The National Weather Service (that evil Federal menace!!!) says that it is -31.6 F in Bethel now. One of our staff members reported a local reading of -35 and change. Cold for sure, but it is very still, and the cold does not bite as much as it does with the wind blowing. The most interesting visual phenomenon is the fact that smoke coming out of various chimneys (or steam for that matter) will not rise much at all. It flattens out at about ten feet or so above the top of the stacks. Kinda cool looking, and it speaks eloquently to the mass of cold air that is present here.
We have DARE presenters coming to the junior high this morning (they should be in there now), and it will break up the morning a little bit. We will see how the kids process it.
My plan is to head home "early" (read 5:15) to get caught up on the domestic chores before the upcoming weekend, which promises to be hectic. We have junior high basketball here, and no seniors available to staff the concession stand. My wife and I are in our second year of senior class sponsorship, and we have to be there to help raise funds for the senior trip. A couple of obliging underclassmen have promised to help (they are actually girls), and I think that we may have some parental support as well. There is also a work day scheduled for Saturday, and a lot of people are going to be gone as chaperons. It ought to be an interesting weekend, but it sure won't be a restful one. Oh, well, that wouldn't be that much fun anyway. We would just get bored.
We are actually working on a plan to get ourselves out of the building at a reasonable time at the end of the day, and it will be interesting to see how it progresses. Even a small break before we come back to work out in the evening is nice to change the day's pace.
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