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(Washington Post) Cool Alaska temperatures fall to record -41 below zero. Yukon check the weather map, it's not an Aleutian   (washingtonpost.com) divider line 138
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Speaker2Animals [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 01:21:41 PM
-41 below zero." Do two negatives make a positive?
 
jehovahs witness protection [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 01:25:09 PM
B B B B BUT, GLOBAL WARMING...
 
verbal_jizm [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 01:42:08 PM
jehovahs witness protection: B B B B BUT, GLOBAL WARMING...

Someone had to be the sacrificial derper. Atta boy, takin' one for the team.
 
Tillmaster
2011-11-20 02:03:49 PM
Forty below is the same on Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales.

And it's brass monkey weather.
 
MyNameIsMofuga
2011-11-20 02:04:59 PM
And my daughter would still insist on wearing flip flops because she isn't cold.
 
cryinoutloud
2011-11-20 02:05:26 PM
static.guim.co.uk

Did you hear? the sea ice is coming back early this year!
 
YELLOL
2011-11-20 02:05:36 PM
jehovahs witness protection: B B B B BUT, GLOBAL WARMING...

Global Warming is so last year. The new term is "Global Climate Bullshiat Disruption" and if you disagree you are a flat earth denier and probably a Republican racist too.
 
Falconae
2011-11-20 02:08:19 PM
Some damn fine writing there.
"broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969"
then "The last time Fairbanks residents saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994"

So the 40-below temps in 1994 were fake 40s? or did they get disqualified for cheating?
 
Ed Willy
2011-11-20 02:08:44 PM
What do Juneau? When the cold sink Inuit really tests your resolve. The Canadians will have Nunavut.
 
12349876
2011-11-20 02:08:57 PM
jehovahs witness protection: B B B B BUT, GLOBAL WARMING...

OH NO, one spot in the world is cold on one day! There's no global warming!

is like

OH NO, Aaron Rodgers threw an incomplete pass. THE PACKERS SUCK!
 
HotIgneous Intruder
2011-11-20 02:09:42 PM
The only solution is to stop eating, driving, and heating and cooling our homes, then the weather in Alaska will improve.

/It's November in Alaska. derp.
 
texdent [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 02:10:19 PM
I wouldn't even leave the house if it was that cold.
 
HotIgneous Intruder
2011-11-20 02:10:50 PM
Falconae: Some damn fine writing there.
"broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969"
then "The last time Fairbanks residents saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994"

So the 40-below temps in 1994 were fake 40s? or did they get disqualified for cheating?

That was in the last ice age.
 
Ed_Severson
2011-11-20 02:11:43 PM
Nine degrees above freezing is a November record low in Alaska?
 
antron
2011-11-20 02:12:48 PM
Nome way!
 
jake3988
2011-11-20 02:13:17 PM
After seeing the survivorman ep in Alaska again last week I thought 'Damn, I wanna move to Alaska'.

Thanks for reminding why I won't.

I'm fine with cold as I live in Ohio, but -40 cold is way too damn cold. I can live with 20F and 30F above. -40... no.
 
MFAWG
2011-11-20 02:14:16 PM
texdent: I wouldn't even leave the house if it was that cold.

I spent a winter in Fairbanks, and I learned that somewhere around 20 below it stopped mattering much.
 
epoc_tnac
2011-11-20 02:14:31 PM
Ed_Severson: Nine degrees above freezing is a November record low in Alaska?

Yes, that's a little confusing. But people were ill-prepared, apparently, which means some of them went out in a thin sweater instead of a slightly more robust one.
 
CruJones
2011-11-20 02:14:35 PM
Is this where we come to brag about our pleasant local environments?

/82 and sunny with a nice breeze
 
jake3988
2011-11-20 02:14:56 PM
Falconae 2011-11-20 02:08:19 PM Some damn fine writing there. "broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969" then "The last time Fairbanks residents saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994" So the 40-below temps in 1994 were fake 40s? or did they get disqualified for cheating?
==============================================================

The record of 39 below was the record set on that particular day.

However, other days in November have gotten to 40 below in previous years, such as 1994. Probably days later in the month :)
 
Wyldfire
2011-11-20 02:15:24 PM
Speaker2Animals: -41 below zero." Do two negatives make a positive?

