# Note to self: install Christmas inflatables before onset of Saskatchewan permafrost **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087 "2021-12-15T04:47:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/1 "2021-12-15T04:47:07Z")
Chilblained fingers. Cold knees from kneeling in snow. Stake for laser light snapped off. Broken hammer from trying to pound tent stakes into permafrost. Snoopy & Woodstock now flying, and Kevin standing tall. Mrs Piper and Piper Cub approve. Forcing myself to drink hot chocolate and Screech to warm up. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/2 "2021-12-15T04:55:07Z")
I’ve never dealt with inflatable Christmas decorations, but I have not yet laid out my extension cord for the car’s block heater. Since we’ve been enjoying (ha!) temps of -16C or so lately, maybe I should. Especially if it means that I’ve earned myself a nice glass or two of Scotch afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/3 "2021-12-15T05:26:44Z")
I’m in an area expected to get VERY high winds tomorrow (we’re talking gusts up to 70mph - EEEEEK) and authorities are telling people to deflate their inflatables and put away any loose decorations or lawn furniture. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/4 "2021-12-15T05:51:17Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’m in an area expected to get VERY high winds tomorrow (we’re talking gusts up to 70mph - EEEEEK) They already canceled public school for tomorrow where I am. Very high winds and thunderstorms. I’ll be listening to it from the dentist’s chair and then the donation lounge at the blood bank. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/5 "2021-12-15T06:54:43Z")
Are you in Kansas? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/6 "2021-12-15T12:24:27Z")
Record high temperatures expected today in Chicago of 61. Also supposed to get up to 60mph wind gusts. Is it the end of the world yet? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/7 "2021-12-15T13:38:13Z")
By definition, shouldn’t there be no onset of **perma** frost? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/8 "2021-12-15T14:10:06Z")
Make that a high of 66 F expected! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/9 "2021-12-15T15:53:47Z")
You are correct. Our friend @Northern_Piper lives in balmy Regina, SK which is only frozen for 8.5-10 months of the year, and is exaggerating slightly. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/10 "2021-12-15T16:09:03Z")
I once lived about 200 miles south of there and I assure you, it’s frozen _solid_ 8-10 months of the year, but the rest of the year it’s only partly thawed. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/11 "2021-12-15T16:27:59Z")
Oh you southerners and your wacky tall tales! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/12 "2021-12-15T16:54:42Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Are you in Kansas? Nebraska ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/13 "2021-12-15T19:09:37Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Screech That’s a Canadian rum, yes? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/14 "2021-12-15T19:23:56Z")
Same thing. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/15 "2021-12-15T20:18:25Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Make that a high of 66 F expected! I was in the car at 10am and it was already 61. Fake edit: I just went back out to the car here at work and it’s 65 at 2pm. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/16 "2021-12-15T20:51:03Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > That’s a Canadian rum, yes? > **[Newfoundland Screech Rum - Welcome to the Taste of Tradition - Screech Rum](https://screechrum.com/)** > > Newfoundland Screech Rum. Welcome to the taste of tradition. Official rum of > **[Come From Away | Official Site](https://comefromaway.com/)** > > The Hit Musical Based on the Remarkable True Story. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/17 "2021-12-15T20:51:44Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > is exaggerating slightly. My broken hammer says otherwise! ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/18 "2021-12-15T21:27:54Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I was in the car at 10am and it was already 61. > > Fake edit: I just went back out to the car here at work and it’s 65 at 2pm. I nearly had a heart attack opening my gas bill. I can’t imagine what it would have been if this had been a cold December. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/19 "2021-12-15T22:34:25Z")
This storm is going to be crazy tonight. In the southern portion of MN, everyone was told to deflate their inflatables and batten down the hatches. Tornado watches are posted. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-install-christmas-inflatables-before-onset-of-saskatchewan-permafrost/956087/20 "2021-12-15T22:35:54Z")
Yes, it’s windy here as well. Not turning them on.