Subj : Brrr... [again] To : Rob Mccart From : August Abolins Date : Sun Feb 02 2025 11:16:00 Hello Rob Mccart! ** On Sunday 02.02.25 - 01:22, Rob Mccart wrote to MIKE POWELL: RM> The other problem I had in the past, I hope it's not as bad these RM> days with warmer overall temperatures, is not being able to put in RM> the water system until the ice comes off of Georgian Bay. I can RM> remember years putting the foot valve stand in around April 10th RM> and getting cuts on my legs from ice floes drifting in and hitting RM> me when I was in the water. One year I had to put in the foot valve RM> 3 times because ice kept drifting in, catching the marker float, and RM> dragging the stand into shore.. B) RM> Last night and tonight we'll drop to about -4f again but there are RM> a couple of days this week that may get up slightly above freezing RM> so it's still bouncing around. We (and you) had quite a deep-freeze again last night. It started getting into the low 20s pretty early in the evening last night around 7p. Bancroft, Ontario Latitude 45.07ø N | Longitude 77.88ø W Past 24 Hour Conditions 02 February 2025 09:00 n/a -17 (-16.6) SSE 2 08:00 n/a -18 (-18.0) SSE 2 07:00 n/a -20 (-19.6) calm 06:00 n/a -22 (-21.9) calm 05:00 n/a -23 (-23.1) calm 04:00 n/a -25 (-25.2) calm 03:00 n/a -27 (-27.0) calm 02:00 n/a -27 (-27.1) calm 01:00 n/a -28 (-27.5) calm 00:00 n/a -27 (-27.1) calm 01 February 2025 23:00 n/a -25 (-25.3) calm 22:00 n/a -24 (-23.9) calm 21:00 n/a -23 (-23.0) calm 20:00 n/a -22 (-22.1) calm 19:00 n/a -21 (-20.5) calm 18:00 n/a -18 (-18.1) calm It was a nice clear sky though with a small 15% cresent moon and a very large and bright Venus right next to it. -- ../|ug --- OpenXP 5.0.58 * Origin: Stare into this point intently ->.<- (1:153/757.21) .