Thank you. I came here to post that, but apparently was about an hour too late :P
 
sycraft
2011-11-20 02:16:30 PM
Reasons why they have to pay people to live there. Only Canadians are crazy enough to live in that kind of weather voluntarily. I was in Calgary once when it was in the 40 below range and that is monkey fark retarded cold. You can't even walk to a mailbox without getting frostbite practically.
 
MAYORBOB
2011-11-20 02:16:58 PM
But, it's a dry cold.
 
Ed_Severson
2011-11-20 02:17:26 PM
Falconae: Some damn fine writing there.
"broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969"
then "The last time Fairbanks residents saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994"

So the 40-below temps in 1994 were fake 40s? or did they get disqualified for cheating?

If I had to guess I'd say that "broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969" refers to the record low for that calendar day, not all-time. Poorly explained in the article, but I think that's the thrust of it.
 
apoptotic
2011-11-20 02:18:16 PM
Falconae: Some damn fine writing there.
"broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969"
then "The last time Fairbanks residents saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994"

So the 40-below temps in 1994 were fake 40s? or did they get disqualified for cheating?

I'm assuming that this was an "on this date" record, and that the 1994 temp was on a different date in Nov., and that the writer didn't explain that because his/her brain is frozen.
 
12349876
2011-11-20 02:18:45 PM
Let's look at the whole world over a whole month.

icons.wxug.com

October 2011 was the globe's 8th warmest October on record, according to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies also rated October the 8th warmest on record. The top ten warmest Octobers since record keeping began in 1871 have all occurred since 1997. October 2011 global land temperatures were the 2nd warmest on record, and ocean temperatures were the 11th warmest on record.
 
L33t Squirrel [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 02:20:34 PM
It's a normal "40" outside right now, and I'm not terribly keen about the prospect of having to go out in it. Minus 40? I don't think I'd be able to stop laughing long enough to tell you to fark off. Summers in the triple digits don't bother me that bad, but I get a tad pissy once it gets below 60 outside. You can keep your snow and ice, and I'll keep my warm springs and summers where I can lounge in the sunshine in a cute swimsuit while sipping margaritas.


MyNameIsMofuga: And my daughter would still insist on wearing flip flops because she isn't cold.

Well, when her toes fall off, she won't be able to wear flip-flops anymore, so you'll win in the long run. :P
 
NeedlesslyCanadian [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 02:23:08 PM
Speaker2Animals: -41 below zero." Do two negatives make a positive?

Done in one.
 
Falconae
2011-11-20 02:24:17 PM
Wow people, thank you all for clarifying my "Some damn fine writing there" was accurate.
 
Mister Peejay
2011-11-20 02:25:05 PM
jake3988:
I'm fine with cold as I live in Ohio

I live in Ohio. It doesn't get cold here.
 
cowgirl toffee [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 02:25:24 PM
It could be 101 (F) and my ass will be below freezing as soon as I get in the bed.
At least... that's what I've been told anyway.
 
YELLOL
2011-11-20 02:26:33 PM
cowgirl toffee: It could be 101 (F) and my ass will be below freezing as soon as I get in the bed.
At least... that's what I've been told anyway.

Do you wear brass bra's?
 
Mister Peejay
2011-11-20 02:27:53 PM
Those maps are neat, and all, but the projection skews the way a quick glace will interpret the data.
 
gadian [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 02:28:19 PM
Huh, I'm in Fairbanks and my outside temp reads -26f. Though to be fair, it did read -34 earlier in the week. You know what I really hate? farking ice fog. Its fog...but its ice. In my particular corner its mostly frozen car exhaust. The shiat covers your lungs. Blech.
 
phamwaa
2011-11-20 02:29:09 PM
MFAWG: texdent: I wouldn't even leave the house if it was that cold.

I spent a winter in Fairbanks, and I learned that somewhere around 20 below it stopped mattering much.

I spent three years in Fairbanks. The coldest I saw was 68 below. It matters.

/The infantry would run outside until it exceeded -50. No thank you.
 
cuzsis
2011-11-20 02:29:44 PM
12349876: Let's look at the whole world over a whole month.

[icons.wxug.com image 640x480]

October 2011 was the globe's 8th warmest October on record, according to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies also rated October the 8th warmest on record. The top ten warmest Octobers since record keeping began in 1871 have all occurred since 1997. October 2011 global land temperatures were the 2nd warmest on record, and ocean temperatures were the 11th warmest on record.

