How cold is it outside?

[Dom]

Wow this is the first time Im defenitely not going into the shop to work. I think the tempertature warrants it.

This global warming is gettin pretty bad...

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/local/USIL1057?lswe=Schaumburg,%20IL&lwsa=Weather36HourBusinessTravelerCommand&from=searchbox_typeahead

[brettodie]

7.....

[Granger's Glass]

I don't know but its really damn cold! it is suppose to be in the negatives tomorrow around here.

[chayes]

It is -1 right now. Gonna get a lot colder tonight like -15. The studio is not heated but i'm pretty sure its gonna get up to t-shirt wearing heat in there tonight.:flamethro

[KahunaGlassArt]

theres such a creepy fog out right now. reminds me of that movie with the fog...... aahhh whats it called...... the mist or some stupid thing?
peeps get yanked into the fog and eatin up.
anyways yeah its nipply

[chayes]

Would that be John Carpenter fog(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkqN1Yq6XCc) or Stephen king (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpG8AMsUpdc) fog?

[shark bait]

I wouldn't mind some cooler weather. Yesterday was brutal, you would walk outside and it was like getting punched in face, its damn hot. I wanted to go fishing on my kayak, but I would have got a gnarly sunburn.

[VED]

-20 with -40 wind chills people here are advised to not be outside, its so cold you can throw a glass of water in the air and watch it freeze. i havent worked for days, im so bord

[CurGaNeLLi]

its 78 out and sunny... Ahhhh i love cali!!!

[MUPH]

-40. Around -50 with wind chill. I almost froze the pipes in my basement with make-up air today

[Glacier_Arts_Studio]

right now, it is, clich (http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/local/32503?lswe=32503&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared&from=searchbox_localwx) but,
we are under a hard freeze warning...
supposed to get to somewhere around
26F @ sunrise...

i know that i'm a wussy but,
it's cold and my avocado tree
is covered with a light and the
dog is in front of the electric
heater, right where my toes are...

..

[Icarus]

-6 at the moment, supposed to get down to -14 tonight. I had the day off because they closed the schools, but it was too damn cold to blow glass, so I cleaned the house and fixed two computers. Looking forward to this weekend, it's supposed to get up to 25 or 30, so I'm planning on spending the whole weekend in front of the torch.

[Dom]

Im gonna go try to throw a glass of water in the air and watch it freeze.

[Big Jay]

Its mid 40's here at the low. That means I am working in the studio with sweatpants a long sleeve and a jacket. I keep thinking I want to move up North then the winter comes. I think my blood stops flowing under 50.

[Swampy]

Well you guys are good, I couldn't handle that cold again.

We're currently experiencing a cold front (don't laugh) and it's been raining fine fine rain for two days solid.

When I switched on the kiln this morning it read 19degC before the power kicked in. Made a nice change to work all day fully clothed (with boots on, not sandals).

Sat here tonight in a rugby shirt and tracksuit bottoms drinking tea -brrr!

[KahunaGlassArt]

cant wait to move to hawaii.
get out of this cold crap

[Dom]

Well the water didnt freeze in mid air, so I guess I gotta put in a couple hours of prodo...

[THAT Guy]

Please make a video of you doing this and put that shit on YouTube because that sounds really cool!

*edit* OK, so I just watched a few videos of that and it's not as cool as I thought. Could you take a measuring cup and pour it off a balcony to make a huge icicle?


-20 with -40 wind chills people here are advised to not be outside, its so cold you can throw a glass of water in the air and watch it freeze. i havent worked for days, im so bord

[Galaxie Glass]

Im gonna go try to throw a glass of water in the air and watch it freeze.

I did that earlier and i got icecubes for my troubles....lol

[Meta Glass]

im i in the only place having a heat wave

socal has been straight hot the last few days

[shark bait]

cant wait to move to hawaii.
get out of this cold crap

What part of Hawaii are you moving to?

[Dom]

I wish I lived in socal right now. 72 sound damn nice right now.

