Yes it’s COLD….whats the coldest You’ve had to endure?
Jan 14, 2024 21:37:22 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
Dikdik wrote:
When I was in gradeschool, my mom had a copy of Se... (show quote)
I've got that book of stories and poems given to me by my grandmother 60 or so years ago.
Jan 14, 2024 21:42:59 #
Dikdik
Loc: Winnipeg, Canada
The Vikings started a settlement in Canada, in Newfoundland just before 1000AD. It failed after a few years.
Jan 14, 2024 21:43:04 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
Barre wrote:
Was'nt it Leif Erickson (Sp?) who discovered Greenland? He called it Greenland to attract others...if my history serves me correctly
At that time there were green areas in the south. After that is when the climate got colder and there was less and less forage for their livestock as the summers shortened and got colder.
That was global cooling and was before global warming became popular. When global warming resulted in some areas getting colder they changed the name to climate change so that way they could be right all of the time instead of only in the summer. Protesters like to have year round jobs rather than in hot weather only.
Jan 14, 2024 21:44:01 #
Dikdik
Loc: Winnipeg, Canada
scooter1 wrote:
I've got that book of stories and poems given to me by my grandmother 60 or so years ago.
It was about then, or earlier, that I read it...
Jan 14, 2024 21:48:14 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
Dikdik wrote:
When I was in gradeschool, my mom had a copy of Se... (show quote)
I've got a copy of "The Best of Robert Service" and it's got Sam Mcgee in it. One of my favorites.
Jan 14, 2024 21:48:33 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
Speaking of Vikings... Did you know they left writings in several places in North America? Eastern Oklahoma: Heavener Runestone Park; and in Runestone Museum, Alexandria, Minnesota. The later said something to the effect of "Bloody red, and dead". Apparently some of their crew had been killed by natives, and scalped. And then there is Nova Scotia, to name a few.
Jan 14, 2024 21:51:14 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
DougS wrote:
Speaking of Vikings... Did you know they left writings in several places in North America? Eastern Oklahoma: Heavener Runestone Park; and in Runestone Museum, Alexandria, Minnesota. The later said something to the effect of "Bloody red, and dead". Apparently some of their crew had been killed by natives, and scalped. And then there is Nova Scotia, to name a few.
I read a story of rock carvings I believe in Minnesota by Vikings. They did get around.
Jan 14, 2024 21:52:23 #
Dikdik
Loc: Winnipeg, Canada
I didn't know they made it to Oklahoma... I knew they were in our maritimes. Being seafarers, I'm surprised they made it inland. I'm not disputing that they did.
Jan 14, 2024 21:57:36 #
Dikdik
Loc: Winnipeg, Canada
scooter1 wrote:
I've got a copy of "The Best of Robert Service" and it's got Sam Mcgee in it. One of my favorites.
The beginning, "There are strange things done in the midnight sun, by the men who moil for gold,
The northern trails have there secret tales that would make your blood run cold" is just perfect to catch a 'kids' imagination.
Jan 14, 2024 22:03:44 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
scooter1 wrote:
I read a story of rock carvings I believe in Minnesota by Vikings. They did get around.
I have visited the location in Minnesota (museum), and the location in Oklahoma (outdoor, very large rock!)..
Jan 14, 2024 22:13:12 #
Dikdik wrote:
that was chull factor....and you can see the ice crystals hanging in the air. Hopefully it was dead calm.
Jan 14, 2024 22:37:38 #
Dikdik
Loc: Winnipeg, Canada
The centre of a high pressure area is generally calm... high pressure caused by cold air falling, as I understand.
Jan 14, 2024 23:21:54 #
Tfoot
Loc: Texas Hill Country
Winter of 76-77 on a job in New Hampshire. Five feet of snow on the ground, the temperature dropped to -43 degrees F, and there was a wind but I have no idea what the wind chill was.
Jan 14, 2024 23:23:43 #
Jan 14, 2024 23:25:28 #
Indianapolis during the blizzard of '79-'80. Temp of 29 below with a wind chill of 57 below. This Texas boy did not go outside. We had oil heat and about 9:00 pm heard something in the back yard. Checked and it was our oil supplier filling up our tank. God bless them. They said that we would have run out before morning.
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