SH> I suppose I couldn't interest you in some -30C. :-)

As they say, "Been there done that." We went through about two
weeks of that in 1993 and I have no desire to see a repeat.

 SR>> On the other hand you probably have not been getting the rain we have. 
 SR>> It has been raining for almost a day and the rain is supposed to last 
 SR>> through Wednesday.

 SH> Rain is not something we get a lot of this time of year but we actually 
 SH> had some on December 22.  Then it froze on the 24th and the local ski 
 SH> hill had to shut down and other good things. :-(

It rained for several more days and there is quite a bit of local flooding
in this part of the state. North of here ice storms knocked out power for
several days and the current word is that it may be out for 3-5 days more.

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