[Anzie]

-18c with a windchill of - 32c. Balmy actually. :chilling:

[Michael]

This morning I had a huge pot of boiling water I was steam bending wood in, makes a nasty black sluge. When I tossed it out my aim was a little off & I through it right into my soffit, SHIT! Froze instantly. Black shit everywhere, wife is still bitchin. Another try w/ clean water & better aim worked great. Almost all steam but what doesn't vaporize turns to snow/ice before it hit the ground. That was at -13.

[vetropod]

Hah! It was up to almost 50°F here in sw Montana this afternoon. Everyone was out in shorts and tshirts, and the snow is just shrinking, shrinking, shrinking... This was the second day of these temps, actually. Pretty weird!

[lejeuneglass]

and here we start sniveling when it's lower than 48+! of course when it's summer it can hit 130 (1991)..... i don't even need an oven, just stick it outside..... but it's dry heat (yea, right!)

[Sheilabear]

It's 10 degrees here, I have been working but it sucks even with a heater and underarmor. I have been thinking of moving back up north until weather like this comes, I am NOT cut out for this shit. So I hear New Zealand is nice this time of year...

[ALIEN!]

a balmy -6F in Waukesha/Milwaukee. -25F with windchill. Why am I here? Why is ANYBODY here? Y'know whats fun when its this cold? Shooting cars windshields with supersoakers. (Parked cars! What kind of person you think I am?) lol

[EarthTones]

Man that's COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!!!!! :bummed: I feel bad for you icecubes,man,I'd just be chillin' next to the fireplace with some hot tea & not movin',forget working unless you have a serious heater,or wookie fur,sh*t.Man,Dom,Chicago is the coldest f*ing place I've ever been,just the windchill there will kill you,it feels super cold. I took a shower there in Feb. & wen't out & my hair turned into icecicle dreads,really. I just came in from the shop because I was "cold " & saw this thread,so I checked accuweather for the official temps. Right now 50*,low tonight 36 ,high today & tommorrow 70* & sunny,lol,"cold",not really,but it's all relative I guess. We're an hour N of SF & we've definately had a heatwave here this week,it was 83* on Mon.,this time of year 50-70* for the high is normal,but 50's-60's & rain on & off the most common. One thing about the North CA coast a lot of people back east don''t know is it doesn't rain hardly a drop here from May-Oct.,we get most or all our rain from Nov.-April,the ocean fog( that's why they filmed that cheesy movie here) keeps everything alive during the summer nights,except the grass,which all dies & turns the golden color CA & the West is famous for. Anyways,it's always cold at night here though,if it's 85* during the day,it'll be 45-55* at night,even in July. I grew up in good ol' PA though,so I do know what COLD is & I don't miss it,if I do wan't to be really cold,I'll drive up to Tahoe & board when I have the extra time & $$$:chilling:

[The Lorax]

like 15? just got back from VT where it was -15 on the mt so it doesnt feel that bad

[ALIEN!]

cold enough for 25 members to be on the board at 10 at night all at once!

[menty666]

How cold is it?

It's so cold...I went to take a pee outside, my outtie became an innie and forced me to turn tricks at the bus station for oil money.

It's so cold...even the bum's rush is in slow motion.

It's so cold...I got an ice coffee and some redneck showed up asking if he could put up a little tent and go fishing.

Sorry, one of those moods :)

It's currently 3 F outside with a -11 wind chill. The high tomorrow is expected to be a comparatively mild high of 12 F.

Oh, and tonight was the first time this winter the moisture inside my nose froze when I went outside. I hate that more than icicles in my beard.

[menty666]

a balmy -6F in Waukesha/Milwaukee. -25F with windchill. Why am I here? Why is ANYBODY here? Y'know whats fun when its this cold? Shooting cars windshields with supersoakers. (Parked cars! What kind of person you think I am?) lol

Wow, that kind of sounds like fun :)

[ALIEN!]

