COLD WATER

 

We are having the coldest weather we’ve had in years. The forecast high is for today 9 F / -13 C. No trash talk from people in Minnesota, etc. We are on about the same parallel as Madrid and Rome, and these days we are more accustomed to record high temperatures. This is an old picture taken from a walkway over the center of the Mississippi. We are not far downstream from the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The ice all comes from the Missouri, which flows freely. The Mississippi is damed nearby, preventing the formation of ice.