-114 degrees in Mt Washington (with windchill :P) this morning.

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Fri Jan-16-04 07:43 AM
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-114 degrees in Mt Washington (with windchill :P) this morning.

Edited on Fri Jan-16-04 08:19 AM by BullGooseLoony

I heard there are actually people who are so insane as to live in this place. They may as well be living on the Moon.

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mrbill

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Fri Jan-16-04 07:45 AM
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1. would that freeze the balls off a brass monkey?

n/t

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Fri Jan-16-04 07:45 AM
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2. LOL it'll freeze the balls off of a snowman! nt

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Fri Jan-16-04 07:46 AM
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3. You couldn't pay me enough to work up there

I think there is like 5-6 people up there now, weather observers, naturalists, etcetera.

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Fri Jan-16-04 07:48 AM
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4. Seriously. My girlfriend tells me the industry up there is ice.

The people that live there go into the freezers to warm up.

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Fri Jan-16-04 07:48 AM
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5. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Yow! that's FREEZING!

Sure am glad to be in Los Angeles where it will only get to 70 today!

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matcom

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Fri Jan-16-04 07:50 AM
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6. LOOK AT THESE FREAKS!!!!

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xchrom

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Fri Jan-16-04 07:56 AM
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7. i have body parts threatening

a separation if i keep looking at that picture.

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Fri Jan-16-04 08:05 AM
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8. Are you sure that is without windchill?

if so that would absoluetly shatter the all time North American record
of -81F. I think the wind chill is included in that -114F figure.

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Fri Jan-16-04 08:08 AM
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9. According to Weather.com

it's -28 there with a windchill of -83.

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Fri Jan-16-04 08:10 AM
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10. --114 ? I find that hard to believe.

I just left New Hampshire for the warmer climes of South Carolina, but I can't believe its 114 below, even on Mt. Washington. According to weather.com, its a balmy -28, and even when you do factor in windchill, then its only -78. Where do you get your -114 degre figure?

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Fri Jan-16-04 08:19 AM
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12. Saw it on CNN's weather about an hour ago.

I think it was actually with the windchill, though, and it's gone down to -84 since then.

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Fri Jan-16-04 08:18 AM
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11. -114 was the windchill, the actual was -45

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Fri Jan-16-04 08:19 AM
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13. Right, I think it was with the windchill. nt

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Fri Jan-16-04 08:36 AM
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14. Mars had a high of 11- five degrees warmer than Boston - but gets cold at

night to below -100.

But I think New England is a good spot to get ready for a
Mars trip!

:-)

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Fri Jan-16-04 08:36 AM
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15. I visited the weather station once up at Mount Washington

It was summer though :)

When I worked at a NH radio station back in the 80's (WMWV), we talked to the people on Mt. Washington each morning for the weather...so, they invited the morning DJ & myself (who did news) to come up and check it out...

It's like a fortress up there...it may be minus 100, but they've got total protection from the elements (as long as they stay inside!!!).

pp23

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trogdor

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Fri Jan-16-04 08:42 AM
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16. -70 makes steel as brittle as glass

oilmen in Siberia learned that the hard way.

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