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GMA reported over - 60

PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:32 pm
by Slacker G
it was expected to record over -60 degree chill factor in parts of the Midwest. SUV and truck owners: Start your engines. This Global Warming sucks. :)

PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:54 pm
by DainNobody
-9 below zero F. in Half Way, Mo. @ 9:54AM CST

PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:56 pm
by DainNobody
Slacker, I was reading some article the other day that the polar ice cap has GROWN 32% in one year! they had the satellite images to prove it..

PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:09 pm
by Slacker G
A couple of minutes ago the local weather reporter said that we have a -40 wind chill factor at this time.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:34 pm
by GuitarMikeB
Good luck if you've got a diesel engine .... Stay warm, guys.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:13 am
by Starfish Scott
Just like Montreal, "plug in your engine block while in the driveway".

PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:29 pm
by GuitarMikeB
Starfish Scott wrote:Just like Montreal, "plug in your engine block while in the driveway".

A lot of public/pay parking lots in Canada have electric outlets so you can plug in your block heater.
I don't miss living up there, but down here doesn't seem much better this winter!