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Relic Discussion => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Dave the plumber on January 08, 2015, 05:48:23 AM

Title: is it cold enough ??!!
Post by: Dave the plumber on January 08, 2015, 05:48:23 AM: how cold is it by you ??
It's 18 degrees here in coastal North Carolina, which might be a record low. It's hard to get down that low here - we have this big 'ol pool of warmer water right here next door called the Atlantic ocean that typically keeps us warmer....
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Post by: mccaul on January 08, 2015, 07:35:31 AM: Anywhere from -1 to -7 before wind chill here in central Ohio. With wind chill it is about -25.
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Post by: CarlS on January 08, 2015, 08:58:32 AM: Was 6 degrees here in Marietta, GA when I woke up. That's really cold for us as well. Note expected to get over freezing for a couple days.
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Post by: R. J. in LA on January 08, 2015, 09:33:13 AM: 24 degrees, wind chill of 12 degrees, here in south central Louisiana. Stay warm!
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Post by: John D. Bartleson Jr. on January 08, 2015, 09:37:56 AM: Colder than a witches tit here in Va. Beach- in the 20s.
John
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Post by: CarlS on January 08, 2015, 09:56:18 AM: John,

You forgot the part "in a brass bra doing pushups in the snow"! :)
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Post by: John D. Bartleson Jr. on January 08, 2015, 12:23:07 PM: Opps, sorry I was not taught that ending in church.
John :o
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Post by: jonpatterson on January 08, 2015, 01:36:45 PM: SW Chicago suburbs here. Zero this morning at 8:00 and a windy 5 at noon, wind chill -20. Snow is on the way too add to the 6" I already have on the ground.
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Post by: Roy A on January 08, 2015, 01:38:44 PM: Was 5* in Manassas, VA this morning heading to work.
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Post by: alwion on January 08, 2015, 04:40:21 PM: -26 with wind chill here in east central indiana. got cold lust looking out the window at our 6" of snow >:(
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Post by: ETEX on January 08, 2015, 05:14:16 PM: 16 when I went to work this morning in Pittsburg, TX
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Post by: Daveslem on January 08, 2015, 05:31:07 PM: Dropped to 10 here in Philly. Wind chill was -20. Cold as a well diggers asshole.
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Post by: CarlS on January 08, 2015, 05:43:25 PM: Made it up to a balmy 32° here in Marietta. Tomorrow we are supposed to even make 37°. Might have to break out the t-shirts! Was sure nice at the show last weekend in Charleston, SC where it was 70 degrees.
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Post by: Garret on January 09, 2015, 12:53:21 AM: It sure was cold here in Central Oahu, Hawaii. It was 57 this AM and then it got up to the low 70s by the afternoon. ;D
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Post by: Dave the plumber on January 09, 2015, 05:40:15 AM: Well, I guess Garret is the smartest of the group, living in Hawaii !! I'm moving !! I'm gonna get a freight quote to see what it would cost to ship my hundreds of shells there ..........
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Post by: Garret on January 09, 2015, 09:26:17 PM: Dave, freight charges to Hawaii will run you broke. I was going to buy a 15" Dahlgren off of Harry R and then he quoted the shipping: $2000!
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Post by: emike123 on January 15, 2015, 07:56:05 PM: I retreated to Key West, Florida for the past week so I could relate to Garrett's temperatures. Chicago was brutally cold, but now it is mid 30s. Had a great time as always down in the Conch Republic. Went over to Fort Taylor and saw what they used for rebar in the Span Am War fort retrofit. Nearest one is a 300pdr Parrott. Figure there could be 50-100 or these barrels entombed in the walls...
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Post by: emike123 on January 15, 2015, 07:59:34 PM: More on the largest known CW artillery cache extant at Fort Taylor

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