A warm Tuesday, 16/12/2008

[Snow Yeti]

Well you lucky guys, warmer there than here. Have a good days, 9 days left to do ya shopping!

Check this forecast out for top of mountain at Revelstoke! graemlins/brr.gif graemlins/brr.gif graemlins/brr.gif

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1573/132/53/690737550/n690737550_1611057_1217.jpg

[Xena]

Can you blow some over to Big White and Whistler please Mr Yeti????

[Xena]

Holy crap - I just saw -58, man we are so unprepared !

[BrumbyJack]

Yeah, warm tuesday, well it's a pretty damned cold Monday, but it's actually pretty nice out in the sun. -30c at Kicking Horse...brrr.

[BrumbyJack]

BTW, that's -30c in downtown Golden, not windchill smile.gif

Lucky my car started first go!!! :eek:

[24]

good morning everyone - hope you have plenty of layers to wear yetisan!

[chunky]

OUch. Lots of frostbite warnings coming up for those days.

[D-Dog]

u sure they arent typos, -45oC, thats nuts.

morning workers, have a good one for those who r still at works

[bdenny4]

Shhhheeeeesh thats cold!
Morning everyone
:cool:

[Jahoota]

at -45 I sure wouldnt be ducking behind a big pine for a slash. Keep everything tucked in that weather or it might drop off. graemlins/brr.gif

[ 16.12.2008, 08:12 AM: Message edited by: Jahoota ]

[SnowSnow]

Morning.

[karen97]

Morning :D graemlins/outtahere.gif

[Swede]

Morning all, have a great day.

[Xena]

Originally posted by Jahoota:
at -45 I sure wouldnt be ducking behind a big pine for a slash. Keep everything tucked in that weather or it might drop off. graemlins/brr.gif I am freaking out about going to Canada in 12 days - this is serious cold!

[SnoWhite]

Originally posted by Jahoota:
at -45 I sure wouldnt be ducking behind a big pine for a slash. Keep everything tucked in that weather or it might drop off. graemlins/brr.gif You have such a way with words. graemlins/big_laugh.gif A very wise warning though. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_4_4v.gif

[Straight_Line]

*waves*

[Bear]

Morning. So hard to get motivated today after a flex day yesterday including Yum Cha.

[popshuvit]

Hello all.. yet another day in this job. :(
Yum Cha hey bear... I hope you drunk a few beers to get rid of the taste.

[Ash]

Morning all.

[Jahoota]

Originally posted by Bear:
Morning. So hard to get motivated today after a flex day yesterday including Yum Cha. flex day? man, thats sooooooooo 80's.

[BlueHue]

Originally posted by Xena.:
Holy crap - I just saw -58, man we are so unprepared ! Thats what central heating, log fires and alcohol are for!

I would not worry too much about those temps. 12 days till you leave? These artic blasts usually only come once or twice a year to southern BC and they usually pass in a week or two. By the time you'r there will probably be back to a fairly normal temps with -5s and -10s

[Bear]

Xena you are going to Whistler aren't you? It is always much warmer there (-10 to -15C). :D

[Tobi]

Morning all.

[Podlettte]

Morning all,

WOW! those temps look pretty insane, Id like to catch the tail end of it just to experience what it's like, but not for the whole trip!

[BrumbyJack]

We didn't go up the hill today because they only had the gondola running and it was -30 to -35, but Snow Princess just came in from Skate Skiing around our front yard just as the sun came down... apart from being really slow because of the super cold snow she said it was pretty good. We have a short groomed XC loop in our yard, the owners dog kept her company smile.gif

[Podlettte]

slow because of cold snow? How does that work? Is it as slow as wet snow?

[BrumbyJack]

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1797/171/18/583083266/n583083266_1162729_4832.jpg

The view out my front door... more to come, very slow upload.

[BrumbyJack]

Slow as in she only has violet wax on her skis... she should have blue or green.

Cold snow is like skiing on glass crystals, it bites into the wax/base of the ski.

[BlueHue]

Cold snow bites alright, I did a core shot once in -20C temps by skiing over a little pebble sized ice/snow cookie!

[BlueHue]

Nice view BrumbyJack.

I'm not jealous..... really I'm not graemlins/cold.gif

[BrumbyJack]

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1797/171/18/583083266/n583083266_1162751_8817.jpg
A closer look, the Purcell Mountains to our left, the Rocky Mountains to our right, we are right on the Columbia River.

The ski loop is in the foreground, to the right of the BBQ seats.

[Bear]

Originally posted by BlueHue:
Nice view BrumbyJack.

I'm not jealous..... really I'm not graemlins/cold.gif Even if you're not I am. :(

[eckstar]

Afternoon all , 3 more days left in the office before I join the ranks of the unemployed

[ 16.12.2008, 02:01 PM: Message edited by: eckstar ]

[Snow Yeti]

Well I went up to the Gondola today, it was -42 wind chill and my eyelids were sticking everytime I went to blink. I had to take my glasses off as ice formed and froze. My nose became a frozen pipe and I had to breath through my mouth.

I was taking many photos, after about 3 minutes, I couldn't feel my finger press on the camera anymore (took gloves off). Went into warming hut for five, went out again and took more from the patio. Then downloaded and was getting up and down in the gondola to warm up.

