Posted on 01/16/2018 12:26:03 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
MOSCOW - Even thermometers can't keep up with the plunging temperatures in Russia's remote Yakutia region, which hit minus 67 degrees Celsius (minus 88.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas Tuesday.
In Yakutia - a region of 1 million people about 3,300 miles (5,300 kilometers) east of Moscow - students routinely go to school even in minus 40 degrees. But school was canceled Tuesday throughout the region and police ordered parents to keep their children inside.
Over the weekend, two men froze to death when they tried to walk to a nearby farm after their car broke down. Three other men with them survived because they were wearing warmer clothes, investigators reported.
But the press office for Yakutia's governor said Tuesday that all households and businesses in the region have working central heating and access to backup power generators.
Residents of Yakutia are no strangers to cold weather and this week's cold spell was not even dominating local news headlines Tuesday.
But some media outlets published cold-weather selfies and stories about stunts in the extreme cold. Women posted pictures of their frozen eyelashes, while YakutiaMedia published a picture of Chinese students who got undressed to take a plunge in a thermal spring.
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Many years ago in my cross country skiing days when I lived in Milwaukee, WI that was a perfect skiing temperature, especially with a bright blue sky and cold, white snow. It was easy to work up a body temperature that kept me warm and dry, allowing me to go many miles. Indeed, the way to spot a novice was to look for somebody who was over dressed. The key to proper dressing was to be acutely cold at the start of a run, work hard, get warm, and then go all day.
Which is why I'm looking for a midwestern craft distillery that makes a good gin. Plenty of good small distilleries south of here that make decent bourbon/whiskey, but in the summer I prefer gin.
“That’s right Honey, I’m not an alcoholic... I’m just keeping my internal radiator cool... *hicup...”
In the Age of Sail warships with cannons kept the iron cannonballs stacked near each cannon for reloading.
To prevent the round cannonballs from rolling all around the pitching deck they were kept in a brass tray alongside each cannon.
The brass tray called a "monkey" was sized to be a close fit to hold the cannonballs firmly in place.
In extremely cold weather the thin metal of the monkey would contract faster than the dense iron of the cannonballs.
If the monkey became too small it could no longer hold the cannonballs properly and they would come loose.
In other words, it could become cold enough to freeze the cannonballs off the brass monkey.
So, are you a Humerist?
Proper conversions, If I recall my thermodynamics course from 40 years ago:
Celsius (Centigrade) converts to Kelvin
Farenheit converts to Rankin
Not guilty
A number of years ago I got the ‘pleasure’ of experiencing -45F north of Edmonton, AB. It was so cold it was painful.
Not exactly.
The Thermal Coefficients of Expansion of iron and brass aren’t that different.
Yes, I’ve experienced -40....in Saskatchewan...too cold to go outside for anything except running from car to house. And, getting gas? NOOOOO. -88 has to be BRUTAL.
No, Kant really appreciate Hume that much.
Didn’t anyone warn them not to let Al Gore talk about global warming there?
:)
I was in Minneapolis once and it was -36 with the wind chill. You would think after zero how much colder can it get. Walked two blocks or so and you could feel you noose and ears begin to get frost bite from the pain. Had to stop in stores to warm up from those roasters in the entrance ways.
Pretty!
I can see the white lashes becoming a new fad. A smart enterprising salon owner should jump on this.
Most commercial aircraft require a mechanic to inspect the aircraft before Take off, at or below -40C (or -40F, same thing).
Most jetfuel freezes below -40 to -50 degrees C.
I bid (airline pilot) tropical routes in the winter for a lot of reasons...
You may be right there.
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