BRRRY SCURRY....
Folks around the Midwest Tuesday morning are doing the brrry scurry with temperatures at thier coldest levels since Christmas. In fact, locations north of I-80 could dip to 15 below and may end up with the coldest readings of the winter so far. On the bright side, wind chills are essentially non-existant with high pressure directly overhead. All things considered, the overall set-up overnight was perfect for the coldest temperatures this air mass could produce. The combinatio
BITTER COLD, BUT NOT FOR LONG
A cold blast is expected across the Upper Midwest to start the first week of February and it times well with another burst of cold air back in 2019 (pictured above). On January 30, 2019 the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa plummeted to -26 setting the record cold temperature for the date. That night, the mercury dropped all the way to -30: the all-time coldest temperature ever measured in the City of Five Seasons. The wind chill dropped to -55. In the Quad Cities, the thermometer d
Eastern Iowa meteorologist, journalist convert church into Airbnb outside Galena
How the couple turned an 1894 church into their retirement goal Elijah Decious,Cedar Rapids Gazette Galena, Ill. — As the daughter of a line of Presbyterian ministers, Carolyn Wettstone spent half of her day at the church next to the manses her family lived in. So as the former Iowa broadcast journalist enters her golden years with longtime Iowa TV meteorologist Terry Swails, it made sense for them to retire in church, too. “Terry and I have never lived conventional lives,” W
SNOW MOVING OUT, COLD MOVING IN
A quick-moving snow system, hence the name clipper, moved through Iowa Saturday and brought a wave of snow across much of the state of Iowa. With temperatures in the teens to near 20, it was a light, powdery-sugar-like snow that quickly coated the roads. Preliminary snowfall reports through 10 p.m. Saturday show widespread snowfall reports of 3"+ in eastern Iowa generally north of I-80. We often use roadways like I-80, Highway 20 and Highway 30 across Iowa as a reference for
CLIPPED BY A CLIPPER...
TWO NIGHTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE...REALLY Hey everybody, February is the love month and boy do we have a "lovely" deal just for you at my new Airbnb, The Little White Church of Galena. If you book one night, the second one is on "us." totally free. As we celebrate our Grand Opening Month, it is a $500 value. The offer has been such a hit we are extending it into the spring. Come check out the splendor of the church which includes three bedrooms and three full bathrooms. Each b
