Population: 300,000; Average Winter Temperature: -30°F
Feb 21, 2015 14:23:15 #
With an average winter temperature of -30°, you have to wonder why 300,000 people live in the capital of the region that claims to have the coldest town on earth.
http://boredomtherapy.com/coldest-town-on-earth/
http://boredomtherapy.com/coldest-town-on-earth/
Feb 21, 2015 14:39:30 #
No thanks. I have been suffering lately in the upper 70s but someone has to do it. Average -30f? No way.
Feb 21, 2015 15:05:41 #
Why would anyone want to live in such miserable weather,
just hard to fathom.
just hard to fathom.
Feb 21, 2015 16:19:10 #
ebbote wrote:
Why would anyone want to live in such miserable weather,
just hard to fathom.
just hard to fathom.
You can bet they didn't move there. :D
Demotion at work, maybe? :D
Feb 21, 2015 16:33:42 #
Black Bart
Loc: Indiana
IMO it would be no worse than spending a summer along the gulf coast. Dam heat and humidity is unbearable but then I don't like HOT weather.
Feb 21, 2015 18:48:55 #
Feb 21, 2015 19:08:06 #
SteveR wrote:
Interesting series of photos, Jerry. Far beyond my level of motivation!!!
I can't imagine how or why they can keep that place supplied with everything they need - like all kinds of fuel.
Feb 21, 2015 19:10:09 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I can't imagine how or why they can keep that place supplied with everything they need - like all kinds of fuel.
Just think, people lived there before the 20th century.
Feb 21, 2015 19:54:41 #
its beyond me why people would want to live in such an area jerry...especially if you have to use an outside toilet!!!
Feb 21, 2015 20:14:41 #
Doddy wrote:
its beyond me why people would want to live in such an area jerry...especially if you have to use an outside toilet!!!
Have you ever seen a frozen stream of urine? I'll bet one thing....there aren't any August babies.
Feb 21, 2015 20:30:01 #
FredB
Loc: A little below the Mason-Dixon line.
jerryc41 wrote:
With an average winter temperature of -30°, you have to wonder why 300,000 people live in the capital of the region that claims to have the coldest town on earth.
http://boredomtherapy.com/coldest-town-on-earth/
http://boredomtherapy.com/coldest-town-on-earth/
The only flaw in this report is the population figure. Not sure where they got 300K people but they sure as hell aren't in Omyakon.
Other web sites list the town's permanent pop as around 500, which seems a bit more likely. There's no way in hell 300,000 people could live in that place.
But it IS cold.
Feb 21, 2015 21:15:09 #
FredB wrote:
The only flaw in this report is the population figure. Not sure where they got 300K people but they sure as hell aren't in Omyakon.
Other web sites list the town's permanent pop as around 500, which seems a bit more likely. There's no way in hell 300,000 people could live in that place.
But it IS cold.
Other web sites list the town's permanent pop as around 500, which seems a bit more likely. There's no way in hell 300,000 people could live in that place.
But it IS cold.
I was wondering the same thing when it said that little general store provided all the supplies for the town.
Feb 22, 2015 06:52:49 #
Many of the residents began their lives there via their government who wanted to get rid of them. Once there, they realize they can live life out without any one bothering them. So life there becomes desirable. Without fresh fruits and vegetables I can imagine the condition of their colons but with low temperatures, long life is probably the fare over an early demise.
If you take a 5 gallon bucket and add a toilet seat to it, you have a facility to use during the night. In the morning you take it outside and dump it. If you add something to take away the smell, life isn't all that bad. I lived in the Colorado high country and knew of several people who did not have indoor plumbing due to cold weather. They used the bucket principal. There is a fluid (I forget the name) that can be used as an anti-freeze. It's good to 50 below. If you use the bucket, a gallon of windshield fluid goes a long way.
If you take a 5 gallon bucket and add a toilet seat to it, you have a facility to use during the night. In the morning you take it outside and dump it. If you add something to take away the smell, life isn't all that bad. I lived in the Colorado high country and knew of several people who did not have indoor plumbing due to cold weather. They used the bucket principal. There is a fluid (I forget the name) that can be used as an anti-freeze. It's good to 50 below. If you use the bucket, a gallon of windshield fluid goes a long way.
Feb 22, 2015 08:06:26 #
Makes this morning's temperature of -20 seem almost balmy by comparison. Although anything beyond -20 doesn't feel that much worse. Dressing for -30 or -40 is not all that different from dressing for -20.
Feb 22, 2015 08:12:01 #
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