# JESUS IT"S COLD!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901 "2004-12-21T02:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/41 "2004-12-22T15:28:55Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > Outhouse… -35… Oh hell no. I guess that’s what I get for visiting people with an unfinished house. Minus 35 is where the padded seat came in handy. Once I had docked, so to speak, it warmed up quite quickly. The experience completely changed my attitude towards padded seats, which I had previously derided as a wimpy decadence unfit for the he-man masses. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/42 "2004-12-22T18:48:33Z")
> [@Quasimodal](#): > > Damn you Neuroman…damn you… Don’t worry, I’m getting my comeuppance now. Temps have plunged into the 50s, and it’s definitely slightly uncomfortable to be outside without a light jacket. So anyway. Can I come visit in July? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/43 "2004-12-22T19:17:07Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > The wind chills could get down to 35 below here tonight, with an actual temp of 12 below. According to my indoor/outdoor thermometer, which records the day’s lows and highs, it dipped to a cool -10° last night. It’s was -4° when I woke up this AM. There’s more snow outside than I realized; still not as much as we ought to have, and I can still see more grass than I’d like, but there’s a bit of snow out there. Of course, it’s too damn cold to do much of anything with it… And I have to go out today, too. State Farm called me a few days ago and said we (either myself, my ex-bf, or my sister, who are all on the same car insurance… thing) won a prize in their holiday drawing. YAY! I hope it’s not anything dumb… 😛 I’m taking applications for a cuddler. I’ll pay you in hot cocoa and wool socks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/44 "2004-12-22T19:29:37Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > My husband wasn’t feeling well this morning so I had to start the car to warm it up myself this morning. When I came in I gave him the biggest hug and thanked him for all the times he’s done this for me in the past. > > Just so you know, my husband pretty much insists starting the car on cold mornings for me. It’s one of the many reasons why I love him and don’t deserve him. I made mine get up on Monday to clear the snow from my car, and I’ll probably have him do it tomorrow, too. He gets the carport, I get the car cleaned off. Fair trade, huh? He’s a sweet guy for doing it, though. If he insisted, I woudn’t make him. But he does it anyway 'cause he loves me. And he’s just praying we get the house with the two car garage. E. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/45 "2004-12-22T20:41:27Z")
Here’s our weather forecast: > [@](#): > > Tonight > Dec 22 Partly Cloudy 63° 10 % > Thu > Dec 23 PM Showers 77°/59° 30 % > Fri > Dec 24 PM Showers 67°/50° 50 % > Sat > Dec 25 Rain 57°/48° 60 % > Sun > Dec 26 Few Showers 62°/54° 30 % > Mon > Dec 27 Few Showers 70°/57° 30 % > Tue > Dec 28 Few Showers 73°/58° 30 % > Wed > Dec 29 Partly Cloudy 75°/55° 20 % > Thu > Dec 30 Partly Cloudy 74°/59° 10 % > Fri > Dec 31 Partly Cloudy 76°/58° 10 % What I hate about it is not the temperatures (could obviously be a lot worse :D, but how quickly they change. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/46 "2004-12-22T21:40:40Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > I’m taking applications for a cuddler. I’ll pay you in hot cocoa and wool socks! 😃 I prefer to just warm my feet on someone else’s bare legs. You’re welcome to join my husband and me, our two cats, and our dog on the couch tonight. It’ll be plenty cuddly, I’m sure! Oh, and I think we’re watching “Christmas Vacation.” Coziness all around. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/47 "2004-12-23T02:42:05Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > I prefer to just warm my feet on someone else’s bare legs. You’re evil! 😛 Okay, I’ve opened up my search; I’m now taking applications for a cuddler and/or a pair of bare legs. Anyone? Anyone at all… Oh, it’s -7.1°F, but not very windy. > [@Me](#): > > State Farm called me a few days ago and said we (either myself, my ex-bf, or my sister, who are all on the same car insurance… thing) won a prize in their holiday drawing. YAY! I hope it’s not anything dumb… TRUFFLES! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/48 "2004-12-23T03:18:41Z")
I have camped out in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains at -50 F or so. We didn’t have a thermometer but it was -45 in Pinedale that night and we were some 3,000 feet higher. After the second night we decided it was too cold to try and climb Fremont Peak and turned back. I had froze a bunch of toes, but we drove to Salt Lake and went skiing at Alta for a couple of days. In the almost 8 years we’ve lived in Nevada I haven’t gotten my winter coat out yet. ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/49 "2004-12-23T05:54:35Z")
Y’know, I’m sure the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ appreciates this information. Just don’t tell the Devil. He might make an offer that, under these circumstances, you wouldn’t want to refuse. 😉 WRS/Thû - who prefers the cold to the heat, although roots for the Devil instead of God sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/50 "2004-12-23T07:21:54Z")
> [@TroubleAgain](#): > > What I hate about it is not the temperatures (could obviously be a lot worse :D, but how quickly they change. No kidding. Woke up yesterday in 48-degree weather, went to bed 16 hours later in ~75-degree weather. Tomorrow’s high is all the way down to 72, so it’s time to break out the parkas when I head outside. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/51 "2004-12-23T09:05:03Z")
My little Weatherbug is informing me that it’s going to be 5-10 degrees out on Friday. In Alabama. Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/52 "2004-12-24T00:46:28Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > She didn’t elaborate in the email, but some part of my manager’s car had frozen and required thawing this morning. She’s in Minneapolis, where I understand the temp’s in the -10 to +5 area. That shouldn’t happen–it’s not _that_ cold. Perhaps she hadn’t changed her radiator fluid in a while. The big problem this year is that we don’t have any snow to insulate the ground. The cold spell last weekend pushed the frost line down 8 inches, which is bad for those whose water pipes aren’t buried deep or those who have delicate plants. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/53 "2004-12-24T01:39:49Z")
-7 F right now. Wind chill of -21. [Cite](http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.php?MapType=3&site=BOU&CiTemplate=1&map.x=162&map.y=124) We have about three more hours of this (should get to around -10) then the winds shift and temps will rise all night. Mid 40’s tomorrow and above 50 for Christmas Day! We have about 6’ of snow cover so it is a white Christmas for us! ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901/54 "2004-12-24T05:21:21Z")
-33C in Winnipeg right now (not taking windchill into consideration). Seems balmy compared to Thompson MB which is currently -44C (-47.2F). There could be another 8 to 10 weeks of these temperatures. But it’s a dry cold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-it-s-cold/280901.md?page=2)