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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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It reminds me of a standard NE winter as well, but I think the Midwest got it worse than us.
We hit -15 here, then it rained. 0 the last couple of nights, and it's going to rain again on Sat.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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donini = tacovortex
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2014 - 11:11am PT
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Micro scale about a macro guy.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Just to keep y'all on the straight and narrow - Scandihoovia started out
this fall a bit cooler than normal but now they're having a warm winter, so far.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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It was so cold in Calgary that I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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What a load of crap. 45f and raining one day 16 below F the next and now supposed to be 45 and raining again by SAt which has me pissed off becuse it will fck up my ice climbing plans for the weekend....
I haven't been back to Smuggs in a few years... I was planning on Saturday.. I suppose I could head to the Daks with the hordes.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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It is the breakdown or collapse of the Polar Vortex due to climate change that is causing problems, not the Polar Vortex itself.
Here is one story. It's been happening for a number of years now;
http://www.noaa.gov/features/02_monitoring/warmarctic.html
It is odd that the media have been using the term the way they are. It really is proof they will read anything to the public.
Good video Ward. Remember 'Strongman Manwell Noriega? That led to a war. Can you say Strongman Manwell Noriega? Repeat after me........
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Trivia of the day.
So my Mum grew up and lived in Chicago in the years 1908 - 1940.
She "walked 2 miles each way to High School every day even in subzero temperatures". "The Chicago River froze every winter. Most winters Lake Michigan froze too"
and other fine stories of winter related pain, suffering and righteous endurance.
Out of curiosity I've just looked up historical Chicago weather data from NOAA.
Indeed, there were a LOT of cold Chicago winters in those Good Ole Days.
Greatest number of days during winter with temperatures below zero:
1884-85 25
1935-36 24
1962-63 24
1981-82 22
1874-75 21
1978-79 21
1872-73 19
Greatest consecutive number of days with minimum temperature zero or lower:
10 days -- Jan 4-13, 1912 My Mum was walking about a mile to primary school with her friends (her Dad didn't have a car, there weren't school buses)
9 days -- Dec 13-21 1963
Lowest daily mean temperature
-18 1983
-16 1994, 1985
-15 1983, 1899
-13 1977
-12 1996, 1933
-11 1885, 1888, 1905, 1963, 1983, 1994, 1996
-10 1884, 1893, 1897, 1899, 1984
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1884 - '85 - '87 - '88 - '89
That was a really cold period!
The lowest temperatures recorded in Chigago -16 Deg F and lower:
39 different days between 1872 and 1994
19 of them before WWII
Longest continuous period below freezing:
1905 - 28 days (my Mum was born)
1917-18 28 days (my Mum was indeed walking 2 miles to school and back every day)
On the other hand, It has only been below -15 in Chicago on 4 days since 1984. So some of these young whipper snapper news jockeys REALLY haven't seen it this cold in their lifetime. And how far have THEY walked?
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/?n=chi_temperature_records
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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High Traverse...We need charts and graphs with data or else you're going to get a barrage of Don Rickles insults like over on the climate change thread....
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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rj
yeah, but hey, I admit to being a nerd yet too lazy to make a full color 8 X 10 glossy with arrows and lines on the back.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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I guess it would be unrealistic to expect that in a warming climate, the polar cold would just stay put all winter. We are getting more warming influence from the south as well as more radical influence from the north.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 10, 2014 - 01:18am PT
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High Traverse, I'm here to tell ya that Chicago winter of 62-63 was such an azz buster we
moved to California come summer.
Swimsuits - check
Snow shovels - throw that sh!t away!
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jan 10, 2014 - 03:33pm PT
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Reilly
24 days going below zero F
You earned your place in the Golden State.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 10, 2014 - 11:29pm PT
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GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR here comes the rain again......
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 11, 2014 - 12:15am PT
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Sounds like the Hosers' Ball!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 11, 2014 - 12:18am PT
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What Jim ^^^ says if the predictions are correct, but with winds gusting to 50mph (SW?). Hey let's go back country skiing!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 11, 2014 - 09:07am PT
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32 and raining right now. no way i am getting off my hill without crampons. supposed go get a lot warmer by the end of the day so maybe i will be able to get out then...
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 11, 2014 - 06:27pm PT
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43f and raining cats and dogs...
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