oldbuckster Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 North Country, New York.................-12 F...........wind chill -20 to -30.............BRRRRR...................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 YIKES! That is brrrr.......I'll be outside today(when it warms up) but it's supposed to be about 40,I can handle that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleR Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 oldbuckster, BRRR, how can you stand it? My wife hails from Binghamton, and I grew up in Michigan. We've both suffered enough winters that I'm certain we'll never live in those parts again. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPM Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Sorry to hear that Oldbuckster. Clear skies, sunny, with an expected high of 65 degrees... you got to love Texas in the winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I am feeling here in PA, about 15 this morning with 2 inches of snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Yeah I don't know about you northern boys, I wasn't made for cold weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Yep Ole' Buckster -2 right now and a high of 4 predicted not including any windchills. Winter is here! I am originally from South Texas but I am now acclimated to the cold it doesn't bother me. 40 degrees is car vacuuming and cleaning weather up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 It was 5 degrees in the NYC area this morning at 3 am..... it was cold but I had a few whiskeys in me to keep warm enough to walk back to the dorm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I was in Thule, Greenland for a year and during the winter it was -40F for 6 months. This necessitates the following precautions: 1......Do not stay outside too long with an open cut as it is the first thing to freeze. 2......All vehicles are 4 wheel drive with 20 wt oil in the rear end and differentials and engine heaters to plug in at night. All of the wheels have chains so that in the morning when you take off for work only two wheels rotate, one in front and one in the rear as the other two skid (grease is frozen) and they don't break loose until you drive 1/4 miles. The inside of the windows have plastic windows stuck on to prevent instant frost over and they work very well. 3....... Everyone wears foul weather gear with parkas with fur hood outside edge liners which close up so your eyes do not freeze during high winds. Wind chill factors can hit -70 to -110 F. 4........Vehicles are plugged in to motor electric heaters all night with the engines running at idle. The engines are never shut off during this cold weather else they will never turn over to start. 5........People still drive like down here and at 60mph on dirt roads the tire chains fail and go off like a hand grenade and usually destroy the truck fender. 6.......All utilities are above ground and steam traced by the power house. 7.......All of the buildings are built on permafrost and either have huge crawl space vents on the side of the building to keep the foundation frozen or air conditioning systems built into the floors to keep the cement frozen. 8.......I don't know what they add to the break fluid, power steering fluid, or radiator fluid. I have seen conventional anti-freeze frozen solid at -50 F. 9......It's usually about 20% humidity year round and you can draw foot long carpet sparks. 10.....Humans get really flakey up there over an extended period of time. 11.....All jet aircraft have to be hangared and oil warmed up before they can take off in -40F weather or they don't take off. 12.....The best and safest plane to be in is the small Canadian Twin Otter. 13.....I think (speculate) that this is where the pizza delivery stuff started (1960-1970) as you could order just about anything and they would deliver it for a fee of course. 14. ...A 1/4 mile walk in dress pants at this temperature will give you a pair of nice red mild frostbite burned legs. I know because I did it. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I forgot to mention when I filled my gas up yesterday I cleaned my own windows and the water was not frozen but that thin film froze before I could wipe it off.... cleaning window was a crapshoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 It was 20 here this morning in North Georgia, but up around 50 or higher in the afternoon. Nice outside in the sun. On Wednesday I will be leaving for the Philippines for two weeks. Right now it is between 75 and 85 there. White sand beaches, palm trees.... I'll have plenty of pics to share on my return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Sweet WPM[] Signed 1975 graduate of Converse Judson Rockets[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel's wife Posted January 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted January 26, 2007 Got up to about 58 here today. Very cool by most standards for this time of year down here. Expecting temps near 28 on Sunday night. We had 10 straight days of rain, one dry day and rain forecast again tomorrow. When the forecast says 90% chance of rain it is almost inevitable. I love cold weather, the colder the better. I can't figure out why we still live in the South when we love cold weather so much. It must be the people and the food.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 Looks like more below 0 tonight............such is life in the North East..........I complain, but I love it here...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel's wife Posted January 27, 2007 Moderators Share Posted January 27, 2007 Looks like more below 0 tonight............such is life in the North East..........I complain, but I love it here...... As most of you already know our only source of heat for our home is a wood burning stove, which burns us out of here. This little stove heats almost 2500 square feet upstairs and downstairs. OB if we lived up North, I know we would have a wood burning stove, if not electricity and/or gas would probably send us to the poor house with temps like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 hope today brought some warmer weather for you folks. it was a very nice day in southern california. i'm actually laying sod on tuesday and was out today leveling the yard. wore a t-shirt and short pants and was very comfortable. maybe that's why we have to pay so much to live here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 It was down to -7 last night and the high today was only 10. Its 8 right now. We usually keep the house at 60 at night but last night my wife went to bed and forgot to turn the thermostat down so the furnace was trying to keep the house at 68 all night while it was -7 out. That's always good for the old gas bill. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael hurd Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Geeze, and I thought I had it good, traffic control for 4 hours in -30 F with a howling wind on the 27th, today I worked recovery in - 30 F again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael hurd Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 This new driver parked his truck a little off of the road... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael hurd Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Yup, darn cold alright, but not as cold as standing still for 4 hours.... I had 3 fleece layers on yesterday, two jackets, two pair long underwear, my big hat and my sorels, and that was not enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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