• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    19 days ago

    I just got this beauty of an alert.

    That’s -34.44 Celsius for those not in the USA.

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      19 days ago

      I’d be curious if I could find enough clothes to be able to withstand these temperatures for half an hour. The coldest I’ve ever experienced was −20°C some 15 years ago.

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        19 days ago

        There are research stations in Antarctica where it has like -60°C or lower on a typical day. There’s an interesting post on stackexchange referencing the US Antarctica programme on about what clothing for these conditions should look like.

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        19 days ago

        It is wind chill not actual temperature. Still cold cold cold but not as bad as it sounds in terms of your internal organs freezing or whatever.

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          19 days ago

          I don’t see the point, since I would give up based on the perceived temperature way before any damage from the real temperature would occur.

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            Long sleeves and long underwear/leggings, two pairs of socks, flannel-lined jeans if you have them, sweatpants and jeans on top if not, flannel or similar overshirt, scarf(!), sweater/sweatshirt, winter coat (or 2 additional sweaters/sweatshirts and a raincoat or other large windbreaker), boots, gloves, mittens, and hat.

            You won’t die, especially if you move around. I’ve had to take the coat off while shoveling in those temperatures, though my feet and hands were unhappy after a while. Definitely have a cup of hot liquid when you get back inside though.

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        19 days ago

        That’s not that cold? Almost any winter gear you buy in Canada will be rated for atleast -30c. It gets that temperature normally without windchill regularly.

        In fact, it was just -20c without windchill the last 2 days here.

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        19 days ago

        Easily. They cost a small fortune unfortunately. Look up Canada Goose parkas. Or Outdoor Survival Canada.

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        19 days ago

        It isn’t the amount but the quality of the clothes. My wife and I were skiing yesterday at -8°f without issue. So that’s temp plus actual wind chill and windspeed while riding.

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          When you experience it for 6 months every year, you actually get used it and it’s not that cold. It’s entirely livable. People from fair weather states are funny.

          Of course when you live in +30c for 12 months even -10c will feel unbearable. Where that’s t-shirt weather for other people.

          You also won’t get frostbite when your skin covered, wear a mask, jacket, pants, I used to work in it for 8 hours a day. You make it seem like it’ll kill you lmfao.

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            Yeah I mean it’s bearable weather with the right gear, of course. But saying 30 below is “not that cold” is just you being that guy.

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              You just described any weather, even +20c! Wear a jacket or the wrong clothes and it’s unbearable as well.

              30 below is beautiful weather to head to the mountains and go boarding.

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      The Celsius temps should not be the addition at the bottom, considering the US is the only place in the world using the archaic and useless Fahrenheit. Celsius should be the norm with an addendum of Fahrenheit.

      Yay for American exceptionalism once again. Dumbfucks.

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        This comment is completely irrational. The fahrenheit temperature is in a screenshot of a text message that was sent in the US. The only temperature in the message you replied to that isn’t in the screenshot is in Celsius. How is that “American exceptionalism”?

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          It really boggles the mind as to what they expected the poster to present. Did they want him to edit the screenshot to say Celsius and then clarify what he edited out?

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            Yes. And if your country actually used a sensical measurement you wouldn’t need to do that.

            It is about American exceptionalism.

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        I can’t tell if this is satire. So arrogant and superior, and so, so stupid at the same time.

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    I’ve seen an ad on German television (yea, yea, I still do watch it) whose whole point was that Saturday should be a [Edit: free day day off], but it’s marred by having to do grocery shopping. The climax of that ad was a woman shouting “Let’s take back our Saturdays” Braveheart style.

    The ad is for a service that has people shopping for you. I wonder when their busiest day will be…

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    It irks me when people order delivery when the roads are unsafe - no one should have to put their life on the line like that. I know some people rely on it, though. The snow has been terrible here for days and Meals on Wheels has been canceled so I cooked a big pot roast today to share with elderly neighbors. We’ve all gotta look out for eachother.

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      I mean theres nothing that unsafe about the roads in the picture. Thats like regular for a lot of places and people don’t just stop living. I worked as a delivery driver and had to drive in way worse conditions, whats shown wouldnt even have registered as a hazard at all.

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          This. The entire state of Texas shut down for an entire week, and people literally died in their homes over 2 inches of snow in 2021. 2 fucking inches.

          If your local area doesn’t have the infrastructure in place to support winter weather conditions, any snowfall at all may as well be a 4 ft blizzard.