Poll of the Day > We have over a foot of snow and it will be -36C tonight, -45C with wind chill

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Send help PotD
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Help is on the way. Expect arrival in three months.

supposed to be +1C by Tuesday, too. I forsee a headache...
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Sahuagin posted...

supposed to be +1C by Tuesday, too. I forsee a headache...

And probably windy as shit, we never truly get a break .
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Sahuagin posted...

I foresee a headache

It's like you could almost freeze water at that temperature!
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That was how it was here Friday. Nasty stuff.
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It reached -50C here with wind chill. Jesus Christ.


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Best of luck to y'all up there. Stay safe!
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Yikes. We've got a high of -6F today and I thought figured it couldn't possibly be any worse. Converting it, it looks like that's only -21C.
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Was talking with my dad, and he has a weather station in the back yard, said it got down to -36 before the wind in Strathmore
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How do humans even survive that? Serious question. I've never experienced temperatures below 0 C.
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Ogurisama posted...

Was talking with my dad, and he has a weather station in the back yard, said it got down to -36 before the wind in Strathmore

Yeah, it was -37 here in Lethbridge before that -50 wind chill.

Supposed to be closer to 0 by tomorrow afternoon though. That will honestly feel warm after this.
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jramirez23 posted...

How do humans even survive that? Serious question. I've never experienced temperatures below 0 C.

I was visiting my mom yesterday and she got her car stuck in the snow in front of her house. We spent half an hour getting her unstuck.

The moisture from my breath froze my scarf stiff as cardboard within minutes, making it useless. I've never seen that happen before.
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faramir77 posted...

It reached -50C here with wind chill. Jesus Christ.

*image goes here*

I like how Regina (where I live) is just in the corner of the map like "I'm here too guys..."

And yeah, it's annoyingly cold.
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jramirez23 posted...

How do humans even survive that? Serious question. I've never experienced temperatures below 0 C.

By minimizing time spent outside and covering as much skin as you possibly can with heavy clothing when you do have to be out. In general, though, you do get acclimatized to a certain extent. Not usually to extremes like that, since those are very seriously dangerous temperatures, but if you're used to cold winters -10 or -20 can be brushed off pretty comfortably.
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adjl posted...

jramirez23 posted...

How do humans even survive that? Serious question. I've never experienced temperatures below 0 C.

By minimizing time spent outside and covering as much skin as you possibly can with heavy clothing when you do have to be out. In general, though, you do get acclimatized to a certain extent. Not usually to extremes like that, since those are very seriously dangerous temperatures, but if you're used to cold winters -10 or -20 can be brushed off pretty comfortably.

Yeah, you definitely never get used to -30 or colder. That always just feels awful. But -20 you do get used to. And -10 starts feeling nice after a long stretch of really cold weather. Not uncommon to see people wearing spring/fall jackets in -10 weather near the end of the winter.
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adjl posted...

jramirez23 posted...

How do humans even survive that? Serious question. I've never experienced temperatures below 0 C.

By minimizing time spent outside and covering as much skin as you possibly can with heavy clothing when you do have to be out. In general, though, you do get acclimatized to a certain extent. Not usually to extremes like that, since those are very seriously dangerous temperatures, but if you're used to cold winters -10 or -20 can be brushed off pretty comfortably.

It's also important to note that if you do need to go anywhere, you generally should start your vehicle 10 minutes before you leave to get it warmed up. If it's below -20, you should have your vehicle plugged in because otherwise it might not start.

I didn't have my truck plugged in when it got to -30 a few days ago, and it started but it really didn't sound good. I've had it plugged in all night and I'm about to go outside to start it. At these temperatures there is still no guarantee.
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People bitching about the cold all week, meanwhile its like mid 60s out in California and not cold enough for a fire.
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Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

People bitching about the cold all week, meanwhile its like mid 60s out in California and not cold enough for a fire.

At least we're supposed to get some rain this week...

Hopefully.

And here in Arizona all week will have highs of mid 70s F (24C)

pretty great
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Nobody knows what that unamerican Celsius commie bull **** means
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madadude posted...

And here in Arizona all week will have highs of mid 70s F (24C)

pretty great

That's like May/June weather here. Lucky.

We reached 16C in early December. How things change.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

People bitching about the cold all week, meanwhile its like mid 60s out in California and not cold enough for a fire.

At least we're supposed to get some rain this week...

Hopefully.

Yeah, about a month ago I seen a weather post about a atmospheric river continuing to pummel California. To which I replied; "What that light drizzle we had for half a day?"
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