Another downside of January Thaws

[jhetley]

Pothole slalom, a premier event in the Maine Olympics.

We may set a record high for the date. Current temperature 49F, record mentioned last night was 50.  Watch them snow-piles waste away, watch the ski trails turn to wet pigeon guano.  Shortly to be followed by transformation to ice.

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[sclerotic-rings.livejournal.com]

We're facing roughly the same thing. Yesterday's highs in Dallas flirted with 80F, and we're already dropping toward an expected low of 36F. We probably won't hit freezing, but I wish it would: the record highs are bringing all of the insect life to the surface, particularly cockroaches, and since they can't find any food outside, they're coming indoors. I've killed two German cockroaches in the house in the last two days, and I know that they're coming inside for water because we haven't had enough rain to make a difference in about a month.