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Friggin' 40 MPH+ wind gusts today... a high in the low teens (but we won't break out'a single digits until well after lunch time).
So... gettin' ready for work this morning I dug out my warmest wool long-johns, socks, shirts and whatnot... sweatin' up a storm just trying to get it all pulled on.
I get to work thinkin' about how friggin' cold it was gonna' be on those roof tops in Iowa Falls today... but knowin' I was dressed for it.
When I walk in, my brother (the boss) looks at me and says, "Too damn cold today, I ain't goin' out in this... I called 'em a canceled... told 'em maybe we'd be there Thursday."

"WHAT?? Are you kiddin' me?? Well you little wuss... it's -120° wind chill in Antarctica this mornin' and those guys ain't givin' up‼"

So now I'm sittin' here at my bench... sweatin' my friggin' nutz off‼
I'll be damn lucky if I can peel the sack off my leg by the end of the day.
 
Suck it up buttercup! :p

I read online today that Antarctica hit -135 back in July. They use special snorkels to breathe that preheats their air by circulating it around their body before it hits their lungs.

The human body can only last 3 minutes in that kind of cold without serious protection.
 
dave_dj1 said:
We had a bit of a fizzled out storm here over night, less than 1/4" of snow. Today was a balmy 35* and cloudy. Looks like the deep freeze is coming though. I'm still trying to get things straightened up around here before we get any real snow.
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Wow, I could have written that exact weathercast here. But we got about a half inch of snow and then it warmed up to 34 today. It is also supposed to be warming up here this week. Walking around outside today felt really warm! About a 30 degree rise in temp from the lows. We missed the real snow here and it went south to Eugene where they got 6-10 inches. They also hit -2 F this week, the all time low record ever recorded there.
 
Iska3 said:
Glad to hear the stove is working out for you. I know what you mean about the wife under the blanket. 74 degrees in the house and she has that blanket up around her neck. Hey! When you get to be my age, maybe that's a good thing.
Talking two more days of this cold weather and then we get a week of the teens to play catchup.. Not fun working outside like that. I can buck and split wood all day in sub zero but working with my fingers and hand tools, that's a different story.

Be Safe!!
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Wife just asked how the fire is doing. that's a clue to add some wood, thermometer at 81 :)

Harry K
 
Just saw an article about the recent record Coldest temps ever recorded on earth at 135.8 below .nows about the time some scientist loon is going to do an interview saying " this is exactly would you'd expect to see with global warming "
 
It sure pays to be retired. I get cold just reading this thread. It is good to be next to the stove. Some brutal weather out there. I give credit to those who live and work in those conditions. I have had my share of very cold weather. Today, I have to decide if I want to go out in my warmer 27 degree weather system. Hmmm. I have to drink more coffee and think about that.
 
Hey Spidey that tower climbing thing is a young man's job I did that back when I was fresh out ta high school. A lot of traveling. Screwed up my shoulder.

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Whitespider said:
Friggin' 40 MPH+ wind gusts today... a high in the low teens (but we won't break out'a single digits until well after lunch time).
So... gettin' ready for work this morning I dug out my warmest wool long-johns, socks, shirts and whatnot... sweatin' up a storm just trying to get it all pulled on.
I get to work thinkin' about how friggin' cold it was gonna' be on those roof tops in Iowa Falls today... but knowin' I was dressed for it.
When I walk in, my brother (the boss) looks at me and says, "Too damn cold today, I ain't goin' out in this... I called 'em a canceled... told 'em maybe we'd be there Thursday."

"WHAT?? Are you kiddin' me?? Well you little wuss... it's -120° wind chill in Antarctica this mornin' and those guys ain't givin' up‼"

So now I'm sittin' here at my bench... sweatin' my friggin' nutz off‼
I'll be damn lucky if I can peel the sack off my leg by the end of the day.
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and you went right by my place,,or dang close.....:dizzy:
 
ajr said:
Hey Spidey that tower climbing thing is a young man's job I did that back when I was fresh out ta high school. A lot of traveling. Screwed up my shoulder.
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Naw... ya' got that backwards. It ain't a young man's job, it's a job that'll keep ya' young, strong, healthy and cautious. Climbing forces ya' to use your brain as much as your brawn. Best case, a mental error doubles the amount of work... worst case... well... likely fatal. On a "nice" day, even a nice winter day, I actually enjoy climbing... the view and feeling is awesome. It ain't a race, no one will ever tell you to "hurry" (if they do, find another employer), the idea is to come back down alive... if ya' wear yourself out, you'll likely make a mistake. The pay is awesome also; heck, I can make more in three hours air time that I can in a full day on the ground... and I make that time climbing anything, not just towers. Think about that... if I'm on a grain leg I'm gettin' paid...

Not sure how a guy screws-up a shoulder climbing... short of fallin' off that is. Other than a skinned knuckle or two, I've never been injured on a tower... but workin' on the ground I've required stitches several times, even broke my arm once. If you screwed-up a shoulder on a tower ya' either got in a hurry, wore yourself out and/or made a serious mental error. Heck man, it's the guy on the ground that does all the hard work, he's the one pullin' all the parts and equipment up and into place... the guy on the tower just installs the bolts L-O-L‼
 
We had minus -22F Sunday morning, and the last 2 mornings on my way to work minus -17F that is without the wind chill. We haven't had this cold this early in December for a long time.
 
Yeah, we're topped out at 0F right now. This usually as bad as it gets in late January or early Feb. We've had more below zero days this month than we had last winter. :(
 
We still have about an inch of ice on the streets with about 5 inches of snow on top. Temperature finally got up above freezing about noon today - first time since last week. I think the coldest we got down to was around 8 above.

Nosmo
 
I was the guy who did all the rigging, more than a couple times we had to replace an antenna and instead of rigging and pulling up he told me to strap it on and carry it up. It was just fiberglass but it was '550. What is a the tallest one you been up on?

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Jim Timber said:
...we're topped out at 0F... We've had more below zero days this month than we had last winter.
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Crazy for early December... ain't it??
We've managed a balmy 1° for today. We've had 6 mornings below zero this month already... and two in November‼ I don't know if that's more than what we had all last winter or not, but it can't be too damn far from it‼ At this rate we'll be lucky to even see any positive numbers in January. It's been a some number of years since I've seen daily high temperatures remain below zero for days on end... it's shapin' up to be one of those January's though.

It's gonna' be a really long azz winter :(
 
Cold here in MN. Where is Al Gore when you need him? Maybe he can teach us how mankind has made global warming so that we can get back to doing that. Isn't that whole thing been debunked? Isn't that why they have now changed their garbage talk to Climate change? So that no matter how cold, hot, wet, dry, storms of any kind they can say man made climate change? What a joke!
 

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