A friend sent an message from Beijing, “I was frozen silly!” Clearly, the ambient temperature hovered around 20F or so.
A phone call to another friend in New England, he does not expect electricity for several days. That ice storm appeared to have completely paralyzed the 978 area code (upper Massachusetts).
So I woke up this morning to walk the dog. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, it was a bit chill, so I put my hands in the pockets. Dog clearly is totally oblivious. The pavement is damp, so it must have rained last night.
Ah… California.