How cucking fold IS it, DU?

[dixiegrrrrl]

[Cali_Democrat]

1. It's supposed to reach the high 70's here (so cal) in the afternoon.

We're good.

How are you guys holding up?

[shanti]

58. Mid 60's here in Sacto

No rain in sight though....

[Orrex]

2. Enough for a stool

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018598871

[riqster]

3. I'm not saying it's cold, but...

Ohio is under a statewide Brass Monkey alert.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. I have a friend in Iowa, which is at zero degrees

so I offered to send her some of ours.

[whathehell]

101. It's effing Zero degrees in Chicago, with a minus 25 degree windchill effect

Nice, huh?

[MerryBlooms]

4. 1.3 and w/c of -18

ick.

[Arger68]

6. Currently -8 actual, with wind chill -30.

It's supposed to get colder and the wind is supposed to pick up later today. 13 below actual with 40 mph winds, should be around 40-50 below wind chills.

[PotatoChip]

33. It's been quite balmy here. Supposed to be 24 above by Friday!

This Afternoon Snow showers likely, mainly before 5pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16. Wind chill values as low as -2. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around -16. Wind chill values as low as -35. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 4. Wind chill values as low as -32. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Thursday Night A 30 percent chance of snow showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Wind chill values as low as -6. South wind around 5 mph.

Friday A 40 percent chance of snow showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

[Doctor_J]

7. Wind just shifted from W to N here

Dropping the chill index another 10 DF. No relief until Sunday

[hlthe2b]

8. Think back to your most miserably hot, humid day and fixate on that all day...

I figure that no matter how cold, icy, windy and miserable it can be, at least one can add more layers and protective clothing. When it's hot hot hot hot hot, nothing makes you more comfortable short of A/C at settings that would break the bank.

Last year we had a really miserably cold, windy, snowy period with double digit subzero "real" temps that nearly everyone (myself included) took as an excuse to burrow inside... Well, I've finally taken those 15 pounds I gained as a result off and am now out there doing at least 4-5 miles of walking--regardless of weather-- every day with the dog. One good thing is that, even bundled up, you burn more calories!

Now, haven't I made you feel better?

No?



Well, there's always:



(take me with you!)

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. Good example of mind over matter....

The cold east of the Rockies is much more painful than the cold on the West Coast.

I have never ever been in PAINFUL cold till I moved to the South...which sounds strange, to anyone who has not experienced it.

Will think balmy
will think balmy
Will think balmy....................

[TorchTheWitch]

113. I'm an equal opportunity weather complainer

Too cold, too hot, too humid, too rainy, too dry, too windy, too sunny, too snowy... whatever the weather there's something I will find faulty about it.

[kiva]

9. 61 and sunny.

Headed for a high of 65 in Las Vegas.

[Wellstone ruled]

28. Just updated to 70.

Loving it baby,colder than a well diggers heart back in Minnesota,they brought the brass monkey in two days ago.

[kiva]

47. Not the brass monkey!

Looks like a yard day for me but lots of hot buttered rum for you.

[SidDithers]

10. 0F, -24F wind chill in Toronto...

Way colder than I like it to be.

At least it's not snowing too.

Sid

[pintobean]

18. Knock 'em dead Sid

[Iggo]

20. Yikes!

{{{shiver}}}

[NaturalHigh]

11. Colder than a welldigger's behind.

[Behind the Aegis]

15. LOL! I was going to say the same!

And given we are in the same state, that's kinda funny!

NE OK....18, feels like 4 and dropping. Windy as all get up!

[NaturalHigh]

16. I was gonna say...must be an Oklahoma thing.

[Jamastiene]

84. People say it here in NC too.

[NaturalHigh]

111. I've never actually dug a well...

so I'm not entirely sure how a welldigger's behind gets so cold.

[Jamastiene]

112. Well water is really really icy cold water.

I would imagine it makes it cold down there digging the well? That's just a guess. I don't know either,

[eppur_se_muova]

93. That's *Swedish* welldigger's behind. nt

[Iggo]

12. High 70s and clear.

Love, SoCal.

[Bluenorthwest]

35. Low 50's, plenty of water

Love, Oregon

[dixiegrrrrl]

38. Didn't you have cold weather a few days back???

and rain and flooding?

[Iggo]

41. Last week, High of 57, windy and wet.

It's kinda rough on us public transportation commuters.

But it ain't snow, so...

[cyberswede]

13. -3, feels like -26

that's cucking fold!

School canceled...dog doesn't want to go out...birdfeeder super busy.

