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The Ice Age Has Begun
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You know that phrase, ‘When hell freezes over?’
Well, it just happened.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like living in the middle of an ice age? Have you ever played that scenario out in your mind? Were you ever motivated to prepare for it? Have you been too preoccupied with thinking about global warming? How much thermal underwear do you own?
Yesterday it got all the way down to 17 degrees (Fahrenheit) in Houston, Texas. Believe it or not, that was a record low temperature. The city practically shut down. People were besides themselves and had no idea what to do. It even snowed and not a single resident of that big city owns a snow shovel (or thermal underwear).
Well, boo-hoo! While those wienie Texans are complaining about the ‘catastrophic cold,’ here where I live on the Great Plains of Turtle Island yesterday’s high temperature was -7 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit) and our low temperature was -28 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit).
And our electricity stayed on all day!
Polar bears were spotted in town walking down the streets heading south.
But to be fair we had our problems, too. School was canceled today; not because of the mountains of…