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Even the eyelashes freeze: Russia sees minus 88.6 degrees F
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 16, 2018

Posted on 01/16/2018 12:26:03 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

MOSCOW - Even thermometers can't keep up with the plunging temperatures in Russia's remote Yakutia region, which hit minus 67 degrees Celsius (minus 88.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas Tuesday.

In Yakutia - a region of 1 million people about 3,300 miles (5,300 kilometers) east of Moscow - students routinely go to school even in minus 40 degrees. But school was canceled Tuesday throughout the region and police ordered parents to keep their children inside.

Over the weekend, two men froze to death when they tried to walk to a nearby farm after their car broke down. Three other men with them survived because they were wearing warmer clothes, investigators reported.

But the press office for Yakutia's governor said Tuesday that all households and businesses in the region have working central heating and access to backup power generators.

Residents of Yakutia are no strangers to cold weather and this week's cold spell was not even dominating local news headlines Tuesday.

But some media outlets published cold-weather selfies and stories about stunts in the extreme cold. Women posted pictures of their frozen eyelashes, while YakutiaMedia published a picture of Chinese students who got undressed to take a plunge in a thermal spring.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalcooling; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax
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To: Osage Orange

Many years ago in my cross country skiing days when I lived in Milwaukee, WI that was a perfect skiing temperature, especially with a bright blue sky and cold, white snow. It was easy to work up a body temperature that kept me warm and dry, allowing me to go many miles. Indeed, the way to spot a novice was to look for somebody who was over dressed. The key to proper dressing was to be acutely cold at the start of a run, work hard, get warm, and then go all day.


41 posted on 01/16/2018 1:10:55 PM PST by libstripper
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42 posted on 01/16/2018 1:11:06 PM PST by caww
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To: caww

43 posted on 01/16/2018 1:12:37 PM PST by caww
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To: ctdonath2
And the stuff can be made out of whatever cheap weather-tolerant starches are available (potatoes in particular), and used soon (vs whiskey which requires years of storage).

Which is why I'm looking for a midwestern craft distillery that makes a good gin. Plenty of good small distilleries south of here that make decent bourbon/whiskey, but in the summer I prefer gin.

44 posted on 01/16/2018 1:13:41 PM PST by henkster
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To: ctdonath2

“That’s right Honey, I’m not an alcoholic... I’m just keeping my internal radiator cool... *hicup...”


45 posted on 01/16/2018 1:15:39 PM PST by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
HOW COLD WAS IT?

In the Age of Sail warships with cannons kept the iron cannonballs stacked near each cannon for reloading.

To prevent the round cannonballs from rolling all around the pitching deck they were kept in a brass tray alongside each cannon.

The brass tray called a "monkey" was sized to be a close fit to hold the cannonballs firmly in place.

In extremely cold weather the thin metal of the monkey would contract faster than the dense iron of the cannonballs.

If the monkey became too small it could no longer hold the cannonballs properly and they would come loose.

In other words, it could become cold enough to freeze the cannonballs off the brass monkey.


46 posted on 01/16/2018 1:17:32 PM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (The only trannie I want to see is a Muncie 4 speed M-22 Rock Crusher)
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To: AndyTheBear

So, are you a Humerist?


47 posted on 01/16/2018 1:17:37 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: Billthedrill

Proper conversions, If I recall my thermodynamics course from 40 years ago:

Celsius (Centigrade) converts to Kelvin
Farenheit converts to Rankin


48 posted on 01/16/2018 1:21:36 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Not guilty


49 posted on 01/16/2018 1:22:12 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

A number of years ago I got the ‘pleasure’ of experiencing -45F north of Edmonton, AB. It was so cold it was painful.


50 posted on 01/16/2018 1:25:41 PM PST by tatown
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

Not exactly.

The Thermal Coefficients of Expansion of iron and brass aren’t that different.


51 posted on 01/16/2018 1:27:51 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yes, I’ve experienced -40....in Saskatchewan...too cold to go outside for anything except running from car to house. And, getting gas? NOOOOO. -88 has to be BRUTAL.


52 posted on 01/16/2018 1:30:45 PM PST by goodnesswins (There were 1.41 MILLION NON Profit orgs in 2013 with $1.73 TRILLION in REVENUE)
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To: WayneS
So, are you a Humerist?

No, Kant really appreciate Hume that much.

53 posted on 01/16/2018 1:33:13 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; ZULU

Didn’t anyone warn them not to let Al Gore talk about global warming there?


54 posted on 01/16/2018 1:39:27 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

:)


55 posted on 01/16/2018 1:47:37 PM PST by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: C210N

I was in Minneapolis once and it was -36 with the wind chill. You would think after zero how much colder can it get. Walked two blocks or so and you could feel you noose and ears begin to get frost bite from the pain. Had to stop in stores to warm up from those roasters in the entrance ways.


56 posted on 01/16/2018 1:47:45 PM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

57 posted on 01/16/2018 1:54:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (A/O 01/12/18 DJIA business close 25,803.19, a 44.25% increase over the morning of 11/07/16.)
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To: DoughtyOne; Oldeconomybuyer

Pretty!

I can see the white lashes becoming a new fad. A smart enterprising salon owner should jump on this.


58 posted on 01/16/2018 2:04:17 PM PST by aquila48
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To: tatown

Most commercial aircraft require a mechanic to inspect the aircraft before Take off, at or below -40C (or -40F, same thing).

Most jetfuel freezes below -40 to -50 degrees C.

I bid (airline pilot) tropical routes in the winter for a lot of reasons...


59 posted on 01/16/2018 2:04:27 PM PST by Wildbill22 ( They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton William Abramsp)
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To: aquila48

You may be right there.


60 posted on 01/16/2018 2:09:11 PM PST by DoughtyOne (A/O 01/12/18 DJIA business close 25,803.19, a 44.25% increase over the morning of 11/07/16.)
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