I read earlier today (abc.net.au) that some parts of the US are colder than Antarctica! You have my sympathy and also a little envy because it’s been really hot here in Aus, although it’s cooler today before things heat up again on the weekend 
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I wish we could trade a little hot and cold between our places. It just might even out to something bearable if we could.
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As in, over a foot long, poisonous, can’t be killed easily?
I wasn’t aware they existed in the US
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Within spitting distance is exactly where I want my Cheeseheads
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To be fair, it’s their summer and our winter, so I expect them to be warmer
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4 inches long at most, possibly but probably not so poisonous, easily squishable but fast.
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And apparently “can inflict wounds similar to bee stings”, so I’m not thrilled.
But I don’t feel threatened enough to kill it.
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Wow, this thread is really heating up!
(ducks)
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Really? It must really be warming up if ducks are showing up in January.
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Let it go.
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Turns out the photo is from about 5 years ago, but you brought it up…
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Heaven knows I’ve tried
But it just bothered me anyway.
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No escape from the storm inside of her?
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?? I know it’s summer, I’m in the middle (bloody hot, sweaty middle) of it!
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I live in an unheated extension.
It’s 27° or 28° F outside, something like 48° F in my room, 65° F inside the house proper.
I can’t decide if I’m cold or not.
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Get yourself a fur coat like Peter Freuchen? That’s cold.
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Dagmar. That’s a name I don’t hear enough.
Quick googling looks like the last peak was 2008 and before that 1993.
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