OMG, I'll never complain about the weather again.

[cboy4]

http://www.worldweatherserver.com/weather_in_USAK0003.aspx :wow:

But I guess better than tornadoes :(

[JackintheGreen]

1. Whatever do you mean?

Clearly there's a warming trend.

[EOTE]

7. I don't know if you're trying to be sarcastic.

But a warming trend can exist WHILE there are places in this world and at certain times that are incredibly cold. Warming trends focus on the Earth's AVERAGE temperature throughout the year. But you have a hard time telling that to idiots like Limbaugh who'll use arguments like: "If global warming is real, why's it so damn cold outside?"

[JackintheGreen]

13. Didn't you see the forecast for tomorrow?

It's going all the up to -20, then -15 on Friday. That's beach weather!

[EOTE]

16. Yes, very clever. Are you trying to suggest something? NT

[EOTE]

17. So I guess when it's 130 degrees in the shade in Iraq...

you'll be incredibly confused. Because after all, if it's cold somewhere, that means that it can't be hot somewhere else.

[JackintheGreen]

19. What the bejeezus are you going on about?

Why the sarcastic attacks? All I did was make a silly comment about how buggered cold it is in Alaska, in the same vein as the OP (which wasn't you!).

For the record, I do fieldwork in India (where it *is* 130 degrees) and I grew up where it was commonly well below zero in the winter. I think I'm bright enough to understand the vagaries of weather without a snippy lesson from you.

[EOTE]

26. You made a sarcastic comment about there being a warming trend.

Suggesting that in fact a warming trend does not exist because it's so cold in Alaska. That's why I asked if you were being sarcastic.

[EOTE]

27. I hear comments like that all the time suggesting that global warming doesn't exist.

If that wasn't your intent, then I apologize. Usually the comment will go something along the lines of this when it's mentioned how incredibly cold it is as some certain place in the globe: "Cold? But I thought we were supposed to be experiencing global WARMING." Yes, I've encountered many with that sad argument.

[JackintheGreen]

28. No, you read too much into it.

I made a sarcastic remark about a "warming trend" in Alaska because its *still* so cold in Alaska. There is very little difference between -40 and -15 in terms of absolute sensation. There is, on the other hand, a huge difference between 35 and 60. Or NY summers at 90 and NY summers at 115.

No big. A little too sensitive on both sides. Friends?

[EOTE]

30. Gotcha. Completely misinterpreted your use of 'warming trend'.

Having experienced deep into the negatives, I definitely agree. Sorry for being so quick to jump at ya. Friends.

[Buzz Clik]

8. Nippy, to say the least.

[Bicoastal]

2. Is that the part of Alaska where you can't go outside for more than an hour...

...or your blood and eyeballs literally freeze?

[Buzz Clik]

9. Fur-lined contact lenses can help.

[Dukkha]

22. I had a roomate who spent a winter in Antartica

He said your eyelids would freeze shut if you went outside and blinked. This is during the dead of winter when it's 24hr darkness.

[sharp_stick]

3. Ahh, bracing

If you ever get a chance to experience that kind of weather you should, but very briefly. Now I know why I moved South.

[cboy4]

5. I like the part about how it's supposed to be "sunny" tomorrow

with a high of -15 lol

Warmin up!!

[grasswire]

4. I've been in that kind of weather in Montana

People simply carry on. Go to work, go to school, etc. As long as your car is running okay, you're fine. But if the car stalls and you're not in town, oboy.

[cboy4]

6. I can't imagine. If my thermostat drops below 70, I start

to panic. lol

[PDJane]

10. I shan't extend an offer to visit..........

If my thermometer is at 70, it's too warm. I haven't turned my heat on yet this winter. Now, a/c this summer is another story........

[EOTE]

15. When I lived in Wisconsin....

My dad got stuck at work on his birthday when it got into the negative 50s with windchill. His car wouldn't start worth a damn (I told him to get the engine block heater), and all the auto agencies were busy with emergencies. He ended up celebrating his b-day in his office with many of his coworkers. When it gets that cold, it's painful just to be exposed to it. I was afraid to let out my dog for fear she'd freeze. You hear all the crazy adages about throwing a cup of coffee in the air and it freezing before it hits the ground. Well, that's absolutely true. I tried it.

[hfojvt]

18. Car? What do you want one of those expensive things for?

I once walked a couple miles to a place I was applying for a job when it was -20. The manager thought I was nuts. It's not dangerous, IMO, if you know how to bundle up. It's nothing I did not do several times when I was a teenager delivering papers, and my paper route was a five mile walk. I didn't get the job though.

[Beausoleil]

24. Alaska has the highest percentage of people

who walk to work.

[Beausoleil]

11. You don't understand the folks in Fairbanks

They love it like that, great weather for ice fishing, etc. Anyway, it'll be back up to -15 tomorrow.

[Oilwellian]

12. Look on the bright side

The winds are mild. :D

[Blue_In_AK]

14. This is nothing. It was -70 in Tok yesterday.

We're feeling downright balmy here in Anchorage where it's above zero (4) this morning after several mornings in the -10 range.


P.S. I love living in a state that has a town called Tok (which is pronounced "Toke," by the way. :rofl: )

[slackmaster]

20. My mom has been to Tok in the summer

She loved it.

[Blue_In_AK]

21. It is pretty up there, but awfully cold in the wintertime.

Even with my thick Alaskan blood, it's too cold for me. I'm good to about 25 below, but after that, I'll just stay inside, thank you.

[cboy4]

33. How does it get colder up there as the morning

progresses?

It's now 51 below! :crazy:

[Beausoleil]

23. Last stop on the Alaska highway before Canada.

Reminds you of what you need to finish before crossing.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. It's one of the most important junctions in the state.

Out of the five or so highway junctions that are here. :rofl:

[Beausoleil]

29. I loved breakfast at Fast Eddy's!

[Blue_In_AK]

31. Did you ever make it to Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn

over on the Parks Highway? Another fine Alaskan establishment. Note the copulating bears.

[Beausoleil]

35. No, we made the mistake of staying at some dump in Healy

on our way back from Fairbanks. Used to be a housing complex for AKRR workers, essentially a bunch of dorm rooms.

We had stayed at the Princess Lodge in Talkeetna on the way up, so it was a disappointment.

Only made the one trip to Fairbanks.

[Blue_In_AK]

37. That Princess Lodge is really nice.

We stayed there a couple of years ago. And I know exactly which AK RR dorms you're talking about.

[Hissyspit]

32. I lived in Fairbanks as a teenager in the mid-1970s. I can honestly say that I have

experienced 60 degrees below Fahrenheit weather.

If you go outside, you do not go outside for long, no matter what you are wearing.

[cboy4]

34. Sweeeeeeeet Jesus

Cold grips the Interior

You were hoping it wouldn’t get any colder. But it did. The National Weather Service sent out a notice Wednesday reporting some stunningly low temperatures, including an unofficial mark of 70 degrees below zero at Tok at 8 a.m.

http://newsminer.com/news/2008/feb/07/cold-grips-interior/

[orleans]

36. damn! around chicago we were getting wind chilled at 25 below!

this -42 must be a real fucking drag!

[Blue_In_AK]

38. They were predicting winds, too.

The Alaska Interior in the winter is not for the faint-hearted.