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So cold in Ottowa that the residents are reporting creaking house sounds as gunfire

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slick230

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40 below??? That's fvcking cold, yo!

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A cold spell gripping Ottawa is so intense that houses have started to produce loud cracking noises, prompting worried citizens to report burglaries and gunfire, local police said Wednesday.
Spokeswoman Monique Ackland said police had received around 20 calls Monday night and Tuesday morning, when temperatures in the Canadian capital dipped to an unseasonably low minus 40 Celsius (minus 40 Fahrenheit).

"Those were calls about breaking and entering, people making excessive noise and calls about gunshots," she said. Police responded to each alarm and rapidly realized crime was not responsible.

"Those calls were all (prompted by) the cold," she said, adding that one possible reason for the loud noises were exploding nails.
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Originally posted by: Wanescotting
Damn. Oh well, it is about 50 here.
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Check that, was in the low 40s when i went to lunch. At least it did not get to the low 30s like the last few days.
 
Originally posted by: Insane3D
when temperatures in the Canadian capital dipped to an unseasonably low minus 40 Celsius (minus 40 Fahrenheit).
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Hmmmm... -40C is the same as -40F ?! Me thinks there is a typo....
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No, IIRC they are the same. It is the temp where the two coincide...

google calc
 
Well, I'm confused now. It's 16F here now, which is -9C....it's the same @ -40? How's that work?

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Thanks So...weird. When you go down to -50F, the C reading is "higher"....confusing to say the least...
 
Originally posted by: Insane3D
Well, I'm confused now. It's 16F here now, which is -9C....it's the same @ -40? How's that work?
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conversion formula of c->f is f = 9c/5 + 32

solve for f = c, you get f = c = -40
 
Originally posted by: Insane3D
Well, I'm confused now. It's 16F here now, which is -9C....it's the same @ -40? How's that work?

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Thanks So...weird. When you go down to -50F, the C reading is "higher"....confusing to say the least...
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NP. It's one of those slightly strange things that comes in with the two different 'rates of change' that the temp scales use.
 
Originally posted by: Jero
It's cold here in Ottawa I admit, but that guy needs to check his spelling!

Eek..I have to go outside in 2 hours....scary 😉
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:shocked:
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
It's cold here in Ottawa I admit, but that guy needs to check his spelling!

Eek..I have to go outside in 2 hours....scary 😉
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:shocked:
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Not to worry...it's nothing I can't handle....

It was -41 with the windshield factor a few days ago.

A few rules of the thumb...

1) Start car about 10 mins before you have to go.
2) Drive slowly
3) Avoid any potential accidents

if done right, you got nothing to worry about!
 
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
It's cold here in Ottawa I admit, but that guy needs to check his spelling!

Eek..I have to go outside in 2 hours....scary 😉
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:shocked:
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Not to worry...it's nothing I can't handle....

It was -41 with the windshield factor a few days ago.

A few rules of the thumb...

1) Start car about 10 mins before you have to go.
2) Drive slowly
3) Avoid any potential accidents

if done right, you got nothing to worry about!
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Windshield factor?!?!?! 😉
 
Originally posted by: DurocShark
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
It's cold here in Ottawa I admit, but that guy needs to check his spelling!

Eek..I have to go outside in 2 hours....scary 😉
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:shocked:
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Not to worry...it's nothing I can't handle....

It was -41 with the windshield factor a few days ago.

A few rules of the thumb...

1) Start car about 10 mins before you have to go.
2) Drive slowly
3) Avoid any potential accidents

if done right, you got nothing to worry about!
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Windshield factor?!?!?! 😉
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yeah ok....from what you guys can probably guess....i'm lacking sleep 🙂

i meant windchill factor
 
Originally posted by: Jero
It's cold here in Ottawa I admit, but that guy needs to check his spelling!

Eek..I have to go outside in 2 hours....scary 😉
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Bundle up! Any exposed skin will get very cold within seconds, frostbight within minutes.

When I was 10ish -40c was common in the Winter(Fort McMurray, Alberta) and it wasn't so cold that us kids wouldn't play outside. Now a days I wouldn't even want to go outside in that, but it's doable.
 
now that is friggin stupid. it gets below zero here too and i have heard the place crack like that. it doesn't sound like a gun :roll:
 
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