How cold is cold?

[Queen of Poop]

Calgary is currently the second coldest place on the EARTH!!! Yep, that's right, the entire EARTH. At our current -33oC the only place colder is the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antartica and they are at -36oC.

[Freedom]

Come on down anytime; I couldn't stand it, that's for sure!

[phesina]

Oh.... my.... GODDDDDDDD.................

[lvpets2002]

WoW I would be a frozen pop sickle by now.. Brrrr that is some Cold Temps.. I have always said that if Canada air could come all the way down to Texas & drop our temps to 20 degrees == then it is some cold cold stuff up in Canada where it came from..

[Catty1]

In Cochrane this morning it was -35C!!! With NO wind factored in (thank God there was no wind at all here).

For the curious, that is -31 FAHRENHEIT!

At minus 40, it's the same temp on either scale.

[Karen]

Goodness gracious, stay inside and warm!

[Laura's Babies]

That has to HURT!!! I could not BE where it gets that cold or I would be in bed in PAIN!

[Catty1]

No problem...you just dress in layers until you resemble the Pillsbury Dough Boy. Mind you, you have a lot more colours to show off!

[Queen of Poop]

Well, when it's this cold outside and the heat in your brand new office building goes out it makes for a very cold and uncomfortable day. It's almost 8 pm and I've finally warmed up. And will do it all again tomorrow.

This cold is manageable by wearing good winter boots, a down filled knee length coat, down filled mittens (gloves are not an option in this cold all fingers must be together to keep each other from freezing), scarf, I pass on a touque (hat) and prefer to use the hood on my coat, with faux fur trim. My glasses fog up as I walk and breathe and fog over completely upon entry indoors. My face is very cold sensitive from being frost bitten when I was a child. I get to walk outdoors for 40 minutes in total in this cold, not all at once thank goodness. It's nasty, but manageable, people whine and complain bitterly about the snow and cold, wishing to head for warmer climes. Personally, it's cold but I'm a hearty Canadian and I can take it.

[mrspunkysmom]

I wouldn't know what to do with all those coats and hats. If it gets cold here I put on a designer sweatshirt. Mostly I wear a thin grey windbreaker. I have a lined floor length coat I haven't worn in 9 years. It actually stayed below freezing for a while that winter.

Since half of my family is from a northern clime, I can handle the cold, but I don't know about -40 below. Yikes!

[Freedom]

Wait, what?! You mean, people go OUT in that? They don't shut down businesses and schools and tell everyone to stay inside?

[quote - Queen of Poop] I'm a hearty Canadian and I can take it. [/quote]

I don't think ANY human was meant to "take" that cold, BRRRRR! No wonder the Natives of the area were nomadic and MOVED SOUTH for the winter, ha ha haaa.

Sometimes, I think all our technology makes us do dumb stuff. Like insist people go to work in that type of temp.

[chocolatepuppy]

That's COLD!!! Coldest I remember was -22F on 1-19-1994. I worked afternoon shift and had to go home at midnight.

[Queen of Poop]

Nothing stops here for the cold. We just trudge thru it and carry on. Like this morning, thinking of how to bundle up as it's a bit warmer at -25oC, but the wind chill is -36oC this morning so will need to keep the wind off. The good news, it's going to warm up tomorrow! Into the minus single digits - woo hoo!

[robinh]

I am such a wuss when it comes to the cold and I live in Iowa. We had recordbreaking snows last year and I hated it. I don't think I could do that much cold.

[anna_66]

Now when I lived in North Dakota we'd get sometimes get -40 temps, but that was usually with the wind. And I think going out in it stinks!
You are definately a hearty Canadian