SNOW

[Mortblanc]

I finally caved in and zipped the thermostat up to 25c. Better to pay a bit more for heat cost than to sit here shivering and b!$#hing until April.

The outside temps have not been above freezing in nearly a week.

This is normal condition for us at this time of year, I should not be complaining except that my medicals stuff has changed my perception of cold. Our real winter starts about end of November and runs until April. We will remain below 10c for most of that and generally will remain 0-5c for the entire January and February and part of March. We can expect sleet, snow, freezing rain any time through there and "climate change" is an unknown factor to us. Our climate has not changed in the past 70 years! If the temps are above that it is abnormally warm.

CH is in the same climate zone as me, except he gets some mountain effect weather I do not see. I am in rolling hill country and he is in ridge and valley geography.

The kit I keep in my vehicle at this time of year includes a heavy parka, extra wool socks, felt lined "canoe boots" and a down sleeping bag. There is also a stove, small pots, water supply, tea and soups. That is just the kit for getting stuck in gridlock on the highway, which happens often here during winter. I suppose the extra food for a week, tent tarps and other "necessities" I add might qualify it as a "bug out" system but it is not really intended for that.

And as I have stated may times, my bug in location is what most folks would consider a bug out spot. I already live where they wish they were.