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Everyone is battening down the hatches over here. All of the outdoor jobs where I work have been cancelled, and us office staff aren't due in until 10 if the red weather warning is over. All the schools are closed tomorrow, and most of the stores are shut until mid-morning. I know this is a regular occurrence in some states, but it's new to us in Ireland. To lighten the mood, a couple of weather-related jokes (although they both involve death!): Swedish astronomer, mathematician and physicist Anders Celsius died in 1744 aged 42. His rival, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit claimed he was actually 107. The inventor of the wind chill factor died recently. He was 82, but felt like he was 64.

If we're going down that route, don't forget that God had an old Plymouth: for, as the Bible explicitly states, "God drove Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden in a Fury." 😂 And then there were the Old Testament British motorbikes: for example, "Joshua's Triumph was heard throughout the land" and, "The roar of Moses' Triumph is heard in the hills." 😂

On our way out the door this morning it was -3 degrees F wind-chill/feels like -15 to -20. The stray cats near work made it through, fed them and gave them fresh non frozen water on 1st break. This weekend will feel balmy in the mid 30's.

It was 6 degrees here today.....not a normal Tennessee day!

It's warmer than that here, although we're due to drop just below freezing point again on Friday. The real problem is the red weather warning for wind on Friday when 'Storm Éowyn will probably be among the "severest storms" that Ireland has ever seen'.