Wow, that kind of sounds like fun :)

As long as your victims are deserving lol, its really mean. Another great car trick, freeze a can of barbasol or two (or comparative foaming shaving cream) then peel the can open exposing a big hunk of frozen, unactivated foam. Toss in victims car, wait for it to warm up. Two cans will fill the cab of a small pickup:devilish:
This one is for pedophiles and other degenerates,**dont do this! Spray a little pepper spray or mace on victims car's door handle and/ or a spritz on the steering wheel. **dont do this:tantrum:

[tilman]

in central canada at 11:19 pm its -27 celcius with a wind chill of about -40 celcius. thats fucking cold. there is no keeping warm in the shop. i just spent an hour packing stuff up to go to loic's and the heater didnt even warm it up a bit. froze my fingers and toes. its supposed to be like this for a few more days. we'll see what its like when i get to quebec tomorrow.

[HiAltitude]

Another great car trick, freeze a can of barbasol or two (or comparative foaming shaving cream) then peel the can open exposing a big hunk of frozen, unactivated foam. Toss in victims car, wait for it to warm up. Two cans will fill the cab of a small pickup

Hahaha. That was completely disproven by the mythbusters! lol myth-BUSTED.

[Jimi The Don]

about 10ish or less in rhody, my shops heated though..

[vetropod]

Well, I feel for all you folks experiencing the cold. For the week before we skipped town for the holidays, we had a high of minus 10°F for the week. It was down to about 30 (or so) below at night, not including windchill.

Actually the cold caused a cool implosion-type effect in one of the water bottles in our car, packed the night before the drive started. I've got no idea as to how this actually happened, except maybe that it froze damn fast...

http://www.wesleyfleming.com/gallery/water-bottle-implosion.jpg

[ALIEN!]

Hahaha. That was completely disproven by the mythbusters! lol myth-BUSTED.

DAMN! I never got to try that one! Damn bubble bursting mythbusters:wes: lol

[Johan]

yeah..that explosion thing happened to a bottle in my car tooo. i sat there for like 10 minutes trying to figure it out. it literally loked like an explosion...coool stuff.

anyways it's 3 degrees and the wind chill sucks. I hate the winter when its like this.



Winter Depresssion

[mystykbead]

-6 here, not sure what the wind chill is but I know its cold enough for the dog not to want to venture off the deck to pee.

[kebira]

Northshore MA...-10 right now. It's so weird. When it gets zippo and below I'm pissing every ten minutes. Shit just wrings me out.

...gotta go again...

[neonguy]

It's -20 below zero this morning! We are at 79 hours of below zero weather and counting. It's predticed to be above freezing next week!:bouncy:

[Swampy]

You folks are crazy to live there, whatever do you find to do to keep warm?

[MUPH]

It's -20 below zero this morning! We are at 79 hours of below zero weather and counting. It's predticed to be above freezing next week!:bouncy:

The heat wave is coming.. Im going to be in shorts next week

[Anzie]

-26c with a windchill of -38c. My dog needed to be "encouraged" to go outside this morning for a pee. And my cat pee'd in a dog foot print, didn't even wait to cover it up either. lol

[Sharp Glass]

The air bubbles in the water bottle are from the inherint disolved air in water, as the water freezes the air seperates out (it has to be REALLY cold for air to freeze, think LOX). Cooler water has more disolved air in it, so more bubbles. hot water has less, so you get ice that is more clear. I went to Michigan Tech and made the big Winter Carnival Statues for years, I did a lot of work with ice, we would freeze balloons, if we let them freeze all the way through, they looked just like an implosion marble, the bubbles get pushed toward the center as the balloon freezes from the outside and neck toward the middle/largest part leaving a thin trail, and end up having nowhere to go, and then get incapuslated. The trick for really clear ice is either distilled (expensive) or HOT AS HELL water, and do not disturb it during the freezing process. I have made windows for the statues that are 4' x 8' by 4" thick that you can barely tell are there. Back then we loved this cold weather, you could get more done!
-20 on the west side of MI yesterday AM...

[steven p selchow]

We have our annual snow sculpting and ice carving festival starting today thru Sunday, then the winner goes on to the National event in Lake Geneva. First day my car didn't start, it was a balmy 15 below zero at 10 am. To bad I won't be here for it, I have to go to Green Bay for a tournament tonite and tomorrow, but I'll take some pics of the sculptures Sunday, thats judgement day, and post some cool pics.

Steve

[CitizenNot]

well it's fucking cold here. of course i had to order a tank on the coldest day of the year! damn lift on the truck froze, that was fun

[FredLight]

Weird, all that cold everywhere but here.

