-35 this morn

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:02 am

35 Below this morn, the trees are even talking and I`m going through a lot of wood.

Mossyoak1957 · Post by **Mossyoak1957** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:25 am

Hang in the Pitch,
just spoke to my Brother, he's up in Iron,Mn
same thing there...but he said it's going to warm up to -2 today.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:26 am

Cold here too Pitchy, -17C with a wind chill of -30C.
Stay warm!

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:37 am

I sure miss mornings like that. Memories of how the snow crunches underfoot on a hard packed path, the occasional crack of an Aspen, the air searing down ones nostrils, the loudness of sounds and how they carry in the dense air, Jack Frost nipping at my fingers and toes, wood splitting in a single blow of the axe.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:39 am

Thanks pards, you stay warm also

Here`s a neat video from yesterday of a freighter leaving Duluth yesterday in the ice, worse today I`m sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll8cUeFx72E#t=441

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:58 am

KirkD wrote:I sure miss mornings like that. Memories of how the snow crunches underfoot on a hard packed path, the occasional crack of an Aspen, the air searing down ones nostrils, the loudness of sounds and how they carry in the dense air, Jack Frost nipping at my fingers and toes, wood splitting in a single blow of the axe.

Step outside Kirk

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:01 am

Interesting to see that freighter moving out. I didn't think they were running this late. I imagine once he gets out a ways there will be open water. I wonder if it is going through the Soo?

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:06 am

-35, eh?

That's COLD, pardner......

Yesterday I saw -17, and this morning was -8.
High is supposed to be -2 or something today.
Coldest and snowiest December that I can remember
in central Maine. My woodpile will not make it the
whole winter unless the weather moderates. I'll have
to get more.

-Stretch

SJPrice · Post by **SJPrice** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:09 am

Thank you to all you fellas up north for reminding me what I relocated to Texas. Be safe up there and stay warm!

harry · Post by **harry** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:19 am

Pitchy that's the reason I moved from Big Piney WY 5 years ago, I worked outside every day and at 9000'. Winter temps would be -30 / -40 for weeks at a time and after a heart attack and two back fusions the doc said I should move down slope. So now I live in the bannana belt of north east Wyoming.

Stay warm my friend and I enjoyed your phone call.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:20 am

That's mighty cold. Calling for only -5 here tonight. Cold enough that the horses are coming into the barn till it warms up after the snow passes

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:23 am

SJPrice wrote:Thank you to all you fellas up north for reminding me what I relocated to Texas. Be safe up there and stay warm!

9 degrees here in OK this morning. Thatts darn cold enough for me, you folks up north are hardy!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:28 am

Thanks pards, in a way I like the real cold , it sure is quiet and peaceful but I do feel for those that have to be out in it.
cotton tails around the yard aren't moving much, walked within three feet of one this morn

maybe he was froze.
stretch I don`t think my wood pile is going to make it either

Kirk, I`m not sure how far they are going or how long they do before lay-up.
Hightime would know but haven`t seen him on here for a while, hope he`s ok.
Back at ya Harry.

pwl44m · Post by **pwl44m** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:04 am

I don't mean to throw water on Ur fire but it is 37 and very Sunny right now.
Perry

SJPrice · Post by **SJPrice** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:18 am

pwl44m wrote:I don't mean to throw water on Ur fire but it is 37 and very Sunny right now.
Perry

At -35 it is pretty hard to throw water. You start by throwing water and end up hitting what you threw at with ICE.

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:18 am

A little nippy here today too. -25F thankfully not much wind. My wood is also taking a beating but I still have 6 cords in my garage and another 10 outside while not real dry, some of it would do if needed. I should be ok with what I have inside now though. Only went through 3 cords so far so I am pretty much the same as normal re consumption of wood. My oil furnace tripped on flame sensor last night so it was only 64 in the house this morning. looked at what was going on and it seems the ignition electrodes are not lighting the oil. Was going to try and adjust them but thought better of it and called for service. The wood carries the heat all day so it only comes on during the night if the fire goes down. Service man said he would be by today sometime. The joys of winter.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:39 am

SJPrice wrote:
pwl44m wrote:I don't mean to throw water on Ur fire but it is 37 and very Sunny right now.
Perry
At -35 it is pretty hard to throw water. You start by throwing water and end up hitting what you threw at with ICE.

