Cassi Creel: Currently
(1217) overcast and 47°F. This will give
way to rain followed by freezing precipitation in some form (s). The polar air moving in our direction will be
here by midnight and this small region will join the majority of the CONUS in a
meteorological deep freeze.
There has
been and will continue to be many school closings due to the cold. It is easy to see that most children lack the
clothing for such extreme cold. If one
watches the kids getting onto and off school buses, there will be far too many
who are wearing only light shirts, long shorts, and sandals or flip-flops. They are following some fashion dictate that
demands such clothing. Parents seem to
lack either the concern for the well-being of their offspring, or the authority
to cause them to dress warmly. Cost is
not the major marker; these inappropriate clothes are fully as expensive as
warmer clothing, if one excludes footwear.
The old
rumors and tales about touching metal surfaces with one’s tongue will doubtlessly
be tested by someone who simply has to find out for him/her self whether or not
it is true. There will likely be some
who are pressured into become a temporary flagpole ornament by older, larger,
and others willing to use the bodies of their classmates for personal and group
amusement.
If three dogs
are required for comfort and warmth tonight, the most comfortable disposition
is probably (from one side of the bed) dog-human-dog-human – dog. Solo sleepers may use any other combination
that works for them. As a matter of
esthetics, the dogs’ heads should be at the same orientation as that of the
humans.
If possible,
get local counts on tongue and pole incidents for our future use.
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