Polar Vortex 2014

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As a middle-aged Brit, I'm OK with either but above 10C, I do occasionally mentally convert to F. Negative temperatures in F seem ridiculous. Unless you really want to reference the freezing point of brine.

"It's cold enough to freeze BRINE today!" "Do you see the BRINE icicles on the side of that building?" "Don't slip on that patch of black BRINE." Etc.

Michael Jones, Thursday, 9 January 2014 09:51 (ten years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/ucOQh.jpg

mookieproof, Thursday, 9 January 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link

just started roof shoveling at my folks' place - that is a whole other ballgame, damn.

Simon H., Thursday, 9 January 2014 15:39 (ten years ago) link

Fun fact: -40 F and -40 C are the same temperature!

nickn, Thursday, 9 January 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/1e65T8k.jpg

dan m, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link

well it should be a little warmer in there shouldn't it

j., Tuesday, 21 January 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link

so this thing is coming back for more now?

only one way to combat repeated assaults by polar vortex...

http://www.thepetcollective.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sharknado-vs-polar-vortex.jpg

Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link

lol, the Upper East Side got shafted in plowing! The socialists HAVE arrived.

@pareene
in addition to plowing I suggest we bulldoze the UES

eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 January 2014 12:50 (ten years ago) link

It's snowing in Austin! Then raining again, then sleeting, but still. No work tomorrow!

erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 24 January 2014 06:59 (ten years ago) link

Yeah, tell me about it! My son has the day off from school, but alas, my work is not cancelled.

Evil Juice Box Man (Moodles), Friday, 24 January 2014 14:35 (ten years ago) link

Lol, my firms Houston office closed because of the weather.

Jeff, Friday, 24 January 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link

-14 with the wind today in Cleveland. Cleveland Public Schools are closed, along with some of the close 'burbs, but here I sit at work. Wish we had a work-from-home policy.

. . . I guess we do, actually. "No working from home."

Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Friday, 24 January 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link

Aw, sorry you didn't get a snow day too Moodles. I slept in (way in... 12:30) and now I am going to brave the elements to find some tacos.

erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 24 January 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link

I was able to chill out at home in my PJs, but still was very busy work-wise

Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Friday, 24 January 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link

that whole telecommuting thing is a bitch!

Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Friday, 24 January 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link

planning to corral the family in a bit to go check out the new Whole Foods at The Domain. Will wear a sweater.

Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Friday, 24 January 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link

. . . I guess we do, actually. "No working from home."

Ha, my firm's policy as well. Which is mostly fine, being an architect does rely on a great deal of collaboration, but its tough since my wife's job has a very flexible work from home policy.

an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 January 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link

unless some of you are posting from the dakotas or alberta or something i don't want to hear too much bitching

goole, Friday, 24 January 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link

we're already well over our yearly average for days below zero, and we've had these great 'warm' blasts where it'll get up to 30-some degrees for a day, just to snow.

http://blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/2014/01/friday-clipper-and-warming-trend-wintery-numbers-piling-up/?from=weather

goole, Friday, 24 January 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link

unless some of you are posting from the dakotas or alberta or something i don't want to hear too much bitching

Um, pretty sure it's been much colder here than much of Canada or Dakotas. Alberta hit 50 today.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 January 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link

i'm sorry josh but that post qualifies as bitching

goole, Friday, 24 January 2014 23:11 (ten years ago) link

Can I bitch that I'd rather be in Alberta than here?

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 January 2014 23:12 (ten years ago) link

Just read that this coming Tuesday's low (excluding wind chill) is on track be lower than anything from the previous wave of this bullshit.

an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 January 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link

lol goole

mh, Friday, 24 January 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link

Don't live in Canada or Dakotas so didn't come to bitch...but to gloat. It's 65 and sunny for 40th day in a row, bitches.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 25 January 2014 00:22 (ten years ago) link

Please forgive me for that. Chicago guy spending 1st winter in new locale.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 25 January 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link

hahaha, you're right! looks like snow is in the forecast again next tuesday. awesome!

erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 25 January 2014 00:30 (ten years ago) link

i am timing my walks to the grocery store based on whether the temperature for the day is positive, i feel like laura ingalls wilder if she had grocery stores

j., Saturday, 25 January 2014 03:06 (ten years ago) link

goddamn snow

tɹi.ʃɪp (Treeship), Saturday, 25 January 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link

the weather continues to be schizophrenic down in Austin: freezing rain and sleet on Friday, sunny in the 70s on Sunday and then back to freezing rain today. Annoyingly, my son's school is delayed by 2 hours this morning, so I have to skip out in the middle of work to get him there.

Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link

I take that back, school is now cancelled

Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link

I don't have gloves so I put a sock on my hand to use the gas pump.

frogbs, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link

"gas pump"

Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link

yeah, UT blew it too. didn't send notification that opening was delayed until noon until 8:15. we decided to compromise by working until noon and then going home.

erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link

-11 here, -30 or something windchill, nbd. schools closed but not work, of course.

festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link

i work at a school, but haven't heard any news of closing.

clouds, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link

so is NYC and New England going to get 12+ inches next Sun/Mon, Y or N?

images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link

I received a package yesterday, and the usual small-talk with the delivery guy about the weather took a strange turn when he told me that the weather we've been having lately is caused by something called "HAARP". "H. A. A. R. P. Look it up.", he said and gave me a meaningful look. So I did, expecting some kind of meteorological acronym. Not the case.

o. nate, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link

i work at a school, but haven't heard any news of closing.

― clouds, Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:28 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark

my school sent out a crabby pass-agg email about how we were never going to close.

we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link

This part is great:

Former Governor of Minnesota and noted conspiracy theorist Jesse Ventura questioned whether the government is using the site to manipulate the weather or to bombard people with mind-controlling radio waves. An Air Force spokeswoman said Ventura made an official request to visit the research station but was rejected-"he and his crew showed up at HAARP anyway and were denied access".[25]

o. nate, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link

oh shit my macos dashboard thermometer says the temperature for -today only- is

NaNº

what does that even mean what is going to happen am i safe inside

j., Thursday, 6 February 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link

oh sweet the temperature is not a number

j., Thursday, 6 February 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link

now truly a polar vortex

the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 6 February 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link

feel like they're just gonna start calling winter polar vortex now, guess im down w/ that

flopson, Thursday, 6 February 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link

people will stop asking "how's the weather?" and start asking "which vortex is it?"

the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 6 February 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link

solar vortex is my least favorite season

j., Thursday, 6 February 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link

♫ walking in a polar vortex wonderland ♫

flopson, Thursday, 6 February 2014 21:36 (ten years ago) link


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