How Cold is it?

[Stella Maris]

It is so cold, the water in Port Orchard has frozen to a thickness of about 3/4 of an inch! I have pictures that I will post on our web site of a bottle of coke and seagulls standing on the ice! You can find those at:
Rangertug25-Solitude.com

 

[tlkenyon]

COLD IS A RELATIVE THING. . . . . . .BRRRRR!!

65 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in South Dakota plant gardens.

60 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in South Dakota sunbathe.

50 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in South Dakota drive with the windows down.

40 above zero:
Georgians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in South Dakota throw on a flannel shirt.

35 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in South Dakota have the last cookout before it gets cold.

20 above Zero:
People in Miami all die.
South Dakotans close the windows.

Zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico .
People in South Dakota get out their winter coats.

10 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in South Dakota are selling cookies door to door.

20 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in South Dakota let the dogs sleep indoors.

30 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
South Dakotans get upset because they can't start the Snow-mobile.

40 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops.
People in South Dakota start saying...'Cold enough fer ya?'

50 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
South Dakota public schools will open 2 hours late

 

[Spirit of Gratitude]

COLD IS A RELATIVE THING. . . . . . .BRRRRR!!

65 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in South Dakota plant gardens.

60 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in South Dakota sunbathe.

50 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in South Dakota drive with the windows down.

40 above zero:
Georgians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in South Dakota throw on a flannel shirt.

35 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in South Dakota have the last cookout before it gets cold.

20 above Zero:
People in Miami all die.
South Dakotans close the windows.

Zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico .
People in South Dakota get out their winter coats.

10 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in South Dakota are selling cookies door to door.

20 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in South Dakota let the dogs sleep indoors.

30 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
South Dakotans get upset because they can't start the Snow-mobile.

40 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops.
People in South Dakota start saying...'Cold enough fer ya?'

50 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
South Dakota public schools will open 2 hours late

Now that is funny sheeeeeeet!

 

[JamesTXSD]

The reason we escaped from South Dakota to the Tropical Tip of Texas. 😀 There was a time we did all that "winter stuff": downhill skiing, chopping wood for the fireplace, tromping through the snow to pick out a Christmas tree. I was happy to trade all that for walking barefoot on the beach in December. South Dakota (western, as in: the Black HIlls) is a beautiful area; we enjoyed living there for many years. Until the Blonde showed me my inner island boy was more fun than my outer mountain man. One of the best things before we moved from SD: trading my snow-blower in on a generator for the boat! :mrgreen:

 

[SlackwaterJack]

When I was a kid growing up in Winnipeg, I remember driving to South Dakota with the family every February to escape the cold. 😉

 

[rt11002003]

Unfortunately, I can still recall the two winters we lived in Duluth, MN, in the mid-60s.

My next door neighbor from one of the Dakotas loved ice hockey. He flooded his yard every winter and made an ice rink for he and his sons to skate on. We ran electrical cords to the street to plug in our engine block heaters in our cars. Not so good when we parked across the street and the snowplows came by.

The plumbing on Duluth Air Force Base was above ground (and insulated) so repair work could be done if needed because the ground would freeze too hard. All of the alert crews had Air Force snowmobiles to get around the base and we had electrical outlets in the parking lots around the base for the engine block heaters.

Brrrrrrrr

Gene

 

[tlkenyon]

I just now came in fro taking the batteries out of the "as-yet-unnamed" tug. We are having a pretty nice day. The ice on the lake is not about 6" thick now, it is 30F and nearly 30 mph. I wonder....how much ice will one of these tugs break?