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Cold weather causing people to go crazy

stovebolts

stovebolts

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Ok everyone, it's just been down right cold in Michigan lately. Matter a fact, it was below zero last night and the high for today is under 20.

On top of that, we're expecting a major snow storm so the buzz of the city is all about getting prepared for this "monumental" blizzard.

I think people are going crazy or something... like it's the end of the world. Let me give you two examples of what I'm talking about.

Ok, so it's like 9 degrees coming into work this morning with clear skys, and what do I see getting on the freeway? Yup, some kid on a Ninja motorcycle! I mean, C'mon, I don't even know how to figure wind chill for some crazy doing 70 mph when it's only 9 outside.

But it doesn't end there either! At lunch, it was 12 degrees and there's some dude running in his shorts and a long sleve shirt with a hat and a light pair of gloves. Trust me, I'm a runner... Wuz up with that? And he wasn't even running that fast! If I were that bold, I'd have to be in a full sprint to keep warm!

Crazy I'm telling ya... Crazy. Oh, and I can't find one Contrail... :D Must be wearing off :lol
 
StoveBolts said:
Ok everyone, it's just been down right cold in Michigan lately. Matter a fact, it was below zero last night and the high for today is under 20.
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Oh, so it's winter. Back in 1980, I worked for Continental Cable in Jackson, MI. We went for about two weeks with morning-get-to-work lows of 0 to -10 and highs of about 5. I worked out in that, on a ladder, hanging off a cable between poles with the wind blowing and me - using a cigarette lighter to warm the cable so I could force a connector on it - for $3.75 an hour.[/quote]

Ok, so it's like 9 degrees coming into work this morning with clear skys, and what do I see getting on the freeway? Yup, some kid on a Ninja motorcycle! I mean, C'mon, I don't even know how to figure wind chill for some crazy doing 70 mph when it's only 9 outside.
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I lived there 40 years, never saw a motorcycle out unless it was over 55 or 60F. I guess he was trying to prove something?

Now, I did run in the winter, can't say I did so in shorts.

Crazy I'm telling ya... Crazy. Oh, and I can't find one Contrail... :D Must be wearing off :lol
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Don't worry about contrails, it's the CHEMtrails that are killing us all. :screwloose If you want to argue with the crazies about CHEMtrails, PM me and I'll send ya links to kooks sights you can go to. It's fun, but they will accuse you of being a "ZOG agent", a freemason, or a republican! ;)
 
I didn't know they let you out if you were from Jackson :D

JK, I was a roofer for many years and I remember putting on a metel roof in Novi with a high of - 10. That was not a fun week. Been there, done that for sure :thumbsup

But yeah, I def took a double take when the Ninja got on the freeway! I took my camera phone out, but he was too far behind me to get a pic. Unbelievable! I can't even begin to imagine the wind chill.

Like I said, I'm a runner, but today I decided to use the company gym and ran on a treadmill. That being said, I've ran 10 miles in zero and sub zero weather with blowing snow. I don't know anyone who runs in shorts when it's below 30. I suppose I could have introduced myself, then I'd at least known one, but I'm not sure I'd want to know somebody that crazy lol!

I'll pass on the chemtrail links :lol
 
cough, cough, hack, hack

darn chemtrails, where i work we have those, anytime its winter those show up,in fact heres something to read up on the in the paper

eric menger is on the other side of the airfield of where i work, but you get the idea.

from tc.palm.com

Joe Krauss joked that he was going to show up at the Press Journal wearing a tin-foil hat.

You know, the headgear that, in a dismissive way, is associated with paranoia and conspiracy theories.

Krauss, the co-owner of J&J Auto Works, knows some people will roll their eyes when he talks about "chemtrails" in the sky.

If you saw the sky on Jan. 12, you know what he's talking about — it looked to be a busy day for aviation, with smoke-like trails from airliners all over the sky. (The trails were evident at least three other days this month.)

Krauss believes the "chemtrails" are part of a plan by the government to control the climate. He took dozens of photos, including some showing the trails blocking the sun.

"I think they're geo-engineering," he said. "Controlling the climate is not good, because when they mess with things, they mess it up."

