How’s the weather?

[jaylach]

I can deal with almost anything, Michigan is colder than Alaska, and I really don't like our summer heat, but I have to live where I can afford to live, so I'm stuck.

I did some schooling when in the Navy at Great Lakes during the winter. Great Lakes Navy base may not be Michigan but close enough. I remember a few days when they basically closed the base due to a winter storm. The storm put a lot of ice all over the place and the winds were high enough that you literally could not walk anywhere as the wind would just blow you across the ice.

 

[Alice B]

Great Lakes is near Chicago? yes, they don't call it the Windy city for nothing

 

[jaylach]

Ya, Great Lakes Naval Base is a bit north of Chicago. Nasty winters but beautiful springs. Never spent a summer or fall there so can't comment on that.

 

[Alice B]

anything but winter is pretty good

 

[TheLavenderBadger]

Hey, it's above zero today! Heat waaaaave!

 

[Back in the fold]

@jaylach Just wondering. Does the Navy have a sub at Great Lakes or is that just the German UBoat that‘s at that museum there ? Also , do you know if they actually have a sub at Lake Pendorielle in Idaho ?
Anywho , it’s 38 degrees at six o’clock in the morning here in One Dog Town Montana.
We’re having a schnook !

 

[jaylach]

@jaylach Just wondering. Does the Navy have a sub at Great Lakes or is that just the German UBoat that‘s at that museum there ? Also , do you know if they actually have a sub at Lake Pendorielle in Idaho ?
Anywho , it’s 38 degrees at six o’clock in the morning here in One Dog Town Montana.
We’re having a schnook !

I have no idea as to the subs but don't recall any. Never went to a museum at Great Lakes or don't recall doing so but has been quite a while. I was at Great Lakes late 1972 and early 1973.

 

[Slaphppy7]

I can deal with hot or cold without issue. What gets to me is humidity.

You wouldn't last long here, then, lol...just as I wouldn't last in bitter cold up north

 

[jaylach]

I didn't say I couldn't take humidity. I just said that it gets to me. I lived for ~7 years in Ft. Worth TX and ~16 years in Jacksonville Beach FL.

 

[xxEMOxLIZZARDxx]

It was fifteen degrees F this morning and only getting colder. The wind is going to be the death of me.

 

[Alice B]

I didn't say I couldn't take humidity. I just said that it gets to me. I lived for ~7 years in Ft. Worth TX and ~16 years in Jacksonville Beach FL.

Fort Worth has a little humidity. My daughter lives 100 miles southeast of Fort Worth and she has more humidity. Also it's warmer, loses power but she only had a freeze for a day and a night

 

[Fishmanic]

going down to -12 F tonight... With 45 mph wind gusts expected, wind chill will be -30 F

 

[Fishmanic]

Minus 6 right now and wind gust over 40 Mph
And I just lost power

 

[Rocky998]

Minus 6 right now and wind gust over 40 Mph
And I just lost power

Oh no! I hope it gets restored soon! Stay warm!

 

[GaryE]

Tomorrow is supposed to be -1C. Today, this house sounds like an airplane in turbulence, and we have a frostbite warning on. I went out to the fishroom (a short outdoor walk) and the current -28 with wind gusts feeling like -45, well, I believe it. We have an elderly dog who has to go out a lot more than she used to, and every trip out hurts. I almost froze my cheek this morning, and came in with a frozen up beard.

Ah, winter. In 24 hours it'll be shorts and t-shirts weather.

My fishroom is weathering its first winter cold snap well. It's down by one degree from usual, and is holding stable without a huge need for heating. The baseboard heaters are set for 20c, and it's at 22 after a day of this fun polar vortex.

I was watching my S. barbatus catfish doing wild spawning dances, although I can't see eggs. They probably went skiing last night, and are celebrating being alive...