Floyd County Schools open two hours late Monday because of the frigid cold and lingering effects from both the Dec. 18 snow and the Christmas Day ice storm. With overnight lows in single digits and wind chills below zero, ice still makes driving on some secondary roads hazardous. Area plumbers report widespread problems with frozen [...]
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We’ve had a request for a wind chill chart. Here’s one from the National Weather Service.
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The thermometer reads 14 degrees and the wind chill sits at about 2 degrees this morning: The high today might hit 24. That’s cold by anyone’s standards. And the next few days don’t look any better: Sunday: High 23, low 13; Monday: High 29, low 15; Tuesday: High 29, low 16; Wednesday: High 33, low [...]
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The year ends. The decade ends. It goes out not with a bang but with a whimper, shrouded in fog, damp from the mist, cloaked in an uncertain future. For many, the end of the year is a blessing. The past 12 months were not kind: recession, unemployment, uncertainty, despair. The decade began with so [...]
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