I think you know this, but I was just joshing you. The trees with their lack of leaves is what threw me. Still how cold could it be in NC? Its all the way up to 29º here, but supposed to drop down to negative -10º over the next few days. That makes 29º feel warm.
By the way, you never know what you are going to hit with a sawmill do you? I hit an old porcelin insulator once that was embedded in h hemlock log. I thought the shrapnel was going to kill me (Rotary sawmill).