16 degrees right now. It took nearly an hour for me to shovel out a place to stand so I could cook steaks on the grill. It's funny how that thermometer on the grill becomes relatively meaningless when it's that cold.
Central/Northern Maryland aka Westminster, Carroll County. Eight degrees, with a windchill of negative one. Freakin a, and we were in the sixties just a week ago. Our weather in this state is crazy.
21F here in Chicago right now, last week the temp barely got above 5F, and it looks like it will be the same for next week. But the upside is that after a week of 5F, 21 feels downright balmy.
My girlfriend just came back from southern CA, and she is hating it here in Chicago. She got back this afternoon and did very little else but complain about the weather sucking majorly here in Chi-town. I don't blame her though, the weather does suck majorly in Chicago.
-31C (-23F) again in Ottawa last night as well. I think that I am again the winner of this dismal contest. Ottawa is the second coldest capital city in the world, after Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
At least this means the ice on the Rideau Canal will finally be thick enough to allow skating (it has been a warm winter until now, so they have not been able to open the Canal for officially permitted skating). Kilometer after kilometer of ice before me on moonlit nights - now that is some compensation for living here.
-31C (-23F) again in Ottawa last night as well. I think that I am again the winner of this dismal contest. Ottawa is the second coldest capital city in the world, after Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
At least this means the ice on the Rideau Canal will finally be thick enough to allow skating (it has been a warm winter until now, so they have not been able to open the Canal for officially permitted skating). Kilometer after kilometer of ice before me on moonlit nights - now that is some compensation for living here.
Hi Chinney - Wow, I guess that would be an incredible experience - to skate down a river on a moonlit night. Such a thing never even crossed my mind. And you would stay warm because of all the exercise. It must be beautiful to see the moon shining on the ice.
Hi Chinney - Wow, I guess that would be an incredible experience - to skate down a river on a moonlit night. Such a thing never even crossed my mind. And you would stay warm because of all the exercise. It must be beautiful to see the moon shining on the ice.
There's a beautiful part in Annie Dillard's "An American Childhood" that describes one of her neighbors skating down a frozen street through the lighted circles of the streetlights. That's exactly what popped into my head when Chinney wrote that.
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Jeff
Originally posted by cooop
That leaves southern Arizona, southern Florida, or Hawaii. Hmmm... I'm guessing Arizona since it's early evening...
I'm guessing Brownsville, TX.
edit: added degree and units
Originally posted by MajorMatt
50 miles north of Boston
3º currently
-7º tonight
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!!!
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I move back to boston in 2 days!!
so cold.
(I'm a southern californian)
Originally posted by Wrong Robot
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I move back to boston in 2 days!!
so cold.
(I'm a southern californian)
My girlfriend just came back from southern CA, and she is hating it here in Chicago. She got back this afternoon and did very little else but complain about the weather sucking majorly here in Chi-town. I don't blame her though, the weather does suck majorly in Chicago.
Originally posted by iBrowse
It's so cold my car made 2 minutes worth of funny noises instead of starting.
You've got Sienfeld in your boot ?
BBC Weather website:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0008
During the christmas/New Year preiod in Cambridge, East Anglia, it was often rain but was really cold.
But I don't mind about that becuase the weather is natural.
Funky
Originally posted by Wrong Robot
!!!!
!!!
!!!!
I move back to boston in 2 days!!
so cold.
(I'm a southern californian)
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Originally posted by Aquafire
You've got Sienfeld in your boot ?
Huh? I don't get it. It really is that cold here.
Originally posted by iBrowse
Huh? I don't get it. It really is that cold here.
When you said your car was making funny noises, he replied that maybe Seinfeld was in the trunk, doing stand-up comedy. It was a joke.
I think 'boot' means trunk, and that 'bonnet' means hood, in British/Australian English.
(Pardon me for intruding.)
At least this means the ice on the Rideau Canal will finally be thick enough to allow skating (it has been a warm winter until now, so they have not been able to open the Canal for officially permitted skating). Kilometer after kilometer of ice before me on moonlit nights - now that is some compensation for living here.
Originally posted by Chinney
-31C (-23F) again in Ottawa last night as well. I think that I am again the winner of this dismal contest. Ottawa is the second coldest capital city in the world, after Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
At least this means the ice on the Rideau Canal will finally be thick enough to allow skating (it has been a warm winter until now, so they have not been able to open the Canal for officially permitted skating). Kilometer after kilometer of ice before me on moonlit nights - now that is some compensation for living here.
Hi Chinney - Wow, I guess that would be an incredible experience - to skate down a river on a moonlit night. Such a thing never even crossed my mind. And you would stay warm because of all the exercise. It must be beautiful to see the moon shining on the ice.
Originally posted by Carol A
Hi Chinney - Wow, I guess that would be an incredible experience - to skate down a river on a moonlit night. Such a thing never even crossed my mind. And you would stay warm because of all the exercise. It must be beautiful to see the moon shining on the ice.
There's a beautiful part in Annie Dillard's "An American Childhood" that describes one of her neighbors skating down a frozen street through the lighted circles of the streetlights. That's exactly what popped into my head when Chinney wrote that.
Cheers
Scott