I almost forgot that my wife's friend called her today and said it was only 7F/-14C in Tucson where she was staying. 😉

Good point about the seeds, Aaron.

You know "it's a big one" when NASA records it...wow

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/snowstorm_feb2011.html

Barb

Phoenix woke up to a record low of 26.2F this morning.

Tucson was S E V E N ????? :bigsmurf:

Phoenix woke up to a record low of 26.2F this morning.

Tucson was S E V E N ????? :bigsmurf:

I think offical Tucson temp was 18F/-8C, but her friend had seven wherever she is staying in Tucson. 🙂

Our friends who are in San Diego wanted to go to El Centro, 90 miles inland.
Their 5th wheel motor home was turned back on the highway due to high winds.
She said it was very cold...yup!

They're doing a travelogue: great pics of the high desert 5,000 feet to El Centro down in the valley below sea level.

http://vernoncentral.ca/city/excellent-adventure.html

Sometimes the pics go funny, just hit Refresh and they all pop up fine.

Maybe they should head to Florida.
Barb

The cold has gone even into Tamaulipas, Mexico (e.g., it is 30 oF right now in Matamoros, near the Gulf).
I have a better appreciation for how Chameadorea radicalis got its cold tolerance....
--Erik

The cold has gone even into Tamaulipas, Mexico (e.g., it is 30 oF right now in Matamoros, near the Gulf).
I have a better appreciation for how Chameadorea radicalis got its cold tolerance....
--Erik

So true, I also had that thought about other plants. 🙂

The Phoenix Open Golf tourney, in Scottsdale, had to cancel their practice round on Wednesday, not just for frost (which does happen occasionally at this time of year) but because the greens were frozen solid :verycold: 😕 ! What the heck? The tourney's director said he's never seen it in 30 years.

Barb, we were in Palm Springs from Jan 20 to 27. It was thankfully lovely: 23-27 the whole time. Family still down there reports terrible wind storms this week though 🙄 !

Mickelson may even put on a sweater... 😆
H said Day One (Thursday) of the four-day tourney was cancelled too.
I'm stuck doing year end paperwork (yawn) so didn't turn TV on.

I usually watch golf tourneys just to see the palms.
Stunning pics at Torrey Pines tourney last weekend, but they could plant more palms :hmph:

Will see more palms when you post your Palm Springs pics.
Barb

I hope this was the last of the very cold stuff for the south-west.
Pearce AZ, 5f/-15C
Douglas AZ -1f/-18C

And Chihuahua Mexico -1f/-18C
This was a place that bougainvillea was very common. 😯

Oops, goofed on the golf tourney info.
Day One (Thurs) was apparently 4 hours only, so part of day 1 and part of day 2 played today.
So it'll finish Monday...as long as further weather delays don't occur.

And they said it would be cold there until Sunday 😥

As Aaron said "This wasa place..."
past tense.
How sad.

Barb

I was able to talk with my nieghbors tonight and they said they had 0F/-17.7C for a low, but got over 40F/4.5C for a high today. 🙂 Tomorrow back to normal with a high of 61F/16C? I hope so for everyone down there and all the palms etc.... 😀

I guess a couple of people have froze to death in Tucson, very sad. 🙁 I so dislike cold weather. 😡

How very sad to have fatalities from the cold.
Hope your neighbors are managing through it, would be hard on old folks in rural areas.

These charts for next week look really disturbing for half of the USA again:
And look how warm it is up north!

http://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/msg/1296819424.html

How very sad to have fatalities from the cold.
Hope your neighbors are managing through it, would be hard on old folks in rural areas.

These charts for next week look really disturbing for half of the USA again:
And look how warm it is up north!

http://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/msg/1296819424.html

That is crazy. 😕

PS My nieghbors are doing fine, but thier water is frozen. 🙂

Barb,
I sure don't like the -10 on that map for me! So far, we have been staying warmer than the forecasts call for. Hope that continues. I am guessing a mere 0 or so instead. I tend to be optimistic....
Aaron,
my ex-W has frozen pipes, which I like as it means I get to keep my son longer. We have lost water to the barn, though, so I spend my time running buckets from the house to the animals. About to make a couple more trips before bed. Palms are on their own, but the power is on so I am optimistic....
--Erik