The Big Chill is on the Way
The forecast is saying that with the 6"+ of snow on the ground, we are going to be getting a once in 25 year cold spell. It's about 1 deg now, and heading down to something like -23 deg tonight. A good friend in Alabama sent me a picture of his driveway with the comment "Not [sure] I can handle all the snow" - and it looked like a September day.
So I took a picture out my front door, and sent it to him:
and we giggled about the difference.
He's from Northern Indiana, so he remembers this all too well... and I don't mind it, so we can share a laugh about the fact that he's there, I'm here, the cold is coming, but we have both had the wonderful experience of walking in the Chicago Winter with the wind chill in excess of -30 deg - and lived to tell the tale.
This is why we live in the Midwest. Not because it's easy, but because it is hard.
UPDATE: went out a few hours later, and shoveled off the snow that fell last night. It was chilly... I had forgotten the bite of the cold wind. It was something I always want to remember... always.