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Brrrr. Who is cold out there?; just came in from shovelling
Topic Started: Jan 5 2010, 06:39 AM (337 Views)
RosemaryTwo
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The New Year's snowfall here has been very pretty and powder-like.

I enjoy putting on a scarf, hat, gloves and my warm boots and shovelling the sidewalks early in the morning, coming in to a fire in the fireplace (I light one every day). Shovelling is good exercise and is rewarding (but then again I enjoy vacuuming).

Today was the first day I came in, though, and my fingertips were tingling. Hmmm.

I hear that a cold snap is hitting the country. I enjoy winter and as long as the wind isn't too strong. I enjoy cold air.

I think I need warmer gloves. :chill:

So I am curious -- for those of you who live in climates where it snows regularly in the winter months, how are you doing?

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We're experiencing temps in the 'teens here in Chicago.

It's interesting living in a condo. In the morning, my car is in the underground garage, at 62 degrees. I don't zip up my coat or don gloves to drive to work. The walk from parking lot to building is about a hundred feet, so I don't bother then, either.

Forced air heat is nice because of the humidification. It's working really well, and we keep it around 30%. Interestingly, when I walk in from the (non-humidified) hallway, it feels like a sauna - for about 10 seconds, and then it's perfect.

Rather than having 100 year old rattly double hung windows, I have nice, new well-insulated windows.

We're doing fine. :lol2:
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It has been zero here at nights and 18 during the day. No snow yet so it has been a pretty mild winter so far.

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RosemaryTwo
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I don't wear a coat until it goes below 30 degrees, George, for the some of the same reasons you mentioned.

My car sleeps in a garage -- I hate driving with a coat on -- my car has toasty heated seats -- once I get where I am going I don't want to deal with carrying a coat around.

I just wear warm clothes and throw on a scarf maybe.
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I was in Lancaster for New Years, tho. My inlaws have aluminum siding -- man I thought the house was going to blow away during the windy nights. It was sooo noisy.
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Artoo - I also live in a condo and while my parking garage isn't 62 degrees, I also dont like driving with a coat on (heated seats, etc) so most of the time I'll take of my jacket when I get in my car but will often leave my gloves on since the steering wheel is freezing.
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R2, it's 5 below now here. We should see a high of 9 degrees today with windchills as low as minus 17 during the daytime. At night now, we have windchills from minus 25 to 40 below zero.

Kitty Etta has stretched out on one of the living room radiators.

Today we are having our old hot water heat boiler replaced with two energy efficient units, and a new hot water heater, too. The heat will be off ALL day.

We're talking BRRrrrrrr here today. I may go up to the third floor and turn on the gas fireplace to get warm. Gee, I could rug hook up there, too. Temptation!!
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RosemaryTwo
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All right. Brenda, you win. Too cold for me.

My husband is planning a busiess trip to Minnesota soon. I'd better buy him some warmer outerwear. Can one wear a thick sweater-like wool suit and tie?

I just found some great boots on Zappos but they're out in my size. Grrr.
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Tried working out outside a couple of nights ago. It was about 22 degrees out with gale force freaking winds. It sucked but it put my walks to and from the metro into perspective.
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As I've posted on my FB page .. I so need to be on a beach.
So far we've had temps at -32C [with wind chill] or -36F.
Renauda's city had the lowest recorded temps anywhere a few weeks back.
Here, when it gets real cold, a person can hear the contraction of steel occurring at night.
It's loud, eerie. I don't like that sound.
I've wanted to move away from here my entire life. Sue's town would be perfect for me.
I dislike this frozen tundra.
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Jan 5 2010, 07:34 AM
All right. Brenda, you win. Too cold for me.

My husband is planning a busiess trip to Minnesota soon. I'd better buy him some warmer outerwear. Can one wear a thick sweater-like wool suit and tie?

I just found some great boots on Zappos but they're out in my size. Grrr.
Wool suits are great! And when he's done wearing it, I will hook it into a rug. :smile:

I don't live in the Twin Cities, but here's some general info on what to wear for winter weather in Minnesooota:
http://minneapolis.about.com/od/travelweather/a/coldweatherwear.htm

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Jan 5 2010, 07:40 AM
As I've posted on my FB page .. I so need to be on a beach.
So far we've had temps at -32C [with wind chill] or -36F.
Renauda's city had the lowest recorded temps anywhere a few weeks back.
Here, when it gets real cold, a person can hear the contraction of steel occurring at night.
It's loud, eerie. I don't like that sound.
I've wanted to move away from here my entire life.
I dislike this frozen tundra.
Now that is cold. Sounds like Minnesoooota, blondie.
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long silk underwear, several shirts, lined pants or thick cords.. we keep the house fairly cool so the humidity level doesn't plummet and it is then easier to don a thick coat, huge gloves, boots and grab a shovel.

