Gotta Love Winter...

MattPersman said:
I know others had it colder but this is as cold as I remember seeing on any car I owned temp reading while driving. No account for the wind chill we had brrr
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That falls squarely into what I call “Expletive Cold”, where you involuntarily utter expletives when you step out into it.

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Sorry for crummy focus, but this was my drive in this morning. The past couple mornings have been below -20. The whole time driving to work, I can’t help but marvel that all these cars/etc are functioning.

As mentioned above, forecast for the weekend is 42° and rain Sunday (ya know, only 72° warmer!), 30°/mixed precip Monday, 18° with 1-3" snow Tuesday, 7° Wednesday, -4° Thursday...
 
Yea it was about 0*F this morning when I left work. Started the car and thought "wait, I didn`t buy a diesel?" Direct injection is super noisy in the cold apparently. The clutch was super stiff and 1st gear was being a jerk for a couple of minutes. Really surprised we didn`t get any calls last night/early this morning to jump start some vehicles.

Like Lonnie, we had numerous patches of black ice that the salt would not do anything and Penndot refuses to liquid treat anything other than I-81...
 
-30 yikes bro! I haven’t ever seen it that cold that I remember it was -28 where I grew up and my parents still live the other day.

Yeah stuff doesn’t like starting when it’s that cold makes all kinds of strange noises lol


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It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that I saw two beagle dogs jump start a rabbit just so they could chase it.(An animal, not the VW car!)
It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that when someone shouts outside, it will take until late March for the sound to thaw out and be heard.
It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that the Frozen Tundra at Lambeau Field is so deep that the first pre-season game in August will be cancelled.
It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that beer trucks cannot deliver beer because it freezes and cracks kegs, bottles, and cans, so some of the bars had to close. (Well KINDA true. The patrons never ventured out in the cold, so SOME bars did close.)
It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that the police were receiving public reports of loud sonic booms from the ground freezing. (Also true!)
 
trashmanssd said:
-30, move now save your selves!
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trashmanssd said:
Actually wait 10 years I dont want property prices going up in Florida until I own my piece.
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:lol::lol::lol:

Fishroes said:
I feel for ya dude. I could not live there in those temps. But I guess Yal have gotten use to it
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Yeah, you just deal with it cause you have to. It does make you appreciate when temperatures are more "normal winter".

Matt - you`ve also got the big temp swing! Any time it`s unseasonably warm in the winter I can`t shake the feeling that it`s just not natural...
 
PA Detailer - after the storm we had in S Central PA on Wednesday, I would agree...6" of snow and 1/10" of ice...Ugh. But it was then 55 degrees on Thursday. You can`t tell we had a storm. Here comes the roller coaster month or so.

Gordon
 
Lonnie said:
It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that I saw two beagle dogs jump start a rabbit just so they could chase it.(An animal, not the VW car!)
It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that when someone shouts outside, it will take until late March for the sound to thaw out and be heard.
It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that the Frozen Tundra at Lambeau Field is so deep that the first pre-season game in August will be cancelled.
It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that beer trucks cannot deliver beer because it freezes and cracks kegs, bottles, and cans, so some of the bars had to close. (Well KINDA true. The patrons never ventured out in the cold, so SOME bars did close.)
It was SOOO cold in Green Bay, WI that the police were receiving public reports of loud sonic booms from the ground freezing. (Also true!)
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That is actually false, sound travels faster through colder air, or any medium.
 
Blizzard yesterday. Got around a foot of wet heavy white crap. Tried going down the road today to get my wife`s work computer. Got down to the curve and the snow was drifted about five feet deep. Just turned around and went back home .
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Trees are a double edge sword.

While they are great for breaking up the wind, they are also a hazzard. Around here, the same storm that gave him all that snow dropped a a good amount of rain along with 30~50kt winds. Combine those winds with recent rain on ground that is already saturated, and we`ve got trees coming down or snapping off. Not just small decorative trees either, I`m talking large elms, maples, and other hardwoods which are 50+ feet tall.
 
Desertnate said:
Trees are a double edge sword... we`ve got trees coming down or snapping off. Not just small decorative trees either, I`m talking large elms, maples, and other hardwoods which are 50+ feet tall.
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We had four more come down recently, more work for my tree guys on top of last year`s $17K worth...living in a woods is great, but yeah, double edged sword indeed. The big ones that snapped off high up make the property look like a battlefield, actually kinda cool IMO.
 
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