Minnesota Hits 54 Below

[ValuJet]

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[CrimsonNan]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I like cold weather, but that's a little too cold even for me!!!

 

[It's On A Slab]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050117/D87M2T6G0.html

'das chilly!

We've had similar levels in our wind-chill in Slabville this Winter.

The actual lows have only gotten into the 10-below range.

Gets to be a drag every time you leave the house to drive across town, when you have to think: If I break down, am I dressed warm enough to keep from freezing to death?

 

[Pachydermatous]

Fearless weather forecast: global warming will increase in intensity until all molecular action ceases and we become ice sculptures. It was 18 degrees around my shack last night. I didn't have to encourage the outside animals to come indoors. They trampled me in their rush to warmth. I am renaming my shack The Dark Side of Pluto. :wink:

 

[ValuJet]

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[Pachydermatous]

Pachy - you're not using enough CFC's around your joint to keep the place permanently warm.

You better stock up on Raid foggers, Lysol and burn a big pile of leaves or something.

Right now I'm kept going by the friction generated by mental energy. Our central heat is fighting a heroic battle with the elements but the casualties are heavy. My bedroom, which is also the computer location, is a funky piece of architecture, possibly built during a warmer period in earth's history. It is open on three sides, allowing heat to exit as fast as it is pumped in.

Our coterie of cats does not understand weather. They look accusingly at me as though I should be able to turn off the outside fridge. I keep wishing for a tank of dioxin, or whatever thingamabob it is that made the donut hole over the South Pole. Maybe some radiation can filter through the hole onto my roof.

 

[Displaced Bama Fan]

That's why I live in the South. Geez, that's cold!

 

[jthomas666]

While I was at Penn State it hit 40 below for a few days. And that was BEFORE wind chill--with it, we were looking at 80 freaking degrees below zero.

The weather people were saying that if you went outside, any exposed skin would be frostbitten within a minute.

In a Looney Tunes moment, I went out with a small pot of water and threw the water up in the air. It froze by the time gravity brought it back to earth.

Power transformers froze up and exploded. As a result, Penn State had to cancel classes for the day because they couldn't heat the buildings.

 

[exiledNms]

MN is a gorgeous state, but dang...there are other gorgeous places that never remotely approach -54F. What the late, great Lewis Grizzard said about Chicago seems true of MN too: "they only have two seasons--winter and the 4th of July..."

I'm just thrilled to live in a place where 28 is considered cold...

exiled

 

[TideHead]

I bet they wish they were on ole Rocky Top. :biggrin: