Cheer up everybody @ least you are not in Babbitt, Minnesota -34 F

[Botany]

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/12/13/Arctic-weather-blasts-Midwest-heads-east/UPI-63651292253029/

In Minnesota, the snowfall was replaced by bitter cold. Babbitt, Minn., reported 34 degrees below zero, Accuweather.com said.

[Angry Dragon]

1. The Dragon lives in Minnesota

-15 this morning

[Jackpine Radical]

2. -20 for us last night, -15 as I write this.

I'm about 90 mi. due E of the Cities.

[Angry Dragon]

6. I find as I get older winters get colder

[Kalyke]

17. Dear God, when does that hit?

I'd so much rather be cold than hot.

[Botany]

4. In Ohio we were rocking @ + 6 F this AM

I have been been out in - 15 F and I have seen - 28 F but - 34 F has to be wild.

Betya it was a warm -25 in Ely that day.

[kickysnana]

13. A few years ago my MN Dad was golfing on Dec 12th. n/t

[lonestarnot]

3. And I thought Minot ND was cold -17 wc of 8 degrees.

[Skip Intro]

5. Yikes.

[RegieRocker]

7. Holy key rap

[Skink]

8. For some reason I just lost most of my OTA reception on television.

I've determined it is the anntena so it might as well be -20.

[jwirr]

9. See you just have to understand. We live up here so that we can

experience the contrast and REALLY appreciate the summer.

[Zoeisright]

10. That's exactly it. Why live somewhere where it's vaguely spring or fall all year?

Besides, that's why we don't have termites. Or kudzu.

[snappyturtle]

12. I love MN! Lived there for 15 years in the Chippewa National Forest.

It was great. The weather could be a challenge but is was also invigorating. There severe cold bothered me in that I worried about mechanical failure, i.e., furnace, auto, etc. But my Hondas always started on the first turn although the Prelude could be difficult to shift and I frostbit both gloved hands from the steering wheel driving ten or so miles into town....now when I'm in cold weather my hands are the first 'to go' but they just remind me of those days so, all is well.

I loved to go outside on a cold winter's night and just listen. If there was a slight wind and the trees branches were iced, the tingling sound was phenomenal....like an grand orchestra!

If the humidity was low the extreme cold wasn't nearly as daunting as it may sound. I long for those days because they were the happiest of my life. imho

[Arctic Dave]

11. Bah! -34 is t-shirt weather.

;)

[Hardrada]

21. I have a cousin in Alaska. I'm in Iowa and we do go down to 30 below

sometimes or 40. What is your low temp there?

[Arctic Dave]

26. I'm at home right now and its in the teens. Almost summer.

At work it is -20 to -30 for two moths at a time with it dropping to -50 for about a week in January. That is not including wind chill. Stay warm. :)

[Incitatus]

14. And I thought I was cold here at 36 F. nt

[hfojvt]

15. good old Babbitt

one of the guys in my dorm hall in my freshman year was from Babbitt. He loved that town. It was Babbitt this, Babbitt that.

[Kalyke]

16. Sigh... a menopausal woman's dream.

LOL... sorry for the folks in Babbitt, but, at Thanksgiving in Knoxville, TN, it was 55 degrees (it's about 25 now, for some odd reason) and I was BURNING THE FUCK UP watching people eat. I can't eat when it's 85 in the house from the stove and only slightly cooler outside when I try to go outside and catch some cool.

[snooper2]

18. or

North Korea...

[Viking12]

19. I'll actually be there next week for xmas...

Well, Eveleth not Babbitt, but close enough. However, with the cold temps ice fishing should be good!

[LisaL]

20. How do you know we aren't in Babbitt Minessota?

[MilesColtrane]

22. I'll never make fun of their accents ever again.

Minnesotans are some tough bastards.

[BlueCheese]

23. You know what they say.

It's not the heat, it's the humidity.

[Major Hogwash]

24. Is that with the wind chill?

Because it always sounds worse if you include the wind chill.

[Botany]

25. That is without wind chill

:wow: