Re: NE weather was-Snow, Eva?

In a message dated 01/25/2004 9:42:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
justme@prairieinet.net writes:

> Eva are you considered part of the nasty artic blast in the east? News
> reports here stating temps at -29F, add the wind chill and burrrr. 
> 
> Do we have anyone on the list in that area? 
> 

Not that far north, but above Eva, in the lower Hudson Valley we have been 
having a brutal winter.  Cold into the teens in early December, followed by more 
than a foot of snow.  Then  around Christmas it warmed up and rained.  All 
the snow melted, and there were even some nights when it didn't freeze.  Temps 
up into the  60s. Some shrubs were budding, and a few bulbs pushing up. Then 
with the ground all bare, around January 7 it fell to negative numbers, and has 
been above freezing only one day since.  We did have about  4 inches of snow 
last week, but there were ten days of brutal cold with no  snow cover.  I'm 
afraid we will lose lots of things this year that usually survive.  It was below 
zero this morning, but is predicted to snow tonight and be milder next week, 
like up to maybe 34 degrees by Thursday.  The cold I can live with, but very 
cold temperatures when the ground is bare make me  unhappy.  I tell myself if I 
lose a lot of plants it gives me more room to try something new.
Auralie 

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