I moved to this part of Montana in February 1994 … nearly 30 years ago … HOLY COW!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I grew up in Northwest Ohio, moved to California in 1979 … first years in East Bay\/San Francisco area and then in Los Angeles area until leaving California in late 1993 to find a spot to call home … small town in the west. The criteria were skiing, sailing and mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And here I am!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first Winters in Montana always had two weeks: one early December and one in January of super cold. Super cold being -teens\/20’s (F) overnight and below 10F daytime. Then things moderated to not have those weeks of super cold, less snow and some hotter summer weeks. THEN, the last 2 years … all “normal\/semi-normal” kind of out the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enter this year’s Polar Vortex with record setting lows and wind chills. At my house, the lowest low was -27F and no wind although when the front whooshed through on Thursday afternoon, there was a LOT of wind as well as white out … at my home! Kind of funny as in an earlier work Zoom when discussing weather with the gang, I said: “there is a wind chill warning but I don’t usually get much wind at my house because of the trees.” The lesson: never taunt Mother Nature!<\/p>\n\n\n\n