The southern US is getting horrible weather,
with snow, rain, and flooding.

In the northeast part of the country, though,
we have bitter deadly cold
(heaven help the homeless under such conditions)
but the skies are calm and clear.

That said, storms and rainfall in past months
have left the wetlands, where I live and drive my car,
dangerously high in water levels;
the river at one point is well over its banks,
and you cannot distinguish the river from the marshes
as both are under water. It's an odd situation
for December.