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(Some Shivering Farker) Scary National Weather Services predicts "dangerously cold wind chills" of 20 to 40 below zero in Iowa. Submitter hopes he can post this before his keyboard fre   (forecast.weather.gov) divider line 228
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Mercutio879 [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 07:07:11 PM  
Yup, it sucks here.

/not subby

 
BGates [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 07:09:40 PM  
Thats cold, but it could be worse.

 
Soos [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 07:13:44 PM  
Currently -10 with -34 wind chill here, it's damn cold outside.

 
trouzourt [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 07:13:50 PM  
shut up subby .. .

thats a normal winter day in Deadmonton/AB.


/im angry on the outside
//because im sad on the inside..
///sad and cold.. oh so very cold.

 
chemical_angel [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 07:14:30 PM  
trouzourt: shut up subby .. .

thats a normal winter day in Deadmonton/AB.


/im angry on the outside
//because im sad on the inside..
///sad and cold.. oh so very cold.


but are you ronry?

 
lerry [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 07:19:47 PM  
They're predicting -25 tomorrow out where I live... I think I'll stay inside in my bedroom next to my spaceheater.

 
Cornwell [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 07:22:23 PM  
I was about to say that -40 is farking cold.

However, wind chills at -40 is rather everyday.

Pussies!

 
GaryPDX [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 07:27:46 PM  
tropical.

 
DistendedPendulusFrenulum 2008-12-20 07:50:17 PM  
It was -15 and calm here the other day. Then it went all the way up to 22!

Tonight they hollerin -5 and 30 MPH winds for a -25 chill factor.

It will be a good opportunity to go snowshoeing with my neighbors, I guess.

.

 
itazurakko [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 08:28:59 PM  
Not nearly that cold here, but it's well below freezing and MISTING.

Meaning, it's Sidewalks of Death. I nearly fell on my ass and slid into an intersection earlier this evening, made sure to spread lots of icemelt on my own sidewalk when I got home. Living in a neighborhood with brick sidewalks doesn't help...

Whenever possible I'm just tromping in the snowy yards, better traction.

/watches yet more salt trucks go by the house

 
ne2d [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 08:35:47 PM  
Meh. I was living in Chicago about 15 years ago when we had the -40 air temp. with the -75 windchill.

 
johnny_vegas [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 09:55:16 PM  
I live in Hawaii, so I am getting a kick out ....etc

/Obama motorcade passed us by on H-1 an hour ago or so...that was cool

 
Ryker's Peninsula 2008-12-20 10:04:43 PM  
Yeah, but it's a dry cold.

 
brewssuds 2008-12-20 10:05:28 PM  
Another sign of global warming...

/wait, what?

 
holiday_inn_in_cambodia 2008-12-20 10:05:37 PM  
www.getrealdenver.com
then it's minus 50, asshole!

 
Heroic Poser 2008-12-20 10:05:52 PM  
-8.

Set a record for snowfall here in one day.

 
Get Lost 2008-12-20 10:06:30 PM  
Cold? Minus 26 celcius or Minus 30 celcius in BC. Too damn lazy to go look again.

And not from the complaining mother farking coast either. BC Interior is the best. The rest can lick Mike Tysons breast.

/And clear skies too. None of that white powder falling from the sky.

 
Funk Brothers 2008-12-20 10:07:30 PM  
I heard Sarah Palin has an icy vagina while she's traveling in Iowa this weekend. Don't you know that she's already campaigning for the Iowa Caucus in 2012?

 
Haplo127x 2008-12-20 10:08:30 PM  
My family lives in northern Saskatchewan and they've been in the -30's / 40's (wind chill) for a couple of weeks. Pretty normal for them, but sends chills down my spine just talking to them on the phone.

/only -27 here (wc) atm
//balmy Canadian winters )

 
Atypical Person Reading Fark [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 10:08:46 PM  
What towns are there in Iowa besides DesMoines?

 
Evil Canadian [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 10:09:08 PM  
Ryker's Peninsula: Yeah, but it's a dry cold.

THIS!

/I may live in Toronto, but I am from the frosty North.
//I have the most attractive static tuque-head today!
///I think my brother in Regina must be an icicle by now. -39C Windchill atm

 
omnimancer28 2008-12-20 10:09:11 PM  
78 and sunny this weekend. But the weather man IS predicting "extremely cold Christmas temperatures" of "low in the mid-50s". For 2 months out of the year, Florida does not suck as bad as usual.

 
Heterodyne 2008-12-20 10:10:48 PM  
Pussies.

 
simpsonfan 2008-12-20 10:11:22 PM  
Meh, Grandpa said it got so cold in Michigan one winter that people's words would freeze right out of their mouths. They'd toss the frozen words behind the shed (They only had one shed) into a big pile. Come the spring thaw, you could hear all these people talking but nobody was there.

 
The English Major [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 10:11:31 PM  
holiday_inn_in_cambodia
then it's minus 50, asshole!

The other night we had snow with lightning behind it.

 
ukparrothead 2008-12-20 10:11:32 PM  
Wow,

The wife and I are under the blankets tonight. Also we went out and got some wood for the fire place cause its hitting 55 tonight in San Diego.

/I am from back East
//Here long enough and 55 feels cold

 
holiday_inn_in_cambodia 2008-12-20 10:13:39 PM  
The English Major: holiday_inn_in_cambodia
then it's minus 50, asshole!

