SHIVERING IN THE PALMS

My buddy and high school classmate Ramsey (RB) Burrows called last night from Yuma, AZ where he and wife Kate winter in the sub-tropical, southern sun. Sort of.

The same arctic weather that has devastated the citrus crops in California is pummeling their sunny retreat with bone chilling cold—and relentless north winds. The dust blows so badly we cannot see down the street, he bemoaned.

"Even the Canadians are dressing like Eskimos down here to cope with the cold."

I tried really hard to be sympathetic. --tw