The winter of 1996 right here it was -59 F, if ya took a glass of warm water and through it in the air it went puff into a vapor cloud.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:22 pm

No good. I don't even like 55ºF weather.

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:30 pm

43 degrees here...just raining, which happens allot this time of year...BIG BIG snow in the Cascades though... :)

North Country Gal · Post by **North Country Gal** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:37 pm

Been having that same kind of cold over here in the north woods of Wisconsin and even colder on the way. Yup, been a cold one, so far. Does keep the riff raff out, though.

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:51 pm

Its very cold here too! 36 degrees right now and getting down to 19 tonight. That's cold for MS.

I spent 7 years in MN, so I know what cold is - makes you really appreciate it when spring finally arrives!! Of course, the skeeters also like it and will be ravenous. But then they die and you do get a couple months on nice weather

Makes you tough!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:29 pm

North Country Gal wrote:Been having that same kind of cold over here in the north woods of Wisconsin and even colder on the way. Yup, been a cold one, so far. Does keep the riff raff out, though.

I agree 100%

Canuck Bob · Post by **Canuck Bob** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:11 pm

Hang in there, warm front from Alberta on its way!! A gift from me to you! How often do you hear warm front from Canada down there?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:19 pm

Canuck Bob wrote:Hang in there, warm front from Alberta on its way!! A gift from me to you! How often do you hear warm front from Canada down there?

A Alberta clipper huh, we`ll see.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:38 pm

Pitchy wrote:35 Below this morn, the trees are even talking and I`m going through a lot of wood.

Dang Pitchy, I feel for ya man. When I worked at the grocery warehouse our icecream freezers only went down to -20. It's 73 here now with a cold front moving in tomorrow that will take us down to the low 50's.

Pitchy, are you going to have enough wood to take you through to spring?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:50 pm

Pitchy, are you going to have enough wood to take you through to spring?

Not sure Rusty, it`ll be close if this keeps up long, but if we run out I got lots of wood for the cook stove stored up.

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:33 pm

Stay safe bro, temps like nothing to mess with.
prayers sent your way.

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:34 pm

Wood pile is certainly taking a beating. Had the week off from Christmas to New Years day. Was planning on cutting up some firewood, but too darn cold. Snow is too deep to get it for this year, just wanted to start on next winters pile. I did some snowshoeing , but mostly worked on some guns that needed attention and played taxi driver for the kids.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:36 pm

Thanks Madman and hang in there BenT, it can`t last forever.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:00 pm

Mmmmmm...

Balmy.

Spent almost 2 months at -70+ below at NWTC one winter... my idiot GI compadres insisted on keeping our GP small cranked to about +25 to +30...

Sickness follows 100deg temp gradients like a dog follows a toddler with meat flavored cheerios.

I slept outside in my gear & a bivvy-bag.

I love Wool...

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:57 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:Spent almost 2 months at -70+ below at NWTC one winter... I slept outside in my gear & a bivvy-bag.

Glad to see the GI's get proper training.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:23 pm

KirkD wrote:
Old Ironsights wrote:Spent almost 2 months at -70+ below at NWTC one winter... I slept outside in my gear & a bivvy-bag.
Glad to see the GI's get proper training.

You (I also) Wish...

If anything, it was only my aptitude as a Latrine Lawyer that kept me from "Non Judicial Punishment" for telling clueless sand lubbers where to get off when it came to the wearing of Issue Arctic Accouterments...

Why is it that every generation has to be re-taught the basics of... LAYERS and NATURAL FIBER GEAR

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:43 am

Been getting a lot of cryoseisms (frost quakes) this morning, wierd stuff

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:31 am

Have ground shaking news here too Pete, the Alberta clipper has arrived and it`s 0 right now and supposed to hit a high of 18 later

Big freeze coming this weekend though.

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:50 am

We haven't been above about -8 for a couple of days now.
We're using lots of wood and pellets. Not so much oil, as
mostly that's for hot water. Still.....

Mind you, other folks have it colder, but it IS a wee bit
unusual for the cold to go on like this in central Maine.

