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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

We haven't really had winter here this year which is a major worry what with 
fires and what have you.  We had a little snow around Christmas, and I mean 
a little, very little.  We had rain for a couple of days and that's it! 
We've had some single digit temps which aren't the norm.  10 around here is 
considered way low and unusual.  today we have fog which we normally don't 
get until spring.  If this keeps up, and "they" say it will, then the folks 
in So. Cal are going to be in a world of hurt.  No snow, no water to ship to 
them to waste!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob" <becida AT comcast.net>


> Almost the middle of winter and my Homestead mailbox has almost 1400
> messages in it. Several new names on the messages, it's good to see new 
> people.
>
> I was just wondering how folks were doing this winter. I was just
> checking the temps of places I follow, down below zero in Bemidji MN
> and even Key West and Maui are having some colder lows, well colder
> for them anyway <g>. When you are used to 75-85 most of the year, the
> low 60's is cold.
> I looked at the high in Bemidji of +1 and thought about how good that
> "+" felt after a week of minus temps, I don't miss that at all. We
> are 1500 miles due west of where we lived in Minnesota (plus or minus
> a minute or two in latitude) and I really like the effect of the
> Pacific ocean on these temps <g>.
> This last week I've seen a couple of pickups & pickup with a trailer
> loaded up with small square bales of hay, several loads of firewood
> and a couple of trailers with firewood for sale. Signs of winter out here.
> It's below freezing here right now but dry. Just before Christmas we
> had snow, more than we've had in 4 years. Down by the bay the snow
> collapsed a bunch of hoop houses on a place, heavy sea level snow is
> unusual for around here. The weather guessing are talking about snow
> next week,  we'll see.
>
> I hope you are all doing well this winter, spring is just a 'few' weeks 
> away.