor and the northern most section of Godfrey....

stil, that's a lot of people to be home cold - the kids are all home from school in these areas too.

Is that Illinois?

[Mrs. LPW]

Originally Posted by Theresa

yeah but I'm afraid it would stick LOL

Well I didn't plan to lick any lamp-posts with it.

[Theresa]

Originally Posted by Mrs. LPW

Is that Illinois?

yes, across the river from St Louis

[Theresa]

Originally Posted by Mrs. LPW

Well I didn't plan to lick any lamp-posts with it.

in this cold, it might just stick to, well, just stick LOL

[Ron]

Originally Posted by Theresa

they say it's 9800 people in our community.

it's 9 degrees, wind chill -5

thank goodness we arent in Canada

Hey there are some parts that aren't as cold.
I use to tease my buddy when he lived in New Brunswick & it would be February & I would say, "Remember what colour grass is?"

[Mrs. LPW]

Originally Posted by Ron

Hey there are some parts that aren't as cold.
I use to tease my buddy when he lived in New Brunswick & it would be February & I would say, "Remember what colour grass is?"

We aren't even always this cold... this is a nasty snap!
Last winter we had so much snow I did wonder if I'd ever see grass again.

[Ron]

Originally Posted by Mrs. LPW

We aren't even always this cold... this is a nasty snap!
Last winter we had so much snow I did wonder if I'd ever see grass again.

I heard it has been cold! I am an old fuddy duddy when it comes to cold!

[pelathais]

bummer... brrr! I'm glad the city made the utilities bury our lines years ago. The rest of the area gets hit during a storm but we still seem to always have power.

[Maple Leaf]

Originally Posted by Mrs. LPW

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/

100,000 people without power in a section of Toronto Ontario, Canada.
Temperature is currently -15 with a wind chill of -29

My son is living just a hop, skip, and a short jump to the north of the affected area.

It was so cold here this morning that I had to put a sweater on to go outdoors and wear gloves to pump gas in my car. (-24C) That's about -11 redneck degrees. Wind chill to about -30 redneck degrees.