You know its COLD when

[Mari333]

an ICE RINK CLOSES because of cold weather

http://www.wwmt.com/articles/portage_1357978___article.html/ice_rink.html

how cold is it where you are?

[valerief]

1. 3 with a low of -4. Brr. nt

[LeftyMom]

2. High of 62 today.

Brr.

[Mari333]

3. !

:P

[Posteritatis]

59. That had better be Kelvin (nt)

[Jackpine Radical]

4. I don't know for sure how cold it is here. I had to use a blowtorch

to thaw out the thermometer before I could read it.

[HereSince1628]

5. Skates don't run well in subzero temps.

I learned that once when I was 10 years old and one of my buddy's parents, tired of my buddy underfoot in the house, dropped us at an skating rink on a park lagoon about a mile and a half from home. She promised to come back in a couple of hours. We concluded skates don't glide at -15 in short order. The walk home was cold.

[Muttocracy]

17. huh - skates actually melt the ice as they move, don't they?

from pressure or friction or something? maybe when it's that cold it refreezes too fast!

[TahitiNut]

22. Only under people my size.

:dunce:

[Muttocracy]

26. no, for real:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_skating#How_it_works

[HereSince1628]

29. Yes, that's true and it's why when its really cold they don't glide.

50 years ago every kid in the upper midwest knew that.

Now REALLY cold is when the processor in a kid's MP3 player becomes superconductive!

[madrchsod]

6. 18 below now..29 below this morning

it may get colder than 29 below tomorrow morning. it`s cold in the "heart of the rock river valley"

[Muttocracy]

14. gah! that's really painful cold. nt

[Martin Eden]

7. Never got above zero today ...

... in the western suburbs of Chicago.

I returned Monday night from a softball tournament in Florida, and the next morning I was shoveling snow in the bitter cold. It's a big country.

[Mari333]

8. I am listening to the state police radio calls and

here in MI, its car after car in the ditch. we are being hit with lake effect snow on top of the cold and its blowing and drifting.
anyone on the roads tonight has to be crazy.

[Fire1]

23. Where in the state are you? Cause I don't see snow.

[Mari333]

31. SW MICHIGAN. right by the lake. lake effect. nt

[Fire1]

33. Oh! I'm SE. I kept looking out of the window!! It IS cold, though!

[knitter4democracy]

44. You're getting it worse than we are.

You wouldn't think Battle Creek would be far enough in, but it is. My mom, north of Plainwell, is buried in the snow. We're heading up there tomorrow after everything settles down.

[trashcanistanista]

9. I had to switch from shorts to jeans around

4:00PM after sunbathing on my deck. It was around 69 this afternoon and now is down to about 59. Colfax, California!

[Mari333]

11. grrrrrr

:)

[Muttocracy]

10. -5oF right now

had to go from walking to running my dogs (not a good idea 'cause I'm nursing a foot injury) because my fingers started to go numb.

[Mari333]

16. hahaha and my dog pooped so fast today

the minute his little * felt that cold wind hit it, he pooped faster then i have ever seen him poop. and then he came in and hid under the bed.

[Muttocracy]

18. mine never get too cold, unless they get iceballs stuck in their paws. nt

[NNN0LHI]

12. -15 now and its really rough on the dogs when they go outside

Rough on me when I take them too.

Don

[polly7]

13. Nice here today! -23 C. It's been nearly -50 with the wind chill for the last two days. n/t

[TahitiNut]

25. No wonder your geese are down here committing suicide.

:dunce:

[Spazito]

28. LOL!

:rofl:

[polly7]

57. LOL Too true. nt.

[Inspired]

15. After waking up to -18, it got all the way to -5. Now it's -9.

[alittlelark]

19. High of 72 today.

sorry.

[TahitiNut]

20. 9° and going down to -4° tonight (I hate cold. I hate snow.)

:grr: :scared: :grr:

[Mari333]

36. me too.

[TahitiNut]

37. That's a serious case of 'lake effect' ya gots there.

Yechh. Water shouldn't be solid. It should be blue and washing up on a sand beach.

[demosincebirth]

21. Burning up out west.... 74 here in the Bay Area

[TahitiNut]

27. When the temps are the same in Phoenix and Monterey, ya gotta know sumpin's screwy.

I sure wish I were in Monterey ... maybe scuba diving at the Breakwater. :cry:

[demosincebirth]

30. Thinking of going to the aguarium this weekend

[TahitiNut]

39. I totally love that place. Say 'hi' to the jellies for me.

I loved sitting and feeling mellow watching the jellies. (sigh)

[Condem]

24. Currently 17 below. Going down to 25 below.

This shit is nasty.

