BRRRRRRRR

[donutsweeper]

-21F before windchill here today (that's -29C) somewhere between -40f (which is -40C) and -45F (-43C... hey, that's higher!  No fair!).  BRRRR.

My internet is spotty as a result.  Apparently it doesn' t like it when it's this cold.  WHO DOES?!?!?

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[tejas.livejournal.com]

It's 51 here.

I'm suddenly not all that cold.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

The governor declared it wasn't cold enough for a statewide emergency school closing. That only happens once every 20 years or so. I did call my kids' school to see if it was cancelled and they said "No, but there probably won't be outdoor recess." Considering the high's supposed to *possibly* be -10 I can't say I'm surprised.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Sheesh! We end up closing our schools for weather related incidents at least once a year, it seems. The latest, of course, was the 10 days my kid was out of school for Ike. Not having electricity kinda killed the instructional mood, I guess. :-) If we get an ice storm this year, we'll be out again, but probably not for more than a day. What sucks is that we only get 10 days off that don't have to be made up, so they'd have to make up any more days at the end of the year.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

where I grew up (NY) schools did that. Build days for snow closing and whatnot into the calender and if too many were used you went extra days. Here they don't and schools close so rarely it's not an issue (I think my kids -oldest is in 7th grade- have missed one day due to weather in all their years of school)

[tejas.livejournal.com]

I guess it all depends on expectations. I guess if you've got the clothing and all for severely cold weather, it's not as big a deal as having to plan for hurricanes which could take the roof off your school, or knock power out for the entire region. ;-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

And, in MN, it's rare for there to be enough snow that people can't drive.

I remember going to school once with no power in the building after a hurricane. That night, Parents complained and we got to stay home till it was fixed. Because the district had 16 or so schools only the damaged ones were closed so those of us in those schools didn't have to make up the missed days. (I rubbed that in my sister's face a LOT that year- the h.s. had power but the j.h. was one of the last to get it back so I got 3 more days off)

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Very glad I'm in Liverpool UK where *really* cold is -5C. We've got there once so far this Winter, and I only noticed that because I was awake at 4 in the morning!

*hugs British maritime weather and the gulf stream*

[nnwest.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! You, like we (Iowa is -24F), are colder than the North and South Poles today. Aren't you glad to Know that? :)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

that's about 23F, which sounds all kinds of lovely about now... but everything's relative. I bet you were cold!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

And outstate MN is even worse. Err... YAY for being colder than the poles?

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

We are so lucky with the Gulf Stream and the maritime climate, it really makes a difference! Liverpool is actually 53 25 North, which is the same latitude as Newfoundland.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

I never got to stay home due to hurricanes or tropical storms. We were shut down a time or two for severe flooding (always 'loved' having to wade home after school). We had snow a couple of times while I was in public school and that shut us down good and proper. :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

the gulf stream is a wonderful thing!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Being a little island helps too. No nasty inter-continental cooling for us, we're too damn small!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

snowdays are the BEST

[chatona.livejournal.com]

... How is human life possible under such conditions? Does. Not. Compute.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

It was *SO* *COOL*! My friends and I scoured very yard on the street and managed to come up with enough snow for a couple of very small snowmen. ;-) Doesn't take much around here to shut things down. :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

small is good on that front!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I never had the knack for snowmen. I tended more towards snowlumps. Or, with my kids, snowaliens (we'd take a spritz bottle and fill it with colored water and spritz the snowlump/creature/thing so it'd be blue or green or whatever and then it'd be an alien)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it really doesn't. *nods*

[nnwest.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a claim to fame at any rate. Don't know if it's necessarily worth celebrating. Unless it's by crawling back under the covers and staying home.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

sounds like a perfect way to celebrate to me!

I wish I had a laptop instead of a desktop :(

[cold-ember-32.livejournal.com]

Holy crap on a cracker! Where on earth do you live for that kind of weather?! I know that where I'm from (upstate NY) is mega cold right now and is hanging out below zero for the most part, but good lord! Makes me very, very happy that I moved to Virginia...

Hope that weather gets less, ya know, Siberian for ya soon!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

It was in the 20s here last night, windchill in the teens this morning, and everyone is talking about how amazingly cold it is! Hee. Though like we've said before, it's all in what you're prepared for - I had on extra layers (even yoga pants under my dress) but the wind still went right through even my coat and 3x-wrapped Doctor Who scarf and chilled me.

I think I'm with chatona, though, the temps you're experiencing? Does not compute. I can't even imagine. Our houses would literally crack open and fall apart, I think. We certainly wouldn't have any water, the pipes would all be frozen. I remember one winter when I was a kid, we laid hay bales over the ground where the water line was, all the way from the house to the well.

Stay inside and drink lots of cocoa!

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Well, *we* called them snowmen. ;-) Snowlumps might be more accurate. :-)