Ohio in the Winter

It’s beautiful. I love it here so much. What’s great is that we can have three weeks of cloudy days but then we get a beautiful day like this. The sun is shining….such a beautiful day.

Sorry I took this picture from the car. Kind of lazy, I know. I just wanted to show you that we have beautifully sunny days in winter here. What you CAN’T see is the sustained 25 mph winds. You also can’t see that the temperature is 7 degrees. While 7 degrees is bad by itself, the windchill was -21 degrees. Fabulous. I love Ohio.

The most fun of the day definitely came as countless cars broke down on the highway, prompting me to get out of my car. 20 seconds. That’s how long you could be out of your car before something started hurting. Your face, your fingers, something. I just don’t get it. What is so important that you have to go out on a day like this? There were cars breaking down with kids in the car. Kids wearing nothing more than a coat. I have two temperature probes in my cruiser that monitor the temperature for Sinta. I stopped to get gas and the temperature in my car was 71 degrees. In the time it took me to get gas the temperature in my car dropped to 51 degrees. That was in what, five minutes? Now imagine being broke down on the side of the highway, at night, with no one around and your kids in the car. You can’t get out and walk. If you stay, your car will be well below freezing within minutes. All this so you could go to the mall. If you’re lucky, I’m not busy and can come help you. If you aren’t, I hope you’re prepared.

When it’s this cold outside, just stay home. One day won’t kill you. Going out could. It’s just not worth it. Trust me, if I could have stayed home I would have.

Someone has to come rescue all of the people on the side of the road though.