Global warming my ass

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » January 23, 2003, 2:54 pm

What the hell is going on out there these past couple of days? It was in the single digits here last night. Worse, I was hunting with a bunch of friends from team canada, and they said it was -40. Jesus, 72 degrees below freezing, which is already pretty cold?

The only good thing about it is it's so damn cold that I don't go outside to have an occasional smoke any more.

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » January 23, 2003, 2:55 pm

aye, it's been VERY cold in northern Ontario the past week. /shiver

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » January 23, 2003, 3:00 pm

Legenae wrote:aye, it's been VERY cold in northern Ontario the past week. /shiver

my guess is the reason it is cold there is.....that it is NORTHERN ONTARIO!!!

but yeah, it is cold as fuck all the way down here in Georgia. Overnight windchill expected to be -5 to -10 F. I feel sorry for the homeless guys who can't get into shelters on nights like tonight.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » January 23, 2003, 3:02 pm

its quite mild over here in vancouver. I didn't even wear a jacket this morning.

Its raining like a mother fucker though.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · January 23, 2003, 3:05 pm

Freezing here in PA. My son had a 2 hour delay because the temp. was below zero at 7am.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » January 23, 2003, 3:10 pm

Voronwë wrote:my guess is the reason it is cold there is.....that it is NORTHERN ONTARIO!!!

You should do the weather, 100% correct prediction 11 months of the year for Ontario

It was ~60°F here this morning, and is supposed to be in the 30s by sunset. Yuck.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 23, 2003, 3:11 pm

Almost swimming weather here in Wisconsin.

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » January 23, 2003, 3:12 pm

It was 19 in Dallas this morning. Too damned cold for me.

Fredonia Coldheart · Post by **Fredonia Coldheart** » January 23, 2003, 3:36 pm

I have you all beat - with just a light dusting of snow on the ground and a predicted 2-4 inches falling this morning - schools were closed.

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » January 23, 2003, 3:40 pm

kyoukan type-R wrote:its quite mild over here in vancouver. I didn't even wear a jacket this morning.

Its raining like a mother fucker though.

Are you worried about your igloo melting?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » January 23, 2003, 3:48 pm

I have you all beat - with just a light dusting of snow on the ground and a predicted 2-4 inches falling this morning - schools were closed.

Oh...so you must live in Alabama. I think they closed the schools up in the northern part of the state.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » January 23, 2003, 3:49 pm

they closed Fulton Co. schools here (most of Atlanta) and i didnt even see a frozen puddle on the ground. total joke.

emmer · Post by **emmer** » January 23, 2003, 3:50 pm

It's pretty cold in MN, it's 3 below zero right now but with windchill it's around -40...

I am fucking scared shitless of this weather after 2 nights ago... 2 kids from a town about 20 minutes from my place were driving on a lake when they hit some thin ice and went through. The guy never made it out of the car, but the girl did. She walked or crawled about 600 feet from the hole drenched in ice cold water and collapsed just 300 feet from the shore.

The full story can be found here.

Obviously this was a stupid stunt to pull, but that has to be a shitty way to go. Probably worse for the girl, who died just a few yards from the houses lining the lake.

As far as past times are concerned
punching self in saq > driving on thin ice

Fredonia Coldheart · Post by **Fredonia Coldheart** » January 23, 2003, 3:57 pm

NNEENA wrote:Oh...so you must live in Alabama. I think they closed the schools up in the northern part of the state.

Southeastern Virginia here ATM ... native from Western NY.

Post by **Sylvus** » January 23, 2003, 4:04 pm

It's been so cold here that somewhere along our drainage line it froze the other night, and doing laundry in the laundry room caused a backup in the floor drain in my bathroom. It was so gross, stinky ass drain water backing up.

On a brighter note, it's supposed to get up to the 40s next week. Balmy.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » January 23, 2003, 4:07 pm

Yeah. Windchill up here yesterday made it feel like -40. And I WALK part of the way to work.

Was horrible. My legs were tingling 15 seconds after I set foot outside.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 23, 2003, 4:17 pm

A pharming thread about the weather!

It's shirt weather here in Arizona but that's no surprise.

Forecast:

Thurs 75 F
Fri 76 F, Sunny
Sat 77 F, Sunny
Sun 75 F, Sunny
Mon 75 F, Sunny

Real exciting weather around here.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » January 23, 2003, 4:22 pm

as a random side.

When living in FL i used to laugh heartily in the faces of natives who said it was cold.

Pussies.

Neost · Post by **Neost** » January 23, 2003, 4:26 pm

Supposed to be down to single digits here in Arkansas tonight.

I ran into a guy on a Harley this morning. He was bundled up in leather and such. I asked him how bad it was riding a bike and inducing wind chill that HAS to be well below zero.

His reply?

After the first mile, it doesn't matter...you can't feel shit anyway.

