It was -11F when I left the house. it's a heat wave, we made it out of the negatives now! 1F
It was -11F when I left the house. it's a heat wave, we made it out of the negatives now! 1F
Wife's car went LOLNOPE this morning and yesterday morning. It said -17 on the news when I checked.... it's a balmy 48 degrees in the heated garage!
At one point on the way to work this morning the car said it was - 19 F, chilly.
-12f air temp and I think the radiator condensate lines froze, its cold as E36 M3 in here.
nocones wrote: WTH is "black ice" is it really a thing or is it just an excuse people use when they are driving to fast in the winter and get in an accident after hitting regular ice? I have driven for 15 years in Illinois and Wisconsin at ~20k miles per year and not once have I experienced "ice" that I did not anticipate would be there due to weather conditions and the road surface. I'm just wondering if this is something I haven't seen or if I've driven on "black ice" numerous times and known it as Ice.
Black ice. The car is as far up the ramp as I could go. Had to back up & get a running start at it and hit the brakes in the trailer. After getting the car in I slipped on the ice carrying a group 24 battery out to load into the trailer which split open and splashed acid all over my clothes.
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aussiesmg wrote: Expecting 84 in West Palm Beach today, roof down on the Camaro rental. I get 5 more days of teasing you guys
Know the feeling. It's supposed to hit 70 today. But hey, we have a .01% chance of rain on Thursday, so we got that going for us.
nocones wrote: WTH is "black ice" is it really a thing or is it just an excuse people use when they are driving to fast in the winter and get in an accident after hitting regular ice?
When it gets this cold, the vapor from car exhausts will glaze the pavement at stop lights. Unless the sun is shining just right and you can see the sheen, it can be pretty much invisible - the pavement looks perfectly dry but it's like a skating rink; you can be going 5mph and you'll still skid.
single digits here but my relatives in WI/MN are feeling the hurt a lot worse.
I remember when I was in high school there my jetta's temp gauge would go down until the heat stopped blowing hot. I had to idle it at 2k rpm just to keep the heat warm!
stuart in mn wrote:nocones wrote: WTH is "black ice" is it really a thing or is it just an excuse people use when they are driving to fast in the winter and get in an accident after hitting regular ice?When it gets this cold, the vapor from car exhausts will glaze the pavement at stop lights. Unless the sun is shining just right and you can see the sheen, it can be pretty much invisible - the pavement looks perfectly dry but it's like a skating rink; you can be going 5mph and you'll still skid.
My parents parked on that stuff once in front of my uncle's apartment. When they came out 5 minutes later, the car had slid sideways with the slight crown in the road and rested with both wheels against the curb. It's slippery stuff.
Single digits here, the power steering in my scooby makes a loud hydraulic groan until it warms up.
Most annoying thing about this cold? It is absolutely killing my gas mileage.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:alfadriver wrote:I went for a decent 7 mile run yesterday at 14F with a roaring wind and it felt warm in my gear. It's all perspective to a point. Although... my lips are a bloody mess and my nostrils are all sore today. I might need to add a neoprene ski mask to my kit.N Sperlo wrote: You can feel the temperature rising. Sooo goood....I'm not sure what to think when +20F feels warm.
I'd tell you to wear a full head mask, but I'm not sure if I should. Twice now, my wife went for a run when it's been ~0, and both time her head sock froze solid. 
She did 6 miles when the temp was -2, WC's around -15 yesterday. How, I have no idea. I would not want to do that anymore.
But I'm not a big fan of the idea that 20F is warm. I don't like winter, so that's just wierd thinking.
23f and snow here. Icy roads, too.
just came in from the doctor.. I am not sure who's nipples are harder.. the g/fs or mine
15 degrees with a wind chill of well below zero on Sat. 4 below Sunday morning. a little wind. This was at Tupper Lake NY for our ice races. www.icerace.com
mad_machine wrote: just came in from the doctor.. I am not sure who's nipples are harder.. the g/fs or mine
So.... you ok?
You seem quite cold....
