Originally Posted by
High_Plains_Drifter
The one good part to this bitter cold, we'll have a lot less BUGS around this year because when it gets down below -30 like it did, it even kills eggs that are hibernating waiting to hatch in the Spring. We didn't have squat for winter for the last 3 years, and consequently we had a lot of bugs, so I'm almost glad we had this blistering, dangerous cold spell. If it got rid of some of the overabundance of insects, including mosquitoes, then I'm ok with a few days of super cold. Now it's going the other way and it's going to be way above average temps again, in the 40's, massive swing.