I have been wearing shorts for the past 4 days.

I'm actually sick of it, it's confusing. Snowing on the news, people covered from head to toe, and we have the A/C running.

All you Global Warming naysayers should meet up with the Global Dimming people. You'll figure it out.

[Dom]

Fred you are one lucky mother, to be able to live in a climate where the temp doesnt vary more than 30 degrees either way.

[Squirrel]

Warm when there's glass in the frame :D

[EarthTones]

Dude,these temps. some of you guys are having are unf-ingbelieveable!:depressed My gf's sister lives in Milwaukee & they say it gets -30 & like -5 to 0 for the high at points,F that!,even PA never got close to that cold. I just got home from landscaping,70*,flowers blooming everywhere & I've been sporting a t-shirt & shorts all day & just a warm hoodie in the morning & evening,life is good:bouncy:

[Mecha]

Ooooh, look at me, I'm in a t-shirt oooh....

Shove it :tongue2:

Now I know how my friends felt in VT and MA when I lived in AZ. Karma's a bitch....

Off to gather more wood for the goddamn stove. F you old man winter!

[EarthTones]

Ooooh, look at me, I'm in a t-shirt oooh....

Shove it :tongue2:

Now I know how my friends felt in VT and MA when I lived in AZ. Karma's a bitch....

Off to gather more wood for the goddamn stove. F you old man winter!

Ha,ha,ha:D Well,I lived my first 20 years in Pennsylvania,so I've done my time with old man winter:depressed,that's why I can taunt you a little. 20 years was enough,I saved some $, packed my stuff & came out here all on my own years ago,with nothin',glad i did.Man it's warm out,I should put on some sun screen honestly,but,oh well:D

[Mecha]

Ha,ha,ha:D Well,I lived my first 20 years in Pennsylvania,so I've done my time with old man winter:depressed,that's why I can taunt you a little. 20 years was enough,I saved some $, packed my stuff & came out here all on my own years ago,with nothin',glad i did.Man it's warm out,I should put on some sun screen honestly,but,oh well:D

I'd be right there with you if I could my freind. Trust me.

But for now.....

I hope you choke on that sunscreen!:evilLaugh

[Dom]

Well I guess it got warmer outside, the temp is up to -5 wiht -21 windchill.

Awesome.:fworks

[KahunaGlassArt]

sorry sharkbait forgot i posted on this thread.
im moving to O'ahu

[Cosmo]

It was 16 here earlier tonight. The radio said the wind chill was -5.

No snow in sight, though... :(

[EarthTones]

Well I guess it got warmer outside, the temp is up to -5 wiht -21 windchill.

Awesome.:fworks

FREZUS Christ! Yeah,that Great lakes area is the coldest feeling place in the US. Like I said,we talk to my gf's sister just N. of you & she casually say,yeah it was -25 last night with 3 ft. of snow,it's -5 today,but I'm going to go for a jog to get out?!!!!!? A jog!! I shit you not,she's crazy.
PS. Mecha,I never put sunscreen on earlier,I barely ever do,so I'll probaly just die of cancer,between that & using all that green exotic for iso,so you won't have to wish me for to choke:twitch:

[IF-Designs]

were about -8 tonight yesterday was -16 when i went to bed and it got down to about -35 with windchill.......

[MUPH]

32 ABOVE this morning with 2 inches. Its a heat wave

[VED]

25 today, when i walked out side to ckeck the kiln i was shocked it was almost nice in comparison.

[dirtyglass]

15 during the day, below 0 at night here in rochester ny.

[Mac Maestro]

Just rode bikes with my daughters to pick oranges. (For OJ) About 70 degrees at 6PM.

[Mecha]

That's nice of you guys to send OJ a care package. I am sure he misses fresh oranges.

[p.j.]

this morning it was 6....it warmed up to 19 though

[Mecha]

Right now 11. Tomorrow, 24!

My dogs are going to be so happy! No more frosty paws! Suzee still has to wear her ridiculous sweater, but the walk will be much more enjoyable!

Bring on the HEAT wave!