I think at this point, I would be perfectly happy never seeing ice that wasn't in a cooler or my glass, nor snow in anything but pictures.
nocones wrote: WTH is "black ice" is it really a thing or is it just an excuse people use when they are driving to fast in the winter and get in an accident after hitting regular ice? I have driven for 15 years in Illinois and Wisconsin at ~20k miles per year and not once have I experienced "ice" that I did not anticipate would be there due to weather conditions and the road surface. I'm just wondering if this is something I haven't seen or if I've driven on "black ice" numerous times and known it as Ice.
In our area, like most, the bus routes get the most attention, so even with the snow we have had they are down to bare pavement. Overnight, as the temperatures cool, you can reach the dew point and moisture will condense and coat the road. In our temperatures, it freezes almost instantly. The other thing that happens is because they are salting the roads during the day you get melting, assisted by the sun. When the sun goes down the moisture refreezes.
The ice is forming on clear asphalt. It is actually clear, not black, but you can't see it. So this morning, when I left my subdivision and turned left on to the main road, my WRX wiggled both the front and back end (yay understeer and oversteer in the same corner). I wasn't going fast but the corner was icy.
Bobzilla wrote: I think at this point, I would be perfectly happy never seeing ice that wasn't in a cooler or my glass, nor snow in anything but pictures.
Snow is wonderful - you can ski on it, sled on it, throw it at your kids, make igloos in your backyard, etc.
The change of seasons is why I love living here. I don't want 22C all the time. I enjoy -22 as much as +22.
Bobzilla wrote: I think at this point, I would be perfectly happy never seeing ice that wasn't in a cooler or my glass, nor snow in anything but pictures.
This times eleventy billion. Born and raised in Michigan, so it's not a question of getting used to it. It's a question of being berkeleying tired of it.
NGTD wrote:Bobzilla wrote: I think at this point, I would be perfectly happy never seeing ice that wasn't in a cooler or my glass, nor snow in anything but pictures.Snow is wonderful - you can ski on it, sled on it, throw it at your kids, make igloos in your backyard, etc. The change of seasons is why I love living here. I don't want 22C all the time. I enjoy -22 as much as +22.
At this point, I'd take -22C. That's a balmy -7 in real degrees. We've been in the -30C range for way too many days at this point. Besides, we're DINKS. No kids. so F snow. F snow right in it's dirty A. It's flat, so no skiing. Why make an igloo when I already have a warm house? The igloo doesn't have satelite TV or a couch.
I'm definitely ready for a constant temp. I think I can be perfectly fine with lows in the mid 60's, highs in the mid 80's (that's 18-29 in fake temp). Every. Single. Day.
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Bobzilla wrote:NGTD wrote:At this point, I'd take -22C. That's a balmy -7 in real degrees. We've been in the -30C range for way too many days at this point. Besides, we're DINKS. No kids. so F snow. F snow right in it's dirty A. It's flat, so no skiing. Why make an igloo when I already have a warm house? The igloo doesn't have satelite TV or a couch. I'm definitely ready for a constant temp. I think I can be perfectly fine with lows in the mid 60's, highs in the mid 80's (that's 18-29 in fake temp). Every. Single. Day. This looks good: http://www.mauirealestate.net/GetSearch.php?WhatMLS=355569Bobzilla wrote: I think at this point, I would be perfectly happy never seeing ice that wasn't in a cooler or my glass, nor snow in anything but pictures.Snow is wonderful - you can ski on it, sled on it, throw it at your kids, make igloos in your backyard, etc. The change of seasons is why I love living here. I don't want 22C all the time. I enjoy -22 as much as +22.
Looks like the SE is going to get a bit of winter.
My bathroom layout is, from the door, shower, sink, tub/toilet(opposed) The toilet is along an exterior wall. I walked in barefoot this morning over the damp shower mat, and by the time I was done pissing, my left foot had started to freeze to the floor.
A pipe let go in the basement last night, and now the building just now has heat back on and no hot water. Probably gonna be a day before the place warms back up. I'm wearing long johns and two pairs of socks, and jeans, and a flannel shirt, and I have a hot laptop in my lap, I'm kinda cold, and I dont like heat. E36 M3 sucks.
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