Good frozen morning to you. We have a very cold week ahead of us — a week like the one last year that took the City of Jackson’s water system out. So forget the bread and milk, get a few jugs of water. It’s going to be cold.
Here’s the Free-For-All for the day.
OK, as I mentioned before: It’s cold. Arctic cold. Lows the next few nights will be in the teens. So if you have any unwrapped pipes (and if your house does, too), you might want to wrapped them tonight. Today’s hi will be 41 and the low will be 18.
Traveling? Good luck. We’re OK in Central Mississippi, but North Mississippi and the rest of the South is still dealing with the ice and snow (probably until Friday). Airports are clogged (particularly Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Int. Airport). Delta canceled 1,900 flights yesterday and 1,400 today — so the system is still trying to get back up on their feet. But another round of snow will hit the Northeast, causing yet more delays.
Outrage of the day: The Westboro Baptist Church (yes, the group that protests military funerals) is threatening to protest the funeral of the 9-year-old girl killed in the Tucson shooting. They will, though, be met with counter-protesters, ‘Angels’, from the community who plan on standing up to the Phelps Family’s antics. Parents of the shooter are distraught because of their son’s actions. SO is Uncle Fester, because the shooter has stolen his look.
Tonight is the Governor’s State of the State address at 6 p.m. In one word: Frozen. You can hear the speech online here.
Auburn wins the BCS National Championship 22-19 on a last second field goal. Instead of 60 minutes of exciting offense, it was 60 minutes of being blinded by Oregon’s day-glo socks. At least the source of the bird kill has been found.
Verizon now has the iPhone – breaking AT&T’s monopoly on the popular smart phone. Click here to follow a live blog of the introduction.
That church group apparently is missing something from their teachings if they protest against miliatry funerals and now wanting to protest of a child that was attending a political function and was shot by a madman. Shame on them.