15 degrees... are you talking fahrenheit??? That's only -9 celcius.

Last week it was -20 during the night here.. minus 20 celcius (that's -4
fahrenheit).  I was really excited about it, because I wanted to build an
ice skating rink in the backyard... I was out there at like 2am, wearing
like 3 pairs of ski pants, and 16 jackets...  with the gardenhose, nozzle
set to heavy mist, and was having a blast.  As soon as the water touched
anything, it would instantly freeze over.  It was so fun I even coated the
side of my Vanagon to create an ice sculpture out of it. Was about a
centimater thick.

Now the temps have shot up to above freezing and it has rained for 3 days.
It was 5 degrees today (41 F) and the skating rink is a sad sad puddle of
slush.

These temps are not normal... such an extreme temp differential drives
nature insane... the buds are starting to come out on the trees right now!!

who can we blame for all this?

I personally blame President George W. Bush... but we don't even go there on
the Vanagon list.

Stay warm!

RSF

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