I got a new sleeping bag 6 or 8 years ago - rated to -20.
Soooo, only one way to find out if they're tellin' the truth.

I slept out under my canoe (on sawhorses, the boat was!),
at about -15, and the bag worked! Went winter camping with
the boy Scouts after that, and it worked GREAT!

-Stretch

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:56 am

I got a new sleeping bag 6 or 8 years ago - rated to -20.
Soooo, only one way to find out if they're tellin' the truth.
I slept out under my canoe (on sawhorses, the boat was!),
at about -15, and the bag worked! Went winter camping with
the boy Scouts after that, and it worked GREAT

Ji in Hawaii · Post by **Ji in Hawaii** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:38 pm

WOW! If you take a pee outside does it freeze before hitting the snow? Coldest I've been is 20 below in Idaho winter of '82. Only place I see ice now is in da freezer. Last night it got down to 65 degrees, had to wear my thick hoodie to bed and a beanie.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:51 pm

Friends Call Me Ji wrote:WOW! If you take a pee outside does it freeze before hitting the snow? Coldest I've been is 20 below in Idaho winter of '82. Only place I see ice now is in da freezer. Last night it got down to 65 degrees, had to wear my thick hoodie to bed and a beanie.

I've done the "Hot Coffee to Freeze-dried Coffee" trick a few times in Fairbanks and farther north...

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:12 pm

"It's nice out... it's perfectly fine until it gets below -40..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZjfScL_wRE

Top Ten Coldest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5KWvzOR6ss

draperjojo · Post by **draperjojo** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:43 pm

It was getting down to 7 degrees here Friday couple weeks ago when the furnace blower motor quit. Couldn't get an HVAC guy until the following Monday. Since we're set up with Graingers, I called their after hours number and had them check their inventory for the motor and capacitor I needed. They had it, so I went down that weekend and picked it up, took it home and installed it. As I was finishing up, the neighbor called and invited us over for an Elk Lasagna dinner......

WinM71 · Post by **WinM71** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:40 pm

Gonna get to -13 here in NH tonight. Al Gore was right, this global warming is really something.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:50 pm

WinM71 wrote:Gonna get to -13 here in NH tonight. Al Gore was right, this global warming is really something.

Where is Al when you need him?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:52 am

Borregos wrote:
WinM71 wrote:Gonna get to -13 here in NH tonight. Al Gore was right, this global warming is really something.
Where is Al when you need him?

That`s what those on that trapped in the ice ship should be asking

Post by **Hobie** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:56 am

A balmy 10.5°F in the Shenandoah this morning. Happy New Year to everyone!

firefuzz · Post by **firefuzz** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:31 am

+21 this morning at 0600 when I went out to get the paper wearing no shirt, house shoes and gym shorts. Wifey shakes her head and says I'm nuts for going out in the cold like that. Told her I wasn't planning on staying outside and anyway this is not cold. I've been cold before and this ain't it.

You boys stay warm enough to be safe.

Rob

KiwiKev · Post by **KiwiKev** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 3:43 am

Saw on the news that some folk out East will experience -50F over the next couple of days. Coldest since 1994? How will folk in older wooden, un-insulated houses survive? In my wife's country they recommend putting up a tent inside if the power goes out in the middle of winter. Trick is to live in the tent. Crazy hot weather over Australia. There is some extreme weather happening globally at the moment.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 8:23 am

5 deg. Crisp, light snow. Altogether a fine morning to sweep the walk before coffee...

gak · Post by **gak** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 10:25 am

When I was in school in the early 70s in Flagstaff AZ, we had a few nights -35, no wind, and a few unofficial (but consistent) reports of -46 and -48 those same nights. I can vouche, yes cold! To the east 100 miles in our White Mts, we had a now defunct US weather station in a half-horse village that was even colder then IIRC, and fairly regularly alternated with Gunnison for coldest in the lower 48.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:42 am

Guess were on a warming trend it`s only -30 this morn with a strong wind.
On a positive note my XDs is coming home today

cas · Post by **cas** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:55 am

When I woke up Saturday morning it was 6 degrees.
This morning (Monday) it was 56 degrees.
Tomorrow is supposed to be in the teens.

Ugh... I can deal with the cold, but the up and down is killing me. My eyes feel like they're coming out of my head.