The other night we had snow with lightning behind it.


I don't think they even wrote about that kind of weather in the bible.

 
Heroic Poser 2008-12-20 10:13:50 PM  
Of course, they could also get record day snowfall like we did.
i81.photobucket.com
All that in one day.
>:(

 
Vexed Thespian 2008-12-20 10:14:17 PM  
alright, plymouth county reporting in....


yep, its cold.

 
Spaztictacular 2008-12-20 10:14:20 PM  
Not much better here in Omaha... it's -22 windchill right now at 0 air temp.

The problem tomorrow, when it'll be closer to -4 air temp is it'll be windy. I'm totally looking forward to going to work tomorrow... sigh

 
Somacandra [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 10:15:41 PM  
The English Major: The other night we had snow with lightning behind it.

Yes, we did too. Thundersnow. And Thundersleet. Which really sucks ass if you are out in it. Sheets of heavy sleet coming down with thunder/lightning is one of the Biblical signs of the apocalypse.

/North-Central Iowa sucks ass right now.

 
pub124 2008-12-20 10:16:18 PM  
Went skiing at Holiday Valley in New York tonight....got off the slopes after about an hour and started drinking.

/very cold
//still thawing out

 
T. Dawg 2008-12-20 10:16:28 PM  
Meh. -40 without windchill and I'll feel for 'em.

Mr. Dawg lived up on the 'range back in '96, and left on a trip when the air temp was -60'f. He arrived in AZ two days later 110'F. I'm surprised he didn't pop!

 
safety-math 2008-12-20 10:17:01 PM  
The snow is waist deep here, with perfect temperatures of around 25. I wouldn't be nearly as happy if I had a car, though...

 
Snackly 2008-12-20 10:17:04 PM  
"MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE."

"...PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH..."


Iowa officially loses all bowel contr-

Wait, Iowa's always been this way.

 
texastag 2008-12-20 10:18:38 PM  
Some of my dad's favorite winter sayings...

Colder than a mother-in-law's kiss in divorce court!

Colder than a well digger's arse!

/Classic

Post slashie possibly NSFW cold linky goodness...

Maybe NSFW Brrrr!

Make it two for my freezing friends form the north...

Maybe NSFW freezing!

 
XxDavidZullenxX 2008-12-20 10:18:39 PM  
Overclock your computer.

It'll heat your room and you'll be able to actually play Crysis.

 
kiranlightpaw 2008-12-20 10:19:01 PM  
Protect the corn!

 
brewssuds 2008-12-20 10:19:05 PM  
Serious question: how is the icepack at the North Pole doing?

 
Haplo127x 2008-12-20 10:19:36 PM  
The English Major: holiday_inn_in_cambodia
then it's minus 50, asshole!

The other night we had snow with lightning behind it.


Ok, that just sounds awesome. Here we just have snow with more snow behind it. Maybe some freezing rain or sleet.

 
Somacandra [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 10:19:43 PM  
Blizzard Warning outside. The winds aren't fierce yet in Story county. but Iowa DOT is busy telling everyone to get the hell off of the roads. (new window)

And after close, careful, nuanced consideration, I've decided to blame the current Administration for this situation.

 
The Martintuckian 2008-12-20 10:19:51 PM  
My nads are shrinking as I read this.

 
sarahelizabeth 2008-12-20 10:20:09 PM  
Spaztictacular: Not much better here in Omaha... it's -22 windchill right now at 0 air temp.

The problem tomorrow, when it'll be closer to -4 air temp is it'll be windy. I'm totally looking forward to going to work tomorrow... sigh


Yep I have to be at work at 8 am tomorrow. It's gonna be a long day tomorrow at work. Either people will be crazy enough to brave the temps to get those last minute gifts or else they will stay home and it will be a really slow day.

 
billyboyxoxox 2008-12-20 10:20:59 PM  
There is no standard for determining wind chill. I do believe it will be cold in Iowa but that is why they make thermal underwear. Gear up pussies.

 
tukatz [TotalFark] 2008-12-20 10:21:39 PM  
Southeast Wisconsin got over a foot of snow last night.

Now it's supposed to go into the negative temps.

I'm thinking of shoveling out a maze in the backyard.


/meh... winter

 
Katalyst 2008-12-20 10:22:40 PM  
Haplo127x: My family lives in northern Saskatchewan and they've been in the -30's / 40's (wind chill) for a couple of weeks. Pretty normal for them, but sends chills down my spine just talking to them on the phone.

/only -27 here (wc) atm
//balmy Canadian winters )


Yeah, it has been pretty nasty in Saskatchewan for the past few weeks. Currently in Saskatoon it's -31 and feels like -43 with the wind.

Brr.

 
KarmicDisaster 2008-12-20 10:22:56 PM  
About the same here in Wisconsin, going down to -6 tonight with 30mph winds. Generally see some -10 or -20 weather each winter, the record is about -40 F. They don't close the schools until the wind chill hits 40 below when the kids are transiting. Just take a hat.

 
rachmeister 2008-12-20 10:22:56 PM  
4F, -26F wind chill in iowa city right now. :(

 
trofl 2008-12-20 10:23:24 PM  
7 mb/100 mi pressure gradient? Across my state?
It's more likely than you think.

 
Sique 2008-12-20 10:23:26 PM  
don't let the buses near any steep hills

 
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