b..b..b..but Al Gore!!!!!

Please, come to Italy right now where it hasn't snowed since 1980 and they're dealing with it like champs. Friggin' MidWest pansies.

I love how if you read just the first few letters of the name of the news site it looks like a transgender news site or something.

Single digits today with wind-chills well below zero. Not good for the little tykes.

19 degrees? Pfft, man up.

/lived in Wisconsin for 5 years
//loved when the temps got below zero
///awesome walking weather

McStubbins: Single digits today with wind-chills well below zero. Not good for the little tykes.

I see no problem.

VivianVivisect: I'm from California and I don't get it.

I work midnight through 7:30 AM and I was working comfortably in an outdoor dock with a thin tee this morning.

I bet we would freeze to death within a few minutes in states with real cold.

\Snow is cool for a minute but fark all that

That seems silly because winters in Wisconsin are typically cold.

skinbubble: b..b..b..but Al Gore!!!!!

came to laugh at retards...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Done in 2.

In their defense it's currently a wind chill of 2°F (-17°C for you metric people). I wouldn't want to be outside.

Keep close to the cows (women) that'll keep you warm
grew up there
It's true

I live in PA and when the ex tried to get me to move to Madison (which she eventually did) I was all like to hell with that noise.

They must prohibit boozing during this event, so I can see why it really got cancelled.

So...WinterFest is postponed until Spring?

McStubbins: Single digits today with wind-chills well below zero. Not good for the little tykes.

Maybe if the real temp were below zero, then maybe a case could be made for todays cancellation. It's 18 degrees there though. Fourteen degrees warmer and the ice sculptures will start to melt. That's too narrow a temp window to demand of a winter party.

Possibly the most appropriate use of the FAIL tag I have ever seen.

I suggest no future attempts at this festival.

"Winter Fest"?
It's a real shame they cancelled it. Yes, it might be pretty cold out right now; but for it being a "Winter Fest" it's a real bad season for it; as I don't see a lick of snow outside my window.

/Lifetime resident of Minnesota & Wisconsin.

It's not all that bad, but I can see why a lot of people wouldn't want to linger in it for hours on end.

In related news, one of my bosses (who's from Minnesota originally) complains any time the temperature drops below 70. I told her to move to San Diego or quit whining.

Oh cmon, it's not THAT cold. I remember back in the day we were out to play at lunch hour when it was -35C. We went out snowshoeing and cross country skiing in that kind of weather too. We played hockey on outdoor rinks by the lake with the wind whistling by at 30km/hr and a windchill of -40. Sometimes it even blew snow across the rink, where it stung your eyes and had to be shoveled before you lost your puck in a drift. Everybody wore big work socks on their hands rather than hockey gloves, because you would lose a finger to the cold much more quickly than you would to a swung stick.

Seriously though, that is fairly cool for today's tykes and compared to the rest of this winter, downright frigid. Even for Wisconsin.

/Yes, my wife is a cheesehead
//Oh, did I mention the walking 5 miles both ways in the snow uphill during blizzards to get to class?

I live in NE Wisconsin and this has been the winter of no winter. This is the mildest winter I can rememer. Almost no snow and only a handful of days below zero. I remeber snow banks you couldn't see over and stretches of weeks when the high temperatures never got above zero for the high.

/friend bought a $7,000 snomobile and has put less than 100 miles on it
//I only plowed snow once this year and that was because I wanted to play
///otherwise I have been shoveling the "storms" of 1" or 2" of snow we have been getting

KellyKellyKelly: McStubbins: Single digits today with wind-chills well below zero. Not good for the little tykes.

I see no problem.

Looks like a tick about to pop.

TomD9938: McStubbins: Single digits today with wind-chills well below zero. Not good for the little tykes.

Maybe if the real temp were below zero, then maybe a case could be made for todays cancellation. It's 18 degrees there though. Fourteen degrees warmer and the ice sculptures will start to melt. That's too narrow a temp window to demand of a winter party.

Possibly the most appropriate use of the FAIL tag I have ever seen.

I suggest no future attempts at this festival.

This morning the temps were in the single digits, with the wind chill well below zero.

CravenMorehead: That seems silly because winters in Wisconsin are typically cold.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

Zoomaster: I live in NE Wisconsin and this has been the winter of no winter. This is the mildest winter I can rememer. Almost no snow and only a handful of days below zero. I remeber snow banks you couldn't see over and stretches of weeks when the high temperatures never got above zero for the high.

/friend bought a $7,000 snomobile and has put less than 100 miles on it
//I only plowed snow once this year and that was because I wanted to play
///otherwise I have been shoveling the "storms" of 1" or 2" of snow we have been getting

Winter isn't over yet. Hell this time last year we had an ice storm that shut down my entire county for a week. No power when it's ~15 F really sucks.

It's a well known fact that Lawyers are cold blooded, and do not like the cold.