[Mari333]

32. this is what my mom calls an old fashioned winter nt

[Condem]

34. Something very beautiful about the blue light at dusk, Mari.

It's all relative. When it's 20 above, I'll be wearing short sleeves.

[Mari333]

35. true true

maybe we will see some ice circles....

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. We are in the seventies, summer in the middle of winter

don't worry, the local morons who are enjoying this weather will be screaming bloody murder when they get their water rationed in the summer

[Kat45]

40. I can do you one better: Some ski lodges closed in New England.

They said it would be dangerous for people if a ski lift broke down and people were stuck outdoors int that cold. I saw it on the news tonight, but I didn't catch if they were in NH or VT.

[Mari333]

41. thats cold thats damned cold

ski lodges and ice rinks...man, its cold when they close down.
its warmer in moscow then it is in michigan. i looked it up today.

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. 46. But it was a high of 67 today.

I'll take it over what the rest of my family is dealing with.

[pengillian101]

43. Here in northern MN...

It's winter in Minnesota, and the gentle breezes blow, 70 miles an hour at 25 below.

Oh, how I love Minnesota, when the snow's up to your butt, You take a breath of winter and your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful, so I guess I'll hang around. I could never leave Minnesota 'cause I'm frozen to the ground!!

[Mari333]

45. brilliant!

'IT AINT A FIT NIGHT OUT FOR MAN NOR BEAST'


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgpHfQpYxl4

[Hardrada]

46. LOL! Always loved that bit.

[pengillian101]

61. Winter in Minnesota without power.

Just had the power turned back on after hours of no power. That's a relief. Last winter the heat was off for 9 hours in sub-zero weather. Our main heat is a propane furnace that needs electricity. Our back-up heat is electric baseboard. Our back-up back-up is a fancy woodstove in the basement that would heat the whole place if we still used firewood. We don't anymore.

Response tonight: 3-1/2 hours. Barely a chill indoors. Candles and flashlights were handy this time :-)

[Fearless]

47. -4 here NOW! Yuck.

[Hekate]

48. It felt like the low 80s today, very dry. It'll get down to 41 tonight. ...

The house is pretty chilly right now, because SoCal homes weren't big on insulation when this one was built 40 years ago, and it also has two sliding glass doors and a couple of skylights.

How we suffer here on the Central Coast. :cry:

Hekate

[sweetroxie]

49. -2 degrees just west of Boston

[Lugnut]

50. It's 4 here.

It's supposed to be below zero in the AM in the beautiful Pocono Mountains of NE PA.

[Blue_In_AK]

51. After almost two weeks below zero here in Anchorage,

it is now 39 degrees at 8:43 p.m. We got a Chinook wind a couple of days ago, and the temperatures went from -30 to 45 above in about 36 hours.

During our cold snap, most of the national cross-country ski races being held here had to be cancelled because the temperature wouldn't get above -4 which was their cutoff.

[alfredo]

52. Naw, it's cold when your dog freezes to a fire hydrant.

[Seldona]

53. -40s here with windchill.

They closed schools today and called them tomorrow this afternoon already. I have to admit though I love snow and/or cold days. We watched movies and drank hotchocolate all afternoon. Cool to have an extra day with the kids.

[pengillian101]

55. Menomonie, WI

Heya pal from my old stomping grounds. Stay warm!

Days are getting longer, already. Spring really will come!

[Seldona]

62. Cool!

Go to the U here? Love this litte town. Moved back here to raise my kids. Love not having to lock my doors.

Great to meet you!

[pengillian101]

63. Go to the U here?

No, but I lived nearby when I was young and - Menomonie was our party town. :toast:

Lots of fun memories.

[Stellabella]

54. -17 F, with windchill, -40.

Brr.

[Oldtimeralso]

56. You know its COLD when

In Illinois Gov. Rod had his hands in his own pocket, -17 now 22 miles from downtown Chicago. By the way the ice rinks here are closed.

[Dukkha]

58. my curtains froze to my windows!

stuck to the glass and had to be peeled off. freezer ice on the inside.

[orleans]

60. chicago park district closed their outdoor ice rinks too

the Chicago Park District closed its outdoor ice rinks for the day as a safety precaution, with promises of free skating on Friday.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-winterweather,0,1614475.story

i can't believe how cold it is here--we're at twenty below temp with a wind chill at nearly forty below!

not good.