OH MAN IT'S COLD!!

[orbital]

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we have the same air mass moldyoldy

One of the biggest hassles with arctic cold is stuff gets brittle
and if whatever breaks when that cold,,, you have a new reference point on fun

Try to fix sh.t knowing you can't take off your gloves.

 

[Cataract]

I sure feel bad for those who need gas for heating, but at least they do still have electricity. Hopefully they can find refuge near home or with family members.

Mount Washington is another place for bad weather, like only the worst ever recorded, but right now it's no so bad: -14F, 80MPH winds and a visibility of 1/16th of a mile. It was about half as cold with half the wind speed here today.

http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/conditions.php

If you want to have fun with extreme colds, try to unroll your GPS (or any electronic) cable after it's been in the car all night. Sure beats playing under the hood gloves or no gloves...

 

[nbp]

Will be -21F tonight. :ohgeez:

You're right Cataract, electric cords do not unroll in this temps. I tried to plug in a small air compressor in the garage... the extension cord barely would unravel, and the lubricating oil in the compressor apparently was so thick that it puffed once and stopped dead. Won't be adding air to the tires til Wednesday I guess, when the machines will work again.

 

[Cataract]

Will be -21F tonight. :ohgeez:

You're right Cataract, electric cords do not unroll in this temps. I tried to plug in a small air compressor in the garage... the extension cord barely would unravel, and the lubricating oil in the compressor apparently was so thick that it puffed once and stopped dead. Won't be adding air to the tires til Wednesday I guess, when the machines will work again.

Perhaps your compressor is small enough to bring it inside the house a few hours?

Reminds me I once bought a small cigarette-lighter powered compressor to leave in the car. When I read the instructions it said not to leave it out in below freezing temperatures. I returned it wondering "What's the point? I need to inflate the tires perhaps once in the summer!"

The first time I realized electric cords get stiff in the real cold, it gave me the impression that's what it would look (but not feel) like in zero gravity. Rolling them up is an even bigger hassle if they froze while straight, but could definitely make a funny movie.

 

[moldyoldy]

For all of us in the Upper Midwest, my thermometer tells me that we have turned a Temperatur corner. The low this morning, 28 Jan, was only -29.5 C, not the -31C or -32C as predicted. A change in the Jetstream is supposed to bring a slight warming to only the -20C something in the early mornings. Highs might even be higher than -18C or ZeroF. :D The rest of the US will have to wait a day or two. :ooo:

 

[jabe1]

Car says -11 this morning....

 

[Megatrowned]

On a slightly related temp note, here's an interesting tire fact I heard. For every 10 degrees F in temp change, your tires will gain/lose 1 psi. And 1 psi will be lost each month just because.

I think this is a strong argument for filling tires with nitrogen, but that's another thread.

Or, we could just talk at our tires to get them a higher psi. :crackup:

 

[orbital]

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When NOAA issues a Windchill Warning for your entire state, you know it's a bit chilly

The wind is rather light right now,, so only -38F

 

[Chauncey Gardener]

I've been wondering how you guys in the colder climates keep your homes warm. Do your furnaces run constantly? What's the preferred heating choice? Must cost you a fortune every month.

~ Chance

 

[jtr1962]

I've been wondering how you guys in the colder climates keep your homes warm. Do your furnaces run constantly? What's the preferred heating choice? Must cost you a fortune every month.

I would imagine the key is plenty of insulation. If I were building a house from scratch in a place where it regularly got well below zero Fahrenheit I would stick about 2 feet of insulation between the inner and outer walls. I would also use windows with 3 or 4 panes, or maybe dispense with windows altogether (they're a major heat loss area in structures).

 

[orbital]

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The high temp here is forcasted to be below 0F for 72hrs starting Sunday night
that's not including windchill

btw, I set my thermostat to 55F in winter,, feels warm when coming in from outside:cool:


Turn down the thermostat & put some polyester layers on!!

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this mostly Chance

I've been wondering how you guys in the colder climates keep your homes warm. Do your furnaces run constantly? What's the preferred heating choice? Must cost you a fortune every month.

~ Chance

Gas heat + my earlier post quote

I would imagine the key is plenty of insulation. If I were building a house from scratch in a place where it regularly got well below zero Fahrenheit I would stick about 2 feet of insulation between the inner and outer walls. I would also use windows with 3 or 4 panes, or maybe dispense with windows altogether (they're a major heat loss area in structures).

having south & west facing windows gives alot of solar
furnace doesn't run that much on sunny days, even when very cold

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>> understand the importance of 'trapping air' in everything <<

 

[Capolini]

I just found out that I have a disease[RAYNAUDS DISEASE] which is not conducive to being out in the cold!!:mecry:However, it is not stopping me from walking the Siberian with all my awesome torches!

No doubt that the weather is not as severe here as Cleveland[where I was born], Chicago,Minnesota, Canada, ect.!! It can still get cold here, but it never bothered me until the last month or so.

I was wondering why my hands were still getting cold with these awesome hunting gloves that kept me warm at -19 last year in Lake Placid! :thinking:

In conclusion[!] it was about 8F this morning. That is cold but not colder than weather I have been in before. My hands were numb and aching again. As it turned out I had a Dr.'s appt. for something else and happened to mention all of this and that is when he diagnosed it. I bought some thinner glove to wear underneath called "polartex",,,,,I hope they help!

oh ya,It is a disease where blood flood is restricted to ones hands, feet and sometimes their nose.

 

[Cataract]

I've been wondering how you guys in the colder climates keep your homes warm. Do your furnaces run constantly? What's the preferred heating choice? Must cost you a fortune every month.

