Well, it's pretty damn cold here.  Big storm across the US. Mackin probably has 8 inches of snow. Same for Travoli. We have 3 inches. The three of us just missed being in the area that got 14+" (35cm).

Luckily, Louise is in Haiti.

Holy moly. We got 0,01 inch here. Freezing though.
Keep warm guys.

Wow simplytheresa is headed to Buffalo, NY, and just checked the forecast and it's in the 40Fs/5-10C there apparently. And we're just rain, rain, rain here in drought-stricken California.

The world is upside down

Power just restored, thankfully. No worries, RC. It'll be 66 degrees (19c) on Thursday.

Louise gets back to Richmond late Wednesday night and plans to drive home. Ain't no way to get here from there other than plow through that 14" region.  I don't worry about the snow, but black ice. Right now, it looks like it's going to be warm enough Wed to take care of that.  I'll advise her to go I-95/US460/US17 as that avoids the long bridges in Tidewater and the NC secondary roads we usually use.

It was -34 C for a while last night. Fortunately there wasn't much wind to go with it.

Got down to 25F here last night and everyone was freaking out.

>Louise is in Haiti.

What is she doing in Haiti RC?

11°F -12°C this morning. We're going in the wrong direction.

>Haiti

Her best friend, a super-skilled oncology nurse, moved to Grand-Goâve after the earthquake to help with medical relief efforts. Jenny had been there a couple of times before as part of a medical team.  Jenny ended up opening a 'nursing station' which was supposed to do minor medical stuff in the remote hillsides. As it turns out, anybody with syringe and some medical know-how is soon pressed to perform full-blown duties as a doctor --there just ain't enough docs around, license & degree be damned. So, the nursing station has evolved into a regional clinic/pharmacy.  To raise money to keep it afloat, it also performs as a hostel to house medical teams and other aid groups while they're there on missions.

Louise has been going for 4-5 years now as part of a mission group affiliated with a large church out of the Richmond, VA area.  But groups always want to go out and help the widows, orphans, schools, etc. --the "warm & fuzzy, photo-op" stuff. Few took time to help Jenny with the infrastructure and needs of her compound. Louise had become somewhat frustrated by this and wanted to devote more time to working on the compound itself. Last year, I told her that the only way that was going to happen was to organize her own team and mission and take command. That's what she did this year with a team of 5 other local women. They raised about 1/3rd the money they needed to fund the trip and paid the rest out-of-pocket (total is approx $1500/person).

Snow and Ice Covered the Ground in 49 of 50 States This Weekend

https://weather.com/news/weather/news/snow-ice-49-of-50-states-early-january-2017