Wow its cold!

Don, are you in Minneapolis or St Paul?

I know it gets really cold there. Was stationed in Minneapolis for work in 2006. 

I'm north of minneapolis about 50 miles, it was -12 below when I left the house this morning

John

Mom grew up in Duluth......Heard all kinds of horror stories.

When it hits the mid teens here I'm looking for warmer climes.

It's about the same here in western NY.  Modeling is one of the only things that helps get me through this miserable thing called winter.  If it wasn't for family and friends being here I would of left a long time ago. 

Below zero here in ND for the next 12 days...

I'm away from home for a bit, and it is even cold down here in central Florida today. Going to have to change into big boy pants to go out.

Must be a powerful system!

Pffftttt.... amateurs. It’s winter. What’d you expect? I live in Central New York and we dealt with everything old man winter throws at us, including below zero temperatures. I know it sucks but let’s face it... embrace the suck.

Yesterday, some communities in my area are dealing with flooding. Yes, flooding from constant rain and freezing rain. Creeks overflowing because water has no where to go. How’d you like to deal with that in the middle of winter?

Not up to dealing with any of that! That's why i am here in Texas, 30's in the morning then warms up to mid 50's to upper 60's. 

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Pffftttt.... amateurs. It’s winter. What’d you expect? I live in Central New York and we dealt with everything old man winter throws at us, including below zero temperatures. I know it sucks but let’s face it... embrace the suck.

Yesterday, some communities in my area are dealing with flooding. Yes, flooding from constant rain and freezing rain. Creeks overflowing because water has no where to go. How’d you like to deal with that in the middle of winter?

 

I live up in Toronto and personally I love the winter.  On really cold nights it's great to hunker down in the basement working on a model, listening to music and enjoying a stout or other dark beer.  I enjoy walking the dog and coming back to a nice, warm house.  

After enduring a long, cold winter, it makes me appreciate summer that much more.  It feels like I've earned it!

10degrees here in North Central OH. Sunny and no wind, actually quite nice. Below zero monday....50 wednesday...I love Ohio weather, wouldn't change it for the world!

Cold front is making its way through Wisconsin now too after constant snowing the last few days.  Was -6 when I left for work this morning.  The same temp is the projected high for wednesday.

It is only really cold when your man bits freeze to the toilet seat and the wife has to get the blow torch out!

Hi Keyda81 !

 I wonder , do you live near Buffalo ? I can remember 12 below and wind effect snow at 6 foot in one day ! The hardest thing for a Medium build  guy and grandma riding the streetcar was going out across the road to try mounting those slippery steps ,this was in 1965 by the way .  T.B.

Hey ,Snapdragonxxx :

 Did you spend time on the U.S.C.G Icebreaker, Eastwind, too ? That's where I first got any thoughts like that ! How about this ,You and the Missus on Ice station Zebra . Yeah the plane broke .Twelve days .Ain't ever gonna be near cold that bad again .If it keeps getting frosty in Texas I may move to Hawaii .

Upper 40s to low 70s here... and the humidity dropped this afternoon, so it was perfect airbrushing weather after my bike ride. But it’s only for the next few days...

tempestjohnny

I just moved from Connecticut where it's right at freezing to SW Florida where its currently 66. I'm in heaven

 

That is the nice thing about living here in Central Florida. We get a small taste of winter but none of the extreme weather from up north. Currently the lows are in the 40’s and the highs in the 60’s. 

Temperatures in Chicago next week: Tuesday Low -17 Hi 5; Wednesday Low -21, Hi -12; Thursday Low -10, Hi -4; Friday Low -5, Hi 3. Wind chill on Wednesday is predicted to be 60 degrees below zero.

I have done survival training in the Artic circle and as part of that, lived in a tent, been ducked through a hole in the ice into some "refreshing" water and a forced march over 48 hours.

You guys keep warm and safe! May your paints never freeze!

James

Edwin

Don, are you in Minneapolis or St Paul?

I know it gets really cold there. Was stationed in Minneapolis for work in 2006. 

 

I'm in Coon Rapids, Northwest of Minneapolis a bit.

bluenote

I live up in Toronto and personally I love the winter.  On really cold nights it's great to hunker down in the basement working on a model, listening to music and enjoying a stout or other dark beer.  I enjoy walking the dog and coming back to a nice, warm house.  

After enduring a long, cold winter, it makes me appreciate summer that much more.  It feels like I've earned it!

 

 

 

My problem is my basement is a walkout basement, and my shop is on the walkout side, so it gets colder than on the front side of the basement.  And, being a basement, it does not have as many furnace vents.  The space heater brought it up to 65 Thursday, but then I have to keep turning it off when I airbrush or spray.

Gimme winter in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana! This picture was taken last week. Those are the Bitterroot Mountains.

Don Stauffer

Below zero this morning, high will be only a bit above.  Even with a space heater in the shop, I can't keep it warm enough to work there, and it will be much colder nex week.  I suspect I won't get any modeling done for at least a week

Space heater is a pain- I have to turn it off to airbrush or rattlecan. But I can work for a few minutes.  I just don't have that much to do on current project that I can do in a couple of minutes.  Maybe I'll spend the next week learning a new CAD program and experimenting with my Cricut machine.

 

The cold is a bummer. Not to change the subject but you mentioned your cricut machine. I just got one and absolutely love it but still learning it's ins and outs. It makes great stencils for painting. Have you had yours long and what do you primarily use it for?

Don... be lucky you don't live in Lebanon. Not Lebanon, PA but Lebanon the country in the Middle East. A co-worker of mine has family out there and this is their winter ....

https://stateofmind13.com/2012/03/04/beiruting-com-fail-and-pictures-of-lebanon-snow-that-are-not-lebanese/

Snow typically 5 meters or more high, houses literally buried...

Now do you feel better?

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Don... be lucky you don't live in Lebanon. Not Lebanon, PA but Lebanon the country in the Middle East. A co-worker of mine has family out there and this is their winter ....

https://stateofmind13.com/2012/03/04/beiruting-com-fail-and-pictures-of-lebanon-snow-that-are-not-lebanese/

Snow typically 5 meters or more high, houses literally buried...

Now do you feel better?

 

 

 

Yeah, but the cold weather keeps Hezbollah indoors... once it warms up, they come out, start acting the fool, upset the Israelis and then it’s game on again...

It was -15 this morning with a windchill of -30.  Didn't stop me from taking a short drive to Algoma, WI and photographing the Lake Michigan sunrise.  Surprisingly I wasn't the only person stupid enough to be there  doing the same thing.