How cold is it?

[diabeticman]

I was suppose to be at work tonight But the car wouldn't start. Left my insulated bag that holds my insulin in the car by accident went down to get it an hour later and it is frozen solid.

Never had that happen before. I have left my kit in the car on cold night BUT never had it freeze like that.



Stay warm. Please, take care of your pets.

[Epiphany4z]

1. yep it's cold, it is at least

-10 hear in NE Ohio. One of my pipes froze. Been in this house 7 yrs never had a problem before. We got lucky we found it before morning. I was headed to bed. We thawed it out with the hair dryer It must have just frozen because it only took about 5 min. Phew just so glad we found it when we did.

[diabeticman]

4. Glad you found it early too.

[longship]

2. -5F here in west rural Michigan.

Actually, not bad for this time of the year here. I've seen it as low as -20F in years past. Normally this is a week or two of very cold weather. But this year is an outlier already. Not just the temps -- they aren't outliers. What sets this year aside is how early and how much snow has fallen here.

That puts the cold snap we're experiencing into perspective. Plus, the extent of the cold, into regions not used to these conditions, speaks volumes. This is not a normal winter, although many who have lived here for years may merely shrug about it.

I don't shrug because it has a profound effect on me, and my neighbors here in the woods. Winters are hard here. And hard winters here are ever so much more difficult. I fear that this one is going to be very tough.

Keep warm, northern DUers.

[spanone]

3. at 10:54 pm it is 3 degrees in nashville tn. stay warm too!!!

[sheshe2]

29. 3 degrees in nashville!??!?

no climate change here, move along. nothing to see...

wow, boston is a balmy 27.... heat wave for us.

stay warm yourself, spanone!

[spanone]

52. you too sheshe2 !!!!!

[Lil Missy]

5. I'm farting snowflakes.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. 32 degrees F here in Houston (which is c-c-c-cold for us)

It will be 70 by Thursday. Stay warm my friends up North.

[LeftyMom]

7. 51.

[lastlib]

8. It is so cold here that on a downtown street.....

...I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets!

...I saw a teenager with his pants pulled up to his waist.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

12. Are you going to be here all week? n/t

[Aerows]

23. I saw hookers charging $20 to

blow on your hands.

[countryjake]

24. Heh heh...now I know that's a Letterman monologue joke...

I was gonna ask if the others were, too, cause they certainly sounded familiar.

[lastlib]

53. (just until I get thawed out enough to move on.)....

Why do you ask?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

56. Why do I ask?

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1550739

DeuxExpats


There's an expression in English that I find quite funny, and I'm wondering if there's an equivalent in French.

"I'll be here all week."

If someone makes a funny joke that gets a laugh, he might follow it up with "Thanks, I'll be here all week."

This imaginatively places the speaker in the role of a comedian who is doing stand-up comedy in a club for the rest of the week. It's another joke that one adds on, and it's an admission of self-consciousness about telling jokes in the first place.

[countryjake]

33. So cold you saw a squirrel salting his nuts?

[lillypaddle]

48. Don't you mean

covering his nuts?

[frazzled]

9. -11 (wind chill -30) in Chicago

But I'm cozy inside. (Didn't go out all day.)

[Demisall]

10. 15.3 °F

Less than a month ago when we never heard about how cold it is it was 20 below zero here in Montana.

[Agschmid]

11. Montana is often quite cold no?

[Demisall]

14. Yeah,

we don't get the snow storms the northeast gets where I'm from but we do get the cold temps.

[NutmegYankee]

18. Yeah. The west has that dry cold air.

The northeast gets so much attention because you have these storms that combine warm Gulf of Mexico air masses with frigid cold coming down with spectacular results. The West can have it on mountains given the rising air, but it's more local. That and the Northeast is heavily populated.

[Demisall]

21. Yeah, there isn't much humidity out here

Which I do like. Big difference from New England. When I travel to New England it looks like a rain forest with all the growth.

[NutmegYankee]

25. Given my naval oriented profession, i'll always need to work near water

But I absolutely find the West gorgeous. I was hiking southern Utah last winter and was just in awe.

Definitely a place to consider for retirement some day.

[Demisall]

30. Yeah,

I've been to Yellowstone Park since 2001, and can't get over the beauty. One time I saw a man attacked by a bison while he was crossing over a bridge. I had my camera in hand and missed taking a photo of that. But the guy was mistaken the bison from hurting him. Hard to explain.

[Demisall]

15. There's snow on the ground right now, but it's only a couple inches

Which is all we ever get. I'm used to a foot of snow or more being from Cambridge Mass which I never see here in Butte. Quick and easy housing (section 8) brought me here. From where my family lives in Pokey Idaho.

[aikoaiko]

13. 25 in savannah, ga

Brrr

[FedUpWithIt All]

16. I'm on Lake Erie and we're at -11 with -38 wind chill.

It is COLD.

[Demisall]

19. That must hurt

In Montana there isn't much wind, luckily.

