A record was broken to day in New Hampshire. For the first time since they’ve kept records of the weather, the daily high was less than 0 F for two days in a row. At the moment it’s a brisk -9 F ( -22 C to some of you) and it’s going down by the hour; the predicted low for tonight is -17 F (-27 C).
Yeah, that’s pretty cold, even for those of use born and raised in New England. It’s not that bad, though; when it was -3 F yesterday, it was completely windless, so it felt more like a windy 10 degrees. But guess what!
It’s really fucking windy now! Guess how low they think the wind-chill is going to go tonight. Go on, guess. -45 F to -60 F!! (that’s really fucking cold in Celcius too, btw). How cold is a -60 F wind chill? I don’t know, it’s never gotten that cold during my life time. It has gotten to a -45 F windchill within the past five years, however, and that sucks, so I’m sure this will suck just a little more. At a -45 windchill being outside for 5 minutes during the wind makes you feel naked, even with a thinsulate lined jacket over your sweater and t-shirt. Woe be to you who pumps gas in this weather…
I hate winter, hate it hate it hate. I hope that global warming melts the polar icecaps, if only to elminate some ice and snow from the world. Why do people envision hell being hot? The flames would be welcome about now…
How do you think we feel since we’re just above you ? They say it will be warmer tomorrow, but with the wind it will feel colder. At least there’s at the most only 10 more weeks of winter.
You can’t be from any farther north than NH. Everyone more north of here is frozen solid, they have to be. How could you type if you were frozen into a block of ice?
Here in central Vermont (Barre, a town less than 10 minutes from the state capital of Montpelier) the average temperature over the past few days has been anywhere from -10 to -15 during the day, -15 to -30 in the evening, and that’s not taking into account wind chill
as long as you’re prepared (the secret is layers) and keep exposed skin to a minimum, you should be fine, heck, i plan on skiing this weekend and it’s going to be bitter, but i’ll be prepared…
Hot Chillys thermals, sweat pants, sweatshirt, insulated ski pants, ski jacket, neoprene face mask, goggles, hat and gloves, it may sound bulky, but since most ski clothing is a little oversized to trap air pockets, it’ll be fine…
one strange thing i’ve found is that the ballistic nylon shell fabric on ski jackets actually gets stiff at -20 and below, it almost feels brittle
right now it’s a little on the “warm” side, it’s “only” -15
(all temps listed in Farenheit)
hmm, (switches digital thermometer with wireless remote sensor <god i love technology > to Celsius… -26)
Meh, I’ll admit, -100 degrees below windchill is, as we say here in Chicago, ‘fuckin cold’ but ya gotta take the good with the bad. Personally, there’s no place better in the world to me than Chicago in the summertime, so i’ll take the really, really below zero crap for a couple of months just to watch the early June sun shine on the lake…aaah!
You know, I’m finding this winter quite amusing. Here in Saskatoon it’s extremely common for there there to be a couple or three weeks in Jan-Feb with lows of -35 to -40C and highs of -20 to -30C. Before windchill. So when I see Letterman going on about how cold it is, and then shows a billboard thermometer reporting -12C, it makes me chuckle a bit. But the thing is, it’s positively balmy here. We’ve been flirting with positive temperatures here this week, and that just does not happen here in January. And all these midwesterners and easterners are getting a taste of an actual winter is like, as opposed to those pantywaisted things they usually get, and I don’t even have to plug my car in (much).
Well, it’s like this, Gorsnak: Normally, us Northeasterners would be grumbling mildly about the winter but not really bothered by it, at least those of us who’d grown up in this climate. We’d be handling our usual snow, ice, and around-freezing temps with the kind of casual ease that you show toward your extreme cold – coping, and snickering at those south of us (like, say, in North Carolina) who panic and drive off the road with an inch of snow. “Heh,” we’d be saying, “those Southerners just don’t have a clue.” But now…
Now God, or the Fates, or (insert choice of supernatural power here) is punishing us for our hubris. Now it’s payback time for all those sneers and jibes at those in warmer climates who aren’t as hardened and skilled at winter as we Northeasterners like to think we are.
Which leads me to my next thought: Just what kind of weather is going to descend on you, Gorsnak, to humble your pride?
Geez, Elfkin, it occasionally gets down to 20 below here in Central Illinois and you don’t hear us whining about it. Folks here seem to regard it as an interesting novelty, or maybe a damn nuisance (those are the folks who go through the car wash and then have their car doors freeze shut on the way home), but nobody whinges about how God has forsaken them.
And we’re not even Northern Illinois, let alone Saskatoon.
Here’s a survival hint for you godforsaken Yankees: Stick the gas nozzle in–and then get back in the car while it pumps.
Just to put things in perspective for the Celsius folks, -40 is the same whether you’re talking about Fahrenheit or Celsius, so it’s DAMN cold.
Here in PA as of right now, we’re looking at 9 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind chill to bring it down to -9. And I still go outside wearing nothing but soccer shorts to smoke a cigarette. Why? I dunno. Because I’m either one tough bastard or one stupid bastard. Or maybe I’m just lazy. I’ll leave it up to you which one of the three it is.
But…but… even the Myth Busters guys say that’s more likely than cell phone use to cause a fire at the pumps. Getting back in and out of the car can create static electrity and…boom! You’re not trying to kill us off, are you? It’s not like we’re the NY Yankees, or anything.
[curses silently as evil plot to do away with the perpetrators of Yankee magazine is foiled]
[gets revenge on Elfkin]
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Reflect upon this, my too-clever friend: People pay money to come where you are and “celebrate the season” by having their asses frozen off!!
Yeah… no one said tourists were bright. People come up here to look at leaves too. Leaves! People will pay money for anything Now, if only to make black fly season into something lucrative…
> to Celsius… -26)