Some conspiracy theorists believe something far more sinister is going on — ranging from intentionally making people sick to controlling the food supply to killing people (population control).

"I won't wear the (tin foil) hat yet," Krauss said of the theories mentioned in the previous paragraph. "I just think we need to know and ask a few questions."

He has called NASA, the office of U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, and the county health department in search of answers. He came up empty.

Meanwhile, Krauss has started a blog — treasurecoastskywatch.blogspot.com — on the topic.

Do a Google search for "chemtrails," "geo-engineering" and "weather modification," and you'll find a world that is the antithesis of mainstream. There is far more information than I ever imagined. (On Facebook, for example, the Florida Chemtrail Skywatch page says "chemtrails are a global public health emergency.")

Eric Menger, director of the Vero Beach Municipal Airport, says he's never heard the term "chemtrails." He knows them as "contrails" — or condensation trails.

"Those are simply condensation trails from commercial airliners flying at altitude (of about 30,000 feet)," Menger said.

He says the "contrails" happen year-round, but they seem to be more prevalent when we are experiencing cold temperatures.

Krauss, 51, is an avid follower of the aviation industry, and he maintains he is "very skeptical" of the explanation by Menger and others.

"That's not normal traffic patterns," Krauss said, noting the "X" shapes and such. "Unless you're in an air show, you don't fly like that."

While I'm not ready to side with Krauss on this one, I do admit the patterns in the sky on Jan. 12 struck me as strange. Very strange.
 
It is no fun living in Philly right now, I want to move back down south, I miss the south real, real, and I mean real bad.
 
jasoncran said:
"That's not normal traffic patterns," Krauss said, noting the "X" shapes and such. "Unless you're in an air show, you don't fly like that."

While I'm not ready to side with Krauss on this one, I do admit the patterns in the sky on Jan. 12 struck me as strange. Very strange.
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No one is flying in an "X" pattern, they are seeing contrails from commercial aircraft, that have flight plans at 90 degrees to each other.

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There, now I am ready: fingers in my ears, protective glasses and a tinfoil hat - no reality can get thru to me - so now I am capable of believing in Chemtrails.
 
Algore says it is warm. The cold is just in your head. Repete i am warm i amwarn i amwarmiamwarm
 
Pizzaguy said:
No one is flying in an "X" pattern, they are seeing contrails from commercial aircraft, that have flight plans at 90 degrees to each other.

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There, now I am ready: fingers in my ears, protective glasses and a tinfoil hat - no reality can get thru to me - so now I am capable of believing in Chemtrails.
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i know that, as i live near 4 airports, two international one and i am near the cape and once the aircraft gets airborne pafb tracks them.
above 1000ft that is.
 
I don’t mean to make light of your situation but honestly I smiled to myself when I read your opening post. Maybe this will help you feel better Stovebolts.
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I now live in central MN where the weather is considerably warmer compared to where I grew up. This morning my truck indicated -5 F. but the windchill was somewhere down around -30 F. We’re expecting a high today of 4 degrees and a low tonight of about -19 and windchills approaching -40. Tomorrow we’re expecting a high of about 3 degrees.
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One of the worst stretches I can remember happened in January-February of 1985. I lived about 50 miles north of Duluth, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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</st1:State>MN in the small town of <st1:City w:st="on">Eveleth</st1:City> and was working about 25 miles north of town on the north side of the Laurentian Divide, in the logging industry.
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Anyway, I remember the fall of 1984 was relatively mild and by Christmas we barely had enough snow to make it a white Christmas. Luckily we got about 8â€-10†of snow between Christmas and New Year’s Day because on New Year’s Eve it dropped below zero for the first time by plummetting to about -20 degrees. I kid you not, that was the last time I recorded a temperature above zero until just a few days before my birthday, which is on February 7. It had remained below zero for nearly five weeks straight. There were a lot of -20 to -40 degree nights during that stretch.
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I drove an old 1967 Ford F100 with a 4-speed tranny and 240cu.in. 6-cyl. Unlike today’s vehicles, there was enough room under the hood that I was able to fit my marine battery under there and that proved to be a nice way for me to keep it charged up. It also provided a little extra charge capacity for starting my truck in the winter. I didn’t have an engine heater on my truck, which was really a dumb thing to do.
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On one particular morning when I started my truck I noticed I couldn’t get any oil pressure. I let it run for just a few seconds and then shut if off and wated a minute to let the heat penetrate some before trying it again. I had to repeat this three times before I finally saw the oil pressure gauge start to move. I held the clutch in during this whole time and waited until the engine was partly warmed up before letting it out. When I did, the transmission oil was so thick it killed the engine. After working with that for a while I finally managed to get the truck warmed up and going to work.
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When I crossed over the crest of the divide and started down the north slope my windshield immediately fogged up. I knew the temprature on the north side of that divide took a drop. I was beginning to convince myselt it was really cold that morning.
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When I finally got to the gate where we were working it was still locked so I had to wait for the boss to show up. I was listening to the radio and heard the weather report. They said it was -48 degrees in <st1:City w:st="on">Hibbing</st1:City> that morning with 12mph wind and a windchill factor of -80. <st1:City w:st="on"><ST1:pHibbing</st1:City> is about 40 miles south of where I was. I would not be surprised if the temperature was pushing -60 that morning. No wonder my truck was so hard to get going. I’ll never forget when the forecast high was +5 degrees and we all looked at each other with excitement for hearing a positive number.

