{"id":764,"date":"2006-02-17T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-17T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2006\/02\/life-when-can-i-go-back-to-hawaii\/"},"modified":"2006-02-17T07:06:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-17T07:06:00","slug":"life-when-can-i-go-back-to-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2006\/02\/life-when-can-i-go-back-to-hawaii.html","title":{"rendered":"Life:  When can I go back to Hawai&#8217;i?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><b><s>Lord Almighty,<\/s> It\u2019s Cold!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For: <span style=\"color:green\">Missoula<\/span> <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"11%\"> <b>Tonight<\/b>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrh.noaa.gov\/images\/total_forecast\/nsn.jpg\" alt=\"Chance Snow\" height=\"58\" width=\"55\"><br>Chance Snow<br>Windy<\/p><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> <b>Friday<\/b>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrh.noaa.gov\/images\/total_forecast\/few.jpg\" alt=\"\">Sunny, Windy<br>Mostly<br>Sunny<br>Windy<\/p><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> <b>Friday<br>Night<\/b><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrh.noaa.gov\/images\/total_forecast\/nfew.jpg\" alt=\"\">Clear,<br>Mostly<br>Clear\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> <b>Saturday<\/b>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrh.noaa.gov\/images\/total_forecast\/few.jpg\" alt=\"\">Sunny,  Mostly<br>Sunny<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> <b>Saturday<br>Night<\/b><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrh.noaa.gov\/images\/total_forecast\/pcloudyn.jpg\" alt=\"\">Cloudy, <br>Partly<br>Cloudy\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\">\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> <b><\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td width=\"11%\"> Lo <span>-19\u00b0F<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> Hi <span>4\u00b0F<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> Lo <span>-24\u00b0F<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> Hi <span>10\u00b0F<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> Lo <span>-16\u00b0F<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td width=\"11%\"> PoP <span style=\"color:green\">60%<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"> PoP <span style=\"color:green\">10%<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"11%\"><span style=\"color:green\"><br><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>-24 degrees cold!  For my friends living in the world of Celcius, that\u2019s<span style=\"font-weight: bold\"> -31 degrees<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>I think at times like this we all get a little religious.  I don\u2019t recall ever hearing so much \u2018Oh My God!\u2019 or \u2018Sweet Jesus\u2026\u2019.  I suppose it\u2019s only natural to invoke a higher power when nature, normally so benign, comes down on you with a fist. <\/p>\n<p>Oh well.  I grew up in worse.  When I was a kid\u2026. I won\u2019t go there.  But one interesting fact of the day was that while driving home, shivering in my car, I was forced to stop and wait while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newwest.net\/index.php\/city\/article\/6256\/C8\/L8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">25-40 people on BIKES<\/a> rode by following a float!  Sweet Jesus, indeed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7907151-114016058162255369?l=americanbuddhist.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Almighty, It\u2019s Cold! For: Missoula Tonight Chance SnowWindy Friday Sunny, WindyMostlySunnyWindy FridayNightClear,MostlyClear Saturday Sunny, MostlySunny SaturdayNightCloudy, PartlyCloudy Lo -19\u00b0F Hi 4\u00b0F Lo -24\u00b0F Hi 10\u00b0F Lo -16\u00b0F PoP 60% PoP 10% -24 degrees cold! For my friends living in the world of Celcius, that\u2019s -31 degrees. 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