I have a thingie integrated into Firefox that gives me weather and stuff.  Sheesh, I don’t know what it is.  Anyway, I just got an URGENT warning!

If you’re anywhere north of the south, this will probably sound funny (especially when we saw negative temps forecast for Minneapolis the other day)
“THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY.
A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS…CENTRAL LOUISIANA…SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA…AND SOUTH-
CENTRAL LOUISIANA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY
EVENING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 20S ACROSS THE
LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA…WITH MID
20S ACROSS LOWER SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW FREEZING FOR UP TO 12 HOURS
AND AT OR BELOW 27 DEGREES FOR 4 TO 8 HOURS.
PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS…PIPES…AND PETS
FROM THIS LONG PERIOD OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES. USE EXTREME
CAUTION WHEN USING SPACE HEATERS INSIDE HOMES TO PREVENT THE START
OF FIRES.
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.”