How do you folks up north deal with this cold weather? I been out all day thawing out water for our cows. I know not real cold for some but when it gets in the teens hear, It's cold. I went to the show in kalamazoo last year and it was 4 when we rolled in . I almost froze trying to get from the van to the motel. I did manage to run out and shoot a few just to say I did. Don
yep....its in the negatives here today....they closed schools today for the kids.....you know its cold when your boogers freeze walking to the car in the driveway..
We tend to melt when it gets as hot as it gets down by you. Some folks can deal with cold, some can deal with heat, and that makes the world go round ! ( But it sure is cold ! I got a pic from an acquaintance in International Falls MN this am... a thermometer registering -45 F ). whoa
ChuckC
13 below here this am, and I'm a hour south of the moutains. 20 below up there. Same sat. that will be 3 days in a row. New Bern, NC looks pretty good to me right now!!!...lol..ron w
Yeah, I don't think we made it to the positive side of the Farenheit scale today in the Toledo area either. :knothead:
GRIT! :bigsmyl:
Was hoping to try for some Yotes tonight but single digits kind of take the fun out of it.
-30 degrees air temp in Aurora, IL this morning. It was a touch chilly. :help:
I hear ya....My gas company will be smiling all the way to the bank :mad: :mad:
I have a wood burning fire place in my house. We never build a fire and my wood shed is full of wood I cut ten years ago. We have a fire right now and i'm setting here enjoying it . Kinda nice to have an excuse to build a real fire. Hang in there it'll be 110 in the shade hear before you know it. DB
It was -42 this morning north of here and I had a warm -19 at the house this morning. Gonna get some ice fishing in though for bass and trout next week
just got out of a three week cold snap, it got in the - 40s down here but to our suprise it warmed up 80 degrees and is now raining and the ditches are busy
as for dealing with it you dont your spouse does hahaha.
When I was caribou hunting in northern canada some years back I asked a fellow that lived there year round how he could stand it when most of the winter it's atleast -40,he said well we hunt and make love all summer and we don't hunt in the winter!
I hear you. It only freezes a few time a year here. Still too cold for me.
Truck thermometer said -21 this morning, and I don't know that it was registering correctly. Got up to 1 by afternoon and it felt alright outside. I will still take this over anything over 90, too hot! Hard on vehicles though, they don't sound too good after a few days of this.
Nathan
I live on a sailboat here in Jersey. I don't run any heat when I'm out, or sleeping, for safety reasons. It's been right frosty mornings. I have to get up a half hour early and crank the heaters, then crawl back under the covers till it warms enough deal with it. I usually wake up sweating though, as cold as it is in the boat. With enough blankets your body heat will keep you warm in some icy weather. I had to heat-up my toothpaste when I got home today before I could use it as it froze solid while I was at work. I like October and early November best!
QuoteOriginally posted by jacobsladder:
.....you know its cold when your boogers freeze walking to the car in the driveway..
HAHAHAH!!! Thats how I explained the temps to one of my out of state friends!! I hate it when the cold gives you a sharp booger that makes your eyes water.
I am one who hates the heat and likes the cold, so I don't mind much. I love having the snot in my nose freeze :)
Zack
Yep, the colder the better for me as well. i really hate the heat and humidity of the summer! This here is good hunting weather, be chasing the bunnies in the AM and the Coyotes all night tomorrow night!
Swamp pigmy
It only feezes twice here too. Sept to april..tee hee.
I guess like somebody said you get climatized for it. we are glad to share the northern experience with our southern neibours anytime hey think they know what cold really is.
remember...two seasons....winter and poor sledding:jumper:
Right now it's zero Celsius...feels like SUMMER
Jer Bear
I only had -34 in the truck this morning on the way to work. Yesterday was about -25 with wind when I got up. I split up a half cord of firewood and delivered it to a lady before 10:00. As an old Finlander friend of mine says "put your big boy pants on, your gonna make it." :p Chad
I really can't even imagine that. I've never been anywhere near that cold. Even now its right at freezing but by next week I'll be wearing shorts again. We'll have a week of cold, then its back up to the mid 60s.
It's what your used to I guess. Next week it's suppose to get to 30 degrees above. It will feel like 60 degrees. That will be a 60 degree swing in a couple days. I do like the change in climate and temperatures we have here though. Never boring. Chad
Hey guys man it sure was cold here in MI. I got up late cause here at collage we had mid terms the last 2day so they gave us 2day off. I walked to my truck so I could drive home and man the wind hit me. I was thinking about shooting but I said the Hell with.
Take Care,
Cody
It was 20 degrees here in Ga this morning. I had to turn off my AC.
I really enjoy it but am glad I don't have to deal with it for 3 or 4 months like you yanks do.
Even the hogs are smart enough to lay in a pile until afternoon when it warms up!
Biggie, thats what I love about hog huntin. you can lay out half the night, sleep in and still go shot one. Don(ps, Cory said hey)
I'll be out there at 1 PM today. It's not supose to get above 15. That's warmer then New Years day though. I have to see if I can't get a repeat.
