Cold Enough for You?
Jan 29, 2019 09:04:04 #
Temperatures here will be dropping below zero again, and I find that most unpleasant. On the other hand, it could be worse. It could be -88° F. Two Russian towns vie for the title of coldest town.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/527142/what-its-live-yakutsk-siberia-coldest-city-earth
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/russia/galleries/oymyakon-the-coldest-inhabited-place-on-earth/
Photography can be difficult.
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/amos-chapple-the-coldest-place-on-earth/
I couldn't find them, but they have rules for when it gets really cold. Something like - you do not go out alone, then children cannot go outside, then you do not wear eyeglasses, then you don't go out.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/527142/what-its-live-yakutsk-siberia-coldest-city-earth
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/russia/galleries/oymyakon-the-coldest-inhabited-place-on-earth/
Photography can be difficult.
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/amos-chapple-the-coldest-place-on-earth/
I couldn't find them, but they have rules for when it gets really cold. Something like - you do not go out alone, then children cannot go outside, then you do not wear eyeglasses, then you don't go out.
Jan 29, 2019 09:18:33 #
Jan 29, 2019 09:22:39 #
The older I get, the further South I go.... That said, we seldom get long periods of cold here in Georgia, even less snow so I'll likely stay here. Florida has less change of the seasons, which I still enjoy. When it does snow around here, it's pretty much gone in a day or two.... Seldom get to single digits... During this snap, we are forecast to drop down to 19 at night with daytime highs in the mid 40's... That I can take as my brothers in Minnesota & Wisconsin have to contend with much colder temps and wind chills...
Jan 29, 2019 09:36:58 #
Ya its cold here in Minnesota today. The difference between being in the house and going outside is over 100 degrees. Yesterday when I had to move the seven inches of snow that fall overnight, it was just six degrees. Wearing two pair of sweat pants, insulated boots, ski gloves, and a Russian style Red/Green cap, I was able to stay on the John Deere with a front end loader for two hours. I finished the job. Sure glad I didn't wait until today or tomorrow. Today the high will maybe be -10 F and tomorrow for temperatures around -25 F. Schools were announced closed for a two day period. I don't ever remember hearing two day cancelations before this. The bigger problem is the wind chills that are predicted for today and tomorrow of about 50 degrees below zero.
Jan 29, 2019 10:00:03 #
Tomcat5133
Loc: Gladwyne PA
Jerry the news just said Chicago will be 50 below you can only expose your skin
to the cold for a very short time. I have now been in Florida for a year and a half
from PA. We are freezing is is 59.
to the cold for a very short time. I have now been in Florida for a year and a half
from PA. We are freezing is is 59.
Jan 29, 2019 10:09:12 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
The older I get, the further South I go.......
There's a practical limit to that.
Once you get to longitude zero, further south is counterproductive.
Jan 29, 2019 10:09:26 #
Leon S wrote:
Ya its cold here in Minnesota today.
International Falls, MI is often the coldest place in the country. The high will be -18° F tomorrow. Wow!
https://weather.com/weather/today/l/USMN0376:1:US
With the jet stream dipping down, we're getting hit with weather that should be at the North Pole.
Jan 29, 2019 10:11:03 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
There's a practical limit to that.
Once you get to longitude zero, further south is counterproductive.
Once you get to longitude zero, further south is counterproductive.
So it would be cold at the South Pole?
Jan 29, 2019 10:12:52 #
Leon S wrote:
Ya its cold here in Minnesota today.
You must have an entirely different way of building and insulating your homes. When my house was built in 1963, they put 1" of insulation in the walls and about 3" in the ceiling. I've since upgraded it. Of course, in 1963, heating oil cost $0.16/gallon.
Jan 29, 2019 10:32:33 #
Just to let my fellow hoggers know, there is a small SW corner of the continental US that has some nice weather now. This photo was taken on a whale watching trip off La Jolla, CA on 1/27/19 by Mrs. chase.
The foreground is the La Jolla coastline, the Goodyear blimp is over Torrey Pines doing video for the PGA golf tourney there and in the background are the local snow-capped mountains. The temperature then was a very comfortable 72 F. Cheers and warm regards to those of you in cooler places. chase
The foreground is the La Jolla coastline, the Goodyear blimp is over Torrey Pines doing video for the PGA golf tourney there and in the background are the local snow-capped mountains. The temperature then was a very comfortable 72 F. Cheers and warm regards to those of you in cooler places. chase
Jan 29, 2019 10:32:48 #
The forecast is for 5/-3 degrees tomorrow which isn't too bad except that we're hosting a pastoral candidate tomorrow night and the poor man is from Louisiana! Hope this doesn't scare him off!
Jan 29, 2019 11:01:08 #
jerryc41 wrote:
You must have an entirely different way of building and insulating your homes. When my house was built in 1963, they put 1" of insulation in the walls and about 3" in the ceiling. I've since upgraded it. Of course, in 1963, heating oil cost $0.16/gallon.
To answer your question, we do have pretty good standards here for insulation. The last house I built had six inch walls, six inch insulation in them, one inch of styro on the outside, and tyvac over that. The ceilings had 24 inches of fiberglass insulation with double and triple pane windows. I put two inches of styro under the concrete basement floors and two inches outside of the two inch poured basement walls. I had two furnaces, one was wood and the other was propane. The house only used about 500 gallons a year of propane and was often so hot inside I had to open one of the six sliding glass Anderson doors. Building properly is more expensive, but pays for itself in less heating and cooling costs.
Jan 29, 2019 13:22:00 #
We are expecting snow tonight and sub zero weather Thursday and into the weekend. Not fit for man or beast. I do feel bad for my dog when he has to do his duty. I watch over him to make sure he doesn't freeze to the ground...Welcome to NH Sorry for Minnesota, been there, it get cold there...
Bob
Bob
Jan 29, 2019 14:26:31 #
Guess we all need to be careful of what we wish for.
Here in New Zealand those of us that wished for a long hot summer are getting our wish come true. With a vengeance.
Much of the country is heading for drought and temperature records are being broken.
Dont know whats worse, a too cold, wet, windy Winter or a too hot, dry. still Summer.
This the headline in todays main daily newspaper:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12198130
Here in New Zealand those of us that wished for a long hot summer are getting our wish come true. With a vengeance.
Much of the country is heading for drought and temperature records are being broken.
Dont know whats worse, a too cold, wet, windy Winter or a too hot, dry. still Summer.
This the headline in todays main daily newspaper:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12198130
Jan 29, 2019 14:30:03 #
Last place I worked there was one guy who, although born in MA, spent 10 years in Fiji. When he moved back to MA it took several years before he was able to barely tolerate New England winters.
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