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Sunday, January 27. 2013

Maine still waiting for global warming

He's complaining about 10 below zero (F). That's -23 C.


Heck, Mrs. BD and I have skiied at 10 below. Definitely brisk and exhilarating. I recall that I had a big old Ford Bronco at the time, and it was not too eager to get running but it did after coughing a bit. The skiing was just fine (short lift lines) but the chair lift, in the wind, was brutal. That was Vermont.

Posted by Bird Dog at 11:43 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Try -40 F for brisk. And don't drop your watch, the plastic face will shatter.
#1 chuck on 2013-01-27 13:14 (Reply)
RE: Minus negative temps. I don't care for them. Too nose searing. However after living 20 years on the US Gulf Coast I'll take 2 weeks of minus negative over 6 months of human body temperature with sauna humidity. Up "Nort" where I live now I can be out side every day and it's quite pleasant. If it's in the 20's I can be out in a T-shirt plus a sweat shirt with a good hat and boots as long as I'm active. Can't take enough clothes off in the USGC heat to get comfortable for 6-9 months of the year.

We do have an engine block heater for each car, but haven't bothered with it this year. -4F is warm enough.
#2 Karen on 2013-01-27 13:21 (Reply)
I was one admonished by a NWS forecaster in Honolulu when I commented in Tennessee we had upward of 90% humidity. He said it was impossible because the ocean would moderate it. I replied, I don't know what it is on the coast but by the time that hot air blew across all those trees in Alabama, it was 90% by the time it got to Tennessee.

I was in Seattle once when they had 80 degrees. People were complaining about the humidity. I said "What humidity? Until the air you inhale feels like a hot beer pouring down your throat, you don't have humidity to speak about."
#2.1 JKB on 2013-01-27 15:57 (Reply)
Impossible eh? Bet that same person has a great command of the "facts" around global warming.

So by inference then rain, dew and fog would be impossible. Thanks for the good laugh.
#2.1.1 Karen on 2013-01-28 17:57 (Reply)
Engine block heater.
I owned a Diesel Mercedes in MIlwaukee. Parking at the hospital was uncovered. This simple plug worked beautfully and draws as much electricity as a light bulb.

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#3 ns on 2013-01-27 13:22 (Reply)
Just discovered Musher's Secret for dog tootsies. Helps protect their paws when the ground is minus negative.
#4 Karen on 2013-01-27 13:25 (Reply)
In Fairbanks, AK, the kids went outside for recess until the temp dropped below -20. Living now in Fl, +20 seems almost unbearable. I drove a few times at -45 or so on tires with flat spots from not flexing until they warmed up a bit. It's interesting putting the car in gear, and wondering when and if it'll move. Everyone should experience true cold weather (and the Mojave Desert in summertime) at least once.
#5 Mark on 2013-01-28 20:47 (Reply)

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