[dixiegrrrrl]

37. How DO you get the dog to do his business in that cold????

I have a long long rope, so I can stand in the carport and direct the dog out in the yard.
When it is raining he dashes out and dashes right back,
Never had to take him out in snow.
But in this cold weather, my trick is.....let Mr. Dixie take him out!

[cyberswede]

42. We have to push him out the door - LOL

I like your trick best!

[TorchTheWitch]

66. I can't convince mine to come IN!

He's a winter breed though. He insisted we still go for our nightly walk. As bundled up as I was I nearly froze to death before we even got passed the yard, and I actually made it to the half way point before I could stand no more. If it wasn't for that ghastly wind it wouldn't have been so bad.

Just checked on him again (I've been doing it about every 15 or 20 minutes), and he finally decided to come in but only for his dinner. I have no doubt in a few minutes he'll be wanting to go back out again. He's been doing that since that little bit of snow fell yesterday... inside for a few minutes and wants to go back out for a couple hours.

[3catwoman3]

76. One of many reasons...

..I am glad I have cats.

[madokie]

14. 19 and dropping here in northeast Oklahoma

[janlyn]

17. 19 degrees and dropping

here in northwest Arkansas. Wind gusts up to 40,we are expecting 6 degrees by tonight with a wind chill of -15 . It's stupid cold!!

[LiberalEsto]

19. Um,

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. 54 going down to 37 in SW Washington.

[dixiegrrrrl]

39. When I lived in W. Washington it never got that cold

No sirree..
and unicorns were everywhere.

[fizzgig]

22. 16 and flurries in northern colorado

i am so over this already.

[Laffy Kat]

85. In Boulder county we have 18F.

At least it's still in the double digits. The 50s we had over the last couple of days melted a lot of the snow, but now it's messy and icy.

[fizzgig]

88. my parking lot is still a disaster

but at least the roads are in good shape. of course, we're supposed to get weather again tomorrow night. yay

[Jackpine Radical]

23. This morning I had to thaw the thermometer out

with a blowtorch before I could read it.

Yesterday I ran a power cord out to the block heater on my car engine, but the electricity froze in the cord.

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. It was so cold one year

we had to chop up the piano for firewood



- but we only got two chords.

[Jackpine Radical]

48. Ow!

Clavier.

[dixiegrrrrl]

57. LOL back at you...

"clavier"......

[Jackpine Radical]

59. It was so cold last night that this morning

the humane society has been sending crews around to break the dogs loose from the fire hydrants.

[shraby]

24. Wisconsin along the lakeshore in Manitowoc co. 0 deg. and feels like -22

[HereSince1628]

45. Wisconsin 60 miles inland currently -2 F, probably today's hi

Windchill also about -22F.

BUT THE SUN IS SHINING! So the with emotional chill effect it seems about 15F.

Besides. As they say in Milkland... IT'S NOT THE COLD, IT'S THE HUMIDITTY. And with 43% humidity it ain't humid.

[brer cat]

25. Heading to 7 (!) tonight in north GA mountains.

I'm thinking I should ask Cha if I can come visit for a few days.

[brooklynite]

26. It's so cold, I saw a dog chasing a cat and they wete both freezing

[Scootaloo]

27. A balmy 47 here in Western Washington

I'm wearing socks.

[dixiegrrrrl]

46. I can remember being snowed in, some winters there.

It never got bone painful cold there, as it does here, and a flannel shirt, a down vest and jeans were all the protection I needed.

Here, when it gets cold, every inch of bare skin needs protection.

[Daemonaquila]

29. Can't REALLY complain in Texas, but...

I'm expecting Saturday to be chaotic. We have a 2nd cold front coming in on top of the one that's already here, and it's expected to bring lots of precip for 2 days. With a high of 33, lots of folks here will be panicking, we'll have tons of accidents, and most of our area will be convinced that we're all going to die in the ice and snow. Days like that, I kind of miss living in the north, where we can complain about the cold but in the end shrug our shoulders, bundle up, and get on with it.

[bravenak]

31. It's -11 in Anchorage.

Not that cold, really. Pretty mild.

[Worried senior]

32. Supposidly 1° 60 Miles North of Green Bay, WI

Don't know what the wind chill is but the heat is cranked and I have no intention of going outside.

Even the dog is keeping his pee trips short and he loves the cold and snow.

[Lefta Dissenter]

54. 1° here in Madison, too.

Wind chill of -14.

My little dog keeps his trips short, and I've shoveled the snow away from a spot of grass so he doesn't have to squat in the snow.

