How do people live with this cold?

A few days ago, we threw several bags of walnuts in our back yard, so the squirrels would have something to eat.

We are worried about the pets outside. We called our in-laws to see if they wanted to reschedule the Christmas dinner. Nope. I hope everyone can stay out of the bitter cold. It will get better in a few days.

I feel super fortunate to live where I do. This time of year we get anywhere from balmy weather in the 70s and 80s and 90s, to the lowest i've had is in the 20s with either blizzard cold gusts or wet spots on my face when i look up that people here actually call "snow" lol but i'm originally from Missouri and that's not REAL snow haha..

I'm in the Orlando, florida area

My good thoughts are with all of u in the cold to be safe and warm

Merry Christmas too

Florida sounds really good right now.

I just feel for the animals and wildlife outside in the cold. I just think their normal routine is disrupted and might cause a problem with their normal way of life, especially if it continues to go on for a while.

In my area, this will only last another 24 hrs or so and then we'll get above freezing...whenever there is a huge storm - or I see news of a forest fire, I worry for the wildlife.


Today I worry for common sense of some people who live here. The local facebook page for a nearby town is full of 'are the road clear yet'? Temp is still just above 0 with 18 mph wind and roads are covered in ice and snow. How do these people think everything cleared up overnight?

Oh yes - the 'what level are we on' questions - people are funny....


On the other side, a lady posted a blurry photo of two large hunting dogs with the comment 'my neighbor put his dogs in his barn with heat lamps and the wind blew the door open...if you see the two dogs please let us know. At the time it was wind chill about -30 and really nasty out.


Within 10 mins someone posted 'we found both dogs - we have them safe in our garage'....that's small town people.

Hee hee!

Actually, back in the day...

In reality this is really not that bad, (spoken from North Eastern Minnesota, current temp -11 wind chill around -35) the winter of 76 or 77? I was working at a turkey farm. From Jan. 1 to Valentine's day the ambient temp. never got above -30 they didn't report wind chill values.

Said farm was on a 480 acre field next to a medium sized lake. Walking two minutes from barn to eggroom the eggs on the outside of insulated baskets would be too frozen to use.

Also Kay, I lived in Wyoming for most of the 90s. The climate depends greatly on where you are. When I lived in Lander on the Eastern slope of the Wind River mountains winter we're mild compared to my native Minnesota. When I lived in Rock Springs winter was a non-stop, brutal frozen wind storm. The North Eastern area in the Black hills is also relatively mild.

Brr!

Happy Saturnalia everyone!

Surprisingly, other animals generally handle the cold better. That always kind of surprised me, but Humans try to prepare and grin and bear it.

I lived in a part of california that had virtually NO winter to speak of. It WAS nice, except for when it got very hot. I became accustomed to temperatures as low as 22F(Actually 10 degrees below freezing!)! I moved to indiana for a number of reasons, and didn't think the rather low temperatures would bother me that much. Several years later, I ended up being outside in one of the worst environments. The weather went down to -17F, the normal temperature was OK, but the wind caused it to plummet! I could only stay out a couple minutes, but I kept putting my hands in my pockets and all, and had ear muffs, and a jacket, so I managed to survive unscathed. My car was actually SEALED UP! I was gone 2 weeks, and the ice melted and refroze, effectively WELDING the door shut! So it was fun trying to stay dry, and break the car open, while having to remember to avoid frostbite!

I listened to a person one time who INSISTED I wear a coat, and I am not so use to the cold now. And last Sunday we had what weather.com called a BOMB CYCLONE! So LOTS of snow, and it is COLD. I STILL have to go out to plow the snow, but NOW weather.com is saying the weather will be pretty warm tomorrow! FORTY TWO DEGREES! WOW! So I guess I will wait.

I'm glad to hear your son and dog, and the birds are ok. 8) Smart dog, BTW. That was probably the only way she could avoid frostbite! Still, if your son waited too long, it could have been bad.

The wind is the worst - that was the problem the first 24 hrs or so - same storm you experienced.



We worried about the deer and other exposed wildlife - the cold is one thing and they can take that ...this one was dangerous because of the rain turning to sleet as temps dropped quickly and then to snow. Animals didn't have a chance to stay dry in that.


I'm shocked at the number of deaths in New York/northeast....so many people who frozen to death in their cars. Why would you go OUT in your car when those conditions were either occurring or forecast?


Starting to warm a bit here - in the mid 20s and headed up to 40 tomorrow...at least that will clear the rest of the roads.

