Mother Nature

[Bones]

Just heard on the news tonight that parts of the US got down to -50 deg, not sure if that was F or C but either way bloody cold. How the hell do you survive in that kind of temperature, Where I live we bitch when it gets to 0 deg C.

We sweltered in 44.5 deg C on Saturday which was unbearable outside,( thank god for aircon.) but just part of living in Queensland. The experts might have an argument with global warming on our part, but how can they argue with the temps your getting.

                                                                   Tony.

[movenon]

Just heard on the news tonight that parts of the US got down to -50 deg, not sure if that was F or C but either way bloody cold. How the hell do you survive in that kind of temperature, Where I live we bitch when it gets to 0 deg C.

We sweltered in 44.5 deg C on Saturday which was unbearable outside,( thank god for aircon.) but just part of living in Queensland. The experts might have an argument with global warming on our part, but how can they argue with the temps your getting.

                                                                  Tony.

Spent some time up in Alaska in -50 weather. All I can say is once it gets below -20 you just don't feel it.  It is dangerous to any exposed skin but truthfully -20, -30, -40, -50,  I just couldn't tell the difference. You stay inside,  if we had to work outside we would "buddy" up and spend limited amount of time out there.

We let our car's run 24 hrs a day. We had plug in's for heaters but they were unreliable. We just made sure the fuel was topped off and let them idle all night.
Fuel injected cars are a real pain to start after they are froze up. If that happened we would get aircraft heaters off the flightline put one hose under the car and one in the engine compartment.... It was so cold they grounded all the aircraft. If you ejected out your eyeballs would freeze rapidly and most likely you would be dead in short order even if you did get on the ground out in the middle of nowhere. Oil converts to a semi sold mass, rubber tires don't flex, we had aircraft that the nose wheel tires would roll off in a tight turn on the ground. You had to keep all the building heated, if you didn't sheet rock on the walls would crack.

I said that when I retired the only cold aluminum thing I ever wanted see was a cold beer on a hot day......

For all our fellow FJ family members on the East coast I feel your pain.. Take care and be safe.
George

Oh, that's in F.   I think that is -45.55 C  Whats the wind chill on an FJ at 70 mph ? ))

[rktmanfj]

When I woke up yesterday, it was -14*F (wind chill -40*F) here in Indy, and we had over 11" of new snow.  It's been below zero since Sunday evening.

It's 'warmed up' to -9*F at 10am, forecast high is 9*F.

My parents live on the border of a State Forest, and lost electrical power Sunday evening for about 12 hours.  They got by with small heaters on the water lines, and a large kerosene heater kept the house around 60*F.  Fortunately, they had bottled water, since there was no power to run the well pump.

[FJ Flyer]

We were a balmy 7 deg F this morning at 0500.  That's pretty extreme for the DC area.  Chilly ride in to work.  Had the jacket liner, gloves and grips cranked to the max.  Also shoved some toe warmers in my boots.  Not too bad for a 30 mile ride. 

Put a 100 watt light bulb under the bike in the garage, and a tarp over the bike, last night.  Hoping to keep the oil and Shorai Li battery a little warm. Was 27 deg F in the garage this morning.  Bike started on the third crank.

Figured out today that the FJR dash ambient temp gage only goes down to 16 deg F.

Its warmed up to 15 deg F so far today, so it will be an easy ride home.

[CanDman]

They are calling it a Polar Vortex......A polar vortex (also known as an Arctic cyclone, sub-polar cyclone, and a circumpolar whirl) is a persistent, large-scale cyclone located near either of a planet's geographical poles. On Earth, the polar vortices are located in the middle and upper troposphere and the stratosphere. They surround the polar highs and lie in the wake of the polar front. These cold-core low-pressure areas strengthen in the winter and weaken in the summer.[1] They usually span 1,000–2,000 kilometers (620–1,240 miles) in which the air is circulating in a counter-clockwise fashion (in the northern hemisphere). As with other cyclones, their rotation is caused by the Coriolis effect.


   I had to stay home from work today on account of it being minus 40 (with wind chill).....I actually shot a spike into my hand one cold day because the wood I was nailing exploded and the nail buried itself all the way into my hand.....I pulled it out and went back work.....didn't feel much.....my hand was already frozen   !!!!!!!

[jscgdunn]

It sure can get cold up here...why when I was a kid I used to have to walk to school in two feet of snow, barefoot, at 40 below, and it was up hill both ways.

[CanDman]

whats so crazy is that it is supposed to get up to +5 by the weekend with rain.......until then ....it's great ski doo weather.....lol

[Bozo]

Makes you think, this weekend (in Perth Australia) we are supposed to have around 40 to 41 degrees C. I suppose we still the advantage of still using our motorbikes and as long as there is shade, work on them as well.
I am currently waiting for a gentleman from the states to send me a spare part for my Kawasaki, yesterday he replies that I'll have to wait for a week or so because he can't get into his shed without a lot of work
I couldn't imagine not riding my bike all year round.

[ken65]

i cant even imagine that cold weather, i have never even seen show in real life

[CanDman]

i cant even imagine that cold weather, i have never even seen show in real life

i cant even imagine that cold weather, i have never even seen snow in real life

Here.....let me help you out Ken......next time your in the kitchen....throw a blind fold on and then stick your head in the freezer.........and viola...... instant winter.....


   Living in Canada....well....... we're sort of used to it....... 



Ice Fishing - A Canadian Pastime

[TexasDave]

When I lived in Iowa I used to do the same thing 2 or 3 times a year. But that was with a rescue and recovery scuba unit. Wet suits and air tanks make a big difference. recovered several snowmobiles. Stay warm--Dave

[X-Ray]

i cant even imagine that cold weather, i have never even seen show in real life

I hear you Ken. I only saw snow for the first time in 2007 when I was sent to Finland for 8 days for work. Imagine a 43 year old jumping around in the snow going weeeeeeeeeee like an 8 year old, lol 
Was -15 C most days, the harbour was frozen over, I loved it.

[motogp52]

Wow, 40 degrees Celcius in Perth, that's 104 degrees Fahrenheit!  I don't think I'd want to ride in that weather extreme either.