Molavian: This morning the temps were in the single digits, with the wind chill well below zero

What's the first half of February normally like in eastern Wisconsin?

I'm next door in eastern Minnesota (similar weather today) and that's sounds about right.

Zoomaster: I live in NE Wisconsin and this has been the winter of no winter. This is the mildest winter I can rememer. Almost no snow and only a handful of days below zero. I remeber snow banks you couldn't see over and stretches of weeks when the high temperatures never got above zero for the high.

/friend bought a $7,000 snomobile and has put less than 100 miles on it
//I only plowed snow once this year and that was because I wanted to play
///otherwise I have been shoveling the "storms" of 1" or 2" of snow we have been getting

Grew up in he SE and I remember in the 70's driving down road that almost seemed like tunnels from the snow, in a '64 Imperial with bald tires going to Franksville to get soda and chips, and riding a Ski-Doo in the fields all winter long

72 here yesterday. We never have winterfest.

I'm in Madison, sitting by the fire with a Rob Roy cocktail in hand and a fat corgi at my feet. I don't wanna go outside.

McStubbins: I'm in Madison, sitting by the fire with a Rob Roy cocktail in hand and a fat corgi at my feet. I don't wanna go outside.

Sounds awesome

I'm in WI, and you can get some cold snaps in early Feb. sure. Last year we had some temps close to -30F here a couple times. This year has been warm though. We are having a cold snap now, but it only went down to 5 here last night, not even below zero, and it is supposed to start warming tomorrow. So if anything, it is warmer than your typical February and I don't see why they had to cancel. There was a pretty strong wind yesterday though.

Scruffinator: Zoomaster: I live in NE Wisconsin and this has been the winter of no winter. This is the mildest winter I can rememer. Almost no snow and only a handful of days below zero. I remeber snow banks you couldn't see over and stretches of weeks when the high temperatures never got above zero for the high.

/friend bought a $7,000 snomobile and has put less than 100 miles on it
//I only plowed snow once this year and that was because I wanted to play
///otherwise I have been shoveling the "storms" of 1" or 2" of snow we have been getting

Winter isn't over yet. Hell this time last year we had an ice storm that shut down my entire county for a week. No power when it's ~15 F really sucks.

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Yes when it is like this (last winter was mild too) winter usually last longer. Last year I didn't get my garden in till mid June.

/Happen to be watching the news right now and they said it was the mildest January on record.

Organizers have canceled today's Winter Fest and Olympics in Sheboygan due to cold weather.

The first-ever event

The first-ever event? Uh... that's funny because about 15 years ago I went to The Gufs concert at Winterfest in Milwaukee Wisconsin and it was frickin awesome. Link (new window)

What a bunch of pussies. It was colder here in Minnesota and my kid was out selling girl scout cookies door to door.

FTA: The first-ever event

TRANSLATION: They didn't have their shiat together.

Maybe they should start with a Summer event and work their way up to Winter.

Pshaw! I went to school quite regularly (in FAR Northern Wisconsin, mind you) when the *before* wind-chill temp was -35F, following a 1ft overnight snowfall. Pussies.

ClavellBCMI: Pshaw! I went to school quite regularly (in FAR Northern Wisconsin, mind you) when the *before* wind-chill temp was -35F, following a 1ft overnight snowfall. Pussies.

Up-hill both ways?

Zoomaster: Yes when it is like this (last winter was mild too) winter usually last longer. Last year I didn't get my garden in till mid June.

/Happen to be watching the news right now and they said it was the mildest January on record.

Oh it's mild for sure, my part of MI too. I'm just skeptical. And if nothing out of the norm happens during winter, I'll be expecting it during summer.

Sheboygan shoots for three on Fark.........

IT'S GOOD!!!!!

/Brat days crazy car driver accident
//Crazy Mayor
///Now this.

Pussies.

/Minnesotan

I love meteorological tough-guy threads.

ClavellBCMI: Pshaw! I went to school quite regularly (in FAR Northern Wisconsin, mind you) when the *before* wind-chill temp was -35F, following a 1ft overnight snowfall. Pussies.

I've never been so cold as when skiing in Northern Wisconsin (Indian Head, BlackJack, etc.). That's a special kind of cold up there.



One of the Ice Palaces from the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Not sure what year though.

pfft....farkin pussies....kids go to school in Fairbanks at a real temperature not "wind chill" adjusted temps at -55. They ride the bus, walk, get driven but they go to school. Recess is not cancelled until at least -35. Plus it is pretty much dark most of the time in winter.........Fairbanks Winter ice festival rocks!!!

Must be a slow news day.......I am sure Minnesota fans can chime in also.....windy plus burr arse cold!

armanox: In their defense it's currently a wind chill of 2°F (-17°C for you metric people). I wouldn't want to be outside.

And the problem is?

Wind chill doesn't count. It's all about ambient temperature.