Northen Folk!

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Y'all are a bunch of pansies!

(<---lives in Alaska and often finds himself in -60 F during the winter)

I've always wondered how you people function in that weather. How do kids wait for the school bus? What happens if your heater goes out? How do you start your car? Do you still have drive through windows at fast food places?

 

[dainthomas]

I have a picture somewhere of me in front of our backyard thermometer when it was reading -40. Yeah, that was a little nippy. I think that was the coldest it got in the five years we lived in ND (without wind chill).

 

[iamwiz82]

I hate this weather and it's only dipped into the mid 20s so far.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Y'all are a bunch of pansies!

(<---lives in Alaska and often finds himself in -60 F during the winter)

I've always wondered how you people function in that weather. How do kids wait for the school bus? What happens if your heater goes out? How do you start your car? Do you still have drive through windows at fast food places?

OK, here goes! Kids "hopefully" get dressed very, very warmly! Although I've seen kids waiting for the bus at -10 wearing only shorts and a shirt; usually they're the older kids like early teens, who have realized it's not cool to wear coats and stuff. When the heater goes out, you're hosed unless you either have a second, different source of heat (i.e. woodburning fireplace or space heaters), but also heating companies are on-call 24 hrs for such emergencies. Cars have block heaters, which are plugged into extension cords. They keep the engine much warmer so it starts easier. If it's WAAAAY cold, like -50 or something (I only see those temps when I'm up on the North Slope), then cars are simply left running. There's not exactly a car theft issue up there. Garages really help! And yes, we have drive through windows... though the lady behind it will open and shut it so fast that you're liable to get your arm pinched off. We also have drive-up coffee stands so you don'thave to leave your vehicle to get a warm cuppa joe. Most buildings have two sets of doors as well, so that at no point is there direct access from the cold air outside to the warm air inside. Usually. There's that little vestibule room that sits at an-inbetween temperature. But for the most part... where I live in Anchorage, it's never THAT cold but Fairbanks is a lot worse; and the North Slope is worse still. I've seen windchills up there of -102 just a few years back. You pretty much don't go outside unless you're either very stupid or work for the oil companies. Some of those guys work out in that weather every day. I'm only ever there for a couple hours to drop off cargo and then we leave back for the warmer climate of 0-10 above.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Y'all are a bunch of pansies!

(<---lives in Alaska and often finds himself in -60 F during the winter)

I've always wondered how you people function in that weather. How do kids wait for the school bus? What happens if your heater goes out? How do you start your car? Do you still have drive through windows at fast food places?

OK, here goes! Kids "hopefully" get dressed very, very warmly! Although I've seen kids waiting for the bus at -10 wearing only shorts and a shirt; usually they're the older kids like early teens, who have realized it's not cool to wear coats and stuff. When the heater goes out, you're hosed unless you either have a second, different source of heat (i.e. woodburning fireplace or space heaters), but also heating companies are on-call 24 hrs for such emergencies. Cars have block heaters, which are plugged into extension cords. They keep the engine much warmer so it starts easier. If it's WAAAAY cold, like -50 or something (I only see those temps when I'm up on the North Slope), then cars are simply left running. There's not exactly a car theft issue up there. Garages really help! And yes, we have drive through windows... though the lady behind it will open and shut it so fast that you're liable to get your arm pinched off. We also have drive-up coffee stands so you don'thave to leave your vehicle to get a warm cuppa joe. Most buildings have two sets of doors as well, so that at no point is there direct access from the cold air outside to the warm air inside. Usually. There's that little vestibule room that sits at an-inbetween temperature. But for the most part... where I live in Anchorage, it's never THAT cold but Fairbanks is a lot worse; and the North Slope is worse still. I've seen windchills up there of -102 just a few years back. You pretty much don't go outside unless you're either very stupid or work for the oil companies. Some of those guys work out in that weather every day. I'm only ever there for a couple hours to drop off cargo and then we leave back for the warmer climate of 0-10 above.

Fairbanks here... we see that every year. We just got done with a three week stretch of -20/-35 weather and we haven't even hit the cold part of the winter yet. Jan/Feb it's not unusual to see stretches of -40 and colder for weeks at a time.

Dress warm... in layers... plug in that car and drink pleanty of fluids. It's very dry at those temps. You can get dehydrated just sitting there.

 

[chairbornrangerx]

yeah I think you do get used to it... but I spent over a year in iraq, and when I came home to michigan ... I still haven't been able to get back into dealing with the cold, hell 60F is almost too cold for me lol.

 

[Injury]

Hell no we don't get used it. We bitch about how cold it is all winter then bitch about how hot it is all summer.

For a couple weeks during Spring and a couple weeks during fall all we can talk about is how perfect the weather is, but then it's back to bitching about it.

 

[Exterous]

Some people get used to it others don't. I love it - you know its a great day when you have to break the ice to go swimming

 

[lokiju]

Sissy.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Try changing the radiator on a car at -73 F. It was so cold the rubber hoses contracted and we had to heat them to get them to stretch over the fittings.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Y'all are a bunch of pansies!

