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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:56 AM
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I just stepped outside to put out some food for the ferals, and it is nasty out there!!
The temp is 9 above, with a wind chill of 10 below. Winds are around 20 mph, with higher gusts. It's still snowing.

And, in the time it took me to type the above, Weatherbug says the temp dropped 2 degrees. We have both a winter weather advisory and a wind chill advisory.

Just bad.


Poor ferals.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:58 AM
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1. Not too much better here in NYC.
I had a little hutch built and put some blankets in it. I am leaving food nearby so as to encourage the two ferals outside my house to consider taking shelter inside it.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 01:01 AM
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3. One of these has taken up residence in the beagle's doghouse,
which she has never liked (she'd rather dig holes!). There's a dogbed and a blanket (actually a child's sleeping bag) in it. I'm not sure where the other one I see regularly is living.

Why don't people spay and neuter?!
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 12:58 AM
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2. For a second there,
I thought you were talking about GD-Pee.

Stay warm!
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luv_mykatz Donating Member (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 01:13 AM
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4. Historic blizzard/winter storm here.
We are having a blizzard with white-out conditions here tonight. In N.W. Oregon! This never happens here...but, it is tonight. My cat is hiding out in the basement. We are having hideous high wind gusts. The local NWS office reported that winds are gusting near 70 mph in the Columbia Gorge. The temp is @ 21 degrees, so wind chill is @ 4 or 5 degrees. Snow is piling up in drifts in wind shelterd spots. Poor ferals, indeed. :(
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 01:19 AM
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5. Uh oh! That means it'll hit us in a few days. Again.
Be safe! :hug:
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 02:24 PM
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7. My son lives in Chicago. He had a party to go to last night and said it was not that bad
since it was snowing..but this AM he said it was too cold to snow..The actual temp was -9 w/windchill -36. It has warmed up this afternoon to -2 w/windchill-19.
I cannot even imagine what that feels like I has been in the low 20's here and is supposed to go above freezing at some point to day.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 02:22 PM
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6. I heard onthe radio that someplace near you had 45 inches of snow in a few days!!!
I do not think that has ever happened here in NYC!!
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 02:27 PM
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8. Bless you
for taking care of the ferals
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