Or are does anyone else have icicles hanging from their teeth and eyelids, numb eye-balls, and a momentary wish for global warming (yes, yes, not scientifically accurate, but the phrase has taken on a mind of its own, a sort of automatic metaphor)? And, how can metaphors be automatic? Explain that to me! More storms accoming they are, they are. How are you people in Europe holding up?? Julie Krueger