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » January 23, 2003, 4:26 pm

3 degrees and 10-20 below with windchill here in Columbus, Oh.

Mort · Post by **Mort** » January 23, 2003, 4:48 pm

Beautiful in Southern Cali..... I knew I should have been a fucking weatherman for a living.

"Yup, it's gonna be nice again today, Back to you Jim"

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » January 23, 2003, 4:56 pm

Kilmoll the Sexy wrote: Are you worried about your igloo melting?

Answer me a question regarding a theory of mine would you?

Are you a parrot?

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » January 23, 2003, 5:41 pm

Voronwë wrote:they closed Fulton Co. schools here (most of Atlanta) and i didnt even see a frozen puddle on the ground. total joke.

since we're farming.... supposedly it snowed up around Cartersville and over toward Cumming (yes, an actual name of a town). Didn't see any around Athens though

Pyronius Flamebringer · January 23, 2003, 5:48 pm

Im in western wisconsin and its just plain old furking cold...mild wind only spots of snow on the ground...

miir · Post by **miir** » January 23, 2003, 6:10 pm

I was hunting with a bunch of friends from team canada, and they said it was -40. Jesus, 72 degrees below freezing, which is already pretty cold?

ROFL, -40 my ass.
Where did they live, in Nunavut?

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » January 23, 2003, 6:14 pm

miir wrote:
I was hunting with a bunch of friends from team canada, and they said it was -40. Jesus, 72 degrees below freezing, which is already pretty cold?
ROFL, -40 my ass.
Where did they live, in Nunavut?

Well, if it was a Canadian saying it was -40 deg... it was probably Celsius... which is 40 below freezing on the metric scale.

As for the temp, here in Sudbury, it got to -42 deg Celsius with the wind chill just a few nights ago.... and Sudbury is no where near Nunavut.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » January 23, 2003, 6:19 pm

miir wrote:
ROFL, -40 my ass.
Where did they live, in Nunavut?

What am I, the answer man all of the sudden? How the hell do I know heh. If it's 5 in the middle of manhattan, I could believe it's -40 in god's country county in canada.

Damiarch · Post by **Damiarch** » January 23, 2003, 6:25 pm

Was -5 this morning in MN, near Twin Cities. My car nearly didn't start. Though there hasn't really been any snow at all this winter where I'm at. Yippee!

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » January 23, 2003, 7:31 pm

Legenae wrote:[Well, if it was a Canadian saying it was -40 deg... it was probably Celsius... which is 40 below freezing on the metric scale

-40C == -40F

The two scales converge at that point

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » January 23, 2003, 7:39 pm

Aabidano wrote:
Legenae wrote:[Well, if it was a Canadian saying it was -40 deg... it was probably Celsius... which is 40 below freezing on the metric scale
-40C == -40F

The two scales converge at that point

haha.. yes.. I should know that considering all those temperature conversions I had to do in college! /bonks self

Metanis · Post by **Metanis** » January 23, 2003, 8:03 pm

Read that news article of those students dying in Minnesota... pretty damn sad. Kids will be kids and do stupid stuff but that's still a high price to pay!

-15F at my house this morning... that's real temperature, not wind chill. The wind chill was somewhere below -30F. It's hard to describe but at those temperatures everything turns so brittle and crunchy it's like living in some other space. I have extra coats and a blanket I carry around in the car in case I get stranded. At these temperatures exposed skin starts to freeze in as little as 5 minutes.

WTF am I doing here?!?

Damiarch · Post by **Damiarch** » January 23, 2003, 8:06 pm

Frozen boogers...Yuck!

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » January 23, 2003, 11:34 pm

Metanis wrote:WTF am I doing here?!?

I said that in '84 and have been moving steadily farther south since

I had to spend Jan and Feb in St. Paul a few years ago moving a banks' networks from token to switched ether among other things. Good Lord it was cold. When you walked out of the parking garage at the top of the river bluffs your nostrils would freeze shut if you breathed in too hard, and the wind just howled

Wonderful people, really neat place in general. No way I'd live there.

Souldinkou Soulfury · January 24, 2003, 12:26 am

Cold weather in January? Fuck me, where have I been?

Pyronius Flamebringer · January 24, 2003, 12:37 am

I dont care that much about the cold...its when the snow comes that pisses me off hehe. So many people drive either way to slow, or have 4 wheel drive and think their invincable and you get to chuckle a little as you drive past them on the interstate.

also sucks cause snow plows dont get my road last in the whole frigging county...they dont cares much about the gravel roads

Fallanthas · Post by **Fallanthas** » January 24, 2003, 12:50 am

We made it to a balmy 4 degrees F today. That's about 25 degrees below normal for around here.

Don't get me started on the wind chill. Phrases like "wire-edged knife" and "breathing" are depressing when used in the same sentence.

