Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, it's COLD!!

[Renegade 13]

So, how cold is it where you live this morning?? Well, I bet it isn't colder than I have right now. Our thermometer goes down to -50 C, and right now it's almost there. I bet we're at -44 C. We usually get something like this a couple days a year, but even this is cold for us! Nothing like a little cold to stop the school buses from running, and me from having to go to school! Woohooo! /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Canada.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Canada.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Canada.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Canada.gif

[geoschmo]

I had to shovel a foot and a half of snow on Christmas eve, and this morning it was 61 deg F when I left my house. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Alneyan]

Well, it was about +10 C today here, and it was +17 C two days ago (summer clothes in January for me). And people here complain about the "cold" when it is +5 C. Tsk.

[Combat Wombat]

Its that cold here in the frozen north of the US

[tesco samoa]

-44 wow.... thats manitoba cold...

[David E. Gervais]

geoschmo said:
I had to shovel a foot and a half of snow on Christmas eve, and this morning it was 61 deg F when I left my house. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif



Only a foot and a half? gee you must have a really small driveway.. here when it snows I have a good 500 cubic feet of snow to shovel. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Ragnarok]

geoschmo said:
I had to shovel a foot and a half of snow on Christmas eve, and this morning it was 61 deg F when I left my house. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif



Similar situation here... Last Wednesday evening we got 1 1/2 inches of ice that came down then 6 inches of snow on top of that...Yesterday it was near 60 outside and all the snow/ice is gone and we have 3 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. Indiana weather I tell you....

[Raging Deadstar]

My city is having a bit of a warmer climate as the storms and floding pass, But it's been an awful few days

Report (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4158641.stm)
Pictures (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/4159523.stm)

[Renegade 13]

tesco samoa said:
-44 wow.... thats manitoba cold...



Ha, no that's northern BC cold....
They're predicting -47 tonight for the northeast, and this morning (here in central BC) it actually got down to -46 as of 9AM today. No school!!

RD: Ouch. I'll take my cold before your flooding any day.

[Joachim]

Well, in Canberra (Australia) today it is going to be 38...
Celsuis - or for those still in imperial thats over 100 Fahreheit http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

I guess you Far Northerners have block heaters on your cars? I have no comprehension of how cold that is or what day to day life would be like with temperatures like that. But I heard the B.C. cold mass is heading south. Portland might get some freezing rain. I hate to sound like a goul but I enjoy the freakout factor. Every news crew has to out and do a live shoot from one of the most congested or problem areas of town wich causes problems.

Over 100 degrees in Canberra? You are the shrimp on the Bar-B.

[Caduceus]

It was around 70F here today in SC http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[NarfsCompIsBack]

Got snow here, Monday, I think. Just a little, then a little more a couple days ago, I think.

[bearclaw]

-27 C this morning and about -17 most of the day. Mind you, I'm only about 4 hours away from Renegade 13.

Woke up without any hot water as my pipes froze. For those of you in warmer climates, hot water pipes ALWAYS freeze before cold. No idea why...

As for Daily life in these conditions. Stay inside, play SE4. I visited a friend of mine today who is waiting for his landlord to show up to try to fix his furnace. All he's got for heat is 2 small electric heaters. They spend their time waiting by all sitting in one room, have the heaters cranked and wear all their outdoor clothes and wait for either the landlord to get the heat fixed, or for the pipes to freeze solid, which ever comes first.

[EaX]

over here I'M MELTING!!!!!! a few days ago the temperature was 39 Celsius, i hate summer..... i can't sleep (well thanks to this i can play more time to SE, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Fyron]

EaX said:
over here I'M MELTING!!!!!! a few days ago the temperature was 39 Celsius, i hate summer..... i can't sleep (well thanks to this i can play more time to SE, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Hmm... I always thought that Z'ha'dum was rather frigid? No sunlight, quite barren.

[Phoenix-D]

bearclaw said:
Woke up without any hot water as my pipes froze. For those of you in warmer climates, hot water pipes ALWAYS freeze before cold. No idea why...




At a guess, I'd say the hot water pipes are either smaller than the cold pipes (less water = faster freezing)

[Renegade 13]

Looks like tonight is going to be even worse than Last night... It's already -42 at just before 11PM. Likely, by 8AM tomorrow, it'll be near to -50 Celcius. I've never seen it this cold, and neither has my dad who's lived here for the past 47 years. So cold, one of our cats got pneumonia, and is spending the duration of this cold snap indoors.

So cold the hairs in your nose freeze to the flesh inside your nose everytime you breathe in. You cough the first time you breathe in such cold air, and within 10 - 15 minutes you could freeze nearly to death.

On the plus side, I'm not going to school tomorrow either! Get monday off, so 5 day weekend! At least some good comes of this.... /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Canada.gif

[Fyron]

Geeze, what happened to global warming? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

[Renegade 13]

My thoughts exactly!

[Kamog]

-4°C right now in Vancouver. There's still some unmelted snow on the ground from Last week and some of the roads are very slippery. Doesn't seem so cold anymore after reading your Posts. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[EaX]

yeah, well....., i'm on earth for vacations, hehehhehe

[Renegade 13]

Looks like we've hit -47 and that's the lowest it's going to be for a while....I hope!

[rdouglass]

Phoenix-D said:

bearclaw said:
Woke up without any hot water as my pipes froze. For those of you in warmer climates, hot water pipes ALWAYS freeze before cold. No idea why...




At a guess, I'd say the hot water pipes are either smaller than the cold pipes (less water = faster freezing)



Hot water has less dissolved air/oxygen in it than cold water. That's why hot water in the ice cube trays will freeze faster than cold water.

