{"id":2244,"date":"2014-01-08T12:21:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T16:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2014-01-08T12:21:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T16:21:04","slug":"cold-snap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=2244","title":{"rendered":"Cold snap!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DJT1824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2245\" alt=\"_DJT1824\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DJT1824-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DJT1824-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DJT1824-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DJT1824.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>The jet stream that brought extreme cold to the midwest and eastern U.S. is lifting, so relief is in sight. The forecast isn&#8217;t calling for mudding weather, but it does call for milder temperatures. I must say, I&#8217;m relieved, because 15 degrees Fahrenheit (-9.5C) is extremely cold for the area where I live. Lots of things that aren&#8217;t supposed to freeze, did. Also, I have a finite supply of firewood for the season, and I&#8217;ve been going through it like there is no tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all of you who have continued to purchase my old videos, while it&#8217;s just too cold to make new ones. I hope everyone who has been affected by this extreme weather has come through without too much damage. That goes for everyone in the world, who is suffering from extreme weather. I&#8217;m afraid we&#8217;re turning a new page in our climate history, and worse yet, the people most affected by it, are the ones least responsible for it.<\/p>\n<p>I did the &#8220;Polar plunge&#8221; on January 1 in 53F (11.5C) water. If we get some mild weather on a day when the low tide is near midday, I&#8217;m hoping to do a polar mud plunge! \ud83d\ude09 What can I say? I&#8217;m just dying to get back out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The jet stream that brought extreme cold to the midwest and eastern U.S. is lifting, so relief is in sight. The forecast isn&#8217;t calling for mudding weather, but it does call for milder temperatures. I must say, I&#8217;m relieved, because 15 degrees Fahrenheit (-9.5C) is extremely cold for the area where I live. Lots of &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=2244\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2246,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions\/2246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}