Maine, here. I'm not far from Mt. Washington, as the crow flies. I was first here in the 1970s and the records confirm my recollection of cold snaps where it w

Maine, here. I'm not far from Mt. Washington, as the crow flies. I was first here in the 1970s and the records confirm my recollection of cold snaps where it would go below 0 deg f and not come back above 0 for 5 to 7 days. I've not had any stretch longer than 72 hours where the temperature didn't go above 0, in the past nine years. At the same time, there have been some very, very cold days. My car wasn't in the garage the night we hit -48 and rear view mirror cracked. I can only guess that it was due to the cold. I don't have very accurate wind speeds. However, I have near constant wind and the windy storms seem more frequent. Mother Nature has a fondness for taking my weather stations away from me. (Mt. Washington holds the land wind speed record of 231 MPH, I get some serious wind here but not that bad.) Even when hooked to a pole embedded in concrete, Mother Nature loves taking my stuff. As for the politics, I do what I can as an individual. I offer no opinion on Trump.