Snow ending this evening then cloudy. Amount 2 cm. Blowing snow. Wind northwest 40 km/h gusting to 70 becoming west 30 overnight. Low minus 36. Extreme wind chill minus 52.
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
I'm hearing you sunshine! Good thing we're tough Canadians! Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
Our high in PA today was 12, don't know what the wind chill was. Not as cold as yours, but cold enough!
Adventure, I say!
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
....cook up some bacon and some beans go out to the car and change tire
Mike, you might as well be in Antarctica.
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
Here on the West Coast of the Great White North we are enjoying a nice warm spell. Weather today and through the weekend ... is warm and sunny... feels like spring!!!
-grampa dan
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!
It is 86°F here ( 30°C ).... my deepest sympathy to you that aretrying to avoid frostbite!
Posted by Bill Diaz (Member # 2549) on :
Are you 24 hrs of darkness, Mike & Kelly?
And yes, you Canadians are hardy folk. We're down around -2F.and I don't care for it.
Posted by Jon Butterworth (Member # 227) on :
Sorry, my Canadian friends .... I would not swap my +30C for your -30C for any amount of love or money!
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Better keep three logs on the fire... those kinds of temps aren't pretty!
[ January 14, 2009, 07:18 PM: Message edited by: Todd Gill ]
Posted by J & N Signs (Member # 901) on :
Same here Mike...can't complain about mosquitoes right now....just trying to convince myself to be positive!
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
I hear ya brother... we're right in it here too !
Posted by Bob Kaschak (Member # 3146) on :
-25C this morning.
I just didn't want to get out of bed this morning.
So cold the hands on my watch are wearing mittens.
Peace, Bob
Posted by Mike O'Neill (Member # 470) on :
They lied... actual temp -42 this morning windchill -58 ...
I think Mr. Grundy has the right idea... Progresso sounds good right now.
I'd pay $500 for a mosquito bite about now.
Posted by Dennis Raap (Member # 3632) on :
Mike that makes our -2 F sound like its summer Posted by Bill Diaz (Member # 2549) on :
Car says -14F as of 10 minutes ago ... I don't know what that is in C.
The day son Joe was born it was -19F.--wind chill -90F. I looked out the window of the Jane's room and the smoke coming out the furnace stack at the hospital that day was like a pillow (all bunched up and shriveled like a swimmer's #@$*,) as if to say, "I'm not goin' out there! hahahaha!
It's all fitting, because I just watched a series on the "Little Ice Age" on the History channel, just a week ago or so. Incidentally one theory was that global warming disrupted the ocean currents that would otherwise help warm the northern hemisphere. That caused the "Year without a Summer", the Irish potato famine and hordes of other catastrophes.
Hey, you have a good day!
Posted by Amos O Werner (Member # 9858) on :
-25C in Kitchener, ON. This is balmy compared to NFLD.
Posted by Bill Diaz (Member # 2549) on :
-18F this morning ... and we're sending this cold stuff east, so enjoy it, bring on the warm weather!
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
Man, I don't know how y'all do it!! It's +32F out this morning, and I swear I'm thinking about moving south.
I'm all for some global warming, and I'm ready for it NOW.
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
Will somebody up north PLEASE close the door!!!!
I know there are some out there that like the cold, snow and all that but give the rest of us a break
BTW, I went to the weather site to see if there is any relief in sight ( thankfully there is and soon ). They had a poll as to what your favorite season is. I voted and looked at the results. Fall has a slight edge over summer with spring not too far behind. Winter has a firm grip on the least favorite season.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Losing the battle today.
-25 at daybreak and the pipes are frozen in both bathrooms. Thawing process underway...
Was hoping to hang up a sign today, but it can wait. Not a rush for it
The pest control guy just left with the skunk that got into the shop last night. Whacking out some small coro signs, then I'm takin' the rest of the day off until something else goes wrong.
