Frozen Britain satellite image: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8447023.stm
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