A hundred years of "data", which I'm sure is completely reliable, little over 10yrs of which have been "warmer" (although not noticeably to the average person). Gonna use that to prove an inarguable truth about the weather system of a 4 billion + year old planet that humans have only been around for a small fraction of a time on.

Yep, that'll learn 'em!

/I'm sure they won't remember a couple decades ago that we swore we were ushering in a new ice age because of things we put in the atmosphere.
 
cowgirl toffee [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 02:29:53 PM
YELLOL: cowgirl toffee: It could be 101 (F) and my ass will be below freezing as soon as I get in the bed.
At least... that's what I've been told anyway.

Do you wear brass bra's?

No. Just brass panties... with a cooling system in the ass cheeks. :P
 
pottie
2011-11-20 02:29:55 PM
cowgirl toffee: It could be 101 (F) and my ass will be below freezing as soon as I get in the bed.
At least... that's what I've been told anyway.

Now that's funny...
 
Raddamant
2011-11-20 02:29:59 PM
I was in Grand Forks, N.D., a few years ago when the high was -45. I think the low was -59. So cold your body doesn't comprehend. As in, step outside and think sure it's cold, but what's the big deal? Then, about 15 seconds later when your core temp has dropped to hypothermia levels and you're shaking so much it's hard to see, you realize you're in a fight for your life even though the door is three feet away. Barely making it back to safety, next time you promise to wear two parkas.
 
cuzsis
2011-11-20 02:32:32 PM
gadian: Huh, I'm in Fairbanks and my outside temp reads -26f. Though to be fair, it did read -34 earlier in the week. You know what I really hate? farking ice fog. Its fog...but its ice. In my particular corner its mostly frozen car exhaust. The shiat covers your lungs. Blech.

Yuck!

I'm surprised your cars even start at that lower temp. Do you have to do anything special to 'em?
 
Barakku
2011-11-20 02:33:51 PM
12349876: jehovahs witness protection: B B B B BUT, GLOBAL WARMING...

OH NO, one spot in the world is cold on one day! There's no global warming!

is like

OH NO, Aaron Rodgers threw an incomplete pass. THE PACKERS SUCK!

Choose a better example next time, plenty of people agree with the latter statement too...
 
zamboni
2011-11-20 02:36:01 PM
Man... 40 below! I wonder if that's Celsius or Fahrenheit!www.reece-eu.net
 
StoneColdAtheist
2011-11-20 02:42:00 PM
I'll stay here in California, thank you very much!

Fairbanks newspaper's webcam...looking east at the approaching dawn...

Link (new window)
 
JimmySlicings
2011-11-20 02:42:48 PM
images.wikia.com
 
bmwericus
2011-11-20 02:44:50 PM
That's Cold.

I don't care who you are, or where you are from, minus 40 is cold cold.

At least it's Fairbanks, where they are used to that sort of stuff, not like it went to minus forty in Miami or Dallas.
 
DalaiLamaDingDong
2011-11-20 02:47:46 PM
-41? Pffl. That's NOTHING!

i97.photobucket.com

That's -50.98 ºF, or -73.12 ºF with the windchill.
 
gadian [TotalFark]
2011-11-20 02:47:59 PM
cuzsis: gadian:
Yuck!

I'm surprised your cars even start at that lower temp. Do you have to do anything special to 'em?

Everyone has a block heater on their engine and we plug 'em in at night or if we're in a store for more than an hour or so.
 
penguinfark
2011-11-20 02:48:51 PM
Can someone post the "it doesn't work that way" comic strip?

But seriously, I think that the people who believe in global warming see it as being much worse than it is, and the non-believers don't recognize the fact that the crap we are putting into the atmosphere does indeed have a negative affect on the planet and us. Maybe the truth is somewhere between the two extremes. However, I have not researched the subject, so I may be talking out of my ass.

/effect, not affect
//annoying, isn't it? :)
 
Loki-L
2011-11-20 02:50:19 PM
zamboni: Man... 40 below! I wonder if that's Celsius or Fahrenheit!

I see what you did there!
 
mr lawson
2011-11-20 02:52:02 PM
gadian: Everyone has a block heater on their engine and we plug 'em in at night or if we're in a store for more than an hour or so.

but are you off to the rodeo?
 
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