Also fighting one of the worst flu outbreaks ever. Our local elementary school has about 900 students. On Wednesday they had 273 out with flu.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » January 24, 2003, 12:53 am

I live within 10 minutes of a ski resort =) I normally hate when it snows, but this year with a season pass... bring it the fuck on.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » January 24, 2003, 9:50 am

Fash wrote:I live within 10 minutes of a ski resort

I thought you were in Dallas..

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » January 24, 2003, 10:39 am

Cincinnati has actually managed to be colder than Michigan cities the last 3 nights, it is unfun.

Phugg_Innay · Post by **Phugg_Innay** » January 24, 2003, 11:03 am

Brrr , yesterdays high was only 60 with light showers here and there , BRRR I need a sweatshirt

AHh the price we pay to live in Cali .. Litterally
and todays forcast as of 3am
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
300 AM PST FRI JAN 24 2003

THE DISTRICT CONTINUES UNDER A MILD W-SW FLOW ALOFT WITH ABUNDANT
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BUT LITTLE OR NO DYNAMICS TO PRODUCE RAIN. AT 2
AM MOST SPOTS IN THE REGION HAD LOW CEILINGS WITH PATCHY FOG
UNDERNEATH BUT NO RAIN WAS BEING REPORTED. THIS IS ALSO A LIGHT
WIND PATTERN WITH FLAT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS. NO MAJOR CHANGES
IN THIS PATTERN ARE ANTICIPATED DURING THE NEXT WEEK.

A LARGE BUT POORLY ORGANIZED AREA OF CLOUDS IS APPROACHING FROM THE
WSW...WITH ITS LEADING EDGE PASSING 130W AT THIS TIME. THE BEST
CHANCE OF RAIN FROM THIS FEATURE WILL BE TO THE N OF OUR DISTRICT
BUT THE 06Z MESOETA DOES BRING A LITTLE OMEGA THRU THE N BAY THIS
EVE. THE 00Z GFS BROUGHT AN OMEGA FIELD INTO THE N BAY LATE THIS
AFTN BUT THE 06Z MODEL TRACKS IT FARTHER N. HOWEVER...WITH SO MUCH
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE THERES A CHANCE OF SQUEEZING OUT A FEW
SHOWERS OVER THE SFO BAY AREA...AS HAPPENED YDA...SO PUT LOW POPS IN
THE REGION TDA/THIS EVE RANGING FROM 20-40 IN THE N BAY TO 10-20
SFO-SJC. HERE IN MONTEREY COUNTY WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BALMY DAY...
ESPECIALLY INLAND.

AFTER TDAS SYSTEM PASSES TO THE E THE MODELS DEVELOP A MEDIUM
STRENGTH RIDGE OVER THE DISTRICT FOR SAT/SAT NIGHT. IT WILL STILL
BE DIRTY AND THE MESOETA INDICATES THAT CONSIDERABLE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL PERSIST...WHICH IS REASONABLE SINCE THERE WILL BE
LITTLE OR NO WIND TO ADVECT IT OUT OF THE AREA. THUS EXPECT MILD
WEATHER ON SAT WITH A LITTLE WARMING IN MOST AREAS...BUT STILL QUITE
A BIT OF CLOUDINESS AND A.M. VALLEY FOG.

THE NEXT SYSTEM IS DUE TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE DISTRICT ON SUN.
AGAIN IT WILL BE WEAK AND WILL TRACK MAINLY TO THE N. WILL START A
CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN SONOMA COUNTY SUN AFTN AND SPREAD THAT DOWN
TO SANTA CRUZ BY MON. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE WEAK AND OF LITTLE
SIGNIFICANCE FOR OUR DISTRICT. BY TUE OUR DIRTY RIDGE WILL REDEVELOP
AND THE THREAT OF RAIN SHOULD END. THERES A CHANCE THAT THE RIDGE
COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH BY THU TO CLEAR OUR SKIES EXCEPT FOR THE
VALLEY FOG...THE EURO THINKS SO...BUT THE TRACK RECORD LATELY HAS
BEEN SOMEWHAT WEAKER...DIRTIER RIDGES THAN FORECAST SO WILL KEEP THAT
DAY PARTLY CLOUDY

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » January 24, 2003, 11:10 am

Phugg_Innay wrote:..the price we pay to live in Cali..

I've lived in CA, it's not worth it

Metanis · Post by **Metanis** » January 24, 2003, 12:18 pm

No way I could live in California again... I like living in the USA.

Post by **Sylvus** » January 24, 2003, 12:48 pm

I just wanted to update you all on the status today. It's still pretty fucking cold!

I miss El Nino.

wadana · Post by **wadana** » January 24, 2003, 1:14 pm

iv been hibernating all fucking week this weather is nuts i HATE IT oh here in thunder bay we have no snow just -40 winds and frozen water pipes destroying almost every street in this city

VeeshanVault

Global warming my ass

Global warming my ass

canada the land of the frozen