Cold is relative. ;)
 
that is soo cold,no wonder why that manual tranny didnt want to work.

sheesh, lucky you didnt lock up the engine.
 
Wip,

I remember that year! I was driving Semi Truck (An old International cab over) and that morning I was in Butte Montana. I woke up that morning thinking my heater stopped working and yes, I had set the idle up on the truck and had a radiator bra.

If I remember, it was a beautiful morning. Not a cloud in the sky and I've never seen the sky more blue. I didn't realize it was that cold out and jumped out of the truck without my coat to get warmed up in the restaurant and figure out what was wrong with the heater. Bad, bad mistake that I realized about 15 feet from the truck lol! Long story short, I froze all the way into Spokane.

That was one cold year!
 
Lol. Yeah, over here people went crazy and ravaged through the store. Walmart had completely sold out their bread, and we have a lot of other big stores other than walmart. xD Its like, gosh people, the storm is only going to last like 2 days.
 
Here's another experience to throw in a little contrast.

When talking about heat in Arizona the humorous adage is, "But it's a dry heat!" There is some truth in this statement. When the thermometor around here hovers over that 90 mark and the relative humidity is also up over 90% it can be unbearable and getting out of the sun doesn't help. However, when I've spent time in the southwest I noticed that even though the thermometer might top 110 just getting out of the sun helps.

Likewise, when our temperatures start hovering below zero there is usually a side benefit. First, NO BUGS! :) Second, the relative humidity drops and so it is a dry cold.

I'll never forget the time I had to travel to Providence, RI for work. The morning I drove to the twin cities I was wearing nothing more than a fleece lined jean jacket and flannel shirt and I was comfortable. It was -21 degrees when I left. When I arrived in Providence it was 25 above but the humidity was so high the wind felt like it was blowing right through my body. I got chilled to the bone and I don't think I ever stopped shivering for the entire five days that I was there. I did not bring a warm enough jacket with me. Go figure.
 
Pizzaguy said:
Oh, so it's winter. Back in 1980, I worked for Continental Cable in Jackson, MI. We went for about two weeks with morning-get-to-work lows of 0 to -10 and highs of about 5. I worked out in that, on a ladder, hanging off a cable between poles with the wind blowing and me - using a cigarette lighter to warm the cable so I could force a connector on it - for $3.75 an hour.
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I lived there 40 years, never saw a motorcycle out unless it was over 55 or 60F. I guess he was trying to prove something?

Now, I did run in the winter, can't say I did so in shorts.


Don't worry about contrails, it's the CHEMtrails that are killing us all. :screwloose If you want to argue with the crazies about CHEMtrails, PM me and I'll send ya links to kooks sights you can go to. It's fun, but they will accuse you of being a "ZOG agent", a freemason, or a republican! ;)[/QUOTE]

i believe in Chemtrails....so watch it

nutjob
 
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