What's happening?? It's so cold outside! - Page 2

mapuc · 01-03-18, 12:46 PM

it's not Putin & Co

It's this HAARP thing who are responsible for this

Markus

aanker · 01-03-18, 12:52 PM

I read somewhere that Pacific ocean currents - the el nino, la nina thing has pulled the jet stream South which is sucking all this Arctic cold weather over North America.

Hopefully winter will return to the more bearable temps we are used to by mid January. My heat bill is ridiculous.

AVGWarhawk · 01-03-18, 12:56 PM

This guy is responsible:

Mr Quatro · 01-03-18, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Neuerburg

I mean really -16F in Jacksonville by the 6th?! For some reason this weather reminds me of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow". So what next bowling ball sized hail in Tokyo?

There goes the price of orange juice ... I was paying $3.00 for a bottle and now it's $5.00 for the same size and now it will probably go up to $6.00.

AVGWarhawk · 01-03-18, 01:38 PM

Always vitamin C in a pill. Just add water!

em2nought · 01-03-18, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Putin? Again?

Great there goes another six months of Federal Government inactivity and spending on nothing as they make a big deal trying to sort this out, and fail miserably. By then it will be June, and it will sort itself out.

Platapus · 01-03-18, 04:36 PM

It was a brisk 7 degrees F this morning when I walked the dogs.

Catfish · 01-03-18, 04:50 PM

64,4 degrees Fahrenheit/18 degrees Celsius and storm. In january!?

komi · 01-03-18, 06:06 PM

Best of luck folks! I've heard how rough it can get in places like the Atlantic seaboard. Stay safe

Onkel Neal · 01-03-18, 06:14 PM

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The further north one travels the more they find folks address these storms without issue. Just another day for most. Some welcome it and enjoy getting shut in for a day or two. I have a friend in NH who every year posts pictures of firewood stacking and putting away his convertible mustang for winter. Just a way of life for them. However, go to GA and snowflake shuts the state down for days on end. I recall BO during his first term(2011) made a joke about closing of federal buildings and schools as a result of 1 inch of snow on the ground in DC. Keeping in mind BO lived in Chicago. He got beat up a bit over it.

Doesn't "getting shut in for a day or two" mean the same thing as "shuts the state down for days" ? Sounds the same to me

Gargamel · 01-03-18, 07:33 PM

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Doesn't "getting shut in for a day or two" mean the same thing as "shuts the state down for days" ? Sounds the same to me

Nope, up here, those who know they can't drive in the snow just signal defeat and stay home. Schools close because they know some kids will get frostbite, and it's not worth the risk of a bus accident. But everybody else just keeps plodding along. We (northerners) usually keep enough snow plows on hand to handle all but the worst of storms. Usually roads are passable during the storms, and fully cleared within 12-18 hours.

Short of massive power failures do to storms, I can't remember a blizzard stopping me from going anywhere, or shutting down the city.

It's just not economical for southern states to keep a fleet of plows available. Here, we have plows that tow other unmanned plows, in the other lane.

Where I went to school in up up up state New York, they had old halftracks converted to plows for some of the back roads.

ikalugin · 01-04-18, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Neuerburg

I mean really -16F in Jacksonville by the 6th?! For some reason this weather reminds me of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow". So what next bowling ball sized hail in Tokyo?

We sometimes get a few days of -30C in Moscow, and Moscow climate is mild by Russian standards. But then we have central heating.

As a rule (if you are not fammiliar with cold weather conditions) I would advise covering exposed facial features, ie nose and ears, at temperatures below -20, wearing a hat, gloves, 4 layers of regular clothing (ie T-shirt->shirt->sweatshirt->regular jacket/coat), including multiple layers for your legs (ie not just underwear and parts/trousers/jeans).

For buildings you need to ensure that there is no free airflow through unauthorised openings (ie cracks in the window frames), if there are - tape them. If you have any piping in the area that may freese - make sure there is no water in the piping or it may crack.

u crank · 01-04-18, 06:14 AM

Oh great. This weather bomb is heading my way. Expecting to start around noon AST. Lots of snow/changing to rain, winds gusting to 110 km/h (68 mp/h). Also higher than normal tides could cause damaging storm surge along coastal areas. Schools are closed and people are being warned to stay off roads. Of course my wife and daughter are going to work. Probably be a short day.

Onkel Neal · 01-04-18, 07:41 AM

It sounds pretty intense.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/3/16...orm-east-coast

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A bomb cyclone happens when atmospheric pressure in the middle of the storm drops at least 24 millibars over 24 hours, quickly increasing in intensity. (The lower the pressure, the stronger the storm.) This particular bomb cyclone sweeping through the East Coast is forecasted to drop by 36 millibars, which is a lot. According to Martin, it means the storm is going to lose the equivalent of about 3.5 percent of the entire mass of the whole atmosphere, from the ground to outer space. “It’s exceptionally intense,” he says. “That’s the most unusual thing about this storm.”

Sean C · 01-04-18, 07:46 AM

The sun is just coming up here and it looks like we've gotten about six inches of snow so far. It's tough to tell because the wind is gusting pretty hard. Some spots have drifts of twelve inches or more. Other places I can still see the grass poking through.

My wife is off today, but where I work there is no closing because of weather. If you can't make it in on your own, they'll come get you. :/

Why do I keep forgetting to buy a snow shovel?!

Digging the car out with a regular shovel is back-breaking work. Wish me luck!

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	This guy is responsible: __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Always vitamin C in a pill. Just add water! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,974 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It was a brisk 7 degrees F this morning when I walked the dogs. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,898 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	64,4 degrees Fahrenheit/18 degrees Celsius and storm. In january!? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,562 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Oh great. This weather bomb is heading my way. Expecting to start around noon AST. Lots of snow/changing to rain, winds gusting to 110 km/h (68 mp/h). Also higher than normal tides could cause damaging storm surge along coastal areas. Schools are closed and people are being warned to stay off roads. Of course my wife and daughter are going to work. Probably be a short day. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,959 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	it's not Putin & Co It's this HAARP thing who are responsible for this Markus

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aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	I read somewhere that Pacific ocean currents - the el nino, la nina thing has pulled the jet stream South which is sucking all this Arctic cold weather over North America. Hopefully winter will return to the more bearable temps we are used to by mid January. My heat bill is ridiculous.

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komi Sailor man Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 46 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Best of luck folks! I've heard how rough it can get in places like the Atlantic seaboard. Stay safe

01-04-18, 07:46 AM	#30
Sean C Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 910 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 2	The sun is just coming up here and it looks like we've gotten about six inches of snow so far. It's tough to tell because the wind is gusting pretty hard. Some spots have drifts of twelve inches or more. Other places I can still see the grass poking through. My wife is off today, but where I work there is no closing because of weather. If you can't make it in on your own, they'll come get you. :/ Why do I keep forgetting to buy a snow shovel?! Digging the car out with a regular shovel is back-breaking work. Wish me luck!