-35 F on the thermometer in Embarrass, MN yesterday morning. It was a
balmy -20 where I was...but my car fired up after sitting in that for 3
days!!!
John Lee
At 08:10 PM 1/16/04 -0600, joe andress wrote:
>While I was living in Halfmoon; for those of you who dont know, thats just
>across the interstate from Clifton Park just up the northway from Albany,
>NY, I went outside one cool morning when the REAL temp was -16.
>
>I went to start my 4x4 pickup truck, and at first, all it wanted to do was
>grunt over a little. Finally, it started but it was still not a happy camper
>for about 10 minutes. Meantime, I was a popcycle by the time the truck
>finally heated up enough so I could scrape the ice off the inside of the
>windshield.
>
>That happened 2 nights in a row and on the 3 day, I was happy when the temp
>only got down to -4. I sorta laugh at people here in Birmingham Al when they
>say that its really toooooo cold at 20 degrees.
>
>If they only know what cold is.
>
>I went to a playoff football game where we watched Giants beat Vikings. We
>kept the drinks in the cooler to keep them FROM freezing.
>
>lol
>
>Enjoying the weather here in the 30s and 40s.
>
>BTW, upstate New York is a beautiful place. In the Hudson valley, the snow
>was not to extreme and most people were fairly nice.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Olav Kappert" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 7:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT:Boys,Its Cold Outside
>
>
>> Joe:
>>
>> It must have been Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
>>
>> Late yesterday afternoon it was -37 C (-40 is where F and C are equal)
>> with the wind-chill factor. Last night it was going down to -50 C with
>> the wind-chill factored in.
>>
>> I tell you, at this temperature you wear two coats at the same time.
>>
>> Olav.
>>
>> joe andress wrote:
>>
>> >Just saw an interesting demostation on the nightly local news.
>> >
>> >A person threw a cup of extremely hot water in the air and it froze
>before it hit the ground. The person was standing on the ground; well,
>really on the snow that was directly on ground.
>> >
>> >They didnt say where the demonstration was but I think it was the
>northeast USA.
>> >
>> >I lived in upstate New York for a little over 2 years and spent 3 winters
>there. Most of the time it was not so bad, but IT DOES GET COLD.
>> >
>> >Almost as cold as Upper Michigan.
>> >
>> >Well the weekend is here...
>> >
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