I supplement my heat with my wood stove, and I'm keeping that baby humming today!

[Kevin from WI]

102. Hey Wisconsin people!

It was -6 earlier this morning in Milwaukee.

[pintobean]

34. 8°, -13° wc in St. Louis

[nichomachus]

36. It's so cold here

I almost had to put the top up on the convertible. That or wear a lomg-sleeve shirt. But I toughed it out.

[Brigid]

43. Braggart!

[dixiegrrrrl]

44. It is SO cold that Hell has frozen over......look:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/hell-mi/48169/daily-weather-forecast/2211114?day=1

[RebelOne]

49. 39 degrees here in the metro Atlanta area and dropping.

Teens to single digits overnight. I don't mind the cold, but I am afraid of broken pipes, as I had 4 broken water pipes last winter no matter what precautions I took. I have been here in North Georgia since 1989, and last winter was the first time my pipes froze and broke.

[meow2u3]

50. 19 and falling in Eastern PA

with a wind chill of -2.

The low tonight is expected to be near 0.

[Depaysement]

51. Hilarious

I think I looked at it differently than everyone else except maybe the OP.

[marmar]

52. balmy 10 with a windchill of -6 in Detroit

[PasadenaTrudy]

53. 81 right now

in Pasadena, CA...

[KansDem]

55. Kansas City: 11 degrees with a 10mph wind.

I'm breezing my futt off!

[Go Vols]

56. 25f now

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16f now.

going down to 4f tonite.

[Beaverhausen]

60. 82 in Burbank right now

why do you think I moved here from Philadelphia?

[dixiegrrrrl]

61. Silly me, I moved South for the sunshine

but forgot to add "no ice" to the wish list.

Well, today is sunny, to be sure.
North wind blasting, and cold.

[ananda]

62. Ben Baglin says coo told for me!

[DeadLetterOffice]

63. We're at 1F in upstate NY, with a -24F windchill

We're supposed to drop another 5 degrees or so overnight.

My kids' school has already decided on a 2 hour delay tomorrow morning because of the cold.

[Tanuki]

64. 15 degrees in Nashville, going down to 4 degrees overnight.

Bloody cold for this part of the country. Not unprecedented, but we don't get many days like this.

[pinboy3niner]

65. I'm breezing my falls off!

If you've never lived in SoCal you have no idea how cold 69° can feel!

[LiberalElite]

67. 15 with a "real feel" of -11

[Blue_Tires]

68. Freezing my balls off

[RobertEarl]

69. A good trick to keep warm inside

Heat up the house first, then boil away at least a cup of water.

The steam will humidify the air and as we all know, humid air holds heat longer than dry air.

Down to 6 tonight in the Southern Appalachians, maybe more. My penquins, if I had any, would be loving it!

[dixiegrrrrl]

70. Actually, the one thing I love is our gas heat

because it takes out any dampness in winter temps here. It can get clammy when it rains in winter.

Poor folks up in the No part of Ala. are getting much colder than us more southern residents, but still, 16 low here is remarkable, and not welcome.

[RobertEarl]

74. Yeah that cold moist air is awful

I open up the house at the first sign of dry air and let that clean dry air in. Then do the boil thing. The boiling doesn't work as well when the air is cold and damp, because changing the temperature of damp air takes a lot more energy.

Ever notice how the rainy days in winter down south, the temperature only fluctuates 10 degrees? That's because of the energy factor.

I like the south for its moisture, otherwise I'd live in the desert. And the penguins, if i had any, wouldn't like it.

[distantearlywarning]

71. Well, we've even got a wind chill warning in Central FL tonight

That happens maybe one day a year here, so pretty cucking fold even for us. This will likely be the coldest day of 2015 for us, and may also set some low temp records across the state.

[LeftyMom]

72. 56. I think I'll put on thicker socks. nt

[spanone]

73. 11 degrees here in the sunny south......nashville, tn...8:31pm

[WillyT]

75. It's SO COLD... A Flasher Had To...

Describe himself.

Thank you Johnny Carson...

[MrMickeysMom]

79. LOL!

Loved that one.

[cwydro]

77. You know how they say

"is it cold enough for ya/"

Well, it's cold enough!

[MrMickeysMom]

78. Had a high of 15 today, dixiegrrrrl...

reeell cuckin fold!

[dixiegrrrrl]

95. Oughta be a law

that anything under 60 degrees cannot be called a "high".

10:30 am , and it is....20 here.

"here" being a semi-tropical zone.

