It started Monday when it was a bit too chilly to go outside - about 37 degrees at 10 a.m. Oh well, we just enjoyed the warmth of the library. After all, we could go on Wednesday. But those plans were very quickly dashed when it started to SNOW on Tuesday. It is very difficult to walk a cemetery and read tombstones when they are covered with snow!
To add insult to injury, or something like that, the temperatures in Albuquerque dropped right into the Artic range. Tuesday night the low was 4 degrees; the high on Wednesday was 6 degrees, the low on Wednesday night was MINUS 11 degrees, and Thursday night it was minus 10.
The state of New Mexico broke 32 weather records that have stood since 1931. Five cities recorded their coldest temps ever (Moriarty at -34, Pecos at -31, Ruidoso at -27, Capitan at -22 and Socorro at -14. It is so cold that water freezes in 10 seconds outside. Pipes are breaking all over the city and the plumbers cannot keep up. Even my mother is without hot water since a pipe froze in the hot water closet.
And to make matters worse, PNM is having difficulty providing natural gas to everyone so they have heat. Several cities (Alamogordo, Espanola and others) are without any heat. Albuquerque is shutting down to conserve and all are asked to turn heaters down and not run gas-consuming appliances.
As of Friday, February 4, the following is noted in the Albuquerque Journal:
**APS has closed for a record fourth day (mothers are crying all over the city!)
**Cracks in the train tracks are forcing trains to run at half speed
**UNM and CNM colleges are closed until Monday
**Albuquerque zoo, museums, aquarium and botanical gardens are closed
**Sandia Labs and Kirtland AFB closed
The tombstone groupies will be back outside when temperatures return above 40 degrees.
This is a picture of our road in Corrales three days after it snowed. It is so cold the snow won't melt for quite awhile. It is an ice rink.
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