Feeling the season:-/

This is a screen shot of our first brush with that which lets you know what season we are in.

 

Yeah, I'll just stay here....thanks.

 

Amen to that!

 

Yuck. My dad always told be about Minot, ND. Why not Minot? Freezin's the reason!

He only had to visit for work.

 

Wow............................ glad I'm not there. 11 here @ 6 a.m. now 27. Supposed to rain here friday.

 

Ahhhhhhh...

 

What kind of work brought him out to Dakotah Territory?

 

I never went, but when I was stationed @ Reese AFB in Lubbock TX we'd send pilots and crew chiefs to Minot for ACE (Accelerated Copilot Enrichment) training.

Some of the guys went back repeatedly as the TDY pay was pretty good.

The guys always said..
"There's a girl behind every tree, just no trees."

 

Insurance inspector for fire protection systems, aka sprinklers. I believe it was Del Monte foods. I think pea packing plant?

 

Data sounds like it supports your logic.
I wonder if there is a "dance studio" named "The Woods" or similar in Minot.

 

-17° brisk degrees, and east of me they had some -20's° to enjoy.

 

Another day in the deep freeze.

 

Actually, is have to disagree on this.

When I was in Lubbock, the temps would drop low, but there was nothing stopping that wind.


It could be way colder here (in NY), but not as intolerable as sitting on the flightline in 35 mph winds.

I never thought I'd be cold in Texas, I was wrong.

 

I routinely head out ice fishing first thing in the morning up in -20f air temperature. If it is not windy, standing outside (dressed properly), or in the fish house, it is not bad at all, even for short times without gloves unhooking fish or baiting lines. Some of our most beautiful winter skies occur during days like this.

We had a stretch up north where the daytime high temperatures were stuck at -20f for over a week. The day I was out fishing when it warmed to zero with no wind, I fished without gloves for a good part of the day. It felt like a heat wave!

One time we went out ice fishing new year's day when it was cold and windy. It was -21f when we left the cabin, then the wind came up while we were out, blowing right into our traditional spot.

We later learned the windchill that day was -59f. That time was absolutely the coldest I have ever been while out ice fishing. We were running tip ups and had a huge fire going on shore. The part facing the fire would be warm, but the other side was cut by the wind and...a burning type of cold!

 

I think windchill was invented to encourage people to dress for the weather. Because people aren't as smart about that sort of thing as they used to be (like when they rode horses, walked, rode in heatless carriages). People knew how to bundle up back then, and they were just plain hardier than the average person these days.

People see 20 or 30* and think that isn't too bad since just a couple of days ago it was 1*. However, they fail to take account of the 30-40 mph wind that will find its way thru your clothes - much less those that don't wear hats to protect ears.

Even my house feels windchill since it is 2x4 construction and not as tight as modern day houses (it's a whole lot better than it used to be). I will use more pellets on a 30* windy day than one that is a calm 15*.

 

I went to work conference in San Francisco in August one year thinking I wouldn't need a jacket. Well, I had to buy one when I was out there due to the wind and cool temperatures.