Let the mephitic fumes from Trump's tweets warm y'all tonight!
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 01:39 (five years ago) link
Josh it's it's only -2 in Chicago what are you guys gonna do, nightswimming?we just hit -23
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
i was in -28 once and it was rough, but at least there was little to no wind. can't even imagine it with a 20mph/gusting to 30 breeze like you guys are getting
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 02:54 (five years ago) link
AccuWeather says the "RealFeel" (tm) is -54though at a certain point I suppose it's academic
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 02:58 (five years ago) link
thats not even a real number cmon now
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 03:15 (five years ago) link
i did some walking last time it was bad here, but i decided not to bother this time, so i don't know how much worse it seems. but for going more than a couple blocks in sub-zero weather i would generally have multiple layers and a balaklava or something for teh face, and if you're working up a heat from moving that goes a long way.
― j., Wednesday, 30 January 2019 03:17 (five years ago) link
well, just did the boiling water toss out the back doorman’s it all vaporized :o
― mh, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 03:29 (five years ago) link
It's no joke around here. -12 with supposedly -45 - 55 windchill. Really not looking forward to walking the dog in the morning, hopefully we can agree to make it as mercifully brief as possible.
(I do have to go to work though, even though it seems like most of the city is going to be shut down)
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 03:41 (five years ago) link
Maybe -3 right now? -5? I was just out, and it's cold, but not end of the world cold. I suppose that is on its way. They were calling for -50 with the windchill. My younger daughter was very excited that it might be so cold a water balloon thrown in the air could freeze before it hits the ground. That seems implausible, though. She was also excited that at -40f it is the same as -40c, though who knows.
My cat, on the other hand, is not excited about this weather at all. We've been letting him out for a couple of minutes at a stretch before he comes jingling back in. Because it's pretty cold.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 04:10 (five years ago) link
this thread has been updating the last day and there aren't any cool maps??
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 04:14 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pj2H2hg.png
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 04:15 (five years ago) link
dave http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif maps
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 04:17 (five years ago) link
it is 63° warmer in nyc than mpls
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 04:18 (five years ago) link
they'll get theirs
― j., Wednesday, 30 January 2019 04:24 (five years ago) link
i'm about to take my dog outin wind child -33Fwill report back
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 05:04 (five years ago) link
go wind, child! go wind! now you go on now, ya hear, you get
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 05:05 (five years ago) link
my littledogs were not thrilled with the breeze tonight
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 05:19 (five years ago) link
Heading out to walk to the train in a few, give my regards to Broadway if I don't make it.
― brownie, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 11:04 (five years ago) link
Here are the offices closed today. Thanks for not closing Cleveland.
•Pittsburgh•Buffalo•Minneapolis•Omaha•Lincoln•Des Moines•Chicago•Lisle•Milwaukee•Grand Rapids•Detroit
― brownie, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 12:53 (five years ago) link
Today I learned that farenheit and celcius converge at -40
We did it! pic.twitter.com/Oi4DNw6WWk— Ryan O'Hara (@ryanohara_ca) January 30, 2019
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 13:12 (five years ago) link
Huh, okay, well...we've met or even possibly exceeded the predicted low. -23 at present, wind chill of -52. Cripes.
― See you later, I'm going to go take a look at this suicide robot. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 13:56 (five years ago) link
xpost That's what I said! I learned it from my daughter. Now *here* is something I didn't know about. I was woken up at around 3:30am by all these really loud cracks, almost like explosions. I first though something in or around the house broke, or a tree branch fell, or a giant icicle, but it kept happening. Turns out it was likely a frost quake!!!
A frost quake, or a cryoseism, happens when saturated rock or soil cracks following a large temperature drop.Here's the science behind it. Water sinks into the soil and saturates its surroundings. As temperatures drop well below freezing, the saturated material will freeze and expand. As it expands, it puts stress on its surroundings until the pressure has to be relieved and a small explosion happens. People report hearing loud booms with these quakes, or in some cases, even feeling the earth shake beneath them.
Here's the science behind it. Water sinks into the soil and saturates its surroundings. As temperatures drop well below freezing, the saturated material will freeze and expand. As it expands, it puts stress on its surroundings until the pressure has to be relieved and a small explosion happens. People report hearing loud booms with these quakes, or in some cases, even feeling the earth shake beneath them.
Looked outside this morning, and yeah, thermometer on the garage is around -20, which means it's colder than that.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 13:58 (five years ago) link
I should switch to working wherever brownie does, apparentlymy office isn’t closed but I told everyone I’m working from home today because I’m not leaving the house unless absolutely necessary
― mh, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
good for you! our bosses are being super guilt trippy about it, I have an out because I have a kid and school is closed. I was proud of my younger friend at work doing the same, it's insane they want people to risk their safety to come to an office to do conference calls and emails
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:34 (five years ago) link
I did! Currently -27 here. Good news...I can finally feel my fingers again...toes are still a work in progress
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
We're all bunkered down here and most people I know are at or working from home. But at Trader Joe's yesterday my peppy check out person boasted maniacally that she would be in tomorrow (today).
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:55 (five years ago) link
Ironically, I'll have to get bundled up at some point to take my older kid to a friend's, since I don't even want her walking the mere five or so minutes away.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:56 (five years ago) link
Both my partner and I had to go to work today. Her car wouldn't start, so I drove both of us. There was more ice on the inside of the car than the outside (windows, rear view mirror all iced over, etc). No one on the roads though, so that helped.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
-25 on the thermometer btw
one of our data centers had an outage overnight because the cooling system failed
we're all busy making "did they try propping the door open" jokes
― mh, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
Stupid sexy polar vortex pic.twitter.com/HLOClExSnc— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 30, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
WLKY looks a little like MILKY if you look fast enough.
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
MLFY
― calumy (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
dashboard temp read -9, bank I passed by read -18.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
lmfao
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
"It's colder in ___ than in Antarctica!" uh yeah it's summer there, that's not so unusual
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
holy shit, I'm in NYC and this is the fastest and hardest i've ever seen it go from clear to blizzard
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
like totally clear to total whiteout in less than five minutes
same thing happened here in Baltimore around 1pm, it was insane
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
xpost It was reportedly colder here than in Siberia and the Arctic. It's not summer there. Also colder than Mt. Everest.
Check this shit out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgjKFYlPM0A
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
My wife gave me a heads up about this storm and I beat it home just in time. Kind of like when the hero outruns an explosion. I’m in Hoboken.
― Evan, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
No kidding! The wind, wow.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
Temp dropped super fast here last night. The frost quakes I posted about were insane. Lots of people woken up by them.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
What’s a frost quake and can I buy one at DQ?
― Evan, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q8maZVG6Uw
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:51 (five years ago) link
and now the snow in NYC stopped just as quickly
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:54 (five years ago) link
"or it could be ghosts Larry!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:59 (five years ago) link
fmfao
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
lost power for two hours, temp dropped 15 degrees indoors, called comed (electric co) 5x and now i have to deal w the reality of going to work tomorrow morning :-/
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:20 (five years ago) link
what a nightmare to have electric/gas issues during this sorry LL
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:23 (five years ago) link