@Stooge said:
I live in N. Illinois. At 2:26am it is -20 out and feels like -46 windchill.
Tomorrow a low of -30 and windchills near -70.
I'm going outside for about 15-20 seconds to experience this. It's a once in a lifetime thing.
Actually...... Probably more than once in a lifetime from hereon. Melting of the arctic ice from global warming is somehow driving the cold fronts farther south so the experts are saying and this will happen more often. So prepare to be Canadian (it terms of weather at least).
yeah, it is really cold and windy here in NEOhio. the whole thing has brought about a very interesting paradox of sorts:
--- in the span of a few short days the US Government has gone from a situation with people working and not getting paid to one with people who are not working but are getting paid!!
You should see my dog high stepping it in the cold snow when I let her out to go the bathroom. The crazy thing is the forecast is for rain on Sunday. How do you go from -30 to +40 in one week?
@hchcoin said:
You should see my dog high stepping it in the cold snow when I let her out to go the bathroom. The crazy thing is the forecast is for rain on Sunday. How do you go from -30 to +40 in one week?
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I live in a north suburb of Chicago, common occurrence round these parts...
-21* last report, job I was scheduled to work today was canceled, so I am home today.
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Grew up in Minnesota and feel your pain. -25 and blowing is far worse than -50 and still in Alaska - have lived in both.
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A lot of beverage vendors are stopping deliveries today because:
1: Diesels won't start without a portable heater
2: Product freezes and explodes in this cold.
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Seems like a good sign. Extreme cold kills the insects that damage conifers and other cold climate trees. When it does not get cold enough to kill the pests, they continue to breed and eat and kill trees.
@RogerB said:
Seems like a good sign. Extreme cold kills the insects that damage conifers and other cold climate trees. When it does not get cold enough to kill the pests, they continue to breed and eat and kill trees.
The cold today and tomorrow is also supposed to kill a lot of dormant emerald ash borers.
I was living in Rockford on January 20, 1985 when that city and Chicago hit an actual low temperature of minus 27 degrees. With a 20 to 30 mile an hour wind, it felt like minus 45. Coldest weekend of my life. We had a couple of similar incidents through 1989, when I moved back closer to STL.
The point being, it is not a 'once in a lifetime' thingie.
It has been a fairly rare thing since the year 1997.
Minus 14 Fahrenheit (actual temp) here overnight (1/30/19), about 100 miles north of STL.
@TwoSides2aCoin said:
Our local USPS is closed but UPS delivered my Apollo coins, today. Go figure.
My carrier drives with his windows down. I expect that most UPS drivers don't. Also I unnerstand that UPS drivers don't/aren't supposed to make left turns.
I don't mind this weather at all personally to live in. Just can't describe the stress you feel 24 hours a day when you're a heating contractor and it's -25 degrees outside. The phone doesn't stop. Your guys check off 3 calls, 7 came in while they were doing them. Just not fun, thank god it's 45 this weekend just have to power through a couple days and hope nothing serious goes wrong. Check in on your elderly neighbors!
@TwoSides2aCoin said:
Our local USPS is closed but UPS delivered my Apollo coins, today. Go figure.
My carrier drives with his windows down. I expect that most UPS drivers don't. Also I unnerstand that UPS drivers don't/aren't supposed to make left turns.
I had real-time tracking on my package (just delivered), and he took the craziest route I've ever seen to get to me. At one point, he was a half-block away from me (I even saw the truck), but then took another two hours to get here because he drove this bizzaro route.
And two stops before getting to my house, he took lunch. Grrrrr....
@PipestonePete said:
I had never tried the boiling water experiment before so with a reading of -22* at 10:30 A.M. this morning I gave it a shot.
HUGE WARNING: Do not throw the hot water above your head and watch it come down. While it does give off some heat, it doesn't freeze the larger drops and can still cause burns. Had a fellow coworker do this at -40 and had burns to his eyes and face afterwards.
Just drove by my Amish neighbor on the way to the gas station
There he is, same hat, same coat as normal. On his manure wagon, no enclosure, just sitting on top of his seat going out to his field to spread manure. Nothing covering his face, ears, or neck. Takes him about 15 minutes per load. He was on his second load. Smiling and waving like normal. Twenty below doesn’t stop chores.
Just drove by my Amish neighbor on the way to the gas station
There he is, same hat, same coat as normal. On his manure wagon, no enclosure, just sitting on top of his seat going out to his field to spread manure. Nothing covering his face, ears, or neck. Takes him about 15 minutes per load. He was on his second load. Smiling and waving like normal. Twenty below doesn’t stop chores.
What a total stud!
Sounds like the behavior of a fool to me.
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Stayed home today, would have been a lot of shoveling to get out. East of Seattle about 600' elevation we get more snow - but it looks great! I can catch up on some of my numismatic reading. From the back deck:
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Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow... But apparently cold will stop the mail.
usatoday:No mail will be delivered to parts of seven states as polar vortex chills postal delivery
Actually...... Probably more than once in a lifetime from hereon. Melting of the arctic ice from global warming is somehow driving the cold fronts farther south so the experts are saying and this will happen more often. So prepare to be Canadian (it terms of weather at least).
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last update...just took a quick stroll outside to grab the newspaper.
7:10 AM -26 F, wind chill -61 F
Yep...and it's not even registering the wind chill. I guess the gauge is frozen.
At 7 36 AM, -21. NW Indiana, between-27 and -33 wind chill.
A Balmy 22 here!
