You guys up north ready for this arctic front?

I got an old metal cooler on a wagon that they used to deliver that ice with that was gramps.

 

I've not even packed away my "shorts" with temps like those!!!!!

 

Scout24,

I see you are from Wayne County PA. Fond memories- my dad’s from Stalker, PA, on the banks of Little Equinok Creek, along the shores of the Deleware river, near Kellams bridge. I spent many a summer cooling off in that creek or - as grandma called it “the crick”. Fond memories.

 

In these cold snaps he would often see -20 or lower at his house on the mountain

 

It was 2F when I finally left the house this morning. Any colder I might have worn a long sleeve shirt instead of a polo. Jacket stays in the car for emergency possibilities. Might have been a good idea to at least let the car up first though. Oh well.

 

Live Free Or Die!

 

It is funny that if a person lives up on a hill like I do, the temps are a lot warmer than down in the valley, but we get the wind. A case in point is my friend who lives 3 miles from me, but down in the valley. His temps were -12 degrees (f) when mine was -4 degrees (f). But last night when the wind was blowing so hard the house was creaking from the gusts, I am sure he was not nearly as affected.

 

Just to show people how tough I am, when it gets down this cold, I will point all the vents on me that I can in ye ole Explorer, crank the heat to blast-furnance hot, put the fan on hurricane.....

....then roll the window down and put my hand outside and air surf the air like kids do in summertime! After about 3 seconds you can no longer feel your hand so it does not matter, but it sure makes the cars passing in the other direction think you are super tough! (lol). The guy behind you too, except after about a minute I have to bring my hand in to warm back up.

 

I keep my hay up top of my hill because the wind up there blows the snow off the bales of hay and gives me a lot less waste, but having come in from taking care of the sheep (that shrug off the cold mind you); as cold as it is today, I am not ashamed to say.......I just made-love to my pot-bellied stove!

It sure gives a new meaning to having a bun in the oven!

According to the size of its belly, I am going to have triplet stoves around here in about 9 months!

 

Sheep in the snow are beautiful...

 

And, evidently, a little bit nervous about the pot-bellied stove lover....!

 

What elevation do you live at ??

 

35 below ambient is the cutoff on the Slope for running hydraulics.
Too many blown hoses when it gets colder. But, the iron is already running. Only gets shut down for oil and filter changes.
The fuelers are busy keeping all the light plants, generators and iron fueled. The air track rock drills I ran on the Slope were OK to 50 below ambient. As long as we didn't touch the hydraulics. Leave the mast up and straight. Drilling frozen over burden and gravel is more forgiving than drilling rock as far as the floor of the shot is concerned.

 

Doesn’t matter who you are, that’s funny!

 

For Maine cold, this sure ain't the coldest I've seen it . By quite a stretch. I think it was the winter of 72 , maybe 73 that we had 52 below on the thermometer out on the barn. We went to school that day. We had a couple weeks where it didn't get much warmer than 30 below . All ambient.
And that was on the Line Road in Levant/East Corinth. Wheel skidders could break in half in those temps
Course, we were maineiacs so couldn't let anyone laugh at us for actually planning for dressing for the cold .
First time I frost bit my hands and feet were because of that prevailing attitude. Stupid , ignorant @$&#:;%/€£ place. I immigrated to a place that understands winter. And admonishes its people to prepare for and dress/eat for it.
I've given plenty of cold weather/arctic gear to greenhorns here that didn't have or didn't know and couldn't afford warm gear.
Good part of the reason I hate Maine so much is remembering how much it hurt when my hands or feet warmed up. And the life long affects of it. £μ©¥¡Ω stupid. Chicken skin cotton long johns. Because they were Cheap . And that was back in the day when GREAT black wool union suits were redily available else where. Stupid stupid stupid... !!!!!!

Ok , Rant over.

 

It must not have been fun walking to school uphill both ways in that weather!

 

I still think of the pinch-your-nostrils-closed cold growing up on the Maine coast. Maybe due in part to extra moisture in the air from the ocean. I’ve rarely felt the same here or when I lived in Colorado.

 

Thanks for the welcome, folks. You can keep that Maine weather! I'll stick with what we get here...

And be moving this...


From here...

To here...

 

great pics Scout24 welcome to the FHC we love pics. Great setup BTW