~ Chance

I would imagine the key is plenty of insulation. If I were building a house from scratch in a place where it regularly got well below zero Fahrenheit I would stick about 2 feet of insulation between the inner and outer walls. I would also use windows with 3 or 4 panes, or maybe dispense with windows altogether (they're a major heat loss area in structures).

I''m not familiar with building codes, but on average outside walls are 12 inches thick, including the outside brick and inside paneling. You might be surprised to hear that outside walls are not 100% airtight as humidity and condensation needs to find a way out. If you see a little part between the bricks that does not have any mortar at the bottom of the wall, don't plug it! Double windows are sufficient and most are double or quadruple pane, depending on the size. Quadruple pane are becoming more standard. They also respond to a higher standard for insulation; the new craze is argon gas inside the panes.

I'm on the second floor with a patio door facing south and one facing north. Max indoor temp. reached 24.7C with a minimum of 21.5. The heating was on for a grand total of 10 minutes between midnight and 6:25 p.m., meaning the sun was sufficient to heat the place up and I would have had to open the door a bit if I had stayed home. Outside minimum was -14C with gushing winds today and it's now -8C. I just started paying close attention to how long the heating runs for and it will definitely need to run more now that the sun is down, but not all that much. I'm not a good reference, though as I only have 2 patio doors in contact with the outside; one side wall is a neighbor, the other a firewall, the floor is getting some heat from downstairs and my heat can only go upstairs or towards the 2 doors. Thick blinds definitely help keeping the heat from going out.

When I lived in a house I'd say the heating was on for an average of 10 minutes and off close to a half hour. Mileage definitely varies from house to house, source of heating and the thermostat you use...

I had a hard time sleeping at the hotel when I was in California and was surprised the traffic noise was so loud, then I looked at the patio doors and was shocked there was just a single door per side. Double doors with quadruple panes keep a lot of noise out! I also had a huge laugh when the guys told me their water main came out from the ground before going into the house. Here we need to bury stuff at least 4 feet deep to keep it from freezing!

I just found out that I have a disease[RAYNAUDS DISEASE] which is not conducive to being out in the cold!!:mecry:However, it is not stopping me from walking the Siberian with all my awesome torches!

No doubt that the weather is not as severe here as Cleveland[where I was born], Chicago,Minnesota, Canada, ect.!! It can still get cold here, but it never bothered me until the last month or so.

I was wondering why my hands were still getting cold with these awesome hunting gloves that kept me warm at -19 last year in Lake Placid! :thinking:

In conclusion[!] it was about 8F this morning. That is cold but not colder than weather I have been in before. My hands were numb and aching again. As it turned out I had a Dr.'s appt. for something else and happened to mention all of this and that is when he diagnosed it. I bought some thinner glove to wear underneath called "polartex",,,,,I hope they help!

oh ya,It is a disease where blood flood is restricted to ones hands, feet and sometimes their nose.

Definitely not good news! I hope there's a way to get better and that you'll find it. The only thing I can really say is shop for gloves, boots and socks (or any winter clothing that may help) at outdoors stores (REI and the likes). The price definitely goes with quality, but it's worth it! Online stores often have the same items for much cheaper. I barely ever wear my snowshoeing boots else I sweat too much, even on top of a hill.

 

[StarHalo]

I had a hard time sleeping at the hotel when I was in California and was surprised the traffic noise was so loud, then I looked at the patio doors and was shocked there was just a single door per side.

No point in double-pane when the temp nudges freezing maybe one week out of the year, also means you never have to worry about the seal between panes failing. And don't forget that there's disproportionately more cars here; in LA county, there are more cars than people.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Take some old socks, preferably thick wooly ones, cut off the toes and then slip them over and past your hands and wear them as wrist warmers.

 

[Capolini]

Thanks for the suggestion!

Update:! 65 minute walk w/ Capo tonight. Temp. 12F[A few degrees warmer than this morning when I was in a lot of pain!]

The Polartex gloves that I just bought and put under my Manzella hunting gloves w/ 40grams of Insulate,,,,together they kept my hands warm and pain free!! :clap::thumbsup::hitit:

p.s. I never heard of "Raynaud's disease/phenomenon until today.Basically the blood vessels"Spasm", therefore restricting blood flow causing severe pain, tingling, numbness to the hands and feet and sometimes to the nose and ears.

 

[TEEJ]

Sorry about the Reynaud's, its pretty common though, so you're in good company for the most part.

I was thinking about all those emergency generators people install that run on natural gas, so they don't need to go find a gas station during a power outage to power the emergency generators....that now don't have a pipe line to provide the natural gas.

IE: Plumb your emergency generator to your gas line so you don't need to keep getting fuel for your generator when the electricity goes out....and then the gas line goes out.

:D


Once the ice storms roll in and knock out their power, they're gonna be madder than a wet hen.

:D

 

[Capolini]

VOID,,,BAD CHECK!!!!

 

[TEEJ]

Actually it is NOT too common according to the NHLBI[National Heart, Lung and Blood institute]

http://web.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=243720&part=2

http://web.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=243720&part=2

LOL pretty common vs TOO common?

:D

I know lots of people with it...so, its common enough at least.......not like being born with 3 heads or anything as rare as that. I'd say ~ 5% or so have it, that's ~ 5 out of 100.

I will say though that more woman seem to have it than guys....maybe ~ 4:1 or so (Girls to guys with it)?

:D

 

[Capolini]

The NHLBI[National Heart, Lung and Blood institute] contradict themselves in the article!! They say it is a RARE disease then a few paragraphs later they say 5%[ 1 in 20] of U.S. citizens have it! :thinking::shakehead