warm where you are at?

[BWR1953]

On the flip side, the coldest I've ever experienced was -35 below in Anchorage, Alaska. And while that is cold, I'd rather take the cold then the extreme heat. You can add clothing, but you can only take off only so much... And some shouldn't take off anything either!

The largest temperature swing I ever experienced was when I left Australia. It was 115F when I got on the plane and -10F when I arrived in Spokane, WA 24 hours later. A 125F degree drop! And I seriously wasn't prepared. It was snowing sideways when I stepped out of the airport terminal. :smow: :lol:

 

[gm280]

The largest temperature swing I ever experienced was when I left Australia. It was 115F when I got on the plane and -10F when I arrived in Spokane, WA 24 hours later. A 125F degree drop! And I seriously wasn't prepared. It was snowing sideways when I stepped out of the airport terminal. :smow: :lol:

That reminds me when I was taking a puddle hopper flight from a lay-over at Cincinnati,Ohio to Cedar Rapids, Iowa one day. It started snowing really hard while getting close to land. And even thunder and lightening and cross winds and the white-out works. The plane actually approached the landing strip near sideways because of the cross-winds. You could hear a pin drop on the plane as everyone was worried about getting down in one piece.

Well when I went to get a rental car, the girl at the rental desk told me that I should have been there about ten minutes earlier because there was a snow storm/blizzard that hit the area. I told her I was in the plane coming through that storm trying to land. She look amazed...

 

[southkogs]

The largest temperature swing I ever experienced was when I left Australia. It was 115F when I got on the plane and -10F when I arrived in Spokane, WA 24 hours later. A 125F degree drop! And I seriously wasn't prepared. It was snowing sideways when I stepped out of the airport terminal. :smow: :lol:

Not as drastic, but i had something similar happen a couple years ago. I had a conference to attend in Minneapolis. Most of the time when I'm at shows or conferences, almost all of my time is spent indoors. It was mid February, and I left Nashville in with my (southern version) winter coat. I knew Minneapolis was having a cold year, but didn't think I'd be outside that much. Wrong. Twice I got stuck standing outside waiting for some bus or shuttle for over 30 minutes in -20F weather. Not a 125F drop, but for me it was a solid -80F swing.

 

[gm280]

Stories abound.

When we were sent to Anchorage, Alaska, at Elmendorf Air Force Base (from Middle Georgia Robins AFB), we had to pack true survival gear with thermal underwear, Parka, multi-pairs of lined gloves, thermal pants shirts, Mukluks boots and you name it, we had to pack it. And the instant we arrived on base, we had to take a "survival course" tutorial before doing anything else.

We were told that IF your 4 x 4 broke down anywhere, stay with your vehicle and don't try to walk back to the main base area for any reason, or they would find you frozen solid the next day. And at -35, that wasn't hard to believe. But I still can handle the cold way better then the extreme heat...that's just me!

Oh, and I got to keep all the survival gear except the Parka. They stated that anything that touched skin can't be returned. So I told them the Parka touched skin, that I wore it naked. Didn't work... :facepalm:

 

[dwco5051]

Stories abound.

When we were sent to Anchorage, Alaska, at Elmendorf Air Force Base (from Middle Georgia Robins AFB), we had to pack true survival gear with thermal underwear, Parka, multi-pairs of lined gloves, thermal pants shirts, Mukluks boots and you name it, we had to pack it. And the instant we arrived on base, we had to take a "survival course" tutorial before doing anything else.

We were told that IF your 4 x 4 broke down anywhere, stay with your vehicle and don't try to walk back to the main base area for any reason, or they would find you frozen solid the next day. And at -35, that wasn't hard to believe.

Had a Navy buddy that was a crypto tech and went to Thule AFB for a while on temp duty and he said that was about the same. He told me that they had rope hung between building entrances so you could follow them when you had to go to another building to keep from getting lost during snow storms. Don't know if that was just another "sea story" or not but it made sense.

 

[gm280]

Had a Navy buddy that was a crypto tech and went to Thule AFB for a while on temp duty and he said that was about the same. He told me that they had rope hung between building entrances so you could follow them when you had to go to another building to keep from getting lost during snow storms. Don't know if that was just another "sea story" or not but it made sense.

