Sunday, February 1, 2009

Record Cold in Illinois

Below are some pictures taken on some of the coldest days yet this winter. It was a high of -2 with a windchill of -30. Schools in the area were closed for 3 days (that almost never happens). We however, had students that were already here and continued teaching classes. We just had to limit our time outdoors with the students to 10-15 minute intervals.

It really isn't too bad when my commute to the office involves a 2 minute walk across campus. The icicles hanging from the roof of my office building are quite impressive as you can see in the photo above.

We stayed warm and cozy in our house. I'm not sure if you can see in the picture or not, but I shoveled through almost 10 inches of snow in the front yard to cut a path to the front door.


I donned Jonathan's puffy coat to stay nice and cozy while watching a movie that night. I got so comfortable that I fell asleep and Jonathan snapped this photo. It is kind of hard to imagine that about a year ago I was wearing a bikini, snorkeling, and using this same camera to shoot underwater shots in the balmy 80 degree waters of South Florida.

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