Charlie Shub wrote:
> my outdoor thermometer says about 14 degrees. the 8 foot drift outside
> my family room is down to about 4.  my street still has packed snow
> and ruts. 

and Bob G wrote:
> In NYC, "It's a GREAT day for hockey!!!!"   . . . very much like that 
> day of the NCAA final in Columbus or any summer day in New York when 
> discarded Christmas trees blow all over the streets. The temperature 
> just grazed 70 in Central Park. 

> I peddled past a cruise ship at the foot of 50th Street, probably 
> delivering snowbirds to enjoy our First Annual New Year's Pear Blossom 
> Festival.  (Festival theme: "Ablaze in January, Dead by March") 
> Nonflowering trees have also been budding on my street all week.  Last 
> winter, Central Park set a record for its heaviest snowfall within 24 
> hours.  This winter, it's a tropical paradise.  All that, thanks to the 
> generosity of Coloradoans who insisted on hosting winter.

> Who's bidding to host next winter?


I hear that Alaska is also making a bid to host this winter?

Thom Davis, UNH72
Go Wildcats!