It’s chilly

My challenge car near Charleston SC (Summerville).

Friend of mine in Pensacola, Florida has nine inches of snow last night. I was shocked at the photos and videos he sent.

David S. Wallens said:

Loving my long johns today. :) 

In the forties ? Really, David?

Edit: Do you guys wear long johns with your shorts and sandals, or do you actually own long pants? I have this image in my head now.

I'm in Michigan so this is just what happens sooner or later every year.  But my boiler from 1958 can barely keep up now that my house has been added on to.  It was fine until last night, it has been running non stop for 12 hours just to maintain the temp, has not gone up one degree.

I knew a guy who got drunk in Saskatchewan one winter night, and stopped to take a leak on his way home. He collapsed, fell, passed out...whatever, and they found his body later that night , outside the still running truck. Temperatures well below freezing can be lethal very quickly if you aren't prepared for it. While snow down south can be a bit humorous to us who grew up with it, I can also empathize with people who haven't the tools, or experience to deal with it.

In reply to wvumtnbkr :

Nice snow Dorito on the hood!

DrBoost said:

The biggest sucky thing is when I get my electric bill for the heat running for a few days.

Yup. One of my requirements when I got this house 14 years ago was it having gas heat. I'm in coastal SC, and while it doesn't get cold often (and being from Pennsylvania I actually enjoy the snow and cold), the expense of an electric heater trying to work is ridiculous and it's not very effective.

ShawnG said:

-37c at my house a couple days ago.

That's not wind chill either.

That's around where your Canadian measurement methods and our freedom units equalize.  (-34 F vs. -37 C) That's wicked cold on either scale!

We were a balmy 3 F here this morning and topped out at 18 F in eastern MA.  North and west of us were well below 0 this morning. This is the coldest stretch we've had in years around here.

-8F at my place this AM the coldest it has been around here in 31 years. The snow evaporated.

In Montana, when I was 5, i went Trick or Treating...in -30. Not wind chill, actual temperature. I made it 4 houses before my vinyl costume shattered. Mom took us to the Lutheran church for some indoor activities. You know, so we wouldn't die.

Good times.