Bitterly cold is what people call it

[yellowperil]

It's about -19 C with windchill factor at around -30 C. Miserably cold. These are a few pics of my next to last vessel (my wife says). One more in March and then I think I'll call it over.




This winter's winter beater,

You'll notice the portside cranes are not positioned correctly. What I mean is the ship
should have been brought in stern first which would have put the cranes on near side to the pier. Pilot was't able to bring the ship in that way, so makes it very slow for us because the cranemen cannot see where things are located on the pier, so we need more men as spotters and such because the cranes are too far from the action.

[Bill Douglas]

You're a better man than I am. I start whining like a little girl if it ever drops as far as + 8 C.

[Crowbob]

Around here that's just chilly. How cold is -19C in real temperature?

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by crowbob

around here that's just chilly. How cold is -19c in real temperature?

-2f

[HardDrive]

That is cold. I hunt, and have my own scale where the discomfort factor makes whatever you are doing no fun. Below 15 F is about the limit, way higher in wind.

[wdfifteen]

It's 20F heading down to 11F later tonight and it's windy. It ain't a fit night out for man nor beast.

[Cajundaddy]

Anything below -20C/0F just hurts. We have spent some time in the Sierras with those temps and everything wants to freeze up solid.

[slow&rusty]

I paid my dues in Montreal, Ottawa and Ontario...no more for me.

[oldE]

Bitterly cold is what people call it.

I think one of the previously popular terms was something to do about the temperature relative to the mammary gland of an occult lady.

We had that temp around here (we're about 100 miles south of Yellowperil as the gull flies) and when the wind died down, the river froze over within an hour or so.

The forecast claims we will see a high just above the melting point by this afternoon. I'm not holding my breath. In the meanwhile, there's no trouble getting the horses back into the barn.
Could be worse. We could be in St. Johns Newfoundland with no shovel.Keep warm, Dennis!

Best
Les

[yellowperil]

Thanks Les! Hope this is not the start of "snow every day" for 2 months like 2015.

Guess it could always be worse.

[URY914]

Going to be 70 today. Sorry.

[stevej37]

15F and windy here this am. At least the wind took some of the moisture out of the snow making it easy for the snowthrower.
I don't mind this kind of weather now...everyday we get more daylight, makes it feel like spring is getting close.

[Crowbob]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

-2f

Why don’t they just say so, then?

-2F. Phhht. Balmy. Sweater weather, maybe.

[Crowbob]

[flatbutt]

a long time ago I was in the habit of winter back packing in the Adirondacks. One memorable trip saw the temp go to -20 overnight. Fortunately I had the proper equipment. Funny thing about equipment ratings is while my sleeping bag was rated to -40F, they don't tell you the rating is really about "survival" not "comfort". But if I'm stupid enough to be out there at -20 I shouldn't expect to be comfortable.

[speeder]

I grew up in that weather, (and a lot colder, actually). I don't know how anyone can do it past a certain age, it's really miserable.

[Jeff Higgins]

The coldest place I have ever been is Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. We were originally scheduled to be there in January but, thank God, we got delayed a month. It was dipping down to almost -20 F at night, and "warming up" to 10 F when we first arrived. In the little over a month we were there, night time lows rose above zero, and daytime highs approached the mid 20's most of the time.

Why anyone lives there is beyond me. I live in the Pacific Northwest. Settlers stopped here when they saw green, verdant valleys and a good climate in which they could farm and make a go of it. The fact that they ran into another ocean was incentive to stop as well.

Ulaanbaatar has none of that. It's nowhere near an ocean that would have stopped them either. So I asked one of the engineers I was working with, a young man who had left to get his education in the U.K., and had returned. I asked him who the dumb SOB was who first stopped there and thought "this is everything I've been looking for...".

He said it didn't quite go like that. It was more a case of Ulaanbaatar was more or less where the Chinese (and others) finally got too damn cold to keep chasing them, and had the good sense to turn around. Then they built that damn wall to make sure they never came back.

So, yeah, we missed the worst - it can hit -30 to -40 F there in January. And this is a big city - 1.3 million of 'em. How a big city continues to function at those temperatures escapes me. I'm glad I didn't have to find out.

Here I am at the Chingus Kahn Memorial on a bluebird 20 degree day:

[Crowbob]

-40F. Now your talkin’ a little bit nippy. I was in the UP and it was -30F and a little breezy at 40 Knots from the North.

Let me tell you a hooha would freeze over in such insulting weather. I actually feared for my life just trekking 40 feet to the car. No exaggeration.

Well, ok. Maybe it was really only 35 feet.

[oldE]

Originally Posted by URY914

Going to be 70 today. Sorry.

Don't feel sorry. I haven't seen a mosquito in months.

We saw a little freezing rain this afternoon. Later this week we are supposed to see temps above freezing for a few days.
I just keep in mind the cold weather is needed so the maple trees make lots of sap.
Maple syrup season in two months.

Best
Les

[URY914]

Originally Posted by oldE

Don't feel sorry. I haven't seen a mosquito in months.

Best
Les

Neither have I. It will be dropping to 37 tonight.