William Jenkins, a high hill farmer from Manmoel near Blackwood, Caerphilly county, said there is little snow where he is but a cold, penetrating wind which leaves new born lambs at risk of being frozen to death.

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The number was arbitrary, but the mood was beginning to bear down, not the cold or the wind but the missing light, the missing man.

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The sky was clear and the sun shone brightly on a heavy snow pack, but it was cold and the wind was blowing.

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Forecasters say the snow is likely to ease over the weekend but it will continue to feel cold with a raw easterly wind.

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It is not unusually cold for the last day of April in Massachusetts, but the wind is strong and there has been no rain for weeks.

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But those cold winter days do happen to coincide with there being no usable wind generated electricity at all.

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But, the cold aside, snow-covered Samso was undeniably beautiful and its wind-reliant residents hospitable and, in their own way, just a little heroic.

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But it was minus 11 0C at noon (yes, very cold for here) and there was no appreciable wind that could be felt.

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