COLD!!!!

[fudgums]

Wow, you guys got a lot more snow than we did, we just got a light dusting to an inch.

Pored throughout yesterday and tonight, started letting up about an hour ago. Someone said were supposed to get hit again tonight, but I think they read wrong.

[Dichotomy]

we rarely get snow here.. ice on the other hand 

[fbWldcat]

Pored throughout yesterday and tonight, started letting up about an hour ago. Someone said were supposed to get hit again tonight, but I think they read wrong.

No, there is another arctic storm brewing up in Illinois heading for KY, WV and VA. They didn't read wrong.

[bj229r]

25 knot gusts...not even 30 degrees yet....going outside is NOT on my short-list of watermelon to do today

[DaCoon]

watching the weather channel now. I feel for y'all.

  to my snow bound bros

[fbWldcat]

No, there is another arctic storm brewing up in Illinois heading for KY, WV and VA. They didn't read wrong.

It is weakening, though. It should start regaining strength as it moves over water and gains moisture. The lakes up north are birthing it, the rivers over here are feeding it 

[Tupac]

Low 31, high 58 here.

Right now it's 48, and I'm f f f f f f freezing

[CAP1]

I was going to work on the pool today and, while 50 degrees isn't cold by anybody's standards, sticking your hand in that water when there's a stiff north breeze SUCKS.  I'll get the teens to do it 

50 is indeed cold. in fact it is approx. 48 degrees below body temp.

 did you know that you can die from hypothermia on a 70 degree day?

[ink]

please explain how one can die from hypothermia in 70 degrees?   sorry but just dont cut it.

[fudgums]

please explain how one can die from hypothermia in 70 degrees?   sorry but just dont cut it.

anything can happen in water....right?

[CAP1]

or in the rain.

[klingan]

About 10 inches of snow here.
Now its warmer with -6 Celsius. 4 days ago it was -21 celsius.

[CAP1]

please explain how one can die from hypothermia in 70 degrees?   sorry but just dont cut it.

being exposed to a temp that is 28 degrees below your body temp for too long can eventually lower your core temp. if it goes below 96(i think) degrees, this is when problems can start to occur.
 almost always, some form of moisture is the cause of enough heat loss to create enough heat loss. we learned about this in cap, as most pilots never pack any sort of survival gear in their aircraft(we have survival packs in all of our aircraft with protective gear and water for 3 people). thus, when we go out on an SAR mission, it is imperative that we get to the approximate scene, and locate them very quickly.

EDIT
this may be a better explanation than i offered.....
http://www.outdoorplaces.com/Features/Mountain/hypothermia/

[mbailey]

Found this on "warm water" Hypothermia

http://www.usps.org/national/ensign/uspscompass/compassarchive/compassv1n1/hypothermia.htm

 

[Dichotomy]

ahh so I can now say that jumping into the pool in mid december to retrieve the concrete that fell out of the busted bag and spent 5 minutes digging it out is officially the dumbest thing I've ever done.  Good to know as the list is long and growing.