Cold as balls out there!

[Jugernot]

Currently the Weather Channel says it is -29F (at the time of posting)..... My thermometer at home said -34F this morning when I left for work at 7am.

It's supposed to warm up later this week, but it's just misable outside right now. It's not like everyone stays home when it gets this cold, everyone gets on with life like normal, but it's just bitter cold out there. You can throw up a cup of boiling water in the air and it freezes before it hits the ground.

Anyway, just venting....

Jugs

EDIT: Typo.

EDIT2: It's -42F outside my office on our thermometer. Weather channel now says -38F.

EDIT3: It's Dec 20, my thermometer outside my office says -47F... weather.com link currently says -44F.

 

[Modeps]

I never understood the expression "cold as balls"
Are your balls cold?

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: Modeps
I never understood the expression "cold as balls"
Are your balls cold?

Everything is cold at -34F.

 

[FoBoT]

you must be joking, cold in Alaska? no way!

 

[amdskip]

You do like live not in the lower 48

Go ride a snow machine (snow mobile for us normal lower 48 residents).

Sorry, just had to make fun of you Alaska people. My friends in Anchorage were complaining about the temps today too.

 

[meltdown75]

my bro lived up in Timmins for firefighter school. it was -49 there one night and he said you could hear ice crystals crackling in the air.

i think it would be cool to experience that firsthand.

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: amdskip
You do like live not in the lower 48

Go ride a snow machine (snow mobile for us normal lower 48 residents).

Sorry, just had to make fun of you Alaska people. My friends in Anchorage were complaining about the temps today too.

What?

 

[Leros]

Alaska was nice when I went in May. At sea level, it was 50ish. Lower spectrum of shorts weather. But if you went up a bit higher, there was snow.

 

[aplefka]

Man that's crazy. It's in the high 40s here in the Sacramento area and I think it's kinda cold. Guess I'm spoiled.

Then again it's not as bad as the idiots back in Orange County that are wearing parkas when it's 60 degrees.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
my bro lived up in Timmins for firefighter school. it was -49 there one night and he said you could hear ice crystals crackling in the air.

i think it would be cool to experience that firsthand.

I think if I never experience that firsthand, I'll be all the happier

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: meltdown75
my bro lived up in Timmins for firefighter school. it was -49 there one night and he said you could hear ice crystals crackling in the air.

i think it would be cool to experience that firsthand.

I think if I never experience that firsthand, I'll be all the happier

haha, you love the cold

 

[Stifko]

wow minus 29 degrees, I dunno how you can live in such a cold place.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey maybe?

Arrr!!!

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Don't you have to sign something if you live in Alaska stating that you can't complain about it being cold?

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
my bro lived up in Timmins for firefighter school. it was -49 there one night and he said you could hear ice crystals crackling in the air.

i think it would be cool to experience that firsthand.

Coldest I've experienced was -61F north of Fairbanks. My truck tires were like blocks because the rubber just about solidified and the part that sits on the ground freezes flat. It's like driving on squares for the first few miles. Eventually they soften up a bit, but shocks are no use at that temp. It's like riding with no suspension. Your skin feels like it's being pricked with needles and your nose/mouth feel like someone stuffed them with ice cubes. Most everything plastic shatters if dropped. Your hair breaks if you bend it too much. Your skin can get frostbites in a matter of seconds, not minutes.

It's not fun.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Jugernot

Originally posted by: meltdown75
my bro lived up in Timmins for firefighter school. it was -49 there one night and he said you could hear ice crystals crackling in the air.

i think it would be cool to experience that firsthand.

Coldest I've experienced was -61F north of Fairbanks. My truck tires were like blocks because the rubber just about solidified and the part that sits on the ground freezes flat. It's like driving on squares for the first few miles. Eventually they soften up a bit, but shocks are no use at that temp. It's like riding with no suspension. Your skin feels like it's being pricked with needles and your nose/mouth feel like someone stuffed them with ice cubes. Most everything plastic shatters if dropped. Your hair breaks if you bend it too much. Your skin can get frostbites in a matter of seconds, not minutes.

It's not fun.

That is effing crazy, but really cool to hear about!

 

[sandorski]

When I was 9-12 I was able to hack -40c, but I doubt I would now 30 years later. -40c is fargin cold!

 

[funkymatt]

thats REALLY cold!
it got down to -60 with the windchill a couple times in Wisconsin.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: meltdown75
my bro lived up in Timmins for firefighter school. it was -49 there one night and he said you could hear ice crystals crackling in the air.

i think it would be cool to experience that firsthand.

I think if I never experience that firsthand, I'll be all the happier

haha, you love the cold

Shut up and go shovel your driveway

 

[RapidSnail]

Originally posted by: amdskip
You do like live not in the lower 48

Go ride a snow machine (snow mobile for us normal lower 48 residents).

Sorry, just had to make fun of you Alaska people. My friends in Anchorage were complaining about the temps today too.

What?

 

[RaistlinZ]

How cold does it have to get beofore your eyes freeze? I've always wondered that.

 

[RichardE]

yeah it was -21 here a few days ago and - 33Celcius with the windchill

 

[KK]

I want some new video of the boiling water deal. I don't believe it with all this global warming deal going on.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Modeps
I never understood the expression "cold as balls"
Are your balls cold?

i know. my balls are rarely cold...

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
How cold does it have to get beofore your eyes freeze? I've always wondered that.

At -40c/f, frost will grow on facial hair and even in your nose(freezes inhaling, thaws exhaling).