Weather Check

Minus 13 in Beijing.   It's expected to reach minus 16. We got snow on the weekend, and while it has stopped, there is a bout 6-8 inches of white stuff that isn't going anywhere.

 It is -4C in my cooking kitchen.

How many kitchens do you have and what are they for?

I have 2 kitchens.  The big one has my refrigerator, kitchen sink, a large table (to eat at or chop food on).  It also has my washing machine.

I go out through a patio door, to a smaller room (3-4 ft wide by about 10 ft long) that extends out from the side of the building.  It is has windows, but no heat.  It has my two burner gas stove on one end and some cupboards at the other.  I also have my toaster oven and coffee maker etc in that room.

Oklahoma, bizarrely enough, is getting slammed. We're getting overnight lows approaching 0F (-18C) and another week of snow heading in.

My horrible pickup truck, The Behemoth, is a death trap on icy roads. On our White Christmas I took out a highway sign on the trip to Mom's, and had to be pushed/bumped/towed about 5 times on the way back.

I ain't goin' NOWHERE for a while...

Chinese driver!!
Minus 13 or thereabouts in Jinan. Blue, sunny sky!

I've never seen a frozen pond until today 

Soon you will see a frozen river

Chinese driver!!

Yeah? Come over and let's see how YOU do on Oklahoma black ice, koala-breath!

Meanwhile, we're getting in one of those cold fronts that Dick Lexia, KMOD's dyslexic weatherman, says "will turn your ripples into nocks."

Come over and let's see how YOU do on Oklahoma black ice, koala-breath!

Ha! Been there, done that. I have driven from Detroit, down the coast to Fla, across to New Orleans, then back up the middle to Detroit. In Winter!! Nary a scratch on the car!!
The spilt water from my morning, shaky cup of coffee was frozen on the kitchen bench, today!

Yeah, Gerge, but I was driving SOBER.

Yeah, Gerge, but I was driving SOBER.

Oh, well! That explains everything! 

-3 right now and some final flurries to end the day. There's maybe 2 inches on the ground, a lot for around here. Really nice though because it's dried the air out a bit and taken away the normal bone piercing cold humidity.

The gloriously dodgy weather forecast advisea:

"..please use of moisture moisturizing cosmetics, a little powder, then use clean lipstick. Run lipstick. ... The elderly infirm are advised to a thick cotton or winter coats.

OK - now you've been told!!

My horrible pickup truck, The Behemoth, is a death trap on icy roads. On our White Christmas I took out a highway sign on the trip to Mom's, and had to be pushed/bumped/towed about 5 times on the way back.

Driving empty pickup trucks in snow is just begging for a spin-out.  I hope you have that sucker filled with sand.  Throw a couple of bottles and snacks in the cab as an emergency kit and your set.  We're getting a foot of snow today here in the Dairy State so I do feel your pain.

Dalian weather forecast for Bugalugs

Monday, Jan 25
Sunny and colder. Winds from the N at 27 km/h.
High: -3  Realfeel®: -11 °C 

Tuesday, Jan 26
Not as cold with increasing clouds. Winds from the SSW at 16 km/h.
High: 3 °C  Realfeel®: -6 °C