You want cold? I gotcher cold right here.

[mckitterick]

Like NEGATIVE-BAZILLION degrees cold, is what!


Click the image to see the Lawrence, KS, forecast courtesy of Weather.com.

(That's in Fahrenheit, folks.)

I was wondering why the furnace kept running and running tonight. Now I know. I'm not happier possessing this knowledge. In weather like this, don't forget to open your under-sink cupboard doors to ensure that the pipes don't freeze. Same goes for any pipes near outer walls: Expose 'em to inside air! This morning, my walk-in attic (where I store extra wine and soda-pop) was 32°F, and the very edge of the attic (where the roofline meets the front-porch ceiling) was just over 20°F. Yes, I have one of those nifty laser temperature sensors, why do you ask?

Brrrr. Going to bed now.

Chris

Comments

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

*sympathy*

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Deathly chills: My favorite!

[normalcyispasse.livejournal.com]

66 today. I do NOT miss Kansas winters, not even one bit.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I don't even know what to say to that.

[chernobylred.livejournal.com]

Tagging this "weather-porn" is an insult to porn.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha!

[tully01.livejournal.com]

-14F (-25C) here in central KS when I got up at dawn. Windchill -30F (-35C). Ten more degreesF of wind chill and it won't matter which scale I use. Forty below is the same on either scale!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Wow!

That's interesting about windchill; didn't know that! So absolute zero with a 40mph wind (stay with me here) wouldn't be absolute-zero-minus-twelve or anything, eh?

[tully01.livejournal.com]

What I mean is that at -40 it doesn't matter whether it's expressed as -40F or -40C, as it's the same temperature. That's where the two scales numerically cross. When you say that (actual or apparent due to wind chill) temp is at -40 and someone asks "Fahrenheit or Celsius?" you can give them That Condescending Look, because it doesn't matter. :-D

[tully01.livejournal.com]

Oh, and ABSOLUTE zero is a different critter. That would be 0 K, or -273C, or -459F. But hey, who really wants zero entropy anyway?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Aw, geez, I knew that....