[FedUpWithIt All]

20. It is painful if you step outside for a few minutes.

It also burns to touch the handle of the screen door. Wild weather. Still waiting to see what kind of snow we'll be getting before wed as we're in a lake affect area.

[Demisall]

26. I don't step outside much

Unless I know I'm staying warm with enough clothing. Or if I need to make a beer run.

[countryjake]

17. 40 degrees here in the balmy Pacific Northwest...

You all have my utmost sympathy back there where it's so freezing cold.

I'm worried that so many may not find proper shelter during this awful weather.

[madokie]

22. 3 degrees a few moments ago

back up to 6 now.
35 miles east of tulsa ok.

[awoke_in_2003]

27. 22 degrees in Fort Worth...

Being a buckeye, it doesn't other me much. My wife, on the other hand...

[SamKnause]

28. Cold

-7 degrees F here in Seaman, Ohio.

Wind chill -27 degrees F.

Location; 60 miles east of Cincinnati, Ohio.

[immoderate]

31. 54 here in Fort Lauderdale

Meh. It's been colder.

--imm

[Buns_of_Fire]

36. I remember one winter (late 70s) when it actually snowed there.

It melted before it hit the ground, but it did, it really did!

I also remember spending a lot of time sitting in front of an open oven for heat that winter (central heating? who needs central heating or a reverse-cycle air conditioner in south Florida?).

[Lasher]

40. I was in Dallas once when it snowed.

I think that was in December 2000. People went nuts. I'm used to driving here in WV on slippery roads but most folks there needed some practice.

[Buns_of_Fire]

43. My first driving experience in the snow was in Omaha one winter.

Never having driven in the snow before, I needed more than just a little practice. Thankfully, the folks in Omaha were kind enough to give me a wide berth (I imagine they saw the Georgia tags on the car), so I didn't do too much damage the first time I slid across three lanes the first time I made a left turn.

[Behind the Aegis]

32. -1 in NE OK

My puppies refuse to go outside to piddle, thankfully they are mainly paper-trained.

[putitinD]

34. Detroit: -13 -37 wind chill @2am

[MFM008]

35. 39 degrees and rain

usual Washington winter....

[Buns_of_Fire]

37. -2 (-20 wind chill) in SW Virginia.

While I sit here in my drafty little hovel wearing long johns, two undershirts, a flannel shirt, a hoodie, and a winter coat.

I imagine I'll forget this in six months or so when I'll be sitting here complaining how hot it is.

[Lasher]

38. 3 below zero F in Charleston, WV

Wind chill 19 below.

[Glitterati]

39. 7:00 AM NE Georgia 2.5 degrees air temp.

It's cold out there!

[Buns_of_Fire]

41. It just hit -4 in SW Virginia at 7 AM (-22 wind chill).

Thankfully, sunrise is in about a half-hour, so we should start warming up to a sizzling 16 today. I just opened the front door to greet the morning rays, but couldn't really see them because of the glaze of ice on the inside of the storm door. So I retreated back inside, where it's a balmy 48.

This sucks, needless to say.

[madrchsod]

42. no big deal...9 below this morning

if you live in the northern parts that`s not bad.

[cordelia]

44. 6 at Atlanta airport

[octoberlib]

45. 7F in Charlotte , NC NT

[get the red out]

46. -5 in Lexington, Kentucky

My dog whined at me for not taking her on our usual hour-long walk. Sorry about your luck, girl, frost-bitten paws aren't a good thing.

[hobbit709]

47. Got down to 15° here in Austin this morning.

A new record at the airport. The record low in Austin is -2° set in 1949.

[H2O Man]

49. It's so cold

in upstate NY that my huskie-shepherd wanted to come inside, after just a short morning walk. Now, that's cold.

My usual measure is how many of my old, arthritic bones & joints ache. The temperature dropped well below "all of them" during the night.

[G_j]

50. 0 degrees

Asheville NC

[etherealtruth]

51. -11 F at 8:30 this morning/ Metro Detroit

[Waiting For Everyman]

54. It's 0 degrees F right now, 10 am in Maryland.

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That is really unusual. This weekend will be in the 50's, also unusual. Normal daytime temps this time of year is in the 30's.

[ananda]

55. 30F at 9am here in Austin.

That's warmer than it was yesterday, which surprised me.

Later it will get up to 48, and the next several days will
be in the 60's and 70's, hurray!!!

I really dislike the cold. I'm so acclimated to heat and I
do well in warm and hot temps.

[Nay]

57. 10 degrees in Richmond, VA. It doesn't get that cold here very often. nt

[Paper Roses]

58. Emergency town notice: Boston area.

Tonight-wind chill 24 below,
Thursday, 24 below.

This is one of those time when I plug in the oil filled radiators near any kitchen or bath areas that have pipes near. This is not the norm for us. Yes, it gets cold here but we are really not prepared for the likes of this.

My poor kitty has been sleeping in front of the radiator and the temp in this old house has not been over 60 degrees all day. The wind is fierce, the furnace is going full steam.

I hope everyone keeps their pets inside and is on the lookout to help any of the homeless.