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Got plenty here in chilly Brrrrmont. My little girl has a hill big enough to sled down in the driveway now, the river behind me has a sheet of ice across it. It's not winter yet though, more to come. Thank goodness for Hakkapelita's and 4-wheel drive.

I need a snowmobile!

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No we don't.....

Storms continued to pummel the nation's midsection as darkness fell on a day when record temperatures were reported across much of the country. Tornadoes were also reported in Arkansas and Oklahoma and along the Illinois-Wisconsin border.

About six homes were destroyed in the small town of Poplar Grove, Ill., where authorities rescued motorists trapped by downed, live electrical lines and crews searched damaged structures to make sure no one was trapped. Three people suffered minor injuries, Boone County Sheriff's Lt. Perry Gay said.

About 15 miles away in Harvard, Ill., another reported tornado knocked six rail cars off their tracks. A tank car containing shock fluid was leaking, and another derailed car contained ethylene oxide, a flammable material widely used to sterilize medical supplies, but was not leaking, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said.

Authorities ordered the evacuation of about 500 residents in the nearby unincorporated town of Lawrence because of the potential for a hazardous materials situation, said Capt. David Shepherd with the McHenry County Sheriff's Office. No injuries were reported, he said.

To the northeast, a tornado ripped through Wisconsin's Kenosha County. Eleven houses in Wheatland were destroyed, five others had heavy damage and four had moderate damage, said Matthew Gronke, fire chief for the town of Randall. About 13 people were injured, none seriously, authorities said.

Deputies responding to a rollover accident saw a house collapse as the storm blew through, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said.

"It got flattened as they were there," he said, and windblown debris ripped the emergency light bar off their squad car.

The deputies completed their rescue of the motorist pinned beneath the car and then ran to the house.

"They pulled the wreckage from the basement door and got some people out," he said.

The tornado warning disrupted legal proceedings in Walworth County, as at least 300 people were moved to a courthouse basement as a precaution.

Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce E. Schroeder, who was presiding over opening testimony in a high-profile murder trial that was moved in Walworth County, said he couldn't believe it when the deputy said the courtroom had to be evacuated because of a tornado warning.

"It's a first," he said while waiting in the basement. "I've actually had ... warnings occur during jury trials before and frankly I just ignored them. But not in January."

Three juries were kept away from the rest of the courthouse employees, deputies, reporters and others in the basement during the hour-long evacuation.

Meteorologists said the unusual weather was the result of warm, moist air moving from the South that had temperatures hovering near 70 degrees on Sunday and Monday.

"It's very unseasonable for this time of year," said meteorologist Benjamin Sipprell of the National Weather Service's St. Louis office. "The atmosphere is just right."

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We're having one of the snowiest winters in decades around here. Actually we get a bunch of snow then rain for one of nature slushy's. Then it freezes and snows some more. Last night we got 8" and the front yard is starting to look glacial. It's about 31/2 feet deep out there now since we snow plow everything onto it. It all started 12/1 and it is supposed to snow again tonight.

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