This is headed our way tomorrow.

https://news.yahoo.com/polar-vortex-freezes-u-midwest-snow-dangerously-cold-010557676--finance.html

I need to go out an bring in the brass monkeys.

 

No kidding. My folks up your way have the cupboard doors open and the water dripping.

 

This is headed our way tomorrow.
I need to go out an bring in the brass monkeys.

We just hit -50c with the wind chill.
My usual snow clearing guy is not answering his phone!
Max.

 

The coldest I've felt is -54 degrees F. It was very calm and still. The air itself had a crystal like property.

Sound had a tinny reverb. A step in snow would loudly squeak. A very foreign environment.

Almost cartoonist, 'cept for the bite of the cold.

 

1Chance and I are spending January in Phoenix AZ in our motorhome. It got up to a balmy 72°F today. Meanwhile, at home we had 18" of snow a couple weeks ago and now the temp is supposed to be dropping way down, perhaps -40°F or so. I am glad we are here, and not there.

 

-26F right now. We added a “3 season room” this summer and we’ve been wondering about what it would be like in the winter. Until recently we’ve been using a small gas heater and thinking maybe it’ll be a four season room for us. We turned off the heater for the cold snap and it’s -17F out there. Definitely three seasons!

 

Another phenomenon when its this cold is 'Square Tires' If your tires lack a little air with a flat spot and left overnight, they stay that way until they warm up a little while driving.
Max.

 

Two guys from Florida and one from Mexico having lots of banter today. Is everybody else snowed in? Lost your DSL?

I'm expecting atferrari because he's in the other half of the world. Was that Argentina?

From the weather station in my backyard... (Elsewhere in the city are reports of ~-15 colder...)

 

Another phenomenon when its this cold is 'Square Tires' If your tires lack a little air with a flat spot and left overnight, they stay that way until they warm up a little while driving.
Max.

A more fun phenomenon is to toss a glass of hot water into the air. It sublimes and disappears in a puff without ever hitting the ground.

 

A more fun phenomenon is to toss a glass of hot water into the air. It sublimes and disappears in a puff without ever hitting the ground.

Why would it do that?

Prior to sublimation, it'd have to freeze first (by definition).

And sublimation is a much slower process than evaporation.

So, please explain.

 

Why would it do that?

Prior to sublimation, it'd have to freeze first (by definition).

And sublimation is a much slower process than evaporation.

So, please explain.

Sorry, shouldn't have said sublimes.

http://thevane.gawker.com/the-science-behind-turning-boiling-water-into-snow-on-1678181346

 

Sorry, shouldn't have said sublimes.

http://thevane.gawker.com/the-science-behind-turning-boiling-water-into-snow-on-1678181346

Ok. That's pretty cool.

There are some things us Florida folk are unaware of.

 

Ok. That's pretty cool.

There are some things us Florida folk are unaware of.

Yup, I don't have to worry about gators and giant snakes, just some knucklehead dumping boiling water off his balcony.

 

When will this national nightmare end?
https://www.kptv.com/it-s-so-cold-i...cle_365b8ce1-54ea-5568-86a7-8ef0c8261b7d.html

Kegged beer in trucks froze Tuesday, before temperatures even reached their coldest.

"Most of the folks up north are not delivering," says Mike Madigan, president of Minnesota Beer Wholesalers Association. "Most distributors are not delivering in the Twin Cities, down south and out west."

 

When will this national nightmare end?
https://www.kptv.com/it-s-so-cold-i...cle_365b8ce1-54ea-5568-86a7-8ef0c8261b7d.html

Too cold for beer, anyway. Time for Vodka.

 

I picked a good time to visit Wisconsin ...

One other thing I have not experienced in a long time is ESD

 

One other thing I have not experienced in a long time is ESD

My poor cat is like a Van de Graaff generator.

 

Ok. That's pretty cool.

There are some things us Florida folk are unaware of.

I tried this. It mainly worked. Some water still hit the ground.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/23/opinion/observer-right-smart-o-wind.html

 

I picked a good time to visit Wisconsin ...

One other thing I have not experienced in a long time is ESD

Whats ESD?

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