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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:22 AM
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It's -22F outside, but it doesn't really feel *that* bad.
It's amazing how much of a difference the presence or absence of wind makes. It's not windy at the moment.
I'm not cracking out my tube top and daisy dukes or anything. It has to be at least 18F before I go that far.
Brrr MN!


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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:31 AM
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1. Wind chill does make a huge difference. And really, anything under -20 all feels pretty much
the same. It was nice and warm on Sunday, wasn't it? Like, 10!
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:43 AM
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4. It was!
Are you in N. MN too?
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 12:06 PM
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8. Up the shore.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:33 AM
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2. It's 40 degrees in NW Houston and it's freaking freezing feeling.
I guess my blood has thinned out rather quickly.
On the plus side, it's 6 degrees in my old neighborhood.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:44 AM
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5. I want to come visit you!
x(

40 is shorts weather for at least 15 percent of the population here.
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 04:39 PM
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14. 49 in Seattle
Not bad for a city farther north than Fargo, huh?

Good thing too. We don't deal with snow here well at all.
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:55 AM
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7. 40 degrees + our SE Tx humidity + we're Texans & hate the cold = BRRRRRR!
And it's going to be around 30 tonight...
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:42 AM
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3. It's not the cold, it's the timidity.......n/t
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:47 AM
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6. Here in Saint Paul, it's -15.
I'm going to wait until it warms up to -5 before I go out and blow yesterday's snow off the driveway. It'll be balmy, for sure. Let me count the layers of clothing....
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 12:14 PM
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9. I would probably die there
do you ever have a hard time breathing in that weather? It seems that the air would be awfully chilly on the lungs.

We have the opposite problem in that we haven't had rain in a while and will probably be expriencing a big drought this year. It's the warmest January on record. Not a good thing, imo. sigh.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 12:55 PM
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10. I actually considered wearing a hat this morning.
But it wasn't really all that far below zero, and when I got to work and was walking through the parking lot, nobody else was wearing one, so I'd have felt like a dork if I had.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 04:41 PM
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15. I've said it once and I'll say it again...
you Minnesotans are WEIRD....:scared:
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 02:04 PM
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11. Well, the driveway and sidewalk
are cleared, now. I only waited until it got to -10 degrees, since my wife needed to go over to her mom's with the car. Not too bad, really. No wind, and I had my lumberjack hat with the flaps pulled down and tied over my ears.

That, and the big -30 degree Lands End parka did the trick, along with the flannel lined jeans and the big waterproof snow boots. The only things that got cold were my fingers, and five minutes back in the house fixed that.

So, cold be damned! Bring it on!
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 02:58 PM
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12. Tomorrow is supposed to be really cold where I am.
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 03:08 PM
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13. Makes me laugh every year. Right about this time I start thinking, dang 10 degrees feels pretty good
and 30 starts feeling like a heatwave. We don't have it quite as bad as you yet, we're at 8 degrees outside, but everything you have is coming my way. Grrrr.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 06:47 PM
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16. Supposed to hit the 30s this weekend!
Since it's -9/ -27 wind chill right now thirty will seem like summer! :scared:
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 06:49 PM
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17. I couldn't handle it.
I've gotten so used to heat that 55 degrees feels cold.



BTW.... it's 73 here right now. :hi:
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