OH MY GOD WE'RE ALL GONNA D..... nevermind 
I will never complain about the weather in Austin Texas, for I am intimately familiar with the alternatives
*and that goes for summer, too. I will take 105 F over -5 F. Any. F'in. Day.
Coldest in my experience was -27 F with 50 mph wind, IIRC something like -70 F wind chill. Was at a friend's gravel road farm house when my parents called and told me to get my ass home before the cold front came thru. I sort of lolligagged.
and then the front started hitting. I decided I could make it home, when it was like -15 and 30 mph wind. The walk from the house to my car was the longest 100 feet I've ever done. By the time the car was warmed up, the front was really hitting stride.
I headed out on the gravel road and within a quarter mile I was complete snowblind, the snow was blowing horizontally and couldn't see more than 6 inches past the headlights. Looked up and it was a completely cloudless starry sky.
At that point it was too late to go back to my friend's house, and my only option was to make it down the gravel road to a paved state highway 1.5 miles away. The only way I could steer was by the crown of the road. I think it was the first time my life flashed by my eyes.
Anyway I made to the hwy and home 8 miles away, and luckily my parents had an attached garage. I think there were like 5-10 people who died of exposure in Iowa that night.
Long story short, I shall never bitch about 29 degrees.
Long story short, I shall never bitch about 29 degrees.
How many Iowans does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
5: one to screw in the lightbulb and 4 to talk about the weather
5: one to screw in the lightbulb and 4 to talk about the weather
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