The Climate Change Thread

[Zeedox]

I've done about -84 F (wind chill) during arctic survival. I have to say the warmth keeping ability of a igloo is phenomenal.

When I went to school in Edmonton as a teen -40 windchill was not a show stopper. Then I would move to Halifax and if it threatened -10 they'd cancel school.

 

[Zeedox]

 

[Gomez Adams]

Coldest I've ever faced was -20 on Mount McKinley. Thats not wind chill. Not sure what that was. Dumbest thing I ever did.

Coldest it's ever been here was a -10 wind chill years ago.

My wife laughs about it because in Nishny -40 was a typical winter day.

 

[Zeedox]

Power went out around 8am. Just got the generator online when they changed the restoration time.

 

[Gomez Adams]

That is some dangerous cold to be losing power in. You guys have a fireplace?

 

[Zeedox]

No fireplace. The basement had sunk to 55F. The upstairs was still 60F. The gen runs the oil furnace fine, which also produces hot water with lots of watts to spare. I didn't haul it out for the first 5hrs since restoration was supposed to be an hour later (6hrs total). Now its out til 11pm tonight. I got plenty of fuel.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Good deal.

 

[Gomez Adams]

It's 76 degrees outside right now.

In February.

 

[Zeedox]

We hit 54F this afternoon. Whole week is above average.

 

[Gomez Adams]

81 degrees today, an all time record.

 

[Zeedox]

And here we ar at 18f. Going to 12f Sat.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Yep. Half our nation is setting new snow records and the other half is having to crank up the air conditioning.

Perfectly normal.

Nothing to see here.

Move along.