Last night we had -30 wind chill here in southern Indiana and a high of one degree. We live in a 150 yr old farm house on the prairie with nothing to stop the wind. We are so far south that we only got 2 inches of snow but there were 2 foot drifts across the gravel lane. All night the house groaned and creaked like that explorer's old tall ship that got caught in the arctic ice a hundred years ago. I went out every three hours or so and started the cars and the generator just in case. Couldn't sleep anyway for all the wind noise and creaking. This house has a four foot diameter open hearth style fireplace in the middle of the living room and it was thumping and howling and sounded like a bad tuba player. The furnace never got above 60, I was a almost a nervous wreck waitin' for some great disaster to strike, and of course the wife is on the couch snoozing way all night, she says the bad weather outside makes it "cozy".
should have read my warning elsewhere here 
This is very unusual for us. Praying that the strawberry farmers made it through & also the citrus trees. It's currently sitting at 34, will be back down in the low 20's for another hard freeze tonight. Also, I'm praying that none of the cows give birth during this time. We suppose to reach 70 by Saturday.
