Static

 They say that the English like talking about the weather.... but the Americans have us  beaten by a long long way. One could spend a whole day watching the weather channel or just on the news, the weather is big news, especially in this area where the climate swings wildly from frigid cold to suffocating humid heat. Hawaii doesnt have the same preoccupation with the weather, why would they? its either 27, 28, 29, 30 or 31 C every day if its hotter its 31C if its not as hot, its 27C simple. Not actually that simple, there are trade winds and rougher seas at some times of the year but you get my drift.

Big enough news, on this occasion, to make the news in the UK its the coldest snap here for 10 years, the city of Boston are running out of places to put the piles of snow, everyone is fed up with it, the Mayor was on TV telling people to stop sledding down the streets and stop jumping off roofs into snowdrifts.... you cant blame them really over 90 inches of snow in 4 weeks you have to make your own entertainment somehow.

Anyway the consequence of extreme cold, apart from the frostbite warnings, is extreme dryness in the air which equals extreme static, I am normally a static person anyway but this is ridiculous, touching the bulb on the lamp made it glow through static alone, hair stood on end, clothes crackling as you take them off. Given the extent of artificial fibres here, there must be enough energy generated to run a small town. Cats arent immune either, stroking Sierra gives her a spark when you touch her, I think her strategy is to stay still and not move about much so she doesnt generate too much static, either that or she is just lazy.

You can of course stick things to s staticky cat... packing chips, balloons etc but that would be mean to use her for our own amusement