Talk today is that  the  forecast is for -25 degrees of Celsius tomorrow making for an unpleasant outing in normal clothing. There is a kind of excitement about it with people as it goes against predictions of dire through global warming. The comfort of more normal weather seems to give  a balance to the inconvenience it may cause to some. They are also talking about snow falls through Sunday , making the saying in like a lion out like a lamb for the month of March an interesting thing to watch. We know that the concern over global warming is the worldwide average mean temperature and that science should not be trivialized. The earth gives a balance that often corrects itself and for those of us that can adjust in the interim a life force not completely understood as yet.

The river is open earlier this year and remains open.

Today in History, February 23,1999

Thirty one people die in an avalanche in the Austrian village of Galtur.

Today in History: February 23, 1905

Paul Harris and three others launch Rotary, the worlds first service club.