Our local prognosticators are quite excited that the predicted low of about -5F (-20C) tonight will be the first actual sub-zero (F) reading since about 1985 or so. We've had lower temps nearby on a regular basis, but get enough "industrial heat" to keep extremes more moderate in the big city.

For some time, it was illegal here to leave a vehicle running and unoccupied, since it was concidered to be "facilitating a theft;" but apparently enough people got smart enough to get a spare key so they could lock up during warm up that the ordinance was dropped recently. They still have to repeat warnings about warming up the vehicle inside a closed garage, etc, since some of our people seem inclined to warm up before wake up and don't think too clearly in cold weather (or something like that).

John