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

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. 

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.

stonewall JACKSON'S sword 
(Along Came a Duke)

US-based F1 team Haas has appointed the sport's female race engineer. Laura Muller will work with their new driver Esteban Ocon. Read more here.

If you plan on testing that idea, call Hoss to help you and then post it on You Tube. Take turns on the windshield. 

If you plan on testing that idea, call Hoss to help you and then post it on You Tube. Take turns on the windshield. 

I've heard it called the " Winshield Fsctor"......That's how cold it would feel like being tied to a  front windshield of a car doing 60 mph into a 30 degree wind  in your underwear!

Yes, they're used over here, although the weather websites generally put it as "RealFeel" or "Feels Like", e.g. Temperature today is 7°C RealFeel 3°C.

Boss and Rosco found the Duke Boys  
IRRITATING

The Dukes of HAZZARD: HAZZARD in HOLLYWOOD

GRANNY annie

Phul Ackley.....one of Daisy's boy friends?

CARNIVAL of thrills

The General Lee is a DODGE Charger.

EAGLE Point
Phil Ackley was Luke's old Marine buddy in 'The Great Hazzard Hijack'.

That didn't sound too bad until I remembered that you lot in the US still insist on using Fahrenheit! We only got down to around -8°C (18°F) in our cold snap a week ago, although over in parts of Scotland it was -16°C (3°F). We're now back to a far more reasonable 10°C (50°F) during the day.

Luckily, this SNL sketch explained America's way of doing things: 😀
 

And forgot to mention last week I sold a house I don't own  . I got a message from the niece of this one lady I mowed a lawn for that passed away over the summer. They left a key with me in case of emergency since they all live a few hours away. The niece managed to sell some items and needed me to open the house so the buyers could get the items. The last couple that showed up also asked about the house that was next door because it had a for sale sign. I was honest and told them it needed a total gut renovation. Then I mentioned the house they were standing in was for sale also. Then I played realtor and took them on a tour of the house. They made an offer to the niece and the family accepted. 

With drought conditions like that there's no way you can prevent wildfires being driven by near hurricane force winds. Praying for all those affected. 
We had a drought here back in summer were we went almost a whole month without rain and the rain we did get during that period was barely enough to wet the dirt. Thank God we didn't have any fires then. The grass here was so dry it was like matchsticks on the ground. I didn't mow lawns for a month. More than made up for the rain deficit in December though, in fact set a new rainfall record for December. 
We're about to have 72+ hours of temps below 20 degrees starting Sunday, Tuesday night/Wednesday morning is supposed to be -15 for a low possibly setting a new record. Officials are warning people just because it will be that cold not to go ice fishing because the temperature swings we had, yesterday was 40, and will have will make the ice unsafe especially by next weekend when temps will be in the mid 30's again. 

Dale Earnhardt Jr's JR Motorsports is going cup racing. They will be entering the #40 Chevy in the Daytona 500 with Justin Allgaier driving. 
Helio Castroneves is also entering the Daytona 500 in the Project 91 Chevy. 
Mike Wallace on the other hand will not be entering the Daytona 500. In fact they banned him from competing in any NASCAR division series. Reasons unknown but few speculate that he ticked off the NASCAR brass and this is their way of getting back. 

Reese's 

Halloween

I'm with you. I've heard it to. 

fruit 
(grafting fruit trees)

Welcome Cousin Annie!  It's great to know there are younger people getting into The Dukes Of Hazzard.  I also love TV shows and movies that were around before I was born.  My favorite character is Boss Hogg as most know.  I hope you stick around and enjoy the family here.