Well, ...I have single handedly fixed it so we will have no more freezing temperatures the rest of the winter....at least around here in SW PA.
Let me explain.... For the past few winters, I've erected a 40'X60' ice skating rink for the kids. It takes a good 36- 48 hours of constant freezing temps to get the ice solid enough for my 14 year old hockey playing son and his buddies (my 5 year old Olympic figure skating champion daughter is much lighter). After a good freeze, it's still usable for several days with warmer temps.
After I put it up last year, right before Christmas, we had an extremely mild winter and may have used the rink once or twice. I actually hit the golf course... in January...in PA! Same thing the year before that.
This year, with the pool build going on and a busy load at work, I got a late start. Up til now, like everyone else, it's been exceptionally frigid and snowy here. Whole weeks have gone by without the temps going above freezing. More cold and snow already this month than all of last winter. Well, that's all about to end. I put up the ice rink and filled it last weekend. That will pretty much guarantee that we will have no more sustained freezing weather the rest of the winter.
No need to thank me.