That article mentioned Stanley, Idaho, just about 2 hours up the road from me as the consistently clodest place in the US (continental). It doesn't seem that cold.
Tom On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:42 PM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> Think you're a tough guy, huh? >> >> How about this: >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8445831.stm >> >> "Situated in an area of Siberia nicknamed "Stalin's Death Ring" (a former >> destination for political exiles), Oymyakon boasts an average winter >> temperature of -45C, with a one-time world record low of -71.2C. >> >> It is home to several hundred people, and until recently a single hotel with >> no hot water and an outside toilet. >> ... >> Nothing grows there, a single shop provides the town's provisions and with >> jobs in short supply most locals resort to reindeer-breeding, hunting and >> ice-fishing for their livelihoods. Ironically, Oymyakon means "non-freezing >> water", situated as it is to a nearby hot spring." > > So, they would only have dial up then. Not good for my web site, I;'ll > just stay here/ > > Dave >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of David J Brooks >>> Sent: 07 January 2010 14:46 >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: -37ºC >>> >>> I have, somewhere here, a Polaroid shot of the weather net >>> work red screen in January of 1996. It was -46C i believe, no >>> wind chill. By the time i drove from our cabin in Longlac to >>> the office, it had dipped to -52C, no wind. I got out of the >>> truck, pounded a wood stake in the ground, just to say i >>> worked at -52.;-) We were pipe lining for Transcanada at the >>> time and we had to wait until it ~warmed up~ to -35 C before >>> they could weld. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > That's how cold it is this morning. >>> > Gads I hate winter. >>> > >>> > William Robb >>> > >>> > -- >>> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >>> directly above and >>> > follow the directions. >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >>> www.caughtinmotion.com >>> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >>> York Region, Ontario, Canada >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >>> above and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
