Weather Situation In Iowa

I am very lucky to be able to stay in where it is warm today.  The actual temperature at 10 AM is -6 and it is windy.  We don't even want to talk about wind chill because the entire state is under a wind chill WARNING until noon Monday.

*A wind chill warning means a combination of bitterly cold air and
strong winds will create dangerously low wind chill values... .
resulting in frost bite... hypothermia or even death if
precautions are not taken. If you must venture outdoors... dress
appropriately in layers covering exposed skin. Frostbite will
occur in a few as 10 minutes in these conditions.

*Northwest winds will occasionally gust to 45 mph today with the
wind gradually diminishing tonight. Temperatures will also remain
below zero through Monday morning creating dangerously cold wind
chill readings of 30 to 40 below zero.

          *Weather report from the National Weather Service.

Luckily we did not receive a lot more snow yesterday. Living in town does not give a true sense of what the weather is really like.  In open country the snow is blowing and visibility is very poor.  Also the  northern half of the state received 10 inches of snow two days ago and blizzard condition exist there.

I am indeed thankful for my warm home, warm clothes, food to eat and the electronic connections to the outside world.  I think I will call my friend Margaret and give her a bad time about not checking up on the elderly (me).  It's a thing we do especially when we haven't seen one another for a time.  After all she is 20+ years younger than I am and should be checking on me don't you think?