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- Ebony - 01-07-2014
It's -6 here in Morgantown. Holy Jumpin' Jesus, I have never cold!
Ebony the Black Dragon
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"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
- NifT - 01-07-2014
12 with a projected high of 20 in the DC area today.
- Black Aeronaut - 01-07-2014
We've been getting lows in to low-20's here in San Antonio. While it makes up for some of the way-too-mild Winters we had the last few years (bug populations went totally out of control), that is still too damn cold for a place that is only supposed to get snow once every ten years or so.
PS: I park on a sloped driveway and my parking brake has been freezing up every night. The only way to get it to let go is to violently rock my vehicle back and forth, and I don't think it's doing my drive train any favors having to do this every morning. Preventatives? It's a 5-Speed manual gearbox so sticking it in 'Park' isn't an option... and 1st gear doesn't always keep it from moving.
- ordnance11 - 01-07-2014
Some of the folks car's here are not starting. I'll have to remember to start out slow.
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Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
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- Bob Schroeck - 01-07-2014
It's 8°F here now, with a high of 11°F forecast; both Peggy and I had the option to work from home today, and we took it. I haven't run the car since Sunday afternoon...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Norgarth - 01-07-2014
here in Windsor Ontario (just across the border from Detroit) it's currently-20, -34 with wind chill (and that's in Celsius)
Though it could be worse, there's a region east of Georgian Bay that's they are saying could get 25 to 50 cm of more snow (roughly 10 to 20 inches)
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- DHBirr - 01-07-2014
0 Fahrenheit here in Ypsilanti according to the AT&T page; the thermometer I've got in my study window (in the shade) says it's 6 (-18 Celsius). Bright and sunny, though, and the streets don't look too bad. I, too, will need to run the car a bit.
Oh, and AP reports it got so cold in Kentucky that an escaped convict turned himself in Sunday.
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- ECSNorway - 01-08-2014
Was -2 monday when I left for work. 1 yesterday. 7 this morning.
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- ECSNorway - 01-08-2014
Quote:Timote wrote:Wow, they look underdressed.
![[Image: Hothstore_zpsf9a5fab4.jpg]](http://s293.photobucket.com/user/Norgarth/media/Humor/Hothstore_zpsf9a5fab4.jpg.html)
I mean, exposed faces in this kind of weather?
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- Norgarth - 01-08-2014
Quote:ECSNorway wrote:they are still in the house's wind shadow, plus it's hard to communicate with the goggles down and the scarves up.Quote:Timote wrote:Wow, they look underdressed.
I mean, exposed faces in this kind of weather?
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- Tennie - 01-08-2014
I live just a few miles noth of Nashville, Tennessee (at least when I'm not up in college, anyway). A few nights ago we had plenty of snow come through, and as I type this there's still a large snow cover!
- Logan Darklighter - 01-09-2014
Ranging from the mid 20s to the mid 40s in the Dallas area. I'd say we're getting off easy.
So! How about that global warming, eh?
- ECSNorway - 01-09-2014
I hear it's quite comparatively balmy in Siberia right now.
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- ordnance11 - 01-09-2014
Quote:Tennie wrote:I'm in Alabama and I remember thinking when I moved here from Southern California that at least it never gets gets cold in the south. Boy, was I wrong!
I live just a few miles noth of Nashville, Tennessee (at least when I'm not up in college, anyway). A few nights ago we had plenty of snow come through, and as I type this there's still a large snow cover!
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
- Tennie - 01-09-2014
ordnance11 Wrote:I'm in Alabama and I remember thinking when I moved here from Southern California that at least it never gets gets cold in the south. Boy, was I wrong!
I know that even Florida tends to get cold snaps from time to time. Heck, during last spring's cold snap even frikkin' Hawaii saw record or near-record cold! Clearly, being relatively closer to the tropics than much of the rest of the U.S. is no guarantee that you won't see freezing temperatures from time to time...
- Bob Schroeck - 01-10-2014
Well, we broke freezing today... and we're headed for 50s by the weekend.
Whoever's been buying our weather from the "loose ends" bin should be fired.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- robkelk - 01-10-2014
There's a lot of that going around... Currently in Ottawa, it's -12°C/11°F. The forecast for tomorrow is +7°C/45°F.
I'm told the trending hashtag is "#wintermission"...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Take Two... - Bob Schroeck - 01-21-2014
As I type I'm in my office and the snow is already falling. They're predicting 6 to 12 inches (16 to 32 cm) by this time tomorrow.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- robkelk - 01-21-2014
No snow in Ottawa, but the forecast high is below 0 Fahrenheit.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- Bob Schroeck - 01-21-2014
It's not going to be as bad for us on that front as it was last time -- "only" 10 degrees F.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Ebony - 01-21-2014
Warmer temperatures here, but definitely more snow. It's very powdery here in Morgantown, and the street plows were behind schedule this morning. I was an hour late to work because I couldn't get out of my neighborhood. (My next car will have all-wheel drive. This I swear.)
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
- Bob Schroeck - 01-21-2014
They're letting us out in 20 minutes, to go work from home for the rest of the day. There appears to be an inch or so already on the ground, just in the last two hours...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Valles - 01-21-2014
Quote:Ebony wrote:The local preference for big shouty engines on four-wheel-drive platforms is more practical than machismo. An engine that'd be adequate anywhere else can't maintain speed on uphill gradients, and the four-wheel drive, well, as you're seeing.
Warmer temperatures here, but definitely more snow. It's very powdery here in Morgantown, and the street plows were behind schedule this morning. I was an hour late to work because I couldn't get out of my neighborhood. (My next car will have all-wheel drive. This I swear.)
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- Bob Schroeck - 01-21-2014
I just arrived at Peg's mother's place fifteen minutes ago, after leaving work at noon; but I made a half-hour-long side trip to hit a convenience store on the way. Snow is easily 4 inches (10 cm) or so now.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Foxboy - 01-21-2014
I am not looking forward to when that snow band over PA, MD, DE, & NJ comes my way.
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