Scenes of frozen February

After another round of snow, temperatures were plunging this week across the Midwest and along the East Coast. The thermometer above is on the porch at Hugh & Dolores' condo at Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland.

"The snow is not unusual but the temperature is," writes Hugh. "The forecast HIGH for today was -1 F.  This photo was taken at the heat of the day -- 1:00 pm -- so you can see we did better than the forecast."

 

Earlier in the week, more than six inches of snow fell in Fredericksburg, Va., resulting in the creation of this impressive snowman at Marie, Brian and Xander's house. The storm extended President's Day weekend, as schools, government offices and Virginia Railway Express, Brian's employer, all took a snow day.

 

The cold wave spread down to Florida, where Courtney said on Thursday, "I have my heat on! Lovin' 'winter' in Florida!"