Throw Another Log on the Fire

[PAULBACH]

Lake Luzerne is 20 miles north of Ballston Spa by road. But Lake Luzerne in the Adirondacks. This piece is from this Morning's Post Star which is published in Glens Falls, NY

The arctic air that soared from Canada on Thursday did more than make morning travel unpleasant.
At the Hadley-Luzerne Central School District, most of the school buses were unable to operate, as temperatures dropped to nearly minus 20.
Buses are usually on the road by 6 a.m., but on Thursday, only six buses ran without trouble. Five others made it onto the road before later freezing up, and another 15 could not be started at all. ... The bus trouble began when temperatures turned the diesel fuel into a gel, said Sunny Green, the district's director of transportation.


Aren't you folks south of the Mason Dixon line smiling? :laugh

[adamceckhardt]

I went to St. Lawrence University, which is north of there- pretty close to the St. Lawrence River. There were days when my thermometer outside my window would peg at -40. Walking to class was awful, but it was quite entertaining to see everybody dressed up for it- you'd get to recognize people by their eyes because it was the only thing showing.

Reminds me of the scene from Christmas Vacation when Audrey's eyes freeze. "She'll have to see it later Clark, her eyes are frozen."

[PAULBACH]

Someplace near St. Lawrence is a college that puts up rope ways along the walks. In way of a whiteout students can find their way to one building or another.

You knew it was a real cold day when the down feathers started floating around the classroom.

My battery tenders must be on overtime.

[Hodag]

its gonna be hot here this weekend

[PAULBACH]

its gonna be hot here this weekend

Above freezing?

[monkeywork]

I'm thinking I might actually go for a ride on Sunday... temps might poke into the 50's

balmy!

[PAULBACH]

I'm thinking I might actually go for a ride on Sunday... temps might poke into the 50's

balmy!

Mad Scientist!

Know any easy formula for digging the snow out of the way? :p

[rocketman]

Lake Luzerne is 20 miles north of Ballston Spa by road. But Lake Luzerne in the Adirondacks. This piece is from this Morning's Post Star which is published in Glens Falls, NY



Aren't you folks south of the Mason Dixon line smiling? :laugh

i don't know 'bout that, my SO's bro called the other night from Memphis, it was 30 or 40 something and his house doen't have much in the way of heating...

RM

[mvscorpio]

Eleven degrees this morning, with scattered reports of freezing inside the face shields. But near 60 on Monday-Tuesday!

[rkasal]

It's been in the single digits here for the highs with near record amounts of snowfall last month - not counting freezing rain and sleet.

That made the traditional New Year's Day 10 mile run we do a little chilly. Actually, it's the worst I recall.

Thankfully, global warming is kicking in. The next seven days and some of the nights will be above freezing. Temps this weekend will be near fifty. With any kind of luck, by Monday or Tuesday, the warmer temps and expected rains will wash away all salt and I'll be riding!

:eat

Regards,


Randy Kasal

[monkeywork]

Sundays ride will serve two purposes.. we're planning on moving to our new house on the 19th.. and need to move the bikes.

Any excuse really. I'm just needing to go for a ride.

[terham]

I don't think I've ever been in temps below minus a couple. I can't imagine how cold it feels at those temps. I guess it's a dry cold:laugh so not so bad.

Will be in the 40s here this weekend (above the Mason-Dixon) - I'm goin ridin. :thumb

[rinty]

It's been nice here in southern Alberta, and I saw some folks out on cruisers this week.

Rinty

[bubbagazoo]

It's been nice here in southern Alberta, and I saw some folks out on cruisers this week.

Rinty

Oh, to be near Chinook winds. Mind you, I wouldn't want to be down around Calgary when the winds are cold and putting that nice, icy glaze on the highways.

Roads up here in Edmonton aren't bad but you cannot get out of the residential areas because residential streets don't get plowed. So, Chinook winds would be welcome up here.

[PAULBACH]

It's been nice here in southern Alberta, and I saw some folks out on cruisers this week.

Rinty

And all this time I thought bikes spent the winter in an igloo with a port for a battery tender.

[DarrylRi]

Aren't you folks south of the Mason Dixon line smiling? :laugh

Yes, now that the power is back on, here in Santa Cruz.

[henzilla]

pretty muched sucked here today....clear skies and 80 with a brisk breeze around 20MPH...:laugh :bolt Was freezing two days ago it it sounds better! Wore electrics Thursday, summer jacket and gear today.
Hang on folks....Springs coming !

[mrich12000]

It is raining here in Oshawa, temp is around 45f and is going higher seems the January thaw is here for a few days. Nice thread Chief.:usa

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[rinty]

...residential streets don't get plowed....bubbagazoo

Robert:

I spent three winters in Edmonton when I attended U of A, and my car at the time was an MG Midget, which had about an inch of ground clearance.

Every spring, after exams, my first task would be to replace the exhaust header, which would crackfrom high centering on the Edmonton side roads all winter. It was a b***h of a job to do, too.

I was almost killed in that car when I did a triple barrel roll in it at Juniper Lodge, just north of Red Deer, in blowing snow, but my buddy (famed Edmonton BMW owner, Daryl Thompson) and I walked away from the accident, as we were both wearing shoulder harnesses, and the windshield frame held. After I graduated, my first purchase was a car with a steel roof: a two litre Ford Capri.

