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Wolfpack · 01-15-2009, 09:22 PM

Got a weather station as a Christmas present and have been putting it to use watching the temps fall today. We're down to 24 on the back porch and had a stretch from about 5-6:30 PM today where the temps were falling at about four degrees an hour. For North Carolina, it's cold, but obviously not that cold compared to much of the country right now. Still forecasting single digits possibly tomorrow night which will be easily the coldest night since we've moved back to North Carolina over a year ago (but isn't close to the coldest I've ever experienced, as there were a few sub-zero nights when we lived in Ann Arbor).

Buccaneer · 01-15-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

cold is fun!!

as long as you're properly equipped there's nothing like a nice brrrrr-cold day. I'd much rather walk home from the train when it's single-digits and feel the cold stillness of a winter's night then be huffing and sweating my way home in 95-degree summer heat

that being said - i wouldn't want to be caught outside without winter-gear at this time of year...but when you live in a cold place you just know to always be prepared

Yep. I love the cold because you can do whatever it takes to get warm (I learned that from skiing) but it's hard to do something similar to get cool (only so much you can take off). Living in a house with central heat in the cold of winter is so much better than living without AC in the heat of summer. Even at work, the building is more comfortable in winter than in the summer with the AC going.

Chief Rum · 01-15-2009, 09:33 PM

BRRRRRRRRRRRRR......

(Maybe I oughtta turn down the A/C)

PackerFanatic · 01-16-2009, 09:55 AM

A balmy -38 wind chill out there again today. And 3 - 6 inches of snow in the forecast for tomorrow!

Oh how I love Wisconsin.

flere-imsaho · 01-16-2009, 11:34 AM

-11 in Chicago at 8:30 AM when I started the car (go 1999 Toyota go!). Prior to wind chill.

Also, the outlet pipe from my sump pump froze last night (noticed that the pump wasn't shutting off), so crawled down there (into the crawlspace lol) and shut it off. Hopefully it'll thaw sometime next week.

Edit: Speaking of which, does anyone know where I could go, in general, to get hay bales? I think I'd like to, next year, cover the little bit of the outlet pipe exposed to the air, so that it's somewhat less likely to freeze.

JPhillips · 01-16-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

-11 in Chicago at 8:30 AM when I started the car (go 1999 Toyota go!). Prior to wind chill.

Also, the outlet pipe from my sump pump froze last night (noticed that the pump wasn't shutting off), so crawled down there (into the crawlspace lol) and shut it off. Hopefully it'll thaw sometime next week.

Edit: Speaking of which, does anyone know where I could go, in general, to get hay bales? I think I'd like to, next year, cover the little bit of the outlet pipe exposed to the air, so that it's somewhat less likely to freeze.

A farm?

Butter · 01-16-2009, 12:00 PM

I was thinking "an unguarded field", but yeah.

flere-imsaho · 01-16-2009, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips

A farm?

Yeah, but I'd prefer not to have to drive randomly out into the countryside looking for a farmer who wants to sell hay bales. Though that might be what I have to do....

FrogMan · 01-16-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Yeah, but I'd prefer not to have to drive randomly out into the countryside looking for a farmer who wants to sell hay bales. Though that might be what I have to do....

many hardware stores sell some smaller ones around Halloween time around here...

FM

CleBrownsfan · 01-16-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

-11 in Chicago at 8:30 AM when I started the car (go 1999 Toyota go!). Prior to wind chill.

That's where we were at this morning in Cleveland... -11 with a -30 wc..now it's up to 2

Surtt · 01-17-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Surtt

35 beleow here. (without any windchill)

It is 21 above today, a 56 degree difference in 2 days.

MizzouRah · 01-17-2009, 05:27 PM

Yeah.. 40 degrees today feels wonderful.

Wolfpack · 01-17-2009, 07:20 PM

Managed to fall to 10 in my neck of the woods last night and then rebounded to just above freezing today. What was interesting about last night was when I went to the Costco about 6 PM to tank up, I was perfectly fine, temps were about 30 and I didn't feel cold or anything. Went inside Costco to pick up some groceries and then came back out to temps that hadn't fallen much, but I think there was a slight breeze at that point. That wind was just enough to make everything that was exposed sting. I didn't detect a breeze, but when I got home, the temp history only recorded a couple of degrees difference at the most between the time I went in and the time I left, so there must have been something blowing about because it was much worse coming out than going in.

01-15-2009, 09:33 PM	#53
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01-16-2009, 11:34 AM	#55
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	-11 in Chicago at 8:30 AM when I started the car (go 1999 Toyota go!). Prior to wind chill. Also, the outlet pipe from my sump pump froze last night (noticed that the pump wasn't shutting off), so crawled down there (into the crawlspace lol) and shut it off. Hopefully it'll thaw sometime next week. Edit: Speaking of which, does anyone know where I could go, in general, to get hay bales? I think I'd like to, next year, cover the little bit of the outlet pipe exposed to the air, so that it's somewhat less likely to freeze. Last edited by flere-imsaho : 01-16-2009 at 11:35 AM.

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Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	I was thinking "an unguarded field", but yeah. __________________ My listening habits

01-17-2009, 05:27 PM	#62
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Yeah.. 40 degrees today feels wonderful.

01-17-2009, 07:20 PM	#63
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	Managed to fall to 10 in my neck of the woods last night and then rebounded to just above freezing today. What was interesting about last night was when I went to the Costco about 6 PM to tank up, I was perfectly fine, temps were about 30 and I didn't feel cold or anything. Went inside Costco to pick up some groceries and then came back out to temps that hadn't fallen much, but I think there was a slight breeze at that point. That wind was just enough to make everything that was exposed sting. I didn't detect a breeze, but when I got home, the temp history only recorded a couple of degrees difference at the most between the time I went in and the time I left, so there must have been something blowing about because it was much worse coming out than going in.

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