What's Wrong With Us???

Myron

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I know a lot here are from Southern Ontario, Western New York etc. so I just have 1 question.
What is wrong with us??
Why the f*ck do we decide to live in this frozen tundra? -45 today with the windchill and apparently it's going to stay this cold until at least March.

Are we just sadists or what?:canada1
 

BahamaMama

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okay......everyone but Mr. can quit their whining ;) but he has it even worse than here, i'm sure :(

Ann,

Here is a current Weather Advisory for Home (Inver Grove Heights, MN) until 12:00am, Thu Jan 23 2003, from your local National Weather Service office.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
324 PM CST WED JAN 22 2003

...DANGEROUS WINDCHILLS TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT...IN COMBINATION WITH VERY
COLD TEMPERATURES FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO...WILL RESULT IN
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. THESE DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE COLDEST OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE
IN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE BY
AROUND MIDNIGHT...THUS LESSENING THE WIND CHILL FACTOR. THE DANGEROUS
WINDS CHILLS ARE LIKELY FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT...ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE COLDEST AIRMASS OF THE SEASON SO FAR WILL SETTLE OVER MINNESOTA
TONIGHT. THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS COULD
CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

ANOKA MN-BARRON WI-BENTON MN-BLUE EARTH MN-BROWN MN-CARVER MN-
CHIPPEWA WI-CHISAGO MN-DAKOTA MN-DUNN WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-FARIBAULT MN-
FREEBORN MN-GOODHUE MN-HENNEPIN MN-ISANTI MN-KANABEC MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
LE SUEUR MN-MARTIN MN-MCLEOD MN-MEEKER MN-MILLE LACS MN-MORRISON MN-
NICOLLET MN-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-POLK WI-RAMSEY MN-REDWOOD MN-
RENVILLE MN-RICE MN-RUSK WI-SCOTT MN-SHERBURNE MN-SIBLEY MN-
ST. CROIX WI-STEARNS MN-STEELE MN-TODD MN-WASECA MN-WASHINGTON MN-
WATONWAN MN-WRIGHT MN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...NEW RICHMOND...LADYSMITH...
ELLSWORTH...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...ST PETER...ST JAMES...
PRINCETON...OLIVIA...NEW ULM...MORA...MILACA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITCHFIELD...FARIBAULT...CAMBRIDGE...BURNSVILLE...BLUE EARTH...
RICE LAKE...MENOMONIE...EAU CLAIRE...BALSAM LAKE...AMERY...WILLMAR...
WASECA...ST PAUL...ST CLOUD...REDWOOD FALLS...RED WING...OWATONNA...
MINNEAPOLIS...MANKATO...LITTLE FALLS...HUTCHINSON...
FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA
324 PM CST WED JAN 22 2003

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT...

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND
AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW ZERO...WIND CHILLS WILL PLUNGE INTO THE
25 TO 30 BELOW RANGE. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE
COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS
COVERED.

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OH, and Anders, is Bite Me an expression in New Zealand? ;) :D
 

BahamaMama

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TIME TO MAKE $$$ said:
-20F, if -15F is a bitch, what is -20F,?

:eek:

it's *me* sunshine, and don't you ever forget it....LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

and the -20F was the TEMP forecast, NOW factor in those windchills :( a couple of teens were killed when their car went thru a lake in it, and an 18 month old baby was forgotten on a head start school bus in those temps for 3 hours :(
 
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Mr.

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LOL Bahama!!! I'm just glad that most of this University has tunnels!!! Have to say I'm getting used to this now that it's my 4th winter here.......but it's waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy colder then when I lived in Hamilton.:thefinger :thefinger :D :thefinger :thefinger
 
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