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Cold dis-comfort: Antarctica set record of -135.8
bigstory.ap.org ^ | ap

Posted on 12/09/2013 5:04:25 PM PST by Morgana

WASHINGTON (AP) — Feeling chilly? Here's cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data says set a record for "soul-crushing" cold.

Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit below zero; that's 93.2 degrees below zero Celsius, which sounds only slightly toastier. Better yet, don't try it. That's so cold scientists say it hurts to breathe.

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KEYWORDS: antarctic; antarctica; brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr; eastantarctica; globalcooling; recordcold; recordtemperature
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To: catfish1957

Helps to read the article I guess. This record took place in August 2010. Three years to announce this?


21 posted on 12/09/2013 5:20:15 PM PST by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: catfish1957

Read the article much? ;)


22 posted on 12/09/2013 5:20:20 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Utilizer
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23 posted on 12/09/2013 5:21:22 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Morgana

That’s 25°F cooler than the temperature of dry ice at STP.

It’s right around the coldest temperatures measured on the surface of Mars by the Curiosity rover. Typical daytime temperatures on Mars rise to about 0°C, and sometimes to +10°C.


24 posted on 12/09/2013 5:21:25 PM PST by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: eclecticEel

Not only August, but August 2010. AGW whackos must have wanted ot keep it under wraps.


25 posted on 12/09/2013 5:21:50 PM PST by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Most who blow money like that are likely extreme narcissist...They do this so they can brag to the neighbors when they get back...As if playing tourist somehow makes them smart or highly educated...Some of the dumbest and or most ignorant people I’ve ever known in my life, had lots of money...


26 posted on 12/09/2013 5:22:10 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Morgana

does this mean we will see boat loads of penguins landing on the shores of Cuba and Florida? oh wait, wrong pole?


27 posted on 12/09/2013 5:24:47 PM PST by Cruz_West_Paul2016
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To: FreeReign

I beat your gig by 5 sec. :)


28 posted on 12/09/2013 5:25:32 PM PST by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: Morgana
Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit below zero; ... That's so cold scientists say it hurts to breathe.

Hah, it hurts to breathe when it hits 20 above Fahrenheit.

But he said scientists do routinely make naked 100 degree below zero dashes outside in the South Pole,

But that's only after they've been driven mad by not seeing the sun for six months.

29 posted on 12/09/2013 5:28:22 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
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To: Morgana
Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit below zero; that's 93.2 degrees below zero Celsius

I have to call BS. Carbon dioxide freezes at -78.5 Celsius. Are there quantities of dry ice lying about down there?

30 posted on 12/09/2013 5:30:36 PM PST by Spirochete (Does the FedGov have the attributes of a legitimate government?)
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To: KarlInOhio

Its not the cold so much as it is the wind chill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smgGCvMTG5M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2SeEzxMuE


31 posted on 12/09/2013 5:35:50 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Morgana

Dayum. I like to keep my beer cold outside, but even I think this is a little too much.


32 posted on 12/09/2013 5:36:08 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Morgana

Ah. Thanks for the clarification.


33 posted on 12/09/2013 5:39:44 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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To: catfish1957
LOL.

I'll admit I had the same question and almost posted it without reading the article too.

34 posted on 12/09/2013 5:40:55 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: ClearCase_guy
It’s a happy family situation. Just a little odd when it comes to money. But that’s just the way it goes!

I am happy to say that in the many, many years in which I have known My in-laws, I have never expected anything more than, or anything over, a U.S. penny of support from them.

And in the time I have known them, they have never failed to even come close to My expectations.

But, just to add insult to injury, I have also always made it plain that their hatred of Me simply makes Me smile all the harder. I do so love infuriating them so. *grin*

35 posted on 12/09/2013 5:46:23 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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Just because one spot on Earth has set records for cold that has little to do with global warming because it is one spot in one place, said Waleed Abdalati, an ice scientist at the University of Colorado and NASA's former chief scientist.

Yeah, well Waleed ya moonbat whacko, want to explain why the ice pack has increased by over 60% at that other "spot"....the Arctic Circle?

Still a parasite I see. How'd that mooselimb outreach deal work out for you?

36 posted on 12/09/2013 5:47:15 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Morgana

Doesn’t the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere start forming dry ice at around that temperature?


37 posted on 12/09/2013 5:52:01 PM PST by apillar
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To: ClearCase_guy

They should hope that no unfairly disadvantaged Liberal entitlement freaks decide to liberate that money from them in the interests of fair play and the fact that Lord 0bama sez “they didn’t earn that, didn’t make that, didn’t come by it fairly”.


38 posted on 12/09/2013 5:56:03 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: 1rudeboy

Watching Top Gear now. The episode where they drove to the north pole is a hoot. Its just starting on BBC America.


39 posted on 12/09/2013 6:01:03 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

*laugh* Have to admit; I would seriously consider purchasing such a refrigerator if they offered it as an option on the models I am considering. *grin*


40 posted on 12/09/2013 6:13:19 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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