Chestnut Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 13 hours ago, Coop said: I’ll never bitch about our summer temps here, again. (Until maybe August) I'll take -29C over 100F plus humidity.... I have nice cold weather gear that makes those temps manageable. 100F with humidity the only fix is lock yourself inside with AC. Luckily we get both here in Minnesota! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 21 hours ago, drzaius said: -29C this morning and -37C forecast for tomorrow night. Brrrr... edit: new updated forecast calls for -40 tomorrow night. -40 is where F and C meet. Please tell me those are "wind chill" temperatures! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 49 minutes ago, Mark J said: Please tell me those are "wind chill" temperatures! No, not "wind chill" numbers. -39 this morning 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 10 minutes ago, drzaius said: No, not "wind chill" numbers. -39 this morning To me, that's unimaginable, and unmanageable, even though I see the emoji is wearing a balaclava. You must have one heck of a furnace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Swanson Jr. Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Where you at, @drzaius? Here in MN it's going to get cold but nowhere near THAT cold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 39 minutes ago, Ron Swanson Jr. said: Where you at, @drzaius? Here in MN it's going to get cold but nowhere near THAT cold! Calgary Alberta. This is extremely cold for us with normal temps being a few degrees below freezing at this time of year. Blame the polar vortex. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 It's been so warm here lately that even the 30's seem cold. Looks like we could get snow on Tuesday. Hopefully the kids can go to school because I'm on an all day call and my wife will be traveling for work. Hoping today I can call an insulation company to come look at my daughter's room. It will drop almost 10* compared to the rest of our house at night when it's in the 30s. When it gets to the teens she might have to sleep in our room or I'll buy a space heater. On 1/10/2024 at 10:20 PM, Coop said: I’m sure my health stats crater every time my tomatoes come into season as my favorite meal is a bologna sandwich with fresh tomatoes, lettuce and sandwich spread on white bread! Have you ever eaten a plain tomato sandwich? I remember my mom and Uncle's eating them as a kid when my Uncle's tomatoes were ripe. I think it was just plain white bread with a thick slice of tomato and salt/pepper. Seemed gross to a little kid who didn't like tomatoes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 we have seen minus 25 here in iowa but its rare, blizzard warning today and tomorrow, lots of places closed and travel is nor advised, guess i will have something to do inside for a couple of days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 11 minutes ago, legenddc said: Have you ever eaten a plain tomato sandwich? Or try simple slices of tomato with either brown mustard or worsteshire sauce. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 2 hours ago, Ron Swanson Jr. said: Here in MN it's going to get cold but nowhere near THAT cold! Yet, I've been ice fishing during -40 temps. It could be that 2 weeks from now. Luckily the hard winter is almost over 7 more weeks to get through February and then negative temps should be behind us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Bought our first hay of the season this morning. Usually we start feeding hay around Thanksgiving. They've gotten by fine on dormant Bermuda until now, but even though they were still grazing, there is not much left out there for them. They were glad to get the hay. It was the first time I've ever had to pay over 20 bucks, or even close, for a bale of hay. Timothy/Orchard mix was $20.99 for about a 60 pound bale. I don't think they will need but about four bales each until the grass starts growing again, so this will still be the cheapest feeding season ever. My pasture management has finally gotten to the point that it's paying off, along with a little help from climate change. Last year they were well down in bale numbers to 9 each. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 On 1/12/2024 at 7:57 AM, Chestnut said: I'll take -29C over 100F plus humidity.... I have nice cold weather gear that makes those temps manageable. 100F with humidity the only fix is lock yourself inside with AC. Luckily we get both here in Minnesota! Totally agree!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 In parts of Hawaii it's 86 in Summer and 84 in Winter. In winter school kids wear jackets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughsawn Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 On 1/12/2024 at 11:39 AM, Tom King said: Timothy/Orchard mix was $20.99 for about a 60 pound bale. OMG!!! That's higher than a giraffe's a**!!! $6-$7 here for 55# bale of alfalfa. 1/2 that for grass hay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted January 13 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 13 Blue Bell Ice Cream’s motto is, “We eat all we can and we sell the rest”. Around here, after we eat all of the tomatoes we can, we can the rest and make tomato gravy throughout the year. https://4sonrus.com/grandmas-southern-tomato-gravy/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 On 1/12/2024 at 3:23 PM, roughsawn said: OMG!!! That's higher than a giraffe's a**!!! $6-$7 here for 55# bale of alfalfa. 1/2 that for grass hay. Good horse hay can't be grown on this side of the Blue Ridge so most of the cost is shipping and handling. Local grown kinds of hay are a lot cheaper but it won't keep weight on our horses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Woke up this morning to snow. Wasn't expecting anything. Should make the rest of the week even more interesting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post A Guy In Town Posted January 15 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 15 I woke up to SNOW!!! I have a recently new F250 Super Duty 4WD, so I was like a kid in a candy shop today, running my roommate down to Nashville for an eye doctor appointment. People in the South CANNOT DRIVE with just a lit-tle bit of snow on the ground! I was just giddy! Joe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post A Guy In Town Posted January 16 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 16 "... and we had, FUN! FUN! FUN! 'till the weather took the snowfall awaaaayyyy! ..." Joe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 On 1/12/2024 at 9:12 AM, drzaius said: No, not "wind chill" numbers. -39 this morning Hey drzaius, how are you all doing up there? Any break in the cold, yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post drzaius Posted January 17 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 17 51 minutes ago, Mark J said: Hey drzaius, how are you all doing up there? Any break in the cold, yet? It's -16 this morning and it feels downright balmy. Looks like we're back to seasonable temps on the weekend. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 We hit record lows for this part of TN last night, and my dashbiard thermometer registered -11 on the drive to work this morning. I immediately thought of Spinal Tap: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legenddc Posted January 18 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 18 My only time being in Nashville it snowed. Thankfully not too much. Can't remember when it was, maybe January 2016 or 2017. Been a LONG week full of all-day meetings. Normally we would do these in person but we weren't allowed to this year. Worked out okay as my wife is traveling for work this week. My parent's watched the kids on Monday since they had off. I ended up spending the night there Monday and working there Tuesday because schools were closed. Today they only had a 2 hour delay. I'm guessing they'll get another 2 hour delay tomorrow due to the cold. My wife comes back tomorrow afternoon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Ahh guys can we please have our snow back??? We Minnesotan's know how to move it, drive in it (well most of us anyways) and it really hurts our economy to be in mid January with like 3" of snow. We did finally get cold so at least folks can go ice fishing finally... FWIW just got our heat bill for Dec it was about 40% of last years...Avg temp for the month in 2024 29 degrees, last year 15 degrees. Crazy!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Sure. I'll go turn a fan on and see if the 1-2" of snow that's coming tomorrow here will go up there. Doubtful the kids will have school tomorrow. Schools around here are based on the county, not local town, so if the other end of the county gets a lot of snow we could be off even if we have nothing. This will be the first time in a long time I can remember that we'll get a second round of snow without the last having already melted away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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