# So I'm probably going to freeze to death. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705 "2013-01-29T14:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/21 "2013-01-30T02:45:13Z")
A friend here has his daughter going to school in Minnesota right now, doing a year as a high-school exchange student. I wonder how she feels right now. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/22 "2013-01-30T02:58:28Z")
It’s so cold you can see a dog’s farts. (I mean that literally.) ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/23 "2013-01-30T03:45:47Z")
It’s 73 degrees F here. But I’ve spent the last 10 minutes with ice on my arm, so I know a little bit about what you mean. It’s hard to type with a frozen arm! ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/24 "2013-01-30T04:32:24Z")
The only good thing about the bitter cold is that it kills off terrifying insects like palmetto bugs and scorpions. That is the one reason I haven’t moved south yet. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/25 "2013-01-30T05:27:23Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > It was _so cold_, I saw a polar bear wearing a fur coat. That’s cold! > [@elbows](#): > > It’s so cold I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets! > \ That’s really cold! > [@lavenderviolet](#): > > The only good thing about the bitter cold is that it kills off terrifying insects like palmetto bugs and scorpions. That is the one reason I haven’t moved south yet. Cold that can kill you in minutes versus rats and huge gross bugs and scorpions and Africanized killer bees - I’ll take the cold, frankly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/26 "2013-01-30T06:30:28Z")
I went to college for 4 years in Minnesota. You haven’t really lived until you’ve experienced the inside of your nose rhythmically freezing and thawing as you breathe, your eyelashes freezing together when your eyes water, and walking around outside at the point where the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales intersect. At least a couple of times every winter we’d get warning emails from the dean of students, the gist of which was “No one should be outside for longer than 10 minutes at a time today for any reason.” Long underwear, lots of layers, and neck warmers were critical. I moved to LA in August, and people here start bitching and shivering if it’s below 60 and mildly breezy. Highly amusing. I had the freaking A/C on as recently as 2 weeks ago. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/27 "2013-01-30T08:51:28Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’ll take the cold, frankly. 🙂 I hate to sound like a Christmas card; but when it’s -30 (as it is now), and I’ve got a fire going, and the cats are napping in front of the fire, it’s not so bad. Of course, I have to go out tomorrow, and the car will be cold, and I’ll have to be bundled up with hat, scarf, mitts, and so on. But right now, all is well with the world. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/28 "2013-01-30T14:24:54Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Where in the holy shit do you live? Minnesota? Worse yet, Canada? Edmonton. Here’s today’s forecast: [http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caab0103](http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caab0103) Only -25! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/29 "2013-01-30T14:34:30Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > It’s so cold you can see a dog’s farts. > > (I mean that literally.) Then hear them hit the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/30 "2013-01-30T14:47:03Z")
Last Wednesday at this time it was -37 C. Today it’s +2 and going up to 9. That is wild and whacky stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/31 "2013-01-30T14:49:46Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Right now it’s -28 and with the wind chill it’s **-43**!!! > > Apparently exposed skin will freeze in 10 minutes and I have to walk to and wait at the bus stop. > > I may have to change my name to FreezyGimpy. > I’m gonna die. Hey! A fellow Edmontonian! Lovely weather we’re having, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/32 "2013-01-30T14:57:07Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Last Wednesday at this time it was -37 C. Today it’s +2 and going up to 9. > > That is wild and whacky stuff. We beat the historical high for today at **6AM** WTF. My real complaint is that it’s going away tomorrow, we’ll be seasonal tomorrow and continuing to drop quickly into too fucking cold for this time of year by the weekend. It’s like we had a chinook! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/33 "2013-01-30T15:37:57Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Hey! A fellow Edmontonian! Lovely weather we’re having, isn’t it? Well with the winter we’re having, you just have to wait a couple of days and it’ll be plus 7 and sunny! It makes the drops down to -25 slightly more tolerable. Stay warm! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/34 "2013-01-30T15:42:04Z")
I’d think this would be a terribly difficult time to be a tree. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/35 "2013-01-30T15:50:55Z")
Are you Barbara Walters? ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/36 "2013-01-30T19:58:16Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > Long underwear, lots of layers, and neck warmers were critical. = Ahahahaha. When C and F intersect, I have my winter coat and a pair of mitts. Boots if there’s snow on the ground, and if the wind is too fierce, I’ll put on a toque instead of just using the hood of my coat. Long underwear and layers are only for the poor suckers who have to shovel the driveway or walk. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/37 "2013-01-30T20:13:01Z")
My parents were locked in the -40 C 40 below F stuff in Thunder Bay last week. People here (Vancouver) were complaining about minus 4. Everyone was using timid little scrapers while I had the big expandable brush with a scraping end that means business. I’ve lived out here before, but it is new to my husband. He doesn’t drive so is reliant on transit, and he had no problems getting to and from work. He has decided he is _never_ going back east again. He declared it, triumphantly. I said “Never say Never.” But his brother is getting married in Barrie in August, and we will go. But only because it is August. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/38 "2013-01-30T20:37:40Z")
You know there are other places in the world you can live, right? 🙂 It got up to 80 today, but it was really weird and creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/39 "2013-01-30T20:39:22Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole](#): > > I went back to NY with a tan, saved up a shit-ton of money, and moved my ass down to Texas. Luckily, I ended up in one of the pockets of sanity. Still miss Houston, huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705/40 "2013-01-31T00:47:52Z")
Yesterday and today, the people I’ve been staying with in Edmonton have had furnace troubles. As in, not working. I first noticed yesterday morning - I woke up and went to use the exercise bike. En route, I thought “It’s chilly in here; it must be a cold day outside.” I gave the thermostat a poke on the way past - it was set for 19, but the thermometer was reading 17. Hmm, thought I. When I bumped it up, it was set for 20, but still no sound or heat. I just figured it must have something to do with the master thermostat and energy settings, and the like. Nope! **Floaty Gimpy, Canadjun** - I owe you both a PM. This show has been way too busy!! I’m waiting to hear about an audition for next week, but other than that - anybody game for coffee/lunch? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-probably-going-to-freeze-to-death/648705.md?page=3)