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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Easy. Thick winter coats (mine is rated to -60), a good tuque for your head and ears, a warm pair of long johns under your pants, a good block heater on your car (and remember to plug it in the night before) (an interior car warmer helps too), lined snow boots (again, mine are rated for -60), heavy mitts (mine are black leather w/rabbit fur lining)... then you just start your car, warm it up, and away you go, shopping or wherever.
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Well, down here our weather means I need to avoid seeing my neighbors or they'll invite me to go check some crab traps and stop off at a little out island where we can set up some chairs and an umbrella so we don't get sunburned while drinking icy cold mojitos. And if I do that I'll never get any work done.
But here's a note from a Northern friend that you may appreciate...
My driveway is too damn steep to be able to get a car safely down it with all the ice we wound up with over the last few days. And the state highway department has issued a travel warning due to snow storms and bad road conditions. They suggest that anyone traveling in the current icy conditions should ensure that they have the following: Shovel, blankets or sleeping bag, extra winter clothing including coats, hat and gloves, water, 24 hours worth of food, deicer, rock salt, flashlight with spare batteries, road flares or reflective triangles, 5-gallon gas can, first aid kit and booster cables.
So I looked like an absolute idiot when I got on the bus this morning.
(yeah, I know, go fuck myself
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