The best part of -20 is when it gets back up to 25 it's t shirt weather. :thumbsup:
It don't bother me that much.I love the cold.No bugs,sweating,sunburn.I can find something I like about every season...except spring and summer. :biglaugh: We have a fifth season up our way...mud.Comes in between winter and spring.
I could never live in the south with all that humidity and heat.I was in GA last year in July.Never in my life have I experienced humdity like that.And I hope never to again!(This from a guy that had just come back from 28 months in Iraq,with 120 in the shade and 153 in the sun. :biglaugh: )
Old VT sayin' is six months of winter,six months of damn poor sleddin'
Biggie, are you saying the hogs are smart or just smarter than us "Yanks"!
Yep I had an assistant years ago that was from Edmonton. I asked her what the weather was like and she said ' Well we have 10 months of winter and 2 months of poor sledding."
I guess I love Texas even more. It's 45 now and is looking like low too mid 60s through the weekend.
Mike
Heat wave! 18 on the plus side this morning at sunrise. Had a smoke on the back porch in my bathrobe and slippers. Lots better than northern Maine where a local told me the seasons were, "Winter and road repair."
I did get a little tan at the Solana (TX) hunt a couple weeks ago, but it gets kinda warm there in the summer.
Mike, Texas is so dang big that it could be snowing in the north and someone in the south laying out in the sun down on Padre Island.
Don, about half of the heat in the shop comes from burning wood this year. Like traditional archery it makes you feel a little more connected to nature.
It's warming up here in Ct. It was only -7 this morning and heading to 18F. 2to5 inches of snow coming tonight. Hey it's almost T-shirt weather,lol (nut)
Greg, they're smart enough to lay in a pile when it's cold, but it sure is interesting if you come up on them in that state of mind!
As far as smater than, you'll have to make that comparison yourself :-)
-20C here for the last few days....nothing but wood heat for us, burn 5 cords a year.
hey it was minus 39 at the farm house yesterday am and from my kitchen window I watched 8 deer feeding on the hill side, I dont know how they do it but it always gives me pause when I see how tuff they are
Biggie, I think the hogs have already made that comparison. They're smart enough not to live up here. ;)
About 3 right now, that wind has a good bite to it though. That dont bother me but after a couple dozen arrows my finners are to cold to shoot.
Eric
It was -9 this morning when we got out there, I think. Lots of wool layers and minimal exposed skin - that's how it works.
:-D
Went to a 3d shoot in Wausau,Wi. last sat. The temp. was -12 when we got there but it wasn"t too bad cause there wasn't any wind. I left my day one parka in the car for a couple hours while we shot indoor first. When i took it out of the car it was like i had just washed it and it was frooze solid. I guess it was the wind proof lining in the parka. After it warmed up for 10 minutes it was ok. It was a lot of fun once we got out on the outdoor course. This week temps were down around -15 with wind chill -30 to -40.
Just got in from 3 1/2 hours bowhunting deer in this frigid stuff. Even my chemical warmers that are supposed to last 6 hrs were done before I quit. That is what I call cold. With wind chill, I think it was 10 or 11 below zero. Never saw a deer, oh well it was fun. Saw lots of squirrels!
-Charlie
35 below out here at my farmstead when I got up at 0600 the other morning. Been more below zero days since November than above. Just part of living in ND and you get used to it. Really cuts into the outside bow practice, though...
Besides, keeps the riff raff out of the state... :D
-13 this morning when I got up for "WORK". As luck would have it half my day was spent working outside today :( The tempature wasnt the bad part it was the steady screaming wind out of the south....
I feel sorry for ppl in big cities...rush hour...no time..tons of ppl
We have rush minute in the Yukon..heck there are only 18 traffic lights in the whole territory...
I'll take the colder weather if it means we have less ppl
jer bear
Hey Batman, I'll take this cold all day long compared to our summers.I can always put on more clothes in winter but if I take off too many in summer people complain!
I don't know Preston, In the hot weather my crakers don't break off in my potted meat. DB
We get the best/worst??? of both worlds here in Illinois. -20 last week, not uncommon to be near 100 in the summer with tropical jungle humidity. The thing that makes it tolerable is the extremes of hot and cold come in relatively short stretches. We don't get weeks/months on end of those temps like our neighbors to the north and south.
I'm with Don (only live about 30 mins down the road) - I was born and raised in NH and we went back to Maine for six years to be with Ma 'til she passed - AND I still hate it when it gets cold in NC, which it's doing to durned much lately. I know it is much worse in most of the USA (this year particularly) but cold is what's cold where you are at the time, and I've never liked it. Plus it is a dry cold in NH and ME (except near the coast) so if you dress for it you are OK - except if you leave bare skin out too long. This is a damp cold down here and you (I) can put all kind of clothes on and it still goes right through and gets into your very bones. I don't care what anybody says - Ah hates the C-O-L-D!!! :(
(I will hang in there til it warms up though, but I don't gotta like it :D )