13 Feb 10
Just wondering what the highest and lowest temps anyone has experianced? Personally the 1st year I lived in Phoenix Arizona in 1990, it hit their all time high of 122F. Then I lived in Ft. Collins Colorado in 2000 and it got down to -22F one night. So a total swing of 144F. Pretty cool I think.
14 Feb 10
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Originally posted by galveston75when i was living in Pakistan, the Punjab, temperature in summer regularly exceeded 50 Celsius, man you could not go outside for more than an hour before you were drenched with sweat, and then they had load shedding where the electricity was cut off and there was no air conditioning nor even a measly fan! i think it reached lower than -22 Celsius in Scotland this winter, reaching as low as -27.5 Celsius. 🙂
Just wondering what the highest and lowest temps anyone has experianced? Personally the 1st year I lived in Phoenix Arizona in 1990, it hit their all time high of 122F. Then I lived in Ft. Collins Colorado in 2000 and it got down to -22F one night. So a total swing of 144F. Pretty cool I think.
14 Feb 10
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThat's very close to my experiance. Kind of cool to feel those differances huh?
when i was living in Pakistan, the Punjab, temperature in summer regularly exceeded 50 Celsius, man you could not go outside for more than an hour before you were drenched with sweat, and then they had load shedding where the electricity was cut off and there was no air conditioning nor even a measly fan! i think it reached lower than -22 Celsius in Scotland this winter, reaching as low as -27.5 Celsius. 🙂
14 Feb 10
Originally posted by galveston75Personally saw temps in the 120's working in Arizona on a traffic light repair truck where we covered about 500 miles a day driving from Tuscon and south, but went to HS in Anchorage, Alaska where I was out in -28F, 148 degree dif. Also saw 28 below in Denver at Lowry AFB where I was in tech school for a year but in Anchorage, the air was totally still and we were plinking with a 44 magnum outside for 45 minutes wearing T shirts, after 45 minutes I noticed my ears were getting a bit frosty🙂.
Just wondering what the highest and lowest temps anyone has experianced? Personally the 1st year I lived in Phoenix Arizona in 1990, it hit their all time high of 122F. Then I lived in Ft. Collins Colorado in 2000 and it got down to -22F one night. So a total swing of 144F. Pretty cool I think.
In Denver ten years later, I was just released from hospital still weak from the end stages of influenza and they let me out in -28 F weather but this time I had to cross a large field separating Lowry 1 from Lowry 2 (the main divisions of the base) and snow was blowing horizontal to the ground.
By the time I crossed the field my face was covered in ice and I barely made it to a barracks, ANYONE's barracks, for shelter, was stunned with cold.
15 Feb 10
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Originally posted by sonhouseThat was a really tuff couple weeks in 1990 when they hit 122. For the week before and the week after it never got below 117 during the day and never under 105 at night....
Personally saw temps in the 120's working in Arizona on a traffic light repair truck where we covered about 500 miles a day driving from Tuscon and south, but went to HS in Anchorage, Alaska where I was out in -28F, 148 degree dif. Also saw 28 below in Denver at Lowry AFB where I was in tech school for a year but in Anchorage, the air was totally still and ...[text shortened]... ice and I barely made it to a barracks, ANYONE's barracks, for shelter, was stunned with cold.
They also closed down Sky Harbor that day because the asphalt was so hot the jets were sinking in it and they were afraid the jets thrust was being affected too much on takeoffs.
18 Feb 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotMy son actually just sent me that site. Awesome isn't even the word for that. I'd love to see that before it's flooded.
haven't been here but it looks interesting.
http://news.discovery.com/earth/naica-big-pics.html
world's largest crystals at Naica Mines
they only let people in for a few minutes without cooling suits
120 deg F at 90 pct humidity.
18 Feb 10
Originally posted by FabianFnaswhat about a North Swedish one, i heard from a very reliable source that you guys go for a sauna then run outside and plunge butt naked into the snow.
Anyone enjoyed a real sauna? A Finnish style one? There we're talking temperature.
Bring a raw egg into the sauna and it's cooked when you leave.