I'm always surprised at the number of people who don't Carry simple survival kits in their cars.

You put it in and once a year you rotate out the old power bars and freshen the water. Mine is wrapped in a comfy quilt.

It depends on your luck, some pileups or accidents may mean you are in a row of cars on a freeway in a blizzard for most of the night.

Petrol cars, you can put the heater on for up to 8 hours, EV's their battery's discharge quickly in extreme cold, so you get an hour or two then affectly die.

EV's may work better in Australia since -2 is probably about as cold as it gets, (Victoria is as close to the Antarctica as you can get apart from Tasmania) but wind/solar/battery's fail miserably in extreme cold.

Not sure if a survival kit will do much good, or if it is very cold, you need heat or the law of thermal dynamics will do you in.



It seems that it only took a decade for me, Sal Yukon and others to finally show or be vindicated that cold air comes from the Arctic.


Only a matter of time before my other ideas are proven right, (Whateverpedia take a palm slap on me).

It seems that it only took a decade for me, Sal Yukon and others to finally show or be vindicated that cold air comes from the Arctic.

Are you serious? The problem was you thought it was 'new info' and that no one else had figured it out.

Since Sal is deceased and Yukon permanently banned....that leaves only you to explain how cold air comes from the Arctic....

Living where you do - not a big issue, is it?

I don't have an obit, etc - but she told me she was terminal and a few months after her last post her long running 'rocks' forum closed down. Sal was in her mid 60's though few here knew that.

I had emailed and had phone calls with Sally. Any who knew her here knows how smart and 'out there' she was. The last two phone calls I had she was on rants about medical systems and doctors and various holistic health treatments. She was even angry at some on this forum. Like Ken Strong near the end, Sally was convinced there was a 'cure' if she had the money for it.

She was furious if anyone suggested chain smoking might have contributed to throat cancer....she stuck with her conspiracy theories. I'm shamed to say I did not return her last call..this was a few months after my daughter-in-law's death and the calls were difficult. There was nothing I could do to help.


All that - and I'd love to see HeySal come here and tell me she's still kickin'

Ok, sure, l made an assumption going by Marks comments and replys that most followed with the current narrative about the climate emergency or that warm air was above the Arctic and it did god knows what to the jet stream so you end up with the current blizzard.

Which is a piss-weak argument to say the least.

And Whateverpedia is very likely deceased!

Sal died some time ago, we did a GoFundme campaign here, l handled the graphics.

Why, because l watched an "expert" recently tell me that the Arctic has warm air and it affects the jet stream which laughingly makes it freezing before it hits the US.

And the other clown which we cannot name here for political reasons recently said, "the warm air in the Arctic melting all of the ice is distressing" or something like that.

So if you and others agree that freezing cold air is in the Arctic then you don't buy the planet burning to a crisp and sea level rise hooply anymore, which means you don't buy the climate emergency anymore which means l have been right the last decade as the others l have mentioned were right.

As l said proven right.

In another 10 years time another biggie l have been saying for years will be obvious, but Mums is the word.

Started one - and ended it quickly because Sal was unhappy with it. Talking to her about that alerted me that she might be having cognitive issues.




I'll be gone by then....

I would almost want to start a thread called " What Happened to?"

We know Big Mike passed away.
Wateverpeida was in real bad shape the last time he posted here.
John McCabe probably is probably deceased and never returned the last private message I sent him. Others have asked about him also.

Wonder what happened to Miss Terra? I know she use to post elsewhere. Then just vanished.

A few gave up on the forum or no longer doing Internet Marketing. But some you have to wonder about. Oziboomer? Ewen Mack? etc...

People are often asked how they live with this cold. In general, people try to stay warm and dry. Some ways that people may try to keep themselves warm include wearing a coat or hat, staying in a warm place, using an air-conditioner, and using an inhaler if needed. Finally, many people also try to drink plenty of fluids to help keep them hydrated.

65 degrees today... one week later...weird




On a friend's FB page:


"Look at this weather, all Springy and cute like it didn't just try to kill us last week"

But I learned something - never thought to use an air conditioner or an inhaler to stay warm. Who knew?

In Russia , its even more but nature is here to serve every human begins , happy winters mate !

You Can Watch Netflix & Ask Your Office or Collage to grant permission for work form home study & Jobs. They will Surely agree with your Request because they also feel cold in previous 5 days.

People live there usually does not affected by such kind of cold.Because, their Bodies adjust with the environment.While people come outside towards cold areas have to bear cold.As there is some kind of person have to adjust with respectable environment.