Polar Vortex 2014

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

AccuWeather says the "RealFeel" (tm) is -54

though at a certain point I suppose it's academic

thats not even a real number cmon now

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.

well, just did the boiling water toss out the back doorman’s it all vaporized :o

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)

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.

this thread has been updating the last day and there aren't any cool maps??

https://i.imgur.com/pj2H2hg.png

dave http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif maps

it is 63° warmer in nyc than mpls

they'll get theirs

i'm about to take my dog out
in wind child -33F
will report back

go wind, child! go wind! now you go on now, ya hear, you get

my littledogs were not thrilled with the breeze tonight

Heading out to walk to the train in a few, give my regards to Broadway if I don't make it.

Here are the offices closed today. Thanks for not closing Cleveland.

•Pittsburgh
•Buffalo
•Minneapolis
•Omaha
•Lincoln
•Des Moines
•Chicago
•Lisle
•Milwaukee
•Grand Rapids
•Detroit

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

Huh, okay, well...we've met or even possibly exceeded the predicted low. -23 at present, wind chill of -52. Cripes.

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.

Looked outside this morning, and yeah, thermometer on the garage is around -20, which means it's colder than that.

I should switch to working wherever brownie does, apparently

my office isn’t closed but I told everyone I’m working from home today because I’m not leaving the house unless absolutely necessary

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

I did! Currently -27 here. Good news...I can finally feel my fingers again...toes are still a work in progress

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).

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.

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.

-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

Stupid sexy polar vortex pic.twitter.com/HLOClExSnc

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 30, 2019

WLKY looks a little like MILKY if you look fast enough.

MLFY

dashboard temp read -9, bank I passed by read -18.

lmfao

"It's colder in ___ than in Antarctica!" uh yeah it's summer there, that's not so unusual

holy shit, I'm in NYC and this is the fastest and hardest i've ever seen it go from clear to blizzard

like totally clear to total whiteout in less than five minutes

same thing happened here in Baltimore around 1pm, it was insane

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

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.

No kidding! The wind, wow.

Temp dropped super fast here last night. The frost quakes I posted about were insane. Lots of people woken up by them.

What’s a frost quake and can I buy one at DQ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q8maZVG6Uw

and now the snow in NYC stopped just as quickly

"or it could be ghosts Larry!

fmfao

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 :-/

what a nightmare to have electric/gas issues during this sorry LL

my nerves were tested
i failed!

oh no is it ok now???