(<---lives in Alaska and often finds himself in -60 F during the winter)

I've always wondered how you people function in that weather. How do kids wait for the school bus? What happens if your heater goes out? How do you start your car? Do you still have drive through windows at fast food places?

OK, here goes! Kids "hopefully" get dressed very, very warmly! Although I've seen kids waiting for the bus at -10 wearing only shorts and a shirt; usually they're the older kids like early teens, who have realized it's not cool to wear coats and stuff. When the heater goes out, you're hosed unless you either have a second, different source of heat (i.e. woodburning fireplace or space heaters), but also heating companies are on-call 24 hrs for such emergencies. Cars have block heaters, which are plugged into extension cords. They keep the engine much warmer so it starts easier. If it's WAAAAY cold, like -50 or something (I only see those temps when I'm up on the North Slope), then cars are simply left running. There's not exactly a car theft issue up there. Garages really help! And yes, we have drive through windows... though the lady behind it will open and shut it so fast that you're liable to get your arm pinched off. We also have drive-up coffee stands so you don'thave to leave your vehicle to get a warm cuppa joe. Most buildings have two sets of doors as well, so that at no point is there direct access from the cold air outside to the warm air inside. Usually. There's that little vestibule room that sits at an-inbetween temperature. But for the most part... where I live in Anchorage, it's never THAT cold but Fairbanks is a lot worse; and the North Slope is worse still. I've seen windchills up there of -102 just a few years back. You pretty much don't go outside unless you're either very stupid or work for the oil companies. Some of those guys work out in that weather every day. I'm only ever there for a couple hours to drop off cargo and then we leave back for the warmer climate of 0-10 above.

Fairbanks here... we see that every year. We just got done with a three week stretch of -20/-35 weather and we haven't even hit the cold part of the winter yet. Jan/Feb it's not unusual to see stretches of -40 and colder for weeks at a time.

Dress warm... in layers... plug in that car and drink pleanty of fluids. It's very dry at those temps. You can get dehydrated just sitting there.

The people at the drive-through windows usually wear their winter gear while they work, as well.

 

[ITJunkie]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
ok so what do u guys do in that cold cold weather? crank up the thermostat?

Not the thermostat but, rather, the body heat...with your SO.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Try changing the radiator on a car at -73 F. It was so cold the rubber hoses contracted and we had to heat them to get them to stretch over the fittings.

Was it overheating? I'd leave the radiator empty and let it run to see if it would at that temp.

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: pontifex
i've lived in PA all my life (26 years) and i'm still not used to it. I hate extremely cold weather and I hate extremely hot weather.

Same, except Im in Ohio

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Try changing the radiator on a car at -73 F. It was so cold the rubber hoses contracted and we had to heat them to get them to stretch over the fittings.

Was it overheating? I'd leave the radiator empty and let it run to see if it would at that temp.

The radiator was suffering from severe corrosion and was leaking.

 

[mordantmonkey]

Ah the beuty of the midwest. not only do we get lows of -10 wind chill, but we also get highs of 110 heat index. I kind of like it, keeps you on your toes

 

[radioouman]

15 degrees this morning. It was 65 last week.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Wait until it gets cold:evil:

:Q

 

[ViviTheMage]

It doesnt get as cold as it used to get...

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Try changing the radiator on a car at -73 F. It was so cold the rubber hoses contracted and we had to heat them to get them to stretch over the fittings.

Was it overheating? I'd leave the radiator empty and let it run to see if it would at that temp.

It overheats... In '89 when it was -70 my water pump belt broke and my car instantly overheated. I had to limp it home a few hundred yards at a time. I lived in the middle of nowhere so it was that or walk. Took me an hour to drive four miles.

 

[Vetterin]

Originally posted by: clamum
I live way up in the Upper Pen. of MI and I still hate the cold. Having your snot sorta freeze when you breathe in through your nose kinda sucks.

Hey der! I lived in Gwinn for 3 years. Loved riding my snowmobile to work at K.I Sawyer everyday during the winter. Actually I prefer the winters up there to these here in Chicago.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Vetterin

Originally posted by: clamum
I live way up in the Upper Pen. of MI and I still hate the cold. Having your snot sorta freeze when you breathe in through your nose kinda sucks.

Hey der! I lived in Gwinn for 3 years. Loved riding my snowmobile to work at K.I Sawyer everyday during the winter. Actually I prefer the winters up there to these here in Chicago.

It's much easier to get around up there because people actually know how to drive and don't panic and the first sign of snow.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

/Canadian

That should say enough.

- M4H

 

[50cent1228]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Wait until it gets cold:evil:

 

[Vetterin]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Vetterin

Originally posted by: clamum
I live way up in the Upper Pen. of MI and I still hate the cold. Having your snot sorta freeze when you breathe in through your nose kinda sucks.

Hey der! I lived in Gwinn for 3 years. Loved riding my snowmobile to work at K.I Sawyer everyday during the winter. Actually I prefer the winters up there to these here in Chicago.

It's much easier to get around up there because people actually know how to drive and don't panic and the first sign of snow.

That's a fact but what I liked most about the UP'ers was that if you DID happen to get stuck someone would always stop and help you out. Them people were/are the best!!