:usaflag: I Don't Think I'll Hunt Today!! :detecting:

[Cupajo]

A short walk on my favorite Connecticut beach this AM was a challenge of human determination.

The tail end of this most recent winter storm has the CT. shore dealing with 21F temperatures and 30+ knot winds and over 40 knot gusts.

The current wind chill is 3F and when I removed my gloves to take these few quick photos I felt the cold instantly.

Parts of the sand were hard as a concrete side-walk and the rest was soft from lack of moisture.

The water and sky were a brutally dark, almost gun-metal grey colored, scene reflecting the equally brutal temperatures.

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[Kelley (Texas)]

and staying indoors until it warms up outside. I hope that you do not lose power if that pole finally falls and cuts your electric service to the house. I am glad that we do not have your type of cold weather. Stay indoors and enjoy the day reading a nice book or something. Kelley (Texas)

 

[Cupajo]

Thanks Fred,

I can hear the cold wind howling out there as I write this and there is nothing short of a real emergency that will get out there again today!

The temps all along the east coast are way down there all the way into Florida.

I feel sorry for the travellers who are stuck away from home in this mess and I envy your milder temperatures.

All the best to Ya friend,

CJ

 

[George-CT]

to expose some new detecting ground. It blew good here and still is. I'm doing like you, hunker down until it all passes. Tomorrow will be soon enough to get out there and deal with it all. Nice pictures. Not many swimmers out dropping stuff today. LOL..... George-CT

 

[Cupajo]

Yeah George, I was disappointed not to find even one string bikini on the beach this AM.

CJ

 

[Wayne in BC]

n/t

 

[Micheal_R]

When I was younger, I would, and did, go out in weather like that. Now that I am older and presumably wiser, I realize that the goodies will still be there tomorrow. :

fair winds

Micheal

 

[Cupajo]

Even though I have lived in Connecticut 40 years I am still "geared" for Texas weather.

My feet are cold while sitting in the house with the heat turned up!

Sometime after the wind subsides and the temps get a little above 30F, I will bundle up and take a shot at water hunting (if the tide is right of course).

I also would rather it be a sun-shiny day too.

I'll keep dreaming in the mean-time,

CJ

 

[George-CT]

down at the beach in shirt sleeves detecting. I know by then, cabin fever kicks in and I head to Watch Hill, RI for a day of hunting. Even tried if off my quad, cover a lot of ground but its more work to get on and off it then its worth. As long as the wind dies down I can take a fair amount of cold, but soon as the wind gets up there, George packs it in for the day. Found a nice fresh water spot the other day while out on wandering. Lake was drained down a lot, so lots of open ground so people could work on their docks and I guess ice and flood control. I got out and walked it a little but it was all frozen solid. I found it a little to late in the season and by thaw it will be way higher than it is. But like Mikie said, the stuff is still there.

Geo-CT

 

[Cupajo]

Sometime yestereday the power company set a new utility pole next to the broken one down the street from my house.

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Thank you CL&P (Connecticut Light & Power) for braving those horrific temperatures and winds to enable us to keep our power during the storm,

CJ