Notes from Doug: JANUARY 15: GOOD GOLLY MOLLY, IT'S COLD OUT THERE!

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

JANUARY 15: GOOD GOLLY MOLLY, IT'S COLD OUT THERE!

BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STRONG WINDS AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS TOMORROW.

I used to hate January. I'm now beginning to despise it.

IT'S A "CRISP" MORNING

It's such a beautiful, sunny, morning I thought I'd take a quick walk to town. It didn't take long for me to figure out that the sun wasn't doing much to warm things up. When I got home I checked the outside temperature: Only 2 degrees above zero at 9 AM! That's too cold for this sturdy Viking!

Tonight the forecast calls for snow and freezing drizzle. Tomorrow we're looking at temperatures in the 20's with wind gusts close to 40 MPH.

We are now into some SERIOUS WINTER and we are not pleased!

I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR
THE STORY BEHIND THIS TWEET

Man shoots self in chin while taking off pants: http://t.co/XaJreos31A
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 15, 2014

I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE
I used to have that many in a week.

The average person in Western society suffers 726 hangovers in a lifetime.
— Facts (@TheFactsBook) January 15, 2014

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARO
STILL DOIN' THE CUCHI CUCHI AT 62 TODAY!

TOMORROW

YESTERDAYS SNOW TOTALS

Rochester: 2.5

La Crosse Airport: 6.5

West Salem: 5.5

Holmen: 4.7

47 YEARS AGO TODAY
PARTY TIME IN WISCONSIN!

GOD GAVE US THE DOG TO SHOW US THE TRUE MEANING OF LOVE

THE PEMBERTON MEDICINE COMPANY was incorporated on January 15, 1889. You don't have any idea what the hell the Pemberton Medicine Company was, do you? It was located in Atlanta, Georgia. Does that give you a clue?

Alright. I'll tell you. The Pemberton Medicine Company later changed its name to The Coca-Cola Company

SOME CALIFORNIA FOLKS

GOT SHOOK OUT OF BED

THIS MORNING

Magnitude 4.4 earthquake hits near Fontana, Calif., east of Los Angeles - USGS http://t.co/TT9dO5NtXt
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) January 15, 2014

Yippee! We'll see the sun today!
But, no warmth to go with it. Wind chills will be around 7 below.

RITA, ROGER AND JACOB HAD QUITE A TRIP, OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, YESTERDAY, ON THE WORST WEATHER DAY WE'VE HAD THIS WINTER!

They took Jacob back to Madison and the university following the Christmas holiday.

Rita said, "After some consideration between the truck and the van we decided the truck would be better in the snow. Thank God we took the truck.

On the drive down, we saw three semis, one SUV, and two cars in the ditch.

We stopped at the Dells for breakfast. When we got back in the truck, the roads were just wet and stayed that way until we left Madison.

We came home through Viroqua on the smaller highways and the snow came and the wind blew. It was awful.

We stopped to see Aunt Wilda and she hasn’t felt good for the last 3 days. Said her bones were starting to fracture and then today she seemed sick to her stomach. She was really glad to see us and we visited for awhile. Then we left and took the back roads to the Amish furniture maker who had our new dining room chairs for us.

By that time, the wind and snow were even worse. When we got the chairs and left, we could barely see the road. Drove over to Sparta and down the Interstate at 40 – 50 mph. Only teenage girls and semis passed us. Saw four cars in the ditch on the way home.

RITA AND ROGER MISSED THE BIGGEST HIGHWAY MESS YESTERDAY

It was a 20 car pile-up near the Marathon/Portage county line. Hard to believe but there was only one person injured.

SPEAKING OF TRAVEL

Flying sure isn't what it used to be. Sadly, people aren't either. We have become a world of spoiled slobs.

RT @N20904 Can we talk about this lady next to me on my Lufthansa flight? pic.twitter.com/OajhybMdl0 #PaxEx via @RunwayGirl
— JohnnyJet (@JohnnyJet) January 15, 2014