Global Warming? Not up here by any accounts!

[doole]

It also keeps the mosquitos down........


jbm

Nah, just does a better job of preserving them. Anyway, the deer flies are a lot worse when they're around; they actually take a little piece of you away with them.

I've had many oppurtunities to do an ice dive, and almost went once or twice. Then I heard somebody say, "It was pretty ok, but if I ever do it again, there better bloody well be mating orcas or something down there."

For some reason, that remark just killed it for me. Actually, around here, the only thing that's different about the dive - apart from the fact that it becomes an overhead dive - is the surface temperature.

Ok, the water's a little more clear, but I've done the December diving thing enough to know that I'm just not that big on it. On my last dive of last season, I put my mask down on a bench for 30 seconds and it stuck there. I had to dig out my traditional flask of hot tea and use it to melt the bond. Who needs that sort of *?

 

[bermudaskink]

eeek! And here's me with the heating on in Bermuda... and complainin about the 58F temperature outside.

 

[Bretagne]

80F/2-30=10C
It does not work: 10°C is 32+(10*9/5)=50°F

80°F=(80-32)*5/9 = 26,7°C

You will not use the same diving suit

 

[ScubaTexan]

Here's an easier way (the easiest one I've found, anyway):

Starting at 0C = 32F, add or subtract 5 degrees C for every 9 degrees F, and round 1.8 degees off to two in your head to get the temps in between. Thus...

0C = 32F, 1C = 34F, 2C = 36F, 3C = 37F, 4C = 39F, 5C = 41F, etc.

Furthermore...

0C = 32F, 5C = 41F, 10C = 50F, 15C = 59F, 20C = 68F, etc.

 

[glbirch]

Ok, last night the temp outside was -42c static with a wind-chill dropping the cold index to -57c. Yes that’s right minus fifty-seven degrees Celsius!

Tonight the static temp will be -41c and the wind-chill of -58c due to the slightly higher winds. (I’d say it time for some ice diving!)

What does this mean in real terms? First off, if your car breaks down on the highway, and you are alone in your car for more than 2 hours, you will die! End of story! When you start your car in the morning, after it warms up enough to move, about 10 minutes minimum, the part of the tire that has been sitting on the ground over night is flat, as are all tire regardless of temp. However in this weather, they stay flat for about 10 minutes into the drive, causing the car to bump down on every tire rotation. If you slam the car door, you run the risk of cracking or completely breaking off the weather stripping around the car door. The material has reached its freezing temp and has become brittle.

On the good side, there are absolutely no panhandlers, squeegee kids, or vagrants of any kind on the streets. They have all moved to Vancouver by this time of year where it is warm, and flowers are growing. In light of that, I’d have to say the cold isn’t that bad after all.

Ah yes, the old home town. Makes me homesick just thinking about it... Of course I'm much warmer living in Northern Alberta

Got to say though, anyone from the prairies who's out on the highway and hasn't got survival gear in the trunk is just doing their part to strengthen the gene pool. Spent half a day last week waiting for a tow with no problem. You know it's bad out when you call AMA for a tow and they tell you there is a 2 day wait.

Anyway, what's all this conversion stuff. Doesn't everyone use metric now?