On 06 Jan 2004 19:58:03 GMT, pamfree (Zemedelec) opined:

I'm trying a minimum work/ damage routine in the face of the first freeze we're
likely to get in New Orleans. Only a very few tender tropicals get covered up
(in some cases one of a pair.) The rest are either inside in a rather crowded
sunroom or are going to face the survival test outside.
zemedelec

Amazingly, it stayed 32 degrees for the entire 24 hours, yesterday. The
birdbath never melted. I don't think in the eleven years I've lived here has
that ever happened.
V