DANG COLD OUT!

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Todd

Todd

Minister of Fire
Nov 19, 2005
10,345
NW Wisconsin
Wow, I woke up this morning to my furnace running. Turned on the weather channel and it was -15 with a -40 wind chill! Not suppose to get above 0 today with strong NW winds. Reloaded stove and built fire in fireplace and quickly brought house up to 80. That wood heat feels so good. We are having a good old fashioned winter this year, lots of snow and cold. I feel sorry for you guys up north in Canada.
 
Who, guys like jimbob... don't feel sorry for him, he burns a summit. It's a balmy -30C (-22F) in winnipeg today.
 
12 below here this morning at 6 a.m. I wasn't brave enough to pack my newish stove last night, so the house
temp fell to 62. Started the stove on the few remaining hot coals, and I'm sitting at the computer with t-shirt
and shorts on. Daughter's room at the end of the hall in the lower level is 70, and upstairs great room is
also at 70. Master bedroom a few degrees cooler. Secondary burn kicking in. Stove top cruising on
auto-pilot at 650.
 
It's 0 f here in michigan right now . With a high of 4 f. 25 to 40mph winds. Not sure of the wind chill. I just have an open fireplace. Feel like a coal shoveler on a steam engine train. hehe.
Been researching though, and by next fall I will have a freestander in front of my fireplace... Have fun people!!!!
 
If it were me knot, I would close up that fireplace and just use the gas, or whever you heat with. In those temps, you will cool your whole house down alot with an open fireplace. Also my sister almost died because of a open fireplace trying to heat a home. The supports down below ignited and ran the flames under her bed. It wasn't made for the high temps. Anyhow keep warm, its 9 right now, with a -17 windchill. Its a toasty 75 through the whole house!
 
The weather in Southern NewEngland has totally sucked this year. Warmer than normal and aside from one good storm, no snow to speak of. Just this week the weather man said it was going to get bitterly cold with highs only reaching 20 on Sunday and Monday (personally I dont think that is bitterly cold, but to these "woosy" people in this area it may be) Anyhow wanting this to be true to maybe help the ski areas and maybe re freeze the skating areas, I was hoping. Told my wife, "watch by the end of the week they will be changing that forecast like they always do, to a much warmer temp. Sure enough "the next day" the forecast was ten degrees warmer and the next day the forecast was 20 degrees warmer. So today it was origianlly supposed to the 20 and it is 41 outside. Both of us love winter and are going to be moving in the near future. Was thinking of moving up to VT or NH but looks like they havent been much better with the winter weather.
 
2:40 pm temperature 1 degree with 29-35mph wind. I'm not even looking outdoors today. It is nice and comfortable in the house though. Very nice indeed.
 
I hate wind, glad it doesn't blow much around here. -40 here this morning. This is like day 8 or 9 of at least -40 for overnight lows. Could be worse! Feel sorry for you guys in the wind.
 
Well, its cold enough in CT to need that woodstove going and then some.
If ya want "real" winter, that Alaskan winter souds like your kind of stuff.
However it goes, I hope everyone stays warm as toast tonight.
Be safe, be kind.
 
Jeez - a balmy -24 last night, windchill today with gusts near -50. Almost time to turn the AC off.
 
-14 c and with the wind -25 c here in Southern Ontario...28 c in the house...that's 7 f/-13 f with the wind and almost 83 in the house..for all that use Fahrenheit...Winterpeg is probably frozen solid!
 
hit 70 here today. I honestly don't know how y'all do it, but hats off to ya'
 
14 degrees F. here in Chaumont NY (just 16 miles from Ontario Canada) Wind is about 30 mph. I think the cold temps from you guys in the North Central states is comming our way. Got the Jotul 3 cranked up pretty good.
 
Uh, 62F with 45mph winds here today.

The online weather forecast says upper 30's tomorrow, and the radio forecast just said high in the mid sixties. Maybe this is why Corrie referred to Virginia as a "Woodburners Hell"

I lit a fire, just in case. Whoo, wooo.
 
Michael6268 said:
The weather in Southern NewEngland has totally sucked this year. Warmer than normal and aside from one good storm, no snow to speak of. Just this week the weather man said it was going to get bitterly cold with highs only reaching 20 on Sunday and Monday (personally I dont think that is bitterly cold, but to these "woosy" people in this area it may be) Anyhow wanting this to be true to maybe help the ski areas and maybe re freeze the skating areas, I was hoping. Told my wife, "watch by the end of the week they will be changing that forecast like they always do, to a much warmer temp. Sure enough "the next day" the forecast was ten degrees warmer and the next day the forecast was 20 degrees warmer. So today it was origianlly supposed to the 20 and it is 41 outside. Both of us love winter and are going to be moving in the near future. Was thinking of moving up to VT or NH but looks like they havent been much better with the winter weather.
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Here on the Seacoast of NH we've had lots of snow, closing in on about 70" now, yet surprisingly, it really hasn't been all that cold for the last month. December and early January were cold but not like upper Mid-west. I'm kinda with you though, wouldn't mind movin further north for some real winter. Need to go up near the Canadian border here in NH or VT though, maybe gain some elevation too, or, what the hell, just move to Canada.
 
Sw Mich...2 f , 20 mph wind. -28 wind chill...73 f on my couch !!!
 
76ER said:
-14 c and with the wind -25 c here in Southern Ontario...28 c in the house...that's 7 f/-13 f with the wind and almost 83 in the house..for all that use Fahrenheit...Winterpeg is probably frozen solid!
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......Not quite frozen solid, but a bit uncomfortable... :blank:
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/mb-38_metric_e.html

Or for those who don't like our system of measurements:
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?mb-38&unit=i


Summit's cruzin along nicely @ ~ 800F on the stovetop.:coolsmile:
Coolest part of the house is ~ 66F right now.
 
Winn-frozens -- just got up, checked your weather link and it showed -24F, looked at my thermometer, -26F. Think I'm moving north to get some winter heat.
 
You are so right! DANG COLD sums it up real nice.
Saturday Morning it was 27 F. By Noon it started blowing and dropped in the Negatives.
40+ MPH winds.
The wind just kills me. I practically am practically totaly exposed on the NW side because of the lake.
My furnace has run 3 times this year and Sat/Sun was two of them.
I am ready for ICE-OUT!
At least the wood supply is great this year.
 
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