[yorkietalkjilly]

Dang it, we were at 13 degrees this morning(that's COLD for North Texas!) but it's 44 degrees now, wind at 11 - 12 mph, which is still pretty cold when you are out running errands and loading and bringing in groceries and going back and forth from the parking lot to the stores. I got home, unloaded groceries, took a hot shower and am still chilled to the bone. But at least it's dry and no snow or ice.

I do NOT know how in the world you guy up north and northeast and northwest of here make it doing all that you do all winter in freezing weather, with ice and snow everywhere and power outages and not enough propane for those that use that for heating! And others have to have home heating oil delivered and stored. If the roads are bad and you don't get your delivery, I guess you just have to do without heat! And then those that have to remove snow from their roofs and sidewalks and make a path in the snow to the car and for the mailman and for the dog to go out to potty - it must be constant work most of the winter with snow and icy rain coming so often! I'd be exhausted by the time I got to work. I used to wonder why so many people retire to the south when they get older, but I'm understanding more and more I see of these bad winters.