Re: CULT:Cold in the Confederacy (Was Freeze Florida Style)



On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Lynn W Woosley wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 17:55:05 -0700 (MST) "william b. cook"
> <billc@atlantic.net> writes:
> <snip>
> >The place almost looks like halloween with sheets, upside down buckets
> and trash 
> >cans all over the place.  
> 
> My yard looks like a tent city -- every azalea, my iris beds, half my
> pond (the end with irises) and the cool weather crops from my garden are
> all covered with plastic.  When I ran out of plastic, I went to old bed
> linens, but fortunately for my relationship with my neighbors, those are
> confined to the back yard.  
> 
> >     We are being told to expect temperatures between 28 F and 32 F  
> >(-3 C
> >and 0 C) tonight.  Tomorrow night and Thursday night could see 
> >temperatures
> >between 23 F and 28 F (-5 C and -3 C).  It looks like instead of the
> >Kentucky Freeze Test, I will be having the Florida Freeze Test.
> 
> We had temperatures in the low 20s (Fahrenheit) Monday and Tuesday, and
> are expected to drop even lower tonight and Thursday, then warm up so
> that lows are in the 30s Saturday.  
> 
> By next Tuesday, our forecast is for temps in the 70s.  I wonder if
> plants can "catch a cold" from the big temperature swings?
> 
> Lynn Woosley
> Marietta, GA
> lynn.woosley@juno.com
> USDA Zone 8
> 
> 
	Yes, Lynn, it is very cold in this part of the Confederacy too
(MS).  My place looks like Fred Sanford's junk yard.  I have the seed bed 
covered with one of Cajun's (he's my catahoula) blankies and an old heavy 
bedspread I never liked. Every available bucket with newspaper inside is
covering something.  And, I finally found a use for all the computer boxes
that have been stacking up in the garage.  They are leaning against the
garage wall covering the arilbreds that are stalking.  Newspapers are
stuffed inside and around the boxes.  It was 25o yesterday morning and 220
this morning, but with rapid warmups, though.  Another Alberta Clipper is
supposed to move in tonight, but the clouds associated with it may be of
some help. We won't be out of the woods until Saturday...then more rain!


	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8 (Caj got a new blanket)
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