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Anyone experiencing the extreme cold?

Old Jan 7th 2014, 12:56 am
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Originally Posted by Poppy girl
I was working in Tahoe today and I thought I was going to freeze on the spot when I got out of the car, and it's worse elsewhere no idea how you guys handle it......I remember when I lived in Canada I would walk out the back door and into the front in that short space of time the hairs in my nose would freeze lol
That's what it felt like here today when I walked out of work to my car. Horrible feeling!!
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 1:00 am
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Originally Posted by Derrygal
That's what it felt like here today when I walked out of work to my car. Horrible feeling!!
I want my hot water bottle ....how ever hot I am in the house if it's freezing outside I like my bottle on my lap
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 1:25 am
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Wind chill is the big factor here in GA. supposed to be like -8C tomorrow
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 2:18 am
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I am. With the wind chill it was -38F here today. Daughter and I did experiments outside with boiling water, hot soapy bubbles and balloons.

It was great.
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 2:22 am
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Default Re: Anyone experiencing the extreme cold?

-20f here this morning when I drove to work. I think around -45f with the windchill. The high is -2f tomorrow, so it'll feel like a heatwave after today
It's good and dry at least. This morning was probably one of the better commutes I've had since the start of December.
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 2:32 am
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Originally Posted by Macca67
experiments outside with boiling water, hot soapy bubbles and balloons.
My commuter train service was trying the same thing I think.
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 3:16 am
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 4:29 am
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With temperatures that low, I can't even imagine how cold houses must seem?
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 11:29 am
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Meh, it's a bit nippy I suppose.

Originally Posted by Pulaski
Bully for you, the temperature is dropping like a rock here. ... It's forecast to be down around 10°F by 6am +/- 1hr tomorrow. No doubt Sultan will be along shortly to tell me that I have nothing to complain about.
Pulaski, me old China - it's the ****ing weather. Nobody has anything to complain about. Unless someone can change the axial tilt of the Earth or its position in relation to the sun, we really need to just suck it up and deal with it. Or move to Venus. One of the two.

As a species, we're a bunch of pussies sometimes, aren't we?

Originally Posted by AmerLisa
With temperatures that low, I can't even imagine how cold houses must seem?
Well, my thermostat was reading 69 but I suppose someone might have turned their heating off ...
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Default Re: Anyone experiencing the extreme cold?

I am in one the warmest places in Canada, could very well be the warmest.

Its currently +37F and should be a high of around 45F or so.

Southern Coastal BC best place to be in Canada in winter.
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 12:12 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing

Well, my thermostat was reading 69 but I suppose someone might have turned their heating off ...
Ours is set at 65, but always feels a lot warmer than that when it's cold outside....
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 12:13 pm
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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
Ours is set at 65, but always feels a lot warmer than that when it's cold outside....
Our thermostat is set at 27C.
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 12:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
Ours is set at 65, but always feels a lot warmer than that when it's cold outside....
Mine's set at 72 and even then the wife's been complaining that it's too cold and been upping it...
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 12:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Bink
Mine's set at 72 and even then the wife's been complaining that it's too cold and been upping it...
To be fair, mine used to be at 68, but wife was last to leave at Christmas and she set the "hold" temp at 65 as she left (I normally drop it to 55 when we're away). When we got back, I forgot to reset to the program, so we're on 65 Hold and no one has complained.....
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Old Jan 7th 2014, 12:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Our thermostat is set at 27C.
That's warm, even by my wife's standards!!!
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