weather

[Jenae LaTorque]

Oh I see, we want to talk about weather extremes. I worked one winter on the North Slope of Alaska. The scale of the thermometer on the Cookie Shack

went down to 30 degrees farenheit below zero and I didn't see no color on it from the time I got there in November untill the end of March when it finally

rose to 30 below. It is so cold there that it is considered a desert in the wintertime as there is no availible moisture; it has all frozen and fallen to the

ground. If the wind is blowing even a little bit, then any exposed skin will suffer frostbite in a short time. A thirty mph wind will do it in under a minute. Your breath freezes and sticks to your facemask, but you learn to leave it there as it is warmer than the air around you. Now I live in Wyoming where at

time the winter gets bad, but the thing on the North Slope is that it is damn cold all the time, every day, or should I say all night as where I was we didn't

see the sun there until April. 24 hours a day of dark. But, my god, the Northern Lights were beautiful. And when you are that far north, they are not on

the horizon, they are over head and span the heavens. I had seen pictures and film of them before, but they didn't begin to compare with actually

standing under the Northern Lights.

[Jenae LaTorque]

So Tracy, have you ever experianced a true blue norther like James Michener describes in his book Texas; one where the temperature drops 60 degrees in a matter of a few hours???

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque

So Tracy, have you ever experianced a true blue norther like James Michener describes in his book Texas; one where the temperature drops 60 degrees in a matter of a few hours???

I wish... that would be awesome. The most extreme weather I've been in was Hurricane Ike. And yes, I know Ike was nothing compared to Katrina. Like I'd live in a city below sea level in Hurricane Alley lol.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Over the last few years, i have worked door to door and on 2 different winters there were days that hit -40 (-40C = -40F) with a bit of wind, 20mph your face feels it's being pelted with needles, winter's hell sometimes.

JohnDowe.

[twistedone]

One morning, I was going to work, and it was so cold, 51 degrees below zero Celsius in Boston with the wind chill factor. Everytime I tried to use my cigarette lighter, the flame would freeze.

Where I live now, I've been able to go outside in the middle of June and enjoy a snowball fight.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Well with the wind chill,it was -60, and when we spoke it came out as bits of ice, we had to thaw them out to hear what was said.

JohnDowe.

[DSL]

Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque

So Tracy, have you ever experianced a true blue norther like James Michener describes in his book Texas; one where the temperature drops 60 degrees in a matter of a few hours???

we had that a couple of years ago here the temp dropped 30 degrees in a matter
of minutes! we had a flash freeze 2 inches of ice ontop of 6 inches of snow.
ouch!

[TracyCoxx]

Once it got so cold here, there was frost on the grass!

[The Conquistador]

Tracy! You're a Texan T-girl? That's hot! Do you own a ten gallon hat by any chance?:D

I remember in 2007, I was at Ft. Hood for 45 days and it rained nonstop for the whole time I was there. We had flash flood warnings and whatnot. Mucho lightning. Is that common? I mean like constant downpours and stuff.

[DSL]

A very scary sight here are some firestorm photos from the California fire

[DSL]

oh yeah a nice ending very cute not sure if thats the same area tho but this is a pics from Koalas in Australia

Originally Posted by DSL

A very scary sight here are some firestorm photos from the California fire

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by TheAngryPostman

I remember in 2007, I was at Ft. Hood for 45 days and it rained nonstop for the whole time I was there. We had flash flood warnings and whatnot. Mucho lightning. Is that common? I mean like constant downpours and stuff.

Texas weather goes through different patterns, but when it storms it really storms.

I signed up for a Twitter feed from "Project Vortex" this summer. Here are a few pictures. Check out the "armor plating" on the vehicle in the last photo!

Where I am from (Michigan), we don't get this kind of thing very often but I have driven the "I-44 and I-40" route ("old Route 66") through Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas many times. Must be scary to live there.