I think this was a record. However, Edmonton *is* officially subartic and people do freeze to death there. I'm just glad I am elsewhere. It get cold here but not to that point. Cold here means we see frost and maybe it snows ;) Santa Fe has another 2000 ft in altitude so they usually have snow in Dec from what I understand.
On 12/3/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is very infrequent that it gets that cold where I am. We'll usually > have > 2-3 days of KILLER cold through the winter... My niece was born on January > 13, 2005 and it was -54C with the wind chill. Now with that said, the > wind > chill make a HUGE difference. Without the wind it was only like -23. > > Typically in my city it's -15C to -20C during the colder winter months. > > -- > Jillian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:29 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: we're gettin snow > > The last year I spent in Edmonton we went 90 days without ever going above > zero. Fahrenheit, mind you, this was before Canada went Celsius. When you > took the wind chill factor into account it frequently went down to -50 and > the like. I took three city buses to school every day during this period > and > was also responsible for my little sister. > > This of course has nothing to do with my present southside location :) > > Dana > > On 12/3/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Dana wrote: > > > But about to drop to 17F according to this. I guess that must be > > > that "colder than cold" forecast the radio was talking about. > > > > > > > About 10 years ago it was -68^F here in MN - that was a record I drove > > to experience, but where I was was about -30^F. Cold enough to pound > > nails with frozen bananas. Cold enough to toss a glass of hot water > > into the air and have it fall as ice. > > > > Just about everybody's cars wouldn't start even with a block heater > > because their battery would freeze. > > > > I used to ice fish and you can do that in a small shack you build from > > plywood. Then you sit in there and fish, play cards, and drink beer. > > Well in this -30^F weather we were inthe shack and had the heater > > going so it was nice and toasty, but the walls started forming a frost > > that eventually got 1/2" thick even though it was like 70^F in the > > shack. Now that's cold. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185664 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
