January 3, 2014

January 3 2014: So, how cold is it tonight inside some random hotel in Minnesota?

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Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 3, 2014 10:43 PM
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Open door, door gets covered in snow, door closes more condensation develops take picture.

It was -25° last night in Lake Placid NY, that was before the wind chill.

Posted by: Potsie at January 4, 2014 4:04 AM

I dont know why anyone would be willing to live in a place like that
Bruce in Louisiana where the living is easy

Posted by: bruce at January 4, 2014 5:43 AM

I lived in SW Florida for 40 years and just couldn't stand the heat and the assholes any longer and moved to the northern woods where it gets cold in the winter and the assholes are few and far between, 7 years ago.

I know exactly where your eyeballs landed right after you initially gawked at that INTERIOR frost.

Mine did too.

There is hot smoke and cold smoke, depending on what's burning.

Hot smoke may prevent a potential escapee from seeing the exit sign on high, thus, one down low.
That is code in many areas now.

Did you notice the placement of the fire alarm right inside the opening side of the door?
Thats not good for all of the obvious reasons.

AND, the light switch is on the hinge side of the door - I'm pretty sure that is a code violation.

BTW, the top exit sign doesn't seem to be functioning, but it could be a bad camera angle.

Posted by: ghostsniper at January 4, 2014 6:44 AM

Calm before the storm right now, Gerard. An hour ago it was 20 Degrees, now its 15, with Sunday getting as low as -25 Deg F.

Time for an 'oldie'. :)

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How Cold Is It? (An annotated thermometer)

60 Californians put on sweaters (If they can find one in their wardrobe)
50 Miami Residents turn on the heat
40 You can see your breath
----Californians shiver uncontrollably
----Minnesotans go swimming
35 Italian Cars don't start
32 Water Freezes
30 You plan your vacation to Australia
----Minesotans put on T-shirts
----Politicians begin to worry about the homeless
----British Cars don't start
----Your boogers freeze
25 Boston water freezes
----Californians weep pitifully
----Minnesotans eat ice cream
----Canadians go swimming
20 You can hear your breath
----Politicians begin to talk about the homeless
----New York water freezes
----Miami residents plan vacation further south
15 French cars don't start
----You plan a vacation to Mexico
----Cat insists on sleeping in your bed with you.
10 Too cold to ski
----You need jumper cables to get the care going
5 You plan your vacation to Houston
----American cars don't start
0 Alaskans put on T-shirts
----Too cold to skate
-10 German cars don't start
----Eyes freeze shut when you blink
-15 You can cut your breath and use it to build an igloo
----Iowans stick tongues on metal objects
----Miami residents cease to exist
-20 Cat insists on sleeping in your pajamas with you.
----Politicians actually do something about the homeless
----Minnesotans shovel snow off the roof
----Japanese cars don't start
-25 Too cold to think
----You need jumper cables to get the driver going
-30 You plan a 2-week hot bath
----The Mighty Monongahela freezes
----Swedish cars don't start
-40 Californians disappear
----Minnesotans button the top button
----Canadians put on sweaters
----your car helps you plan your trip south
-50 Congressional hot-air freezes
----Alaskans close the bathroom window

-80 Hell freezes over
----Polar Bears move south

Posted by: Cond0011 at January 4, 2014 6:52 AM

I could use a little bit of that global warming right now. And Al Gore says that global warming is the problem???? Dunce.

Posted by: Magnolia at January 4, 2014 7:16 AM

Ghost, you sure that's a light switch on the hinge side of the door? The way it's frosted over, I can't tell, but I thought it might be a button that you have to press before opening the door (otherwise, the alarm will activate). Regardless, it sure looks cold enough up there. And I'm glad I'm in SW Florida right now; heat doesn't bother me, and having grown up in Michigan, I've had enough snow, frigid weather, and icy roads to last a lifetime.

Posted by: waltj at January 4, 2014 7:43 AM

bruce & ghost: From Bar Harbor to Miami, Miami to Brownsville, Brownsville to El Paso, El Paso to San Diego, San Diego to Seattle, there are Just. Too. Many. People.

It’s a giant “U” shaped region that’s overpopulated with people, most of whom are good folks, but it’s an understatement to say it’s congested.

And, as ghost says, there are more than a few... uh, "assholes". One must go to the cold places to get away from that congestion and those "assholes".

That was a major part of my search criteria after retirement.

Generally I wanted to be north of Kansas, west of Lake Michigan, and east of the Rockies. I went from a state that had 40,000 square miles and a population of 8 million people to a state almost twice that size with about an order of magnitude fewer people.

Yes, we occasionally get summer hailstones up to baseballs, occasional 100 degree temperatures, stiff breezes (if you can call it that) every other day, and the forecast for this Sunday night is sixteen below zero with 20+ mph winds.

Early October this year we saw a 3 foot snowfall. On the other hand, I would never have heard of the “knockout game” had I not seen it on the internet. And fewer people means no need for crap like “red light cameras” or seeing a cop behind every tree, which was almost literally the case in my former state of residence. Oh, we don’t get hurricanes either.

Posted by: dhmosquito at January 4, 2014 9:50 AM

"-80 Hell freezes over
----Polar Bears move south"

Here, I'm adding one more:

-100 Knowing how BFD of trouble he really is in, Al Gore steals a rocket from the Russians and hurriedly leaves Earth for Venus. (At least he can find his "global warming" there...)

Posted by: newton at January 4, 2014 12:18 PM

Condo, I don't know about German cars starting in the cold, but a certain Beetle circa 1965 started in Augusta,Maine one night at -42.

Posted by: james wilson at January 4, 2014 12:49 PM

WaltJ, I'm going on the presumption that all exterior doors must have an exterior lamp, thus a switch to turn it on. I lived in the Cape Coral - Fort Myers metropolis from 1966 to 2006 and watched it grow from a pleasant community to out of control insanity. As I get older I realize my peace of mind is more valuable than money. I have peace of mind here in the Hills O' Brown in the upper midwest. But alas after almost 8 years this place is getting too crowded too and we will be moving to the real mountains on Whitefish, Montana in the next year or so. That is where I'll die.

Posted by: ghostsniper at January 4, 2014 1:49 PM

My apartments in South Florida didn't even have heat.

Jimmy Kimmel covers the arctic cold snap out west.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HDhmQuSLRg

Posted by: Scott M at January 4, 2014 7:02 PM

Well, Ghost, peace of mind is where you find it, I suppose. If Montana is what does it for you, go for it. For me, it would be too isolated. I was born a city boy, and in or around a medium to large city in a warm part of the country is where I'll probably spend the remainder of my days. I've done a lot of outdoorsy things in my life, but the Army knocked all the fun out of it for me, and my idea of roughing it now is a hotel that doesn't offer free WiFi.

Posted by: waltj at January 5, 2014 11:49 AM