Wow its cold!

Matt, from your neighbor just south of Milwaukee, that is a nice pic. 

Scale modeling gets me through the winter too. A few more weeks of this and the temps should start trending warmer.

Redraider, when the motivation strikes you just have to go make the photograph! Beautiful image. Well done. What is your editing software?

Nice photo.

stikpusher

 

 

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...

 

 

TJ ... they’re not fake. The colleague I work with showed me pics on his phone from his family. The Middle East isn’t always hot as folks perceive it to be. They do seasons just like the rest of the world.

stikpusher

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...

 

Frank, I used to work summers in the Selway for the Forest Service on trail building. Beautiful country and great fishing.

Sure there's snow in Lebanon. In fact when things were quieter there, it was a ski resort destination. "Switzerland of the East".

It's been in the high 60's in Southern Arizona this week and should be in the 70's in a week or two. Not looking forward to it being 115 in a few moths.

fotofrank

Redraider, when the motivation strikes you just have to go make the photograph! Beautiful image. Well done. What is your editing software?

 

I use Lightroom.  I actually didn’t do too much to that one, just boosted the oranges a little to match how they looked in person

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

TJ ... they’re not fake. The colleague I work with showed me pics on his phone from his family. The Middle East isn’t always hot as folks perceive it to be. They do seasons just like the rest of the world.

 

Yes, they have four seasons, and it’s not all sand dunes. The terrain and vegetation in some areas can be quite temperate. Lebanon and coastal Syria have a climate much like coastal California. Along with the mountain areas and vegetation to match. 

GreySnake

It's been in the high 60's in Southern Arizona this week and should be in the 70's in a week or two. Not looking forward to it being 115 in a few moths.

 

Ill be out in the Phoenix area this coming week. Hopefully the temps will stay nice and mild.

GreySnake

Not looking forward to it being 115 in a few moths.

 I AM !!!!

I hate Winter.   Back in 1986, I worked a temporary job in Decalb Iowa. I was there for 3 month's . During that time, we had a 3 day Blizzard ( I had to work in it for 2 of those day's .)

On day 1, the wind chill had it down to -87 . That;s right ! Neg 87 !!! We had to erect grain silo's in that mess ! The cold was so bad, that at one point, I had to say something to my co- worker's.... and the difference in temperature in my mouth, and the outside, made my two front teeth SHATTER !!!

I moved to Arizona to excape the cold......

Then this happened.

Guess if I want Heat, I'm gonna have to move to the Sahara......

( it was 27 here at Demon's Hollow Asylum this morning. Today's high..... 60 )

Timmy, I will switch places with ya. 

Bakster

Timmy, I will switch places with ya. 

No, ...I "SAID",   I hate cold....... Hmmmmmm......

Does this "Switch" include any Bonus kit's ?

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

TJ ... they’re not fake. The colleague I work with showed me pics on his phone from his family. The Middle East isn’t always hot as folks perceive it to be. They do seasons just like the rest of the world.

 

I still have relatives living in Beirut.

The pics from that link are not Lebanon except for the extra link from the site.  Those are real.

If you look at the first pic with the car in it.  It's driving on the left hand side. That's not Lebanon.

littletimmy

 

 

Bakster

Timmy, I will switch places with ya. 

 

 

No, ...I "SAID",   I hate cold....... Hmmmmmm......

Does this "Switch" include any Bonus kit's ?

 

Bakster

 

 

littletimmy

 

 

Bakster

Timmy, I will switch places with ya. 

 

 

No, ...I "SAID",   I hate cold....... Hmmmmmm......

Does this "Switch" include any Bonus kit's ?

 

 

 

 

I'll give you my entire stash, which isn't much. Bonus!

 

 

LOL!

Tickmagnet

 

 

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?

 

I hope to use it for paint masks, but also creating the same kind of things we use PE for.  I bought a photo-etch making kit from Micro Mark.  It is quite an involved process and I use it rarely.

BTW, in the tools section we do occasionally talk about those cutting machines.  Tune into that forum occasionally.

I live just outside Houston, Texas. Tuesday is when this front is expected to arrive, albeit with far better temperatures than y'all are describing. Even so, any time it gets into the 30s here, Houston freaks out and essentially shuts down.

I do love the winter and I like the cold, but goodness, negative numbers seem just a wee bit too cold.

Meanwhile, here in Queensland Australia its 95 degrees fahrenheit.

And in Hawaii, it’s gonna hit 67 degrees F tonight.  Brrrrr!    Well, it feels cold in my shorts and tee shirt!

Correction - it was 66 degrees at 5:00 am!

here along the southern lakeshore of Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada, the temp is about -20c or about -2f in the old scale. last weekend was even colder.

I got assigned to Minot for two years.  Thw winds couild get up as high as 80MPH.  It wasn't unusual to be outside at 80 below while changing the maps and charts in oru fighters and T-33s.  We would shut down at 98 below because it was just too dangerous to be outside.  If you were at work you would have to stay there until conditions improved enough to go home.  Every else stayed home or it you were out you had to decide to stay home or where you were.

I really didn't like that place.

ikar01

I got assigned to Minot for two years.  Thw winds couild get up as high as 80MPH.  It wasn't unusual to be outside at 80 below while changing the maps and charts in oru fighters and T-33s.  We would shut down at 98 below because it was just too dangerous to be outside.  If you were at work you would have to stay there until conditions improved enough to go home.  Every else stayed home or it you were out you had to decide to stay home or where you were.

I really didn't like that place.

 

I have a cousin who has lived his adult life in North Dakota. I had no idea the weather there was so brutal. Yikes.

I see you are in Orlando now.

Yes it’s chilly here too it’s 53 now finished bbq and a cigar they say it’s going to be 48 tonight.

It came as a big surprise to us too, comming from Okinawa, and I already have had assignments in South Dakota and Northern Maine, but the temps ther only reach 50 below, with Maine delivering more snow that I had ever seen while growing ujp in N.J.  

The base in Maine had extensive tunnels connecting the barracks and other buildings and I found the foundation of a building thast led down into a connection hub that had a post office and several tunnels going off in several directions,  but these were now flodded with ice water.

Well--this is a first. Our office is closed tomorrow because of extreme temps, -12 for a daytime high. Many years ago I recall going into work at -22, daytime high. Times have changed, I guess. But hey--I am not complaining. I'll use the day at my bench.  Giddy up! 

littletimmy

 

I moved to Arizona to excape the cold.....

 

 

You moved to Douglas there's the problem I haven't seen any snow in the Tucson area since moving here three years ago. 

-34F today in good old North Dakota. Wind chill makes it about -55. 

-20F up home today. I hear Notre Dame is closed for a couple days due to cold. Lived there my whole life, that's a new one.

Ohio State is closed today. I think it's the first time since the Blizzard of '78. I took my dog out this morning and was not impressed. The cold and winds during the blizzard were worse.