Went into day lodge and back to work !!!!!! Not going skiing at all this week, -59 wind chills for Friday morning, and it's for real. I think those temps I posted are moderate!!!

I took about 180 photos today from top to bottom and at work, gonna go for a shower and warm up and have a look at the photos!

Photos coming soon!

I'm sick again, for the third time in a month, I hate this weather!!! I just bought some cold-fx to help boost my immune system with a bit of ginseng!

[SnoWhite]

Originally posted by eckstar:
Afternoon all , 3 more days left in the office before I join the ranks of the unemployed :( That ****s ekstar. Or is it a good thing?

[Snow Yeti]

Just had this for afternoon tea

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v644/132/53/690737550/n690737550_1614864_3437.jpg

smile.gif

[BrumbyJack]

Well, I'm just about to go to bed.

Curiousity got the better of me as to what the white on the back of the front door was... It's ice graemlins/big_laugh.gif I got RedBull to take some pics before I rolled up a towel and put it across the bottom of the door.

Ice on the inside of the double glazed windows too!!! :eek:

It's nice and warm inside but I'm guessing the heating is working overtime to keep it that way.

Lucky I put new Snow Tyres on my car today, heard on the news tonight there is a shortage of them, especially in my size!!!

Current temperature check has it as -31c graemlins/snow_cool.gif

[SnoWhite]

Yeti, I'm guessing whatever's used to make those colours can't possibly be good for you!

[SnoWhite]

Originally posted by BrumbyJack:
Current temperature check has it as -31c graemlins/snow_cool.gif :eek: graemlins/brr.gif

[BlueHue]

pfft thats not cold!

try this place:

http://www.worldandi.com/specialreport/2001/february/Sa21250.htm

;) tongue.gif

[SA]

Brass monkeys!

[main street]

Originally posted by Xena.:
Holy crap - I just saw -58, man we are so unprepared ! Don't stress X !!

It's a polar outbreak causing the super cold temps & by the time you get over there, things will have settled down a bit.

You'll be fine.

smile.gif

[Totalyrottn]

Afternoon Snowatchers :D

[TC]

Verkhoyansk, situated on the bank of the Yana River in the Russian republic of Yakutia, has the distinction of being the coldest place in the Northern Hemisphere. If you work on the theory that the farther north you go from the equator the colder it gets, you would expect the North Pole to be the coldest place, but Verkhoyansk, which lies some 150 miles south, gets much colder. The town first made history on January 15, 1885, when the record-breaking temperature of --90.4*F was measured there, a record that still stands, though it has come close to being broken a few times. In 1996, for example, despite global warming, a temperature of --85*F was recorded. Though Verkhoyansk competes with another town in Yakutia, Oimyakon, for the dubious privilege of being the coldest town in the world, most climatologists agree that Verkhoyansk is the winner.
i gotta go

[Snow Yeti]

Brumby I just put a towel over my window, even though it has some blinds on it. Cold air coming in. It's so cold. I have a queen size duvet bought especially for this weather!!!!

Might need an electric blanket too soon!!!

[Podlettte]

WOW, ice on the inside of windows and doors! That's cold

[Legolas]

Originally posted by TC:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> Verkhoyansk, situated on the bank of the Yana River in the Russian republic of Yakutia, has the distinction of being the coldest place in the Northern Hemisphere. If you work on the theory that the farther north you go from the equator the colder it gets, you would expect the North Pole to be the coldest place, but Verkhoyansk, which lies some 150 miles south, gets much colder. The town first made history on January 15, 1885, when the record-breaking temperature of --90.4*F was measured there, a record that still stands, though it has come close to being broken a few times. In 1996, for example, despite global warming, a temperature of --85*F was recorded. Though Verkhoyansk competes with another town in Yakutia, Oimyakon, for the dubious privilege of being the coldest town in the world, most climatologists agree that Verkhoyansk is the winner.
i gotta go </font>[/QUOTE]picsorban TC, because I aint never goin!!!

[Podlettte]

We've got a young ringtail possum on the verandah. it's very cute looking, however it also eats all the herbs, for which I have bought some chicken wire to put over the top so it can't get to them!!!

licking the verandah where the peach fell

[chunky]

Do you have to put heating blankets on your cars Brumby and Yeti?

[eckstar]

Originally posted by SnoWhite:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by eckstar:
Afternoon all , 3 more days left in the office before I join the ranks of the unemployed :( That ****s ekstar. Or is it a good thing? </font>[/QUOTE]I'm not sure SW , I guess I'll have an answer in about 6 months. Either way I'm looking forward to some time off.

[SnoWhite]

Well if you don't have another job in 6 months, you could come and work the ski season! I might even have a room for rent. graemlins/big_laugh.gif Seriously though, enjoy and bit of a break and I'm sure something good will come along. smile.gif

[eckstar]

Thanks for the offer SW ;) The payout was generous so it will afford me quite a bit of time to explore my options i.e lot's of snow trips this coming winter smile.gif

[BlueHue]

here ya go Legs. The road to Verkhoyanks.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b338/unospaseos/roadtoVerkhoyansk.jpg

Average temp -50C in January apparently :eek:

[Snow Yeti]

Originally posted by chunky:
Do you have to put heating blankets on your cars Brumby and Yeti? I don't have a car, well I have access to one, but nope

You just scrape it and dig your car out in the morning ;)

I get picked up every morning to work though