Ah Hahs

I know it is cold when I wake up in the morning to hear the heater cycling on about every 10 minutes.  I lay in bed listing to the heater and hitting the snooze button on weekends.  The nights drop down to the negatives and we’re lucky if the temperature breaks into the teens during the day.  Even the locals are complaining about the cold.  They say this is weather is 15 degrees below normal.

Another phenomenon is freezing fog.  I learned about freezing rain when I leaved in Missouri; now I have discovered freezing fog.  The fog turns to sparkles because the moisture is actually freezing into ice crystals; this is not to be confused with snow.  When I first encountered it, I thought it was a very light, shiny snow.  It is rather pretty and can be hazardous.  Because it is ice crystals, it makes surfaces even that more slippery.

Icicles on the chapel.  Actually there are icicles hanging from most buildings around town, some 3 or 4 feet long.