Baby, it's cold outside

WOW, we could use a little 'global warming' the last few days in N. Michigan.  Today the temps never reached into the teens.  All night long I hear the pipes of our heating system clanging and thumping as the hot water tries to keep us warm.  Yesterday and today there has been a cloud over the bay because the water is so much warmer than the air.  The ground is covered with snow once again, after the thaw and rain of the last weekend.  Schools all over the area were close this morning but I'm not sure why.  We really don't have that much snow.  I heard that some schools closed because it was too cold for the kids to stand outside and wait for a bus.  We never had 'cold days' when I was teaching.  We just had school anyway.  However, the new 'wind chill factor' has changed things for many people.  We used to think it was just cold outside and knew that we shouldn't spend a long period of time out in the cold.  Now we have 'wind chill' calculations and they tell you how cold you already knew it was.

I hope it was warmer at your home today or if not you had a good book to read so that you didn't have to leave home.  Be careful or that 'wind chill' thing will get you.