Monday, 11:00 am: We are expecting more snow this afternoon or evening. Looking at the NWS radar on their web site we may be in for a lot of snow. There is a possibility it might miss us and slide off to the east and pummel New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. However, we’re braced for the worst; filling up our firewood rack and topping off our snowblower. Always on the alert, Ruth is baking our emergency cheesecake. That’s our basic emergency ration, in case of severe weather. Life is unpredictable, but good food doesn’t need to be included. I’ll pass on Siberian "gulag" cuisine.

Our drive into Presque Isle yesterday went smoothly. The stores were packed with Canadian shoppers. Their strong dollar makes shopping, on our side, a good value for them, and problems finding a parking space for us. I heard lots of French spoken yesterday - Mais Oui!

Our neighbor just left. He was here using our landline telephone trying to set up his voice mail with his cell phone company. Apparently this time he was successful after a few technical glitches on previous attempts. It’s an adventure in technical support when his call goes to Juan [really!] in a call center outsourced to an undisclosed country. I suspect it is not Pakistan this time.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 11.6° [F.]

Barometer: 30.176 in & falling rapidly

Humidity: 70%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: < 3 miles

Skies: 100% overcast

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: -1.2° [F.]

High wind: 2 mph at 7:34 am