Rapid
Posted by Blake Koehn (Member # 5984) on :
All this talk about cold weather reminded me of this:
Ok it's only 19 here so I'm going to lay by the pool and get some sun. Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
I heard tapping in the kitchen window early this morning.... the thermometer wanted to come in!
We're not lying about this....look:
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Man, you guys are making me cold, just reading this stuff. It was 19 (ABOVE) here this morning, going up to around 40, and I'm freezing....thinking about moving south.....more south....By Sunday, it's supposed to be back in the winter 'normal' 35-40 lows to 50-60 highs. I can deal with that fairly well. Couple more weeks, it'll start to warm up.
My mom called from Cincinnati last nite, and said it was 0....I ain't goin' back there either.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
...until something else goes wrong.
Hadda jump start Celeste's car. Gump's was dead, too.
Mr. Skunk #1 may be gone, but his cousin decided to take his place. This time a little shouting and a whole lot of whacking the walls with a steel ruler did the trick to spook #2 out, but leaving the door open for him to run out of meant letting the heat out. Gonna be a while before it comes back up to speed.
Pipes never thawed. Looks like a bear has been hanging out under the trailer and there's a 20 ft gap in the skirting...all frozen to the ground, of course.
I need to seriously consider a winter home in Miami... Rapid
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Awwwwwwww my heart bleeds for you guys! Especially since it is sunny and 80°F outside!
I am glad we left the NorthEast in 1960!
Posted by Jeff Ogden (Member # 3184) on :
17 tonight in Gator Country. That's REAL cold. In these parts, it's a matter of survival, if you got kids...
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Si...We might have to pay you another visit!!! It hasn't been much over 70F for the last 3 days. Downright chilly with a strong NE wind. Sittin here in a sweater trying to keep warm. Why don't they put furnaces in these casas down here???? Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
Don't feel sorry for us Si, when we hear rummbling we don't have to worry about the house falling down it's just the snow plow going by Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Yeah, I sure am glad those grass fires aren't cooking up for you, Si. I know those rolling brown and blackouts can be a real PITA but I'm sure you'll get over it.
Personally, I like the cold weather. It makes me appreciate the 80-90 degree summers.
Sometimes those 110 degree days I saw during my California summers made me long for home.
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
I think Si misses the old home state.
Posted by stein Saether (Member # 430) on :
temp ok, just wish the sun be here again soon
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Stein...it must suck to be in darkness in the winter months!!!
Hop on a plane and join us in Mexico buddy.
All you need is a passport and some light weight clothing.
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
I'm tired of the cold. Wearing a bunch of clothes, looking like a plaid covered tumble weed with arms and legs. Now that it's a bit slow, I'd like to do some outside work around the house. But it's too, too cold for me. Next week we might hit 50. I am so much looking forward to that.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
And the fun continues...
Got the sign hung up without losing all sensation in my fingers and got home just in time to spend an hour trying to get my shop doors opened. Some hot water and a hoe took care of the frost heave that was blocking them.
By the time we got Gump's car in for repairs, the shop temperature had dropped down to about 40 degrees. Oh, rapture!
The salamander heater is now officially kaput and the still frozen pipes are waiting for it to get fixed.
Never a dull moment... Rapid
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
We have a saying in the Maritimes!
If you don't like the weather, then just wait five minutes, it will get worst.
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
Wooo Hoo...it's supposed to go up to 6 today! That's +6C. Yesterday we had to go to Saskatoon (2 hr drive each way) and the frost coming out of the roads made the highways real icy and we saw a lot of cars in the ditch.
I'm going to hop on the snowmobile, grab my snowshoes and camera and go capture some of the wind carved snow sculptures out there! They look just like the desert only whiter.
Posted by Ron Costa (Member # 3366) on :
Lucking out here in northern NH. While the mornings have been -10F, those in the valley have been at -25 to -30F. Helps to live up on the ridge facing south. Today,Sunday, its +14F now and snowing lightly. feels balmy. Checked the basement for "critters" but Rapid has the market cornered, I guess. Stay warm, Ron
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