The first warning was a "crawl" notice on the television screen: National Weather Service Extreme Cold Warning. I live at the bottom of the "o" in Grand Forks.
At 10pm, meteorologist John Wheeler forecast the overnight temps: -21º F
I checked all the thermostats and thermometers in the house. I let the water drip in the sinks. I checked all the electric baseboard heaters. I cursed the little red light on the "ripple control" box by the electrical panels in the mudroom.
I kept the fire in my little wood stove going all night.
Warm and toasty indoors.
The thermometers outside my windows told another story. -20ºF
The birds were at the feeders well before dawn this morning.
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| Brown Creeper |
Common Redpolls, American Goldfinches, Red-breasted Nuthatches, White-breasted Nuthatches, a Brown Creeper and Dark-eyed Juncos.
