Posted on 01/11/2022 10:02:04 AM PST by Daffynition
Temperatures across New England dipped below zero Tuesday, but on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, a different, more anecdotal metric described the treacherous weather: the air was cold enough to freeze a dish of spaghetti, fork included, in mid-air.
Like a futuristic sculpture memorializing morning-after leftovers, the plate of pasta stood suspended in its place, its fork defying gravity as it hovered several inches off the snowy ground.
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Cool...REALLY cool...
I went ice fishing at 30 below with winds around 30 mph, and also worked outside on a roof that week too. can’t imagine the wind chill at 65 mph and 30 below
I’ve heard of a Three Dog Night, now it’s a Pizza and Fork night.........
>:P
Just make sure it doesn’t come down on your face, just in case your thermometer is off.
You read,right. There used to be a fella who ,I’ve up,there and woild give the weather report every day, can’t remember his name now, but was interesting to hear him give updates on the wildly changing weather
Marty engstram (sp?) was his name, here’s a video,of him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=eNATQANryFc
You know it is cold, when you have the throw you frozen words into a fire, to hear what was said. Thule fun
I once had a powder day at Alta, Utah, back in the 1980s. It was -30 degrees Fahrenheit, but not a lick of wind (thankfully.) It was sunny, and the snow “squeaked” when you walked on it.
So you know how long it took, and the road conditions.
Last summer, Travis Pastrana, set a new record of 5 minutes 28.67 seconds at the 2021 Mt. Washington Hillclimb in an 850 Horsepower Subaru built by Vermont Sports Car, in Milton, VT.
I was the mid point ham radio operator.
He came out of the turn below us airborne, drifted a little and poured it on in the short straight.
Very cool, thanks!
You. This is what we grew up listening to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j_2W6GYMvc
He was a national treasure (well, maybe local treasure) miss hearing his reports
It wasn’t unusual in the 1950s and 1960s to have a month of 40 below zero and colder where I grew up in Worcester and West Bolton, VT.
Sounds like my days at Mt. Tremblant in Canada.
Lol, I sat ona 5 gallon pail fishing. Didn’t have an ice shanty of my own unfortunately. I had a down filled Eddie bower coat that was so warm, I had to keep cooling off during the day. Couldn’t even feel the wind, except on the face. I used to could take the cold well, but no longer.
A friend and I climbed Mt. Washington in August. At the bottom it was over 85. At the summit it was below 40. Thank goodness there was a visitor center up there!
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