Wow. Pure bravery to go outside.
Posted on 01/29/2019 1:04:08 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
Enough with the wind chill stuff. It’s just to sensationalize.
Thats balmy weather
I have been out on the flightline at Minot in -70 and that was just a winters day
When the great blizzard hit in ‘74 it was -100 and crews were being sent out and called back in based on changes in windspeed and chill factor.
North Dakota with winds on that open prairie cause great wind chill factors. I’m absolutely shocked, in January even.
They are all in the skyway.
I remember that story. What a tragedy! Was there a blizzard going on as well?
I remember that story. What a tragedy! Was there a blizzard going on as well?
One of those boys was my paper boy.
They were at West Acres and a storm started to hit. They got stuck on 19th ave which was always a snow trap. As you well know, once the wind starts you can’t see a thing.
I have lived in Minneapolis for years and have never seen a real blizzard. The snow falls and it just lays there.
Yes, I remember that storm. My home is just a few blocks away from 19th ave. The city installed barriers to close the street off after that tragedy. I may still have been in Fargo when it happened.
“Enough with the wind chill stuff. It’s just to sensationalize”
I’ll try to remember that tonight when I’m waiting for my bus or when I take the dogs out after work.
Coldest I've ever seen was up in Nova Scotia. Temps weren't all that bad - single digits and teens - but the wind came right off the North Atlantic. Literally took your breath away, the feeling was shattering. Worse than anything else I experienced, didn't matter how well you dressed for it, nothing was warm enough.
Living in the Southeast is better, temps might get down to 20 tonight; everyone is whining about the bitter cold. Will be back up to 60+ next week....
Don’t let your eyeballs freeze.
Well or any other body parts really.
I lived by El Zagal. I can’t remember if I still was there at the time but those storms were common and dangerous as hell.
I was working in MN during the Blizzard of the Century back in ‘75.
Hit -93 wind chill and I was out in it for the Police Dept keeping students from freezing to death.
Vis was about 10 ft so I was wearing my ski goggles so I could see.
Rescued about 20 students.
Vis walking was 10ft.
There were over 50 cars in the ditch on the 1 mile between campus and town.
I walked most of the nite as only a fool would get in a car.
Wow. Pure bravery to go outside.
I found out later that the coldest temperatures the following winter weren't outlandish, but they lingered for a long time. The next year I was up there and the guy said it didn't get above -20 for something like six weeks.
When I grew up in the Fargo area, we rooted for the groundhog to see his shadow because 6 more weeks of winter WAS an early spring.
I wanna tell ya...-40 is pretty damn cold....even with no wind.
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