OT- You know it's really cold when ........., Share your story Options

[Mikey914]

We landed in Edmonton late last night and it was so cold the door was frozen shut.

Took about 20 min with a heater to get the door open. -26 C on the ground. There was enough moisture in the grease that it had turned rock hard.

So what other bizarre cold stories do you have?

[Andyrew]

Well... In california the worst i've gotten was the car door seals froze and it took a second to open up the door...

[iamchappy]

Drove down from Grand Maris MN. to Duluth back in the late 70's- when i stopped at the first light in Duluth all four wheels froze solid the car couldnt break them free, i had to have it pulled into a service station and have them torched.

[burton73]

When my factory was in the High Desert of California one cold winter and it was so cold that the water in the toilet froze solid. We had to use a kerosene jet type heater to defrost it. No joke.

Bob B

[iamchappy]

When it hurts or is hard to breathe in.....Yes this actually happens your air passage will close and not allow the frosty air in. You need a scarf or neck gator over your mouth or breathe inside your jacket to catch your breath again.

When it's this cold it also feels like the insides of your nostrils may stick together.

The snow sounds like your walking on Styrofoam, kinda creaks weird.

Your exposed flesh will burn and frost bite in seconds..

[iamchappy]

Minnesota -60 Feb. 2, 1996

Actual not windchill, i cant remember what that added to it.

And to be honest, it really didn't seem like it was that cold, i just dressed for it.

[VaccaRabite]

All I know about cold is that when the snow squeaks when I walk out to the garage, I know my time working in the garage, even with the heater cranked, will likely be:
A ) Short
B ) Drunk
C ) Both.

Generally speaking, when the temp is in single digits or below, I find something inside that needs doing.
Zach

[Kirmizi]

When your tires have flat spots from sitting over night, you can't shift a manual transmission and you get frost burn on your fingers from turning the key in the ignition trying to start your car... Five years at Minot AFB, ND.
BRRRRRRRRRRR! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
Mike

[Gint]

Cold sucks! I spent winter at Great Lakes NTC (Waukegan IL). Routinely below -25F static temp. and that wind coming off of the lake was brutal. Kid came back from watch with frostbite on his nose. Not the coldest place in the world, but I haven't been that cold since and I don't ever want to be that cold again.

[Sleepin]

Cold sucks! I spent winter at Great Lakes NTC (Waukegan IL). Routinely below -25F static temp. and that wind coming off of the lake was brutal. Kid came back from watch with frostbite on his nose. Not the coldest place in the world, but I haven't been that cold since and I don't ever want to be that cold again.

BTDT! Good old Great Mistakes!

[dlo914]

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[hot_shoe914]

Was out cutting firewood one year and as we drove the truck across the creek, it froze us in. Had to walk out and get a guy with a tractor to come pull us out. Have also broke ice to launch the boat to go skiing in the snow.

[rick 918-S]

You know it's cold when Lake Superior freezes hard enough to drive on.

[qa1142]

I have lived in chicago since '72

Skiing of crappy Wisconsin ice hills, stuck on the chair lift, in 40 below wind chills (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

its all relative, doesn't bother me that much any more, just dress for it when it is cold

[ripper911]

we don't get much snow in georgia, but lots of ice.

A typical winter will have me driving some kind of old air-cooled car (Heater?...maybe not.) WIth ice caked on the windshield wipers driving in the freezing rain. The ice on the wipers renders them ineffective.
We get lots of "black ice" around here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

But one of the coldest memories I have was with the Boy Scouts, camping in the mountains 0 degrees, crawling out of a tent... I'd do it again.

[SLITS]

You know it's really cold, when you hear clicking from your underwear.
















Imagination time boys and girls ..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

[iamchappy]

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My favorite kinda cold.....

[Phoenix-MN]

When I was a young kid, my dad had a '53 chevy. I guess it was surprising that it statred it the extreme cold but the transmission would only work in reverse. I remember him driving many times around the block backwards to get it warmed up so it would work in forward.

Fast forward to the late '70s, upper Michigan.

We were skiing at Black Jack and the over-night temp was predicted to be at least -60 deg. We thought we would head-off any starting problems the next morning by starting and driving the car the night before to make sure the battery had a good charge on it. We took out the battery and kept it in our room for the night. Next day we put it in the car (pressumed good charge and at room temp) when we turned the key the starter groaned and I don't think it moved the flywheel more than an inch or so and just quit.

[Katmanken]

I use the following points that tell me when it's really cold......

First, at 20 below, the cold really starts to hurt.

Second, at 20 below and lower, you should inhale rapidly through your nose to freeze your nose in the open position. If you don't, the fluids in your nose freezes in the closed position. At those temps, you run the risk of frostbite of the lungs when you breathe through your mouth.

Third, at 40 below, you must spit into a slight wind to make your spit freeze before it hits the ground.

Fourth, at 53 below the vaselene you smeared on your face to prevent frostbite turns into a hard shell that you can thunk on.

[windforfun]

Eagan, MN. Slammed my hand on the dashboard & cracked it. Just loved them block heaters too.