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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 117 points 10 months ago

I just got this beauty of an alert.

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

[-] hungryphrog 63 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Sounds like a perfect time to have a minimum-wage worker bring you food!

(jokes aside I hope you're ok)

[-] crank0271@lemmy.world 93 points 10 months ago

Don't worry, they're not paid minimum wage. They're contractors so there's no such thing. 😊

[-] hungryphrog 14 points 10 months ago
[-] Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

But because they're contractors, they're not required to drive in that weather either.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 18 points 10 months ago

Nobody is required to work. You can also starve.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Homes in this area are built for it. The big risk is a power outage, and even then the basement should stay above freezing for at least a day.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 23 points 10 months ago

30 below expected? What was expected?

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

"30 below [zero]" expected

[-] Halosheep@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

0 degrees, clearly.

[-] _____@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Funnily enough meteorologists have all sorts of short phrases like that that I find equally confusing, it's like half broken English but it works

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

30 below is expected.

[-] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago
[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 30 points 10 months ago

IT'S GOING TO BE COLD OUTSIDE, BROTHER. MAKE SURE YOU DRESS APPROPRIATELY, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BAD WEATHER, JUST BAD CLOTHING.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS BAD WEATHER, JUST BAD CLOTHING.

Except for high wet bulb temperatures. That shit will kill you even if you're naked.

[-] reddfugee@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Dress: Appropriate

Generator: Fueled

Hog: Cranked

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

This guy knows.

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

IF IT GETS TOO COLD YOU MIGHT CRACK YOUR HOG WHEN YOU GO TO CRANK IT. NOBODY WANTS THAT!

[-] Senseless@feddit.org 9 points 10 months ago
[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

New Englanders say that too! We also respond to others concerned about our wellbeing in the rain: “I’m not made of sugar,” though we have an answer that Germans don’t say: “but you are pretty sweet.”

[-] Senseless@feddit.org 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

TIL.

I guess Germans don't have that answer because for a German "No scolding is praise enough."

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I’m an American immigrant married to a German, and it definitely took us a bit to adjust to each other’s feedback styles- he thought every dish he made was my new absolute favorite, and I thought he disliked my cooking at first, because I’d say something was delicious and he’d say it was fine, lol.

But I’ll take it, because this way Germans think I’m quick witted when I respond with that.

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months 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.

[-] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months 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.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months 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.

[-] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

You might be used to it and prepared for it, but it’s still bloody cold!

[-] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months 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.

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months 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.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Correct. Actual is expected to be -23° Farenheit.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months 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.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

That’s…. Not that cold? It gets normally down to -32c/f here, and that’s without windchill.

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 13 points 10 months ago

Bud that’s frostbite in 30 minutes territory, that’s cold.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago
[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 10 points 10 months ago

In 20 years, it’ll be a temperate climate.

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