[bearclaw]

rdouglass said:

Phoenix-D said:

bearclaw said:
Woke up without any hot water as my pipes froze. For those of you in warmer climates, hot water pipes ALWAYS freeze before cold. No idea why...




At a guess, I'd say the hot water pipes are either smaller than the cold pipes (less water = faster freezing)



Hot water has less dissolved air/oxygen in it than cold water. That's why hot water in the ice cube trays will freeze faster than cold water.



Yeah, that might be more the case as hot water pipes are the same size as cold water pipes. My understanding was that this was one of the mysteries of physics. Like why coffee stains form rings instead of a patch (althoguh that one was solved...)

[bearclaw]

Renegade, I heard that there was a resteraunt or hotel in your town that was trying to save money by cutting off the heat before Xmas and woke up to find all their pipes burst and water damaged everything. True?

[Atrocities]

We are looking at the possiblity, note I said possibility, of freezing rain or light snow by the end of this weekend.

I say possibility because our weather forcasters are about as reliable as an 89 Ford Taurus. (And brother those cars are horridly* unreliable.)

*When I say horridly, I mean so fricking horridly unreliable that I would rather walk then risk driving one of those POS. The worse car Ford ever made.

The next best weather forcaster we have is my Grandpa. He is a witch doctor and realies upon that old arcain book, the Farmers Almanac. Oh laugh if you must, but the truth be told, he is right more time than the local news weather voodoo practicer.

Right now its just kinda cold. At nights it becomes fricking cold. And if the cold front hits, it will become GD Fricking Cold. In that case, I am selling everything to migrating escamo's (sp) and moving to south america. At least i will be close to source for many raw materials needed to make medications. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Renegade 13]

bearclaw said:
Renegade, I heard that there was a resteraunt or hotel in your town that was trying to save money by cutting off the heat before Xmas and woke up to find all their pipes burst and water damaged everything. True?



I'm not sure, but knowing the establishment and owners, it's entirely possible http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Atrocities]

ROFLMAO - OMG how stupid are these people, and have they breed?

[Hunpecked]

Imperator Fyron writes:

>> Geeze, what happened to global warming?

Hey, that IS global warming! Blizzard? Global warming! Heat wave? Global warming! Flood? Global warming! Drought? Global warming! Hurricane? Global warming! Tsunami? Global warming! In fact, about the only thing global warming DOESN'T cause is mild weather! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif

[Renegade 13]

LMAO....good one Hunpecked. And so true!

On a separate note, looks like we're going to have another night below -40 here.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Kamog]

Well, according to a movie I recently saw, global warming can cause an ice age because the warming melts the polar ice caps, releasing a lot of fresh water into the ocean, which can cause the North Atlantic Current to shut down. That's the current in the ocean that brings warm water from the equator up north. I'm not sure how much of that stuff from the movie was simply made up. Yeah, I'm talking about "Day After Tomorrow".
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Captain Kwok]

Kamog said:
Well, according to a movie I recently saw, global warming can cause an ice age because the warming melts the polar ice caps, releasing a lot of fresh water into the ocean, which can cause the North Atlantic Current to shut down. That's the current in the ocean that brings warm water from the equator up north. I'm not sure how much of that stuff from the movie was simply made up. Yeah, I'm talking about "Day After Tomorrow".

The first part is possible but nowhere near that sort of time scale in the movie - which was pretty bad overall. I felt like I was pulled into a ultra-cold vortex thingy for two hours. /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif

[Phoenix-D]

The movie was crap but the concept is correct. Then in the usual Hollywood style they sped it up and made it 100 times nastier.

[TerranC]

Hunpecked said:
Tsunami? Global warming!



I can assume that volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are also caused by global warming, then?

[Hunpecked]

TerranC writes:

>> I can assume that volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are also caused by global warming, then?

Of course not, silly!

Those are BUSH's fault! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Hunpecked]

Captain Kwok writes:

>> I felt like I was pulled into a ultra-cold vortex thingy for two hours.

Actually I found "The Day After Tomorrow" VERY enjoyable; funniest show I've seen in a long time. I mean, on a computer display early in the film, they even had the Gulf Stream going the wrong way! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

And I thought I had seen every chase sequence Hollywood had to offer: people chased by cars, by explosions, by combines, by DINOSAURS, and so on. But this was the first time I've ever seen people chased by an ICE AGE! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

"Faster, turtle, faster! The glacier is gaining!"

* Image of a guy riding on a turtle away from a glacier, hitting the turtle to make it go faster.

But really, even a slug would be too fast.

[Timstone]

Hahahaha!!!! LOL!!

Humour like this on the early morning is good for me. Keep this up guys! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Great One Narf, i'm laughing too much at that, good to see you back with your username. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

*has a mental image of a sloth and a turtle pushing and fighting each other to get ahead of the creeping glacier...*

[Timstone]

Oh yeah, good one RD! I didn't saw it. Good to see your old name back again Narf. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

[Caduceus]

Narf - maybe if one was riding nanomachines...

[Kamog]

It's warmer now. All the snow has melted... and it's raining raining raining... and it's going to keep raining in Vancouver. Some parts of the city are flooded. /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif

[Renegade 13]

In an odd switch of weather, it's now -1 C and raining...so you just KNOW what the roads are like here. 2 highways have been closed, and they're talking about closing the highway I'm near. School was let out early (just after lunch), because of fear the roads would be even worse when school normally got out, and fear that the highway would be closed. School isn't looking too good for tomorrow either. Everything is ice, ice, ice everywhere.

[TurinTurambar]

It was almost 90F here today.

Turin

[Renegade 13]

Well, no school. Roads are far too icy. That means that out of the past 4 school days, I've only been able to go for .8 of one day. All due to weather.