[glassdocnc]

29 outside, 102.2 fever inside - flu I think. Felt fine yesterday and this morning now I feel like crap.

[ras_eel]

last night was -31C before windchill :eeek

[Lurch]

damn that is cold

[sertaiz]

hahahaha sharkbait
im moving to warm places sooooo soon, its good to see this last winter to know what im not gonna have to handle
i rode a road bike to my parents house for christmas dinner on 2 inches of ice/snow, that was fun.

[Ben Burton Glass]

I don't know how a lot of you do it... I can't deal with the cold any more... if it's below 60, I'm over it, and just thinking about those negative temps makes my body hurt... But props to everyone that deals with it...

It was a super nice 75 degrees on my drive home from the Waikiki Artfest today... I bet it was in the low 80's for most of the day and there were bikinis galore :D

Aloha!

[Johan]

ben...can i come live with you? I'll work for food and shelter. pleaaaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeee????

[EarthTones]

I don't know how a lot of you do it... I can't deal with the cold any more... if it's below 60, I'm over it, and just thinking about those negative temps makes my body hurt... But props to everyone that deals with it...

It was a super nice 75 degrees on my drive home from the Waikiki Artfest today... I bet it was in the low 80's for most of the day and there were bikinis galore :D

Aloha!

Wow,this guy's even making me feel freezing cold! It was only 70* here today & the low tonight is 35*! I wen't to the beach earlier,but no bikinis,just t-shirts/sweatshirts & jeans,but bikinis on a Norcal beach are rare,even in July the beaches here are a freezing 50* & windy & foggy half the time,we get the occassional heat out there,but it's mostly chilly.I gotta get over to Hawaii,I've never been there.Today was alright though,sunny,no wind & some BIG gnarly waves,can't complain,at least it's not -20*.

[CripSkillz]

i can see my breath

[Aymie]

That's nice of you guys to send OJ a care package. I am sure he misses fresh oranges.

I just got on here to gloat...but I can't stop laughing out loud at this.


Back to the gloating...I am heading out to my garage/studio in shorts and a tank top...the sun is shining...if I had a beer it would be getting warm...and I'll save you the trouble of typing it AND getting scorned by the mods...I am an effin B and I should go eff myself....which would probably cause me to break a sweat because it is so warm here.

[PyroChixRock]

It's been in the 70's the last week here. Gorgeous outside today. :)

[Mecha]

I going to be in San Antonio visiting family in a couple of weeks. It better still be hot there!

Although, anything above forty will be t shirt and shorts weather at this point!

[Aymie]

It won't be hot...and it may be chilly to us...but it is rarely below the high fifties at worst in the daytime recently. If you are coming from the cold you will love it.

And San Antonio kinda blows...Austin is much nicer...while you are in town you should help your family move.

[budman8778]

yup, lookin pretty nice on maui today... about 85 with a nice breeze... just tore down the shop yesterday though... so no work for the remainder of my stay...:-(

[steven p selchow]

heres some pics of the flake out festival snow sculptures....

[Mecha]

"kind of blows"..

that's putting it mildly (sorry to any San Antonians out there). It does have "The Landing" down on the River walk, which is nice, but if I have to go to the F'ing alamo one more F'ing time I am gonna puke.

I definitely prefer Austin. I am going to visit my Grandfather. He is of the conservative persuasion to say the least. He and his wife like Austin, but refer to it as "bohemian" and "weird". No moving for them! Luckily they are outside of downtown in Leon Valley with the other rich folks.

Most of that side of my family comes from a town out in west texas called Big Spring. Talk about "kind of blows".

Fifties is hot right now! If you see some pasty white guy in shorts and sandals, be sure to say high as I will have made my way up to your neck of the woods!

[steven p selchow]

some big files

[Aymie]

Big Spring huh? I actually know a lot of people from that town.


If you are going to be in town for a while you should definitely make it up to Austin...lots of really good glassblowers here.

Matter of fact, all of you suffering in the cold should just go on an adventure to Texas.

[RamblezMarblez]

It's so fucking cold out (0 degrees) Only a hot tub and a bunch of beers would get me back into the studio. I'd have to keep my propane heater on high if I went out there. :twitch: