Sheep are invited inside instead?

That's nature's not so subtle advice to move somewhere more habitable.

BillCo: Sweet Jesus, that's a lot of global warming.

Four posts in... too slow.

/local weather patterns do not negate global climate change
//part of global warming includes more extremes; colder colds and hotter hots.

I've been to North Dakota. Not intersting. Hell would have to freeze over first. That's colder than -52° F.

BillCo: Sweet Jesus, that's a lot of global warming.

How many times do I have to say this? It's CLIMATE CHANGE, PEOPLE! CLIMATE! CHANGE! It's not global warming anymore. By saying, "Climate Change" we can show that any weather pattern is a sign we're all gonna die.

Bah. I've been in -81 wind chill in Chicago and Lake Geneva. Wusses.

Now if that were -53 w/out wind chill - NOW we'd be talking.

Wind chill subby. Wind chill. It's north dakota it's always freaking cold with the wind chill there.

Beat the -130 (it was either last year or two years ago). Some mountains in the northeast hit -130 windchill.

OH YEAH.

twice i walked 5 miles home from school in -35 degrees....but it was a dry cold.

What ever happened to the movement to change the state name to "Dakota" to try to make it sound less cold so people would stop moving to the comparatively balmy South Dakota?

Englebert Slaptyback: Fahrenheit -52: the temperature at which North Dakota becomes interesting


Counterpoint: there is no such temperature.

Jane, you ignorant slut.

Temperature, or windchill?

FTA: wind chills as low as 52 below zero blasted much of the

Talon: //part of global warming includes more extremes; colder colds and hotter hots.

Isn't it amazing that years into the climate debate, this point still needs to be made on a regular basis?

Maybe they can sell some carbon credits to the Al Gore, inventorator/discoverer of the interwebs.

Was that -52 Kelvin or Rankine?

cryinoutloud: Wind chill. Meh. But still dangerous.

I watched some loons go out snowmobiling in -50 before. They were on vacation and they just had to go out, no matter what the weather. They came back several hours later, and one of them had a big frostbite patch on his cheek. He thought it was hilarious. I hope he thought the doctor's bill was just as funny.

I used to ride a motorcycle to work in -20F weather when that was all I could afford and never considered taking a day off. I needed the money. However, I had the sense to use a full face helmet, a helmet skirt, a snowmobile suit, and proper boots. No exposed flesh whatever. I added a "snorkel" I made from a new section of fuel line. I inhaled through my nose, and exhaled through the snorkel. This kept my visor from fogging if the weather was reasonably cold. The only problem with that was that an icicle of drool would freeze to the front of my snowmobile suit.

Anyway, I would snowmobile in -50F weather. I'd carry some survival gear, too, in addition to the gear I described. My point is that we aren't loons, really. Humans may sometimes be loony, but they can also be more adaptable than loons. Loons do sing nicely, though, and they swim mighty well too.

// Set loony off. If only I could.

Could it be there is more than one Red River? It is an obscure name so it could be a long shot.

-52? Meh. It got down to +45 here this morning, so I flipped the switch to light my gas fireplace, and have been snuggling in front of it doing paperwork all morning.

/gotta go pick another orange off the tree

I remember driving around with my brother one year when the temp was -40F and the wind gusting to 50mph (which made the wind chill somewhere around -90). It seemed like something out of a sci-fi movie (of course we were stoned off our asses, which might have added to the effect).

char_boy: I've been to North Dakota. Not intersting. Hell would have to freeze over first. That's colder than -52° F.

I've been to many, many places in the world and find ND very interesting. I also find it wonderful that my kids can go wherever they want without fear of them being kidnapped/molested. I find it amusing that our newspapers are filled with mindless crap rather than murder, here, robbery there. It's awesome that our economy is one of the strongest in the country. It's pretty cool that I'm not out looking for work. It's really neat that I have a huge house with a gigantic yard and I'm paying less for my mortgage than I did for a crappy one bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. And when I feel the urge to get to a city or to warmth, I can be on either coast in about 5 hours thanks to these neat inventions called "airplanes."

You're right, it totally sucks there! Stay away! Far away!