Probably true.

While we were in Elmendorf, it came a very heavy snow and one morning we went to the on base Burger King for some breakfast. And from the time we went in to the time we came out, we couldn't find the rental 4 x 4 SUV. It was totally and completely covered over. All you could see were domes in the white snow, but you didn't know who's vehicles were who's...

 

[gm280]

I guess we all are posting cold stories in hopes it helps with the heat...

Come on Fall!

 

[Water logged]

If we want to do cold weather, I will try mine. Working 2nd shift winter of 67 in Rochester MN. At midnight we were told it was -32° and jumper trucks would be available. I was parked in the far NW corner of the North parking lot as most Minnesotans would agree is the coldest spot. I didn't need a jump start, but after starting with the transmission in neutral and clutch depressed I let up the clutch and while still in neutral I drove out of my parking spot before I shifted to low.

Glenn

 

[Old Ironmaker]

Crazy weather this past week. As low as10C (50F) like it was just last night, and as I type 4PM EST it is 34C (93F). That is crazy. My Lady wants the furnace on at 50F. Crazy.

I just notice that I am on Central time, an hour behind EST. Can I change that from where I sit? I'm not planning a visit to Chicago anytime soon.

 

[Old Ironmaker]

The hottest I saw was when I was stationed in the Australian outback. Got up to 128 degrees F, right around Christmas time. :flame:

BWR, that's Blast Furnace hot. There was a spot behind our #4 D Blast Furnace where the back wall was very close to the furnace. The ambient temp there was 130F, in winter and summer. When walking the 25 feet or so you held your breath, it felt like you burnt your lungs. When we had to work back there to do maintenance work we all wore 30 minute Scott Air Pacs. The same as the Fire Fighters wear. They are heavy, it's hot and then you have to work on top of it all. A 30 minute pac might last 15 minutes, maybe. When we did work there I had to call in one of our safety guys and have them re fill the pacs as we went through them. We had 6 or so pacs for the area but not enough. By the way Scott Air Pacs have AIR in them, they do have oxygen in that air 20% where we are, but not all oxygen that people that don't know what they are talking about say, like the news people that call them oxygen tanks. It's one of my many pet peeves.

As far as cold I had the distinct pleasure of visiting a Steel Plant in Oulu Finland in December once. It is 45 kilometers south of the Artic circle. I didn't know what the temperature was and told my guys I don't want to know what it was. When I heard it was -45C that was it. I knew it was going to be the longest 12 days in my life and came pretty darn close, no it was the longest 2 weeks in my life. For what it's worth I was at that plant that runs 24/7/12 of the year with zero freeze up problems for and within the 1st 10 minutes and I had my answer as to how in Heavens name do they do it? Pretty simple, everything is indoors and heated to 68F where our material handling systems are not. I wrote a trip report and a paper that I gave at our local University that was a page long. That was the why, the how was a tad longer.

 

[Old Ironmaker]

Probably true.

While we were in Elmendorf, it came a very heavy snow and one morning we went to the on base Burger King for some breakfast. And from the time we went in to the time we came out, we couldn't find the rental 4 x 4 SUV. It was totally and completely covered over. All you could see were domes in the white snow, but you didn't know who's vehicles were who's...

In my 66 years of experiencing the cold and the occasionally now cold winters in Canada when it is snowing like that it isn't very cold. Don't ask me the science behind that. When it is snowing like that and the wind hits 25 MPH it is cold, it is blizzard cold.

 

[ezbtr]

20th day in a row of 100+ temps, early this a.m., thunder, lightning and 3" of rain w/in 3-4 hours, 91 right now in central TX

 

[MRS]

Just dropped below a 100% plus all the smoke from all the fires going on makes it yuck.
no fire around us but wind brings it to the high desert .

 

[KJM]

I have an interview for a job in Labrador tomorrow, so i might be able to add to the extreme cold claims soon. 2 weeks in then 2 weeks off, I guess I can handle it.....