So Rick, what's the overnight low in Key Largo tonight??

It's supposed to get down to 27 here in Sebring but we are not surrounded by the warm water like you are. Tampa news said the Gulf water is down to 61, what's the water temp in the Keys right now?

I left NH to get away from this crap! Well, at least I don't have to shovel the driveway...yet.

Guess I'd better make sure there's no water in my hulls though, it might freeze up and split them.

Here's Key Largo's weather, be sure you scroll down to the bottom.

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USFL0243?lswe=Key%20Largo%20FL&from=searchbox_localwx

If you are too lazy to copy that, tonight's low in Key Largo is supposed to be about 40.

You can get lost now.

I'm not as nearly bad as Karl, but it was 5 above this AM. High today was about 15. Good day to find air leaks around the house (just hold you hand next to an outlet, etc. to feel for a draft). I'm on the warpath to cut down my heating bills (December gas bill was ~$350).

The spousal unit was not too happy when I got aggressive with the programmable thermostats.

Noah has the water at 58.5( http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8726724+Clearwater+Beach,+FL#) at the clearwater pier

I sailed on dec 31.. it was 61* water... it only felt cold until my feet turned blue .. actually it was fine with the right gear.

Played tennis this morning in temps around the mid-60s. It was pretty miserable. Tomorrow is supposed to get colder, so may opt out of tennis.
Supposed to stay that way until about Friday when it will get over 70 again.
Bet is will affect the water temps a bit, but should be better than Minn. I couldn't believe the temps were in the -29 area all over the northern plains, and that was not wind chill.

Enjoying this global warming?

Rick

Pot stirrer.

+1, what Pete said!

Happy New Year, your Dingness.

The real question is "will it be back in the 80's by next week?" My blood's too thin for this ...

...packing my spray gear. Was hoping to only have to pack the banana hammock and the sunscreen.

eeeeuuuuwwwww... Oh wait second, I'm on Facebook... Nice!

Thank god for cold weather!

Get yourself a wood-burning stove or at least a fireplace insert. I have the latter, and unless it gets below 10 degrees outside, the furnace never comes on when I have the wood going. Even when it is that cold, the furnace runs much less often than it does without the wood going.

Also helps that I get free wood from the in-laws (just have to cut, haul and split it), but it's good exercise (and we all know I could use some more of that to help my boatspeed)...

Mike

well, well guys you have problems - we don't even think about sailing

The actual temperature at the lake of Thune in Switzerland is -3 degree celsius which is about 27 F. Water temperature is 6 degree celsius (43F). Look below how it looks like. Do you wana sail in front of snowy mountains?





Check out the live cam, but think about the time shift, we are 6 hours ahead, on http://www.swiss-sail.ch/webcam00.htm

Not going to work in this house (4,125 sq. ft, including the semi-finished basement). We have two furnaces - one in the basement and one in the attic. Both are +90 efficiency. Basement furnace takes the brunt of the load, since the warm air rises up to the second floor via the "grand entrance" foyer (14 ft ceiling). Yesterday, it ran 10 hrs 50 min when it was ~21°F outside.

must be tough with so little space.. your closets must be overflowing

You gotta have some space to move around when you can't go outside for any length of time in December through February.

How do you walk the dog when its that cold outside?

I'm about to walk Tybee and I've got 5 layers on and its 34'F !

That's assuming you haven't already eaten the dog.

Poor dog

you crack open the door, shooo the dog out with your foot, and wait 20 seconds for the "WOOF! MOTHER F'ER!" and crack the door back open to let them back in. You don't need a leash and you don't need to walk them...they're not going to stray far! I lived in Cleveland for 10 years.