-32 this morning, actual temp. You know it's cold when the mail is cancelled.
yeah, it is really cold and windy here in NEOhio. the whole thing has brought about a very interesting paradox of sorts:
--- in the span of a few short days the US Government has gone from a situation with people working and not getting paid to one with people who are not working but are getting paid!!
It's colder than I wouldn't do that for a Klondike bar....
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You should see my dog high stepping it in the cold snow when I let her out to go the bathroom. The crazy thing is the forecast is for rain on Sunday. How do you go from -30 to +40 in one week?
The polar vortex cold extreme is a manifestation of global warming.
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Chicago
I live in a north suburb of Chicago, common occurrence round these parts...
-21* last report, job I was scheduled to work today was canceled, so I am home today.
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I have been through this once in a lifetime event many, many times.
7:00 am in San Diego and I am walking around outside barefooted and in shorts ...
And it is supposed to pour in Long Beach Tomorrow
Heard similar about Superior, Wisconsin.
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It is cold. Had to wear sweat pants at night the last week. Down to the mid 60's. Brrrr
Grew up in Minnesota and feel your pain. -25 and blowing is far worse than -50 and still in Alaska - have lived in both.
And yet mail gets delivered everyday in Alaska... Not uncommon for us to be -40 for days.
A lot of beverage vendors are stopping deliveries today because:
1: Diesels won't start without a portable heater
2: Product freezes and explodes in this cold.
Seems like a good sign. Extreme cold kills the insects that damage conifers and other cold climate trees. When it does not get cold enough to kill the pests, they continue to breed and eat and kill trees.
The cold today and tomorrow is also supposed to kill a lot of dormant emerald ash borers.
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It's about 30 here, but windy, definitely chilly to walk in!
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I was living in Rockford on January 20, 1985 when that city and Chicago hit an actual low temperature of minus 27 degrees. With a 20 to 30 mile an hour wind, it felt like minus 45. Coldest weekend of my life. We had a couple of similar incidents through 1989, when I moved back closer to STL.
The point being, it is not a 'once in a lifetime' thingie.
It has been a fairly rare thing since the year 1997.
Minus 14 Fahrenheit (actual temp) here overnight (1/30/19), about 100 miles north of STL.
Our local USPS is closed but UPS delivered my Apollo coins, today. Go figure.
I had never tried the boiling water experiment before so with a reading of -22* at 10:30 A.M. this morning I gave it a shot.
My carrier drives with his windows down. I expect that most UPS drivers don't. Also I unnerstand that UPS drivers don't/aren't supposed to make left turns.
I have seen them do it tho.
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I don't mind this weather at all personally to live in. Just can't describe the stress you feel 24 hours a day when you're a heating contractor and it's -25 degrees outside. The phone doesn't stop. Your guys check off 3 calls, 7 came in while they were doing them. Just not fun, thank god it's 45 this weekend just have to power through a couple days and hope nothing serious goes wrong. Check in on your elderly neighbors!
I had real-time tracking on my package (just delivered), and he took the craziest route I've ever seen to get to me. At one point, he was a half-block away from me (I even saw the truck), but then took another two hours to get here because he drove this bizzaro route.
And two stops before getting to my house, he took lunch. Grrrrr....
I am my elderly neighbor.
Global warming ,,,,,,,,,,, I don't think so,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Burrrr, it is COLD,,,,,,,,,
That's funny right there. I don't care who you are
Nuttin to do with global warming. Notice that it's GLOBAL and not LOCALIZED.
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HUGE WARNING: Do not throw the hot water above your head and watch it come down. While it does give off some heat, it doesn't freeze the larger drops and can still cause burns. Had a fellow coworker do this at -40 and had burns to his eyes and face afterwards.
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Just drove by my Amish neighbor on the way to the gas station
There he is, same hat, same coat as normal. On his manure wagon, no enclosure, just sitting on top of his seat going out to his field to spread manure. Nothing covering his face, ears, or neck. Takes him about 15 minutes per load. He was on his second load. Smiling and waving like normal. Twenty below doesn’t stop chores.
What a total stud!
Just drove by my Amish neighbor on the way to the gas station
There he is, same hat, same coat as normal. On his manure wagon, no enclosure, just sitting on top of his seat going out to his field to spread manure. Nothing covering his face, ears, or neck. Takes him about 15 minutes per load. He was on his second load. Smiling and waving like normal. Twenty below doesn’t stop chores.
What a total stud!
Sounds like the behavior of a fool to me.
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Snowing in Maui today ...... up on Haleakala ~ House of the Sun
Yes it did. Cold, windy and rainy that parks all over Maui were closed yesterday.
This is off of Twiter a little while ago
Stayed home today, would have been a lot of shoveling to get out. East of Seattle about 600' elevation we get more snow - but it looks great! I can catch up on some of my numismatic reading. From the back deck:
Who was it that told me it never got below 76 degrees in Hawaii??????
Who was that?????
Since were talking war stories 1982 thru 1987 North Slope Alaska ARCiO oil fields -65 ambiant everyday. When the wind blew in white out condition sometimes up to -100. Those were rare days but the -65 every day December thru February. What an idiot I was but I wanted the money!
Well it's Tuesday at 10:15 pm in Hawaii. Temp is 68 if that means anything !!!
The damn groundhog lied...
Yes it was awful yesterday, only got up to 67F.
Best, SH
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Everyone always talks about the weather but nobody ever does anything about it......
-30 here, but it is supposed to warm up this week. At least I didn't have to shovel this morning.
It's chilly here, mid 30's. Not bad considering.
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Lately it's be so cold in Hawaii. Currently 75.