I thought bikes spend the winter in an igloo...PaulBach

Paul, Calgary has a unique climatological situation, being high and dry at 3,500' ASL, about 350 nautical miles direct from the Pacific. Every winter it gets an average of 52 "Chinook" (from the Salishan word "Tsinook" which means "snow eater") winds, and which can raise temperatures by 45 (F) degrees in a few hours.

Yesterday, when I went to the annual bike show, the crotch rockets were out again in full force (I don't think we have any local Rounders, and I'm sure not one of them).:laugh

Rinty

[MplsK100RT]

When I finished college in '95 I moved to Fargo for a job. During the following winter there was a day when I went to my 12-hour shift on Saturday in shorts/t-shirt and it was 76F at 9am. By the time I left that night there were 8-10' drifts and driving wind and a windchill of -80 to -100. Needless to say, my roommate and I got her Ford Tempo stuck in a drift and I had to walk from the car to a phone in my summer outfit and back to the car to wait for the tow. I moved in June.

[Mar]

Lake Luzerne is 20 miles north of Ballston Spa by road. But Lake Luzerne in the Adirondacks. This piece is from this Morning's Post Star which is published in Glens Falls, NY



Aren't you folks south of the Mason Dixon line smiling? :laugh

It's 71 degrees here this afternoon, according to my Subaru's thermometer. I worked at the glass studio this morning while the roads were sweaty but they are dry now. Gotta go...

[DrSteve]

Someplace near St. Lawrence is a college that puts up rope ways along the walks. In way of a whiteout students can find their way to one building or another.

You knew it was a real cold day when the down feathers started floating around the classroom.

My battery tenders must be on overtime.

That would be Oswego State!

[PAULBACH]

50's today!
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60s tomorrow!
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What is happening?
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[The_Veg]

I moved in June.

I see that you're in Minneapolis now. Is it that much of an improvement?

[MplsK100RT]

I'm not a fan of the 5 month winter, but I enjoy the diversity in ethnicity a great deal. I have learned 'MN nice' is a joke--it's more that people would rather talk about you after you've left the room.

The St Croix River Valley makes for some nice riding.

[rinty]

Minus 30 C here this morning, and it's going to be with us for a few days. But we knew it was coming, and on Saturday it was sunny and 32 F, so I cut our (house) cats loose in the back yard for a few hours.

Today they're huddled over the registers or curled up in their beds trying to keep warm.:laugh

Rinty

[mrich12000]

:stick :bottle :bottle They need to put in some anti-gel additve:bottle :bottle

[hlothery]

Supposed to be in the low 70s here today.....guess I'll bundle up and go out. I'm holding out for 99 in the shade!

[BeemerMike]

Supposed to be in the low 70s here today.....guess I'll bundle up and go out. I'm holding out for 99 in the shade!

Yeah, Hugh, it was 67F when I left the house this morning. Brrrrr . . . I almost put the top up on the Z3! ;)

[hlothery]

Yeah, Hugh, it was 67F when I left the house this morning. Brrrrr . . . I almost put the top up on the Z3! ;)

If it's warm enough, I may hit some golf balls this afternoon after work. Hard to swing when you're all bundled up, though. :D

[PAULBACH]

21 degrees at present with icy rain on the way. Heat wave on the way - might make it up to 40 degrees.

Battery tenders hard at work.

[rkasal]

Last week, we had actual temperatures overnight of -10F. Some parts of Iowa was -23F actual. Don't ask about the windchill.

Then, global warming arrived on Sunday and Monday. Upper 40's on Sunday and 54 on Monday. Rode around and got dirty. :bliss

Oddly, the only other bike I saw those two days was the assembled in America brand.

Washed my baby up last afternoon, dried her off, cleaned and lubed the chain, and put her to sleep. Al Gore stayed home for a few days, apparently, so global warming went away. Winter storm advisory for today and tomorrow night, temps back in the -10F area. I'd guess, though, we're 30 to 60 days max before we have consistent riding weather again. Sleep well, my beauties for you're going to get some use this year.

[rinty]

They need to put in some anti-gel...Mrich1200

My wife's just started giving them cat milk. They love it, but it's not doing the job.

Luckily, this cold snap will be a short one. Good thing too, because the local airhead guys are having trouble getting them started.:laugh

But we've had a very mild winter to date.

Rinty

[bubbagazoo]

But we've had a very mild winter to date.

Rinty

You couldn't tell by the amount of complaining being done by the women where I work. :D

If it isn't 26C, they tell everybody about how cold it is.

[rinty]

I would have expected the Edmonton ladies to be made of tougher stuff, Robert.:laugh

Rinty

[Rich]

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[rinty]

Rich:

I just did a conversion and that's about what it is here. We'll be coming out of it tomorrow morning and hopefully your state will follow.

There's been quite a few rural school closures here; CP Rail have reduced their daily train runs because rolling stock wheels and track are becoming quite brittle, and in Calgary there are stalled vehicles and ones with flat tires all over the place.

The forest people are pretty happy though. They figure that the cold snap will kill off a significant number of mountain pine beetles, which have been infesting Alberta and BC's evergreen forests. There are thousands of acres of infested trees.

Rinty

[jdmetzger]

While it was in the upper 40's yesterday, we have high winds (50mph gusts this morning) and a balmy 8 degrees. It was 12F when I left for lunch. At least it's supposed to get back around the freezing mark, tomorrow. That will feel like a heat wave...