42 below zero Embarrass MN

[Botany]

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/state/minnesota/16627100.htm

Another morning of subzero temperatures across MN
Associated Press
UNDATED - It's another morning of frigid weather across Minnesota.

The National Weather Service says temperatures early today ranged from the mid-30s below zero in the
northwestern part of the state to around ten below across the south.

In northeastern Minnesota, Embarrass fell to 42 below at 7:45 this morning.

At six a.m., Hallock in the northwestern corner of Minnesota was at 38 below. Park Rapids was at 30 below,
while Warroad and Roseau (roh-zoh) were 29 below.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. ...

:shrug:

[KittyWampus]

7. I Can't imagine 42 degrees below zero and have never experienced anything

even close to that. I think that's why OP.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. I have.

It ain't fun. But I suspect that kind of thing isn't unheard of in Embarass, MN.

[MUAD_DIB]

12. I've experienced -20 in Main and Northern Vermont, but -42?

Now that's downright chilly.

[jpak]

13. I have and had to compete in a ski meet too

and we had to race without our parkas (sweaters only - aerodynamics).

But to get back to them we had to ride the chairlift back up the hill - and it kept conking out, leaving us to swing in the wind (and swear many Great Oaths).

Luckily they postponed the cross-country event until the following week.

We woulda froze our lungs for sure...

[kestrel91316]

15. Back in the 70s, at my parents' ski cabin in the Colorado Rockies

at about 11,000 ft elevation, it got 40 below on occasion. It would HURT your face to go out in it, and the lips would stiffen quickly so as to impede speech! Our car, parked in the unheated garage, wouldn't start in the AM until we poured some Ronrico 151 (rum) down the carburetor. The next night we hung a light bulb over the engine to raise the temp a couple degrees so it would start.

It's quite an experience.....

[ljm2002]

25. When I was growing up in central Montana...

...we experienced -40F at least once every winter. Not wind chill, but the real temperature.

People with automobiles either parked them in heated garages or used headbolt heaters. Basically you stayed inside.

It's astonishingly cold. But, not unheard-of for the northern states.

[ck4829]

2. That's like Siberia cold

[Botany]

4. I was in 28 below once and it was wicked

42 below is wild.

[Strawman]

3. Wouldn't want to be bare-assed in Embarrass today

brrrr!

[Peanutcat]

5. I wish the hell

They's stop sending their bitter cold down my way!:scared:

[Rick Myers]

6. Coldest I ever saw personally--- -75!!!

Galena, Alaska in the winter of 1976!!!


It was a balmy -30 here in Minneapolis yesterday!!!

[KittyWampus]

8. Do machines operate at that cold a temperature?

[phantom power]

9. with special fluids, yes.

[kestrel91316]

16. Wave HI! for me to UMinn. My nephew is there............

[SoCalDem]

11. Um.. it's winter.

Cold winters used to be the norm..with piles of snow everywhere. In recent years, we have had mild winters, but as a kid i remember winters being verrrrrry frosty :) I always remember International Falls being downright "arctic".:)

[theHandpuppet]

14. When I hear reports like this...

... it only increases my admiration for the Native Americans who had the toughness, courage and skills necessary to survive the worst Mother Nature has to offer. I've often wondered what kind of special skills they utilized to survive brutal winters in the Plains.

[Mister Ed]

17. ? You say that like it's a bad thing :(

Ten years ago, at this time of year, my wife and one of her girlfriends booked a weekend retreat at a cabin twelve miles northeast of Embarass. At dawn on Saturday morning, the temperature at Embarass stood at forty-five degrees below zero.

My wife put on her showshoes and took a two-hour walk alone, through the woods and across the frozen lakes. She found herself enraptured, enveloped in a scene of indescribable beauty, serenity, and tranquility.

After her return the next evening, the spark of our beloved daughter's life was first struck. Sentimental fool that I am, I love to gaze at my daughter's beautiful face and think of how the pristine air and stark beauty of the northwoods set the stage for her creation.

[Hardrada]

18. I experienced 40 below twice. Once in college in NE Iowa 1963

and classes were not called off and once up in Minneapolis 1974,drove two hours out of town in it to try to see the Comet Kohoutec which was a big dud. We had to put Freez in the car's gas tank to complete the journey! That's why we have big hooded parkas in our closets around here in IA.

[mzmolly]

19. Wow. I'm in the TC area, and it's warmed up to one below here.

We were around minus 10 over the weekend.

[damntexdem]

20. Hmm, wherever did the town get its name?

;-)

[Mister Ed]

21. Well...

I've read that an "embarrassment", in French, means most literally an impediment, obstacle, or obstruction. The French explorers who explored this region would travel along streams, and would often encounter "embarrasments" in the form of beaver dams & such. I've always assumed that Embarass was the site of one such obstruction. Don't know for sure if my guess is correct.

[Catherine Vincent]

22. Egads!

((((((((brrrrr)))))))))))

[Chimichurri]

23. According to my mother-in-law, this means there is no global warming.

[not_a_robot]

24. I think i can beat both

That's 57 below zero of course, in a town named north pole...