Forty-five degrees below zero in eastern MA?

[xfer]

i'm not kidding.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/01/15/cold.snap/index.html

FORTY FIVE DEGREES BELOW AMERICAN FAHRENHEIT ZERO

 

[avi]

wow.


(i wore short-sleeves for a bit yesterday)

 

[minxnim]

can you believe my dad is working OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW????? ON A MOUNTAIN?

 

[lizard]

LuminousAether and I are basking in a comparatively balmy 18 degrees F.

 

[FuSoYa]

Business was off Thursday at a Waffle House restaurant in Tewkesbury, Massachusetts, said cook Sandra Starke. "It's awful, very cold," she said. "We just got a dusting [of snow] but it's so cold nobody wants to come out."




Whoa there's a Waffle House in MA!

 

[FrostGiant]

That's just the windchill. The actual temp is probably only 10 or 15 below. But it's a toasty 10 above in GB today.

 

[FuSoYa]

Also you know what, I hate the cold but if it got down to -71 F i would step outside for a second in short sleeves, just to experience that once in my life. I mean, I'm probably never gonna get to go to outer space. I would LOVE to be able to experience -100 once.

 

[xfer]

BOARD ROAD TRIP

 

[minxnim]

eh, you get on a roof for 6 hours in the JUST THE WINDCHILL my pal.

 

[xfer]

i can't remember if someone on the board told me about this, but i guess there's a research facility in Antarctica where they initiate new scientists by putting them in the facility's sauna, cranking it up to max heat (which is almost 200 degrees), and then making them step outside in a towel (where it's -100 degrees) so their body experiences a 300 degree temperature drop instantly.

sounds like just some brainy frat-boys, to me, but i'd still like to experience that once.

 

[avi]

haha I'd be down for a road trip to space!

 

[minxnim]

holy cow your body must just shut down for a few hours after that temp. drop. i'm psycho though so i'd try it.

 

[xfer]

hey greg, you remember that crackhead kid we met at the Providence train station who came back to Boston with me and tried to beat up that transvestite hooker? he lived in Tewkesbury. i will always associate that town with him 4evaandeva.

 

[lizard]

have any of you been to the top of mt. washington?

 

[avi]

I've done the sauna -> jump into the pool thing in the winter. it's pretty intense and your whole body goes numb. a 300 degree difference would be even intenser!

SF currently is at 50F. The forecast for the week shows that being the average and holding steady for at least 5 days. My house across the bay is probably 5 degrees warmer or so overall.

 

[BodyRemover]

and it's... how many celsius degrees
btw one of my rabbits froze 2nite

 

[minxnim]

IT FROZE AND DIED ?


x

 

[xfer]

hey bodyremover the_preppy has some soap she would like to send you.

 

[minxnim]

 

[mindspell]

It is currently -18 F and -39 here with the windchill

That's -26 and -39 celcius for those with the proper system.