Last night, between calls at work, I checked the weather app our company uses. I started reading about the overnight frost advisory, getting as far as, "Frost could kill s," before having to take a call. While I was on the phone, I thought, "Surely, the advisory doesn't read, 'Frost could kill someone,' does it? Frost doesn't do that, and that would be an awfully blunt advisory. After I hung up, I read the advisory in full. It said, "Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered."
Whew. Although I don't wish for the ruination of anyone's carrot crop, it's good to know that, despite what Michael Murphey's song, "Wildfire," would have you believe, there is no such thing as a killing frost.
