Once frozen temp doesn't really matter! I've seen -20 here in Washington! Not what a California boy is used to! TR arthur, that does sound nice- pretty and clean and wild, wonderful nature...people are adaptable, thank the Lord- i actually had watched a documentary on siberia and their -60s etc it was crazy to me the way they had to live, but some were talking about how they chose to....but i think it takes time to adjust if you aren't born somewhere w/ extremes... & us southerners are in shock esp. those in waaaay south TX...where i am, we had negatives very briefly only once before that i was here for & not this low...we had -12 w/ windchill -25...but only my poor little dogs had to run out to potty and we got to stay in w/ fireplace and got to keep our heat! (found out we are on different grid than my other family members...i thought they were just using some sense & keeping the coldest parts on) my hubby used to go out hunting by Lesser Slave Lake. it gets cold there too out yonder in the woods. wish you could swap stories with him Arthur. there was the time when a bear destroyed the camp and left footprints on the truck the time he was lost in the woods up north and had to tie strips of shirt to bushes to not go in circles the time... :popcorn :wacko: he worked in subarctic of Labrador where the flies were huge and going after anything they could bite I watched two videos about extreme temperatures. One on a place in Siberia and one on a place in Ethiopia. The person in Ethiopia said that it was unbearable when the temperature dropped below 86 F. The person in Siberia said anything below -55F was a fine day. Lol. 2020 was the worse year for the Atlantic hurricane season It is really wonderful. You get used to the cold and as long as you dress for it, it’s nice enough. I was drenched in sweat 30 seconds after leaving my apartment. 4 showers a day were normal. *Ugh* Give me -40F any day over that. The funny thing was, when winter came around, it got down to 64F one evening and I was out dining in an outdoor restaurant. I felt chilly and started shivering. You get used to things pretty quickly. One day, we will have the perfect temperature for eternity and a glorified body to enjoy it in. Can’t wait! Having glorified bodies should'nt be a problem. Then again we will still have flesh and bone! Wonder why?! TR The summers are short up North. The mosquitoes and flies wrath is great because they know their time is short. :wacko: It does get cold in Alberta. It’s the only province where I have seen it snow in the month of July. 😉 It was in Fox Creek, Alberta and it was July 7th. 
I lived in Thailand for a year and their summers really are unbearable. 95F everyday with 100% humidity. During the monsoon season it would have a thunderous downpour at 11 am like clockwork. Combined with the heat, it made things miserable.