it's brutal here but not too bad.. zeroish. later this week we'll definitely dip down into the negatives.
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My kid's school closes when it reaches -40 [C or F].
Losing heat is a major deal. I gripe on about snow removal, but if there weren't emergency crews responding to natural gas failures, we'd be hooped. Some [the minority] have wood burning fireplaces.
I sleep in fleecy jammies, socks, duvet plus extra blanket on the bed. I get cold easily.
Some rural folk apply plastic to the inside of their windows come winter for extra insulation. Some even block off peripheral rooms. Out east that's more common. Winter in the northern maritimes, Quebec and up north is brutal. I guess I shouldn't complain about here.
I'm jaundiced. I just don't see the beauty in winter. I hate it & tend to turn inside my shell every year.
TG for modern vehicles with electronic ignition and heated garages. When I first drove there'd be entire weeks I'd not be able to start the car .. that's even when it was plugged in with an in-car warmer [picture house upon houses with cars attached on the streets with 40 foot extension cords]. And there's just something vile about having to scrape away the frost on *the inside* of your windows while waiting, say a half an hour, for it to warm up sufficiently to drive it.
I notice coyotes don't howl at night when it gets so cold. No wonder they run so free in the city during the winter. They scavenge anything they can, then shut-up-huddle-up anywhere safe at night.
I don't like coyotes either.
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The coldest I've seen here was windchills of minus 80 or 90. That closes down the schools, churches, stores, malls, you name it.

blondie, people here do the interior window plastic sealants, too. We do some of that in the form of silicone caulk. Some people with older homes put hay bales around the perimeter of their foundations. We have added insulation to our older home, including in our attic and above our third floor ceiling. We used a combo of fiber insulation and icynene. ( http://www.icynene.com/ )
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Yup, you're right Brenda. I've seen hay bales too outside the city. One of the reasons I moved our family was to be in a house with smaller windows. For the life of me I don't know why they build modern houses here with these huge expansive windows. Then there's the condensation problem when the sun hits & the weather warms a few degrees.
I've had so many extension cords snap on me here due to the cold. Here we call them "road snakes" in the winter. Plastic scrapers snap easily too. The best shovels are metal but so heavy. The cheap plastic ones also snap.
One of the best little inventions are those Hot Paws hand & foot warmers. I brought to the marathons I've done. Toasty. They help.
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Wow.

I'd like to experience your winters for about a week, just to see what's it's like. I've never been through anything like that, Blondie.
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blondie
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We're luckier than Renauda R2. Here, we've weather reprieves a few times each season, something called "Chinooks". Google that. The upside of those is the weather can go from the low minus temps to the high teens in say, 12 hours. IOWs, people can go from extreme cold in long underwear to almost wearing shorts [some do!]. Everything melts. There are problems with that. But the worst are the headaches or emotion swings that happen with some people during Chinooks. Many people get miserable.
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In comparison, it's fairly mild here.

We've been down in the single digits a couple of nights, but, mostly, we're in the 20s during the day, the teens at night.

I go outside with the dogs (briefly) in just a sweater.

We've had a good bit of snow, though, for December and early January. Around a foot just this past weekend.
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Jan 5 2010, 08:29 AM
We're luckier than Renauda R2. We've weather reprieves a few times each winter, something called "Chinooks". Google that. The upside of those is the weather can go from the low minus temps to the high teens in say 12 hours. IOWs, people can go from extreme cold to almost wearing shorts. Everything melts. There are problems with that. But the worst are the headaches or emotion swings that happen with some people during Chinooks. Many people get miserable.
We call those "January thaws" here. People really do get out their shorts and t-shirts. The temperature will go up to 50 or even 60 degrees. It does not happen every year that it gets that warm in January, but when it does, look out! People will get wacky! They play snow-football in their summer clothes. They sunbathe outdoors in swim wear.

I'd say it's good for the morale here when we get a January thaw. Yes, it can cause some damage if too much water collects as it melts, but it's good for the typical Minnesooootan to remember that spring is coming. :) The thaw lasts only for a day or two, then it's back to winter, but the reprieve lifts the spirits and is like a mini-vacation from winter. And it's free!
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You've Chinooks too Brenda?

The thing I like of them are the salmon & purple colored skies. Very beautiful.
They do cheer people up for a bit.
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Jan 5 2010, 08:37 AM
You've Chinooks too Brenda?

The thing I like of them are the salmon & purple colored skies. Very beautiful.
They do cheer people up for a bit.
I'm not sure that they are exactly the same, but a thaw of any color is welcome in Minnesooota in January. :lol2:
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Man... after reading this thread, I'm glad I live in the south, where it's a balmy 33 degress outside right now.

For the last 2 weeks, Plays and I have been walking around the house saying, "Winter SUCKS!"

I hate cold weather.
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I will say that I won't complain about the cold anymore. My weather sounds like Quirt's.
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I've been getting the jewish whine for about a week now.

"I wanna go to Florida."
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