[csziggy]

80. Tallahassee, Florida - 43 F dropping to 22 F tonight with a 13 F wind chill

Hard freeze tonight. Usually when it gets this cold, the air is still but tonight the Polar Express is ripping by - I can hear the wind blowing and branches falling outside!

Tomorrow it will get up to 41 F and be clear and sunny. Tomorrow night we will have less wind and it will only get down to 24 F. I don't plan to go outside until at least Friday. I don't function very well under 60 F.

[ecstatic]

81. Went out for a few hours and suddenly my tires are low in pressure

And yes, it's FREEZING... but as long as rain/ice/snow isn't involved, I'm OK.

[3catwoman3]

82. Damn cucking fold here...

...in the greater Chicago area. High of 0 today, low of -11, and the wind chill is about -28!!

I was not happy when I left work and my car battery was dead. Fortunately, it started right up when jumped, but my fingers got so cold just in the moments it took to find the latch to open the hood that it took about 20 minutes for them to stop hurting once the car warmed up inside.

[dixiegrrrrl]

97. I shivered on your behalf reading about your fingers...

I can tell you that people west of the Rockies do not understand how painful just a few seconds of cold here is.

I had a couple of inches of ankle exposed when taking the dog out and was HURTING after a minute.
Fortunately, doggie is damn quick and eager to get back inside.

[Jamastiene]

83. It is currently 24 degrees here in southern central NC.

It is supposed to get down to 13 tonight and up to 29 tomorrow. Not too incredibly cold, if you ask me.

My question is this: Why is it when we get any actual cold weather in winter down here, the National Weather Service puts out a severe alert for the wind chill and for frostbite and other things related to cold weather? Don't most people in the rest of the world deal with this every winter? Do they really need to drum up the scare tactics for a cold night and semi cold day? The temperature is going to go below freezing. It's not the Boogie Man. It's not Coldmageddon. Keep warm. Common sense is all it takes.

This, by the way, will pretty much be the extent of our winter. After this, it will continually warm up and we'll have spring started by the end of January or beginning of February. When everyone else gets Spring, it will be almost summer here by then. We get a very short winter, literally once or twice, it will freeze. Some years we may have a light dusting of snow...ONCE. I mean, it might snow one time in any given year, maybe.

I hate hot weather. I break out in blisters and overheat. We have hot weather here 10 months of the year. Summer is 10 months of almost super high, glue melting heat and humidity.

So, how cold is it here? To me, not cold enough and it won't be cold enough long enough for my tastes. I wish it would snow. I love breathing in that cool, crisp air when it snows...and playing in the snow.

[elias49]

86. New Hampshire -3 degrees with a -19 wind chill temp

The basement wood stove helps keep the kitchen floor above a little warmer. I love supplemental wood heat.

[B Calm]

87. We had a minus 33 below wind chill in Indiana today.

[TheKentuckian]

89. 4, feels like -11 right now

[handmade34]

90. about

-20 outside my house, but I'm not going out to verify it

[840high]

91. 14 and falling

[msanthrope]

92. I just took the dog for a walk. How cold was it? His pee wasn't steaming. nt

[adirondacker]

96. It was -26 actual temp at 6:00 AM up here.

Filled the bird feeders and my outdoor work is done for the day.

[eppur_se_muova]

94. Colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra. nt

[jwirr]

98. -1 degrees in NE MN with light snow.

[dixiegrrrrl]

99. At what point does the cold just not feel any colder?

20?
zero?
minus zero?

[ProfessorGAC]

100. 6 F and Flurries 50 Miles South of Chicago

And, weirdly enough, there's a south wind. Usually we want that in our winters. Brings in a little warmer air. Not today.

[dixiegrrrrl]

106. Here's why that wind is cold...

http://hint.fm/wind/

give it few seconds to load.

[RKP5637]

103. Cold enough to keep the darn electric heat on, meter's spinning off the side of the house! LOL! n/t

[NCTraveler]

104. High of 58 today. Back up to 80 Sunday. Tampa. nt.

[immoderate]

105. It's 75 in Plantation, FL. But it FEELS like 77.

It was in the 80s yesterday.

--imm

[haikugal]

107. 8 overnight....

It's warmed up to 18 here in south central PA....no wind today so it's better than the last couple of days..brrrrr

[SummerSnow]

108. early this morning in NYC...it was 9 degrees.

I dare no t go outside.

[dixiegrrrrl]

109. A perfect day to stay under the covers.

And have a minion fetch hot chocolate.

Definitely a need for minions on days like this, I say.

[Marrah_G]

110. It warmed up to 17 degrees now

It was cold enough to cancel school in Providence (Rhode Island).