CarrieMpls said:

So what happens at 0F?

GangstaFam said:

oohhh.. It takes a lot for the Great Lakes to freeze cause they're so big.
I don't live near one, though. Superior is about a 2 hour drive for me.

retina said:

It's really fucking cold!!!!!

CarrieMpls said:

Okay, let me rephrase the question: What made them pick that particular temperature and call it zero?

CarrieMpls said:

It's currently 12 degrees. That's -11 for you. It'll get down to about 4 (-16) tonight and about 0 (-18) this weekend.

CarrieMpls said:

It's gross, but I'll say it - your nose hair freezes when you breathe in air that cold. Yuck.

retina said:

www.wikipedia.com

retina said:

I don't know. I don't think there's much rhyme or reason. It's not completely logical. It doesn't make sense like the metric system does.

RipHer2Shreds said:

It HURTS too. It hurts to breathe!

RipHer2Shreds said:

GangstaFam said:

I'm in!!!

RipHer2Shreds said:

I wonder if you punch someone on the nose at that temperature, the inside of their nose gets ripped to shreds by all those little nose hair icicles? Maybe that's even what your username is referring to?

retina said:

I think you're trying too hard. But I encourage creativity, so keep on.


learn how to spell edit
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GangstaFam said:

The way I understand it is that basically, lake-effect snow is when a snow storm passes over a lake and draws moisture from the lake, leading to the production of more snow (b/c of the extra moisture in the air) which then falls as heavy, wet snow once the storm gets over land again (usually on the east side of the lake, as weather patterns generally go from west to east). I lived in Chicago for 6 years and while we never got lake-effect snow, northwestern Indiania and southwestern Michigan were always getting bitch slapped with Lake Michigan's lake-effect snow.

retina said:

Doesn't it have to do with what measures it?

superspaceboy said:

WIKI!

There are a few competing versions of the story of how Fahrenheit came to devise his temperature scale. According to Fahrenheit himself in an article he wrote in 1724 [1] he determined three fixed points of temperature. The zero point is determined by placing the thermometer in a mixture of ice, water, and sodium chloride (or sea salt). This is a type of frigorific mixture. The mixture automatically stabilizes its temperature at 0 degrees F. He then put a alcohol or mercury thermometer into the mixture and let the liquid in the thermometer descend to its lowest point. The second point is the 32nd degree found by mixing ice and water without the salt. His third point, the 96th degree, was the level of the liquid in the thermometer when held in the mouth or under the armpit. Fahrenheit noted that, using this scale, mercury boils at around 600 degrees.

HamsterHuey said:

WOW good points,

Now is that true

PREDOMINANT said:

Personally I do not care, as we use the sensible Celcius scale.

HamsterHuey said:

True enough

CalhounSq said:

Yeah,we are spoiled here in California,aren't we? Nice weather all year round.We have the nerve to complain when we get a little rain,lol.

It's funny though...I have this crazy desire to spend a Christmas in Chicago,just to see what it's like.I have relatives there,so maybe one day I'll be bold enough to try it
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CalhounSq said:

Yesterday,I went jogging with shorts and a T-shirt on In California,it's like we don't even get a "real" winter at all,lol.

CarrieMpls said:

I always wondered how do people drive in snow.Isn't it...dangerous? On the freeways? I assume that people don't drive the regular speed.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

In California,you can get through the entire year without ever needing to wear a coat or a scarf or gloves,for that matter.

CalhounSq said:

You have nothing to apologize for. Your attempts at instilling jealousy do not work. I like the snow.

SoulAlive said:

It is very dangerous, yes. But our cars are equipped with better tires and you learn how to drive in it.
And yes, things slow down a whole heap. Through the worst of it earlier this week I didn't go more than 20 miles an hour on the freeway, and you leave a stopping distance of about 8 car lengths in front of you.

i should have never checked the weather channel. it is 17degrees here in Chicago. i have a million things to do and now I dont want to go out. I hate winter

heybaby said:

It's 11 here.



Highs are only gonna be in the teens all weekend.

heybaby said:

I want to go to Chicago in the wintertime,just to see what it's like

CarrieMpls said:

sucks

CarrieMpls said:

interesting.I guess you just have to give yourself alot of time,so you don't arrive at work late?