Wow it's COLD out there! What about your spot?
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-4 in Grass Lake
Clear and cold, at least there’s no wind this morning…
I remember snowmobiling in Brimley, Michigan around 2000 It was -28 air temp without windchill. sun shining ice on our eyelashes and facial hair. Sold my machines about 2 years later, fun times. Got a frostbite scar on my face from a slight leak in my modular helmet, a permanent reminder of the good old days.
Used to ride sleds here in the southern part, but rarely have enough down here to do anything. we slid out of here for a week in the winter to florida, but after about 3 days I'm ready to come home, pretty much seen and done everything I want on a vacation point of view, rather wrench on toys in my new shop. Did go to Big Daddy's museum in Ocala Florida, that was very cool and highly recommend it as a must go to place if your in the area.
XS22J8R
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-5° here this morning when I headed out. On the news they screech constantly about wind chill so much it's sometimes hard to gather what the actual temperature is going to be. Another similar day in store tomorrow than a gradual improvement as the week goes on.
As long as my car starts OK that's my main concern, and my trusty beater Dart fired up fine this morning. The interior warmed up within 10 minutes or so, and I made it to work.
Its battery gave up the ghost last year one morning when it was something like -10°, and we'd had wet snow a few days earlier before the arctic cold rushed in, so the hood was froze shut. For a few days afterward it was sunny and I was optimistic the sun warmed the car enough to melt some of the ice, so I could break the ice off enough to get it open, and it did. Then I had to go to 3 stores including 2 Wal Marts before I found a battery in stock correct for the car.
And a couple times this year we've had little "nuisance" snows when it was bitter cold, which resulted in the roads being wet with melted snow mixed with salt. The salt spray whitewashes my windshield but the washer gets frozen, so I end up almost "driving while blind" to work. Last month some of the spray looked wet enough I thought I could clear the windshield with the wipers, but they just smeared it making my visibility worse. I fought with it a few times as I proceed on my 27 mile trek to the office, to no avail before arriving, where I tossed snow on the windshield and used the wipers to clean it for my drive home later. That weekend I went out to check the washer, and noticed the salt and wiper action a few days earlier had actually put some light wiper scratches on my windshield!
In 40+ years of winter driving challenges, that was a first for me having salt scratch a windshield.
Cold and even snow bum me out a little, but "this too will pass". It's having car issues in the middle of winter and trying to work on the car out in the driveway that really make this time of year miserable.
As long as my car starts OK that's my main concern, and my trusty beater Dart fired up fine this morning. The interior warmed up within 10 minutes or so, and I made it to work.
Its battery gave up the ghost last year one morning when it was something like -10°, and we'd had wet snow a few days earlier before the arctic cold rushed in, so the hood was froze shut. For a few days afterward it was sunny and I was optimistic the sun warmed the car enough to melt some of the ice, so I could break the ice off enough to get it open, and it did. Then I had to go to 3 stores including 2 Wal Marts before I found a battery in stock correct for the car.
And a couple times this year we've had little "nuisance" snows when it was bitter cold, which resulted in the roads being wet with melted snow mixed with salt. The salt spray whitewashes my windshield but the washer gets frozen, so I end up almost "driving while blind" to work. Last month some of the spray looked wet enough I thought I could clear the windshield with the wipers, but they just smeared it making my visibility worse. I fought with it a few times as I proceed on my 27 mile trek to the office, to no avail before arriving, where I tossed snow on the windshield and used the wipers to clean it for my drive home later. That weekend I went out to check the washer, and noticed the salt and wiper action a few days earlier had actually put some light wiper scratches on my windshield!
In 40+ years of winter driving challenges, that was a first for me having salt scratch a windshield.
Cold and even snow bum me out a little, but "this too will pass". It's having car issues in the middle of winter and trying to work on the car out in the driveway that really make this time of year miserable.
Getting warmer -16 degrees F earlier this morning now -8 degrees F
Sunny, but windy and
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This was a screenshot off my phone in 2019
Warming up. -36 now.
Lots of fun chem- trailing out dudes behind you at these temps lol
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Oklahoma is OK
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I'd be more concerned about having enough water in AZ than how cold or hot it is.
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Yeah very dry this year at one point we didn’t have rain for over 90 days.
We got some last week that was pretty good but we need more
We got some last week that was pretty good but we need more
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TUE
53° /17°
WED
44° /15°
THU
38° /17°
FRI
45° /25°
SAT
66° /34°
SUN
76° /37°
MON
83° /44°
53° /17°
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44° /15°
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38° /17°
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Bee1971
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Yep , same in WI
Working at an Airport , the wind changes everything - Below zero isn’t so bad with calm winds
But the wind , did I mention airport
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The wind ALWAYS blows at the airport..... blowing right now at mine with a 30K x wind.
The windshield always affects teens more than adults. It's weird what proper apparel can do.
