Jack Frost must have rebranded himself as Jack Freeze. From Texas to Maine, much of the country is bracing for severe winter weather. Friends in Alabama are expecting over an inch of ice—never a good sign, since power lines tend to come down at just a quarter inch.
Here in Vermont, the temperature is dropping steadily all day. By the time I leave work, wind chills will already be in the negatives. Tomorrow, we’re looking at subzero temperatures all day, with wind chills plunging to somewhere between –25 and –45 degrees. By Sunday and Monday, forecasts are calling for 8–12 inches of snow, with southern Vermont likely seeing more than a foot.
Once I get home this evening, I have no intention of leaving my apartment.
Simply put, it feels like hell is freezing over—that is, the United States under Donald Trump.
Here’s a piece of medieval trivia for you: hell wasn’t always imagined as blazing hot. While the Bible gives us fire and brimstone, some medieval writers pictured the devil trapped in extreme cold—the furthest possible point from God’s light and warmth. In that tradition, hell freezing over isn’t a contradiction at all. It’s the final, most absolute form of separation.
Which feels… depressingly on theme right now.
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Getting the same here in Nova Scotia, this weekend through Tuesday morning!
William
Nothing unusual here in Montréal and Province of Québec as we are expecting those freezing temperatures once in a while in winter.
Tomorrow we will have a -20C with a wind factor of -35C.
For USA this is a awaking call to know that you are in NORTH America...
Remember it in the July hot weather... LOL !
What happened at your appointment with your new specialist?
Here in France, it's a bit too warm for the season: 3 to 9°C tomorrow in Paris.
TV showed frozen lakes in your area.
My appointment went well. They added another medicine for me to take when experience an aura before a migraine. I barely saw the neurologist I was scheduled to see, she had a resident come in and do most of it, then discuss it with her, then they both came back in for a final chat. I thought it was going to be 30 minutes, it turned out to be over two hours, and that was just in the exam room.
I didn't really mind because the resident was hot! He was also very sweet. I would be happy seeing him as my permanent neurologist, but Dartmouth is a teaching hospital so people come and go. The neurologist is supposed to be there for good. She seemed nice.
Attention ! Avec les lacs gelés Trump pourra plus facilement vous envahir !
So, this was time well spent & having something that may help you.
William, NS
So many young docs are delicious. I go to a coffee shop in a hospital near me just to enjoy the scenery.
That was a medical appointment not a ogling session. Joseph. For shame. Was he cute?
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