Bitter cold temperatures

[RecycleMichael]

I have been cold for almost two weeks now and heard that the temperature is going to be around zero on Thursday.

That is insane. I know we close schools and libraries for ice and snow, but do we close them for ridiculously freezing temperatures? I can't imagine having a kid wait for a bus on a day like that.

[Conan71]

This global warming sucks.

[rwarn17588]

That is insane. I know we close schools and libraries for ice and snow, but do we close them for ridiculously freezing temperatures?

Yes.

There are no hard and fast rules, but basically wherever I've lived, if the temperature drops to "ridiculous" levels and is downright life-threatening, schools will call a snow day. And they should.

In my case, where I grew up in bitterly cold central Illinois, an overnight low of 19-below was even too much for even the most hardened school superintendent to abide.

[Townsend]

Lived in Rhinelander, WI.  School was open below zero.


(Also walked up hill both ways and ate sand.)

[TURobY]

This global warming sucks.

Too bad climate and weather are not the same thing.

[Hoss]

Too bad climate and weather are not the same thing.

Can't tell those 'Inhoffers' that...

Sorry Conan, not lumping you in that bunch cause I'm sure you're being partially sarcastic with your comment.

[Johnboy976]

Brother, the school had us eating sand because they were able to expand their walls at a very cheap price, with all the concrete we were able to produce (I don't think I have to tell you exactly from which area of our body the concrete came from).

[patric]

That's pipe-bursting cold, and it will especially hurt low-income and elderly in drafty homes who can barely afford to keep themselves (less their pipes) warm.

[Conan71]

Too bad climate and weather are not the same thing.

Yeah, it's all that warm air that's melting the arctic and drowning polar bears which is over us right now.

Look at it this way, might also mean better control of the insect population in the spring with a good hard week+ freeze.

[guido911]

Too bad climate and weather are not the same thing.

Yeah Conan. Just because global "warming" hasn't existed in the past 10 years and that the temperatures around the world are presently crashing down (and we won't get into the recent e-mail issue) is no reason to poke fun at global warming.

[tulsascoot]

Yes.

There are no hard and fast rules, but basically wherever I've lived, if the temperature drops to "ridiculous" levels and is downright life-threatening, schools will call a snow day. And they should.

In my case, where I grew up in bitterly cold central Illinois, an overnight low of 19-below was even too much for even the most hardened school superintendent to abide.

The dude abides

[Red Arrow]

Lived in Rhinelander, WI.  School was open below zero.


(Also walked up hill both ways and ate sand.)

You forgot "barefoot".

[Townsend]

You forgot "barefoot".

We wore sandals with tacks glued inside of them actually.

I wore my snow mobile suit to school on some of the worst days.  I wasn't alone in doing that. 90 degree below 0 windchill factors are not a good time.

[RecycleMichael]

It was so cold our words froze. We had to stand by the heater to hear what was being said.

[Townsend]

It was so cold our words froze. We had to stand by the heater to hear what was being said.

Got any "your momma" jokes?