Excitement heating up over new extended-cold-weather gear (U.S. Army/National Guard)

Army News Service ^ | Dec 15, 2006 | Donna Miles

[Wycowboy]

You get on post and then..ya gotta take a whiz...this is where you find out just how good a "shot" you are.

This is true. You've got to consider the "shrinkage factor" too.

[Valin]

EXACTLY! :-)

[Chena]

Hi there, Stoat! Thanks for pinging me to this interesting article. We had a cold spell set in for Thanksgiving and then some with temps falling to -58. It's -38 right now. Now if they could just design a pair of bunny boots that aren't so darn heavy and cumbersome. LOL

[Capt_Hank]

That(TA-50)gear, was the first bit of gear I turned in, when I got my separation papers. Free from going to the field in Germany. The "Mickey Mouse" boots..... good grief.

[Stoat]

Hi there, Stoat! Thanks for pinging me to this interesting article.

I'm delighted that you've found it interesting  :-)

 We had a cold spell set in for Thanksgiving and then some with temps falling to -58. It's -38 right now.

Lawdy, how do you even manage to get by, day in and day out, with cold like that?  Do you have to keep your car's motor running 24 hours a day?  I heard that they have to do that with the pipeline service trucks on the North Slope. 

The stoatmobile has a nice big diesel and when it gets "cold" (I'm in Seattle, LOL) the 110v engine block heater works just fine, but that's only in temperatures in the teens or single digits, nothing at all even close to what you get...I don't know if it would be effective at those sorts of temperatures.

I'm guessing that "getting ready to go outside" is probably about a fifteen minute process for you, what with all you have to put on.  :-)

I recall you saying that you've been there for some time, so I guess that the benefits of living there outweigh these sorts of inconveniences.

Now if they could just design a pair of bunny boots that aren't so darn heavy and cumbersome. LOL

Yes, unfortunately Ladies boots that are stylish aren't very practical.  Even electric insoles wouldn't help in temperatures like that   :-)

Hi there, Stoat! Thanks for pinging me to this interesting article.

I'm delighted that you've found it interesting  :-)

 We had a cold spell set in for Thanksgiving and then some with temps falling to -58. It's -38 right now.

Lawdy, how do you even manage to get by, day in and day out, with cold like that?  Do you have to keep your car's motor running 24 hours a day?  I heard that they have to do that with the pipeline service trucks on the North Slope. 

The stoatmobile has a nice big diesel and when it gets "cold" (I'm in Seattle, LOL) the 110v engine block heater works just fine, but that's only in temperatures in the teens or single digits, nothing at all even close to what you get...I don't know if it would be effective at those sorts of temperatures.

I'm guessing that "getting ready to go outside" is probably about a fifteen minute process for you, what with all you have to put on.  :-)

I recall you saying that you've been there for some time, so I guess that the benefits of living there outweigh these sorts of inconveniences.

Now if they could just design a pair of bunny boots that aren't so darn heavy and cumbersome. LOL