Polar Vortex

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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,577
    eeriepadave said:
    Would be a cool name for band
    and someone took my idea!


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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    darwinstheory said:
    Look at the bright side: it will be a great opportunity to stay inside and get a little more practice time with the guitar. 
    This is a great idea. The problem is my fingertips are chapped and cracked from being out in the polar vortex shoveling every day...can’t win! 
  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    bbiggs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    bbiggs said:
    Malroth said:
    Drink More Stout. B)
    I'm 2 hrs east of chicago, this weeks gonna be a bear.
    I can live with that advice! ;)

    This week is gonna suck.  My biggest concern is pipes freezing or my furnace taking a dive when it’s -50 wind chills. What a joke to even say -50. Lol. Plus I have to be downtown Thursday morning in that shit. I’m not even sure taking the Metra in those temps is a great idea. 
    -50?! That is fucking insane.  Time to book a last second vacation to Florida.  
    That’s estimated wind chills but the actual temp is expected to be -25. It’s f’n insane dude. It hurts just to breathe in that shit. It actually got down to around -40 without wind chills in 2014. Hard to comprehend. I remember thinking that 0 degrees felt balmy after that day as it started to warm up. Lol 
    We’ll be putting up with the same bullshit here in the Twin Cities, except we’re getting snow in front of the cold. Possibly 12” of the stuff.  I’m super excited to get out and snowblow at 5am tomorrow.  The Dept. of Transportation here stated everyone should plan on starting their commutes at least  an hour earlier since their expecting bedlam on the roads. The northern part of Minnesota where I’m originally from had temps in the -30s and -40s this weekend, and that isn’t including the windchill.
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    ^ Absolutely brutal. We’re getting the snow tonight too. Then the cold front comes through. Gonna be a fun week! 
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,481
    I'm with you here in MN. Getting 8-12 tonight and then the mercury falls off the damn thermometer starting Tuesday morning. A high of -18 on Wednesday with it being -35 and wind chill to -54 in the morning. Fucking crazy. I work for a college and we are already planning to be closed for that day if not by early Tuesday evening. Cold like this doesn't happen often. I was wracking my brain tonight trying to make sure my house and vehicles are prepared for such cold weather, and then there's the poor chickens out in the coop with no heat and minimal insulation. Going to have to seal that thing up tight tomorrow or I'll have a flock of frozen meals.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,047
    Yeah those are dangerous temps I don’t want any part of them here on LI temps will be in the teens or single digits ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,176
    bbiggs said:
    ^ Absolutely brutal. We’re getting the snow tonight too. Then the cold front comes through. Gonna be a fun week! 
    Are you able to skate on Lake Michigan or does it not freeze over because of the waves?
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Some say subjective, inaccurate and misleading numerical expression ought to be replaced
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/windchill-temperature-better-way-1.4989897

    And the complete answer is many meteorologists have no use whatsoever for wind chill, a scientific measure of diddly and squat.

    "Wind chill is not actually measurable," said Kehler, standing in the gentle Wednesday snow outside his office on the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus.

    "There is no such thing as a wind chill sensor. It's just a formula that uses other things that we can measure, like the actual temperature and the actual wind speed."

    Give Peas A Chance…
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    Anything below 70F/21C is absolute horseshit if you ask me.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Anything below 70F/21C is absolute horseshit if you ask me.
    lol...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,767
    This "polar Vortex" thingy. 

    I was working in Iowa and personally witnessed the Mississippi river freeze over, watched it get to -10F for weeks.  Then in the summer it was 110F for weeks with 85% humidity.

    I've been to a bunch of places with extreme weather, Iraq and Alaska being two of them and I have never seen a swing like that in weather.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,994
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Anything below 70F/21C is absolute horseshit if you ask me.
    You don't enjoy 69?
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,923
    bbiggs said:
    ^ Absolutely brutal. We’re getting the snow tonight too. Then the cold front comes through. Gonna be a fun week! 

    Always nice to start your Monday morning off snowblowing the driveway!  But snow wasn't too bad actually and shockingly my wife's Metra was only delayed a few minutes.  This extreme cold coming up is going to be a real mess...
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    Poncier said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Anything below 70F/21C is absolute horseshit if you ask me.
    You don't enjoy 69?
    Couldn't even tell you the last time I saw it...
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,767
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Poncier said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Anything below 70F/21C is absolute horseshit if you ask me.
    You don't enjoy 69?
    Couldn't even tell you the last time I saw it...
    I think he meant "done it"...
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    tempo_n_groove said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Poncier said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Anything below 70F/21C is absolute horseshit if you ask me.
    You don't enjoy 69?
    Couldn't even tell you the last time I saw it...
    I think he meant "done it"...
    Same thing, different word... :bawling:
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    Indifference71 said:
    bbiggs said:
    ^ Absolutely brutal. We’re getting the snow tonight too. Then the cold front comes through. Gonna be a fun week! 

    Always nice to start your Monday morning off snowblowing the driveway!  But snow wasn't too bad actually and shockingly my wife's Metra was only delayed a few minutes.  This extreme cold coming up is going to be a real mess...
    I’m too cheap to buy a snow blower. I’ve been telling myself that I’ll keep shoveling since I’m relatively young, in decent shape, etc. The reality is I’m just a dumbass. Shoveling blows! 
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    mcgruff10 said:
    bbiggs said:
    ^ Absolutely brutal. We’re getting the snow tonight too. Then the cold front comes through. Gonna be a fun week! 
    Are you able to skate on Lake Michigan or does it not freeze over because of the waves?
    No skating on the lake unfortunately. Plenty of pond hockey going on though! 
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,176
    bbiggs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    bbiggs said:
    ^ Absolutely brutal. We’re getting the snow tonight too. Then the cold front comes through. Gonna be a fun week! 
    Are you able to skate on Lake Michigan or does it not freeze over because of the waves?
    No skating on the lake unfortunately. Plenty of pond hockey going on though! 
    Did you live in Chicago or the burbs?
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......

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