Comments on: The Prospect of a Cold Guarantee is a Stone Cold Lock

By: symonsez

symonsez — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:49:27 +0000

You would be correct. The coldest I have ever been was when it 40 degrees in the French Quarter. I also found that 25 degrees in Houston is much colder than 25 degrees in Louisville. Humidity, in my view, definitely cuts to the bone. But….it’s kinda like people who say when its 115 degrees in the Desert Southwest, they say “but it’s a dry heat.” I’ve been hiking in a canyon in New Mexico and about 98 degrees as we hurried to get through as we were advised if we did not get out of the canyon by noon after which the mercury would climb over 100 and get to 120 and we would not get out. I can tell you, low humidity or not, 115 is hot…so is 98. People who say “it’s a dry heat” have not been in it. Thanx for your contribution.

By: Pascvaks

Pascvaks — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:01:32 +0000

I been out in -50F Alaska but the “MOST BONE CHILLING COLDEST” I ever felt was in Lumberton, North Carolina, early January ’70. I think it had a lot to do with the humidity.

By: symonsez

symonsez — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:32:05 +0000

5 below is the best I’ve done. Snowed down a mountain when it was 3 below and my hands were frozen to the poles when I got to the bottom. Good thing my tongue wasn’t sticking out. Seems like every time I”ve been to Dalhart Texas, its been about 1 am and its been 1 below zero. Not only was it very cold… but very dark. When you leave town there is not a light in sight for miles.

By: symonsez

symonsez — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:28:47 +0000

No. The my guess is that the weather has always been extreme and so the animal life long since adapted.

By: symonsez

symonsez — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:26:14 +0000

Did I say 1870? If so, then I was mistaken as the article clearly says 1770. When a country gains independence, then it would be independence for the entire territory, right? Therefore, if Spain in its cession never said that Britain was the rightful claimant, then it would be Argentina’s logic to declare that the claim was never recognized by anyone and therefore they were making the claim…and still do. At least that would be the excuse. Not saying it is right, just saying that would be the position. If you can cite international law that stipulates that a nation that gains independence does not become sovereign over all the former territory of that nation, I’d like to hear it. Thanx for your interest.

By: shoreacres

shoreacres — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:21:31 +0000

All this talk of record cold temperatures makes me shiver!
I must say – that photo of Snag is a bit desolate, but on the other hand I’ve seen places in Kansas that look pretty much like that in the winter.

I’m glad there are people who can function in those environments – I’m just not willing to be one of them. I loved growing up in Iowa, and we had plenty of snow, blizzards and below zero temperatures, but now? If it gets below freezing I start to fuss a little. Creeping age combined with too many years in warm climates, I suppose. I’ve become a wuss.

By: Pascvaks

Pascvaks — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:11:46 +0000

Ref – My Above on Alaska’s State Bird

Seems I’ve placed the ‘Asian Tiger’ bird in the place of honor, perhaps this is the more correct title: ‘Culiseta Alaskaensis’;-)

By: Pascvaks

Pascvaks — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:45:30 +0000

To your knowledge, has anyone ever documented the impact of extremes of winter weather on the 35 species of Alaska’s State Bird (“Aedes albopictus” Diptera: Culicidae)? Nothing, not even weather, ‘seems’ to have any impact;-)

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:47:52 +0000

I’ve been reading, Mr. Symon, but didn’t have much to say. Don’t take it personally. I used to be a much more talkative person but I’m trying to become the kind of person who speaks less and thinks more. Anyway, great post. I’ve experiences -22°F. personally (Winter of 1994) and that was plenty cold. -80°F. is beyond my imagination. Wow, I hope they had plenty of fuel oil and / or firewood!

By: Ladonna K. Adkins

Ladonna K. Adkins — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:42:34 +0000

Almost certainly there were hibernating wood frogs near Prospect Creek when that record was set…This is the winter world in which the wood frog must survive. Evelyn Davidson Wood frog frozen solid .Researchers have found that wood frogs spend the winter frozen! This amazing strategy allows wood frogs to become active very early in spring because the land thaws and warms more quickly than the ice-covered lakes The newly active frogs can mate and lay eggs in small ponds and even in melt water pools that dry up by midsummer.