Nothing like -9F

[Camman]

Figured being one of the many media-oriented people around here I would start a bit of a little photo documentary of the extreme coldness around here. Right now our outdoor thermometer is showing a blazing -8.9F and the weather channel is showing windchill factors in excessive of -40F, ahhh, new england weather, gotta love it. Driving home it was so cold out my breath would immediately condense and freeze on the windshield. I knew there was no ice on the inside when I started the car so it took me a minute to figure out what was happening. Well here's some photos I took just a few minutes ago showing the inside of our insulated but not heated part of the house, its just a bit of an entrance way so it's not heated. I havent seen out these windows for the past few days, enjoy. btw; the can is an experiment i Had going to see how long it would take to freeze, ice was showing after like 7mins and this is a can FULL of water mind you.

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[Geeky1]

Computer. Outside. Now. :D

[qwikk]

I think I'm gonna go work on my car, I mean it's not midnite yet... :rockon:

[Geeky1]

Take the computer with you. -9*F. Imagine the possibilities.

[Madball]

Try living in Montana. Then you'll know what temperature extremes are. 105F in the summer to -30F in the winter. It was -28F less than two weeks ago. The coldest I've experienced was -80F, and there was no wind. The whole town shut down.

[Khaos]

Funny how warm Boston is compared to just 110 miles north where I used to live in NH, where winter temperatures routinely hit -20F. The lowest I ever personally witnessed at the front door was -35F. Cold enough to cause your body to go into shock just from breathing in air that cold.

The Mt. Washington summit was at -38F this afternoon, they're expecting something obscene tonight, like -50F which would break an all-time record, I believe. Mt. Washington is most known for being windy, having the highest sustained land wind speed ever recorded anywhere in the world at 212MPH. Sustained meaning no funnel clouds involved, heh.

My parents lived in the midwest before I was born and it was once -80F in Carol, Iowa. Surprising how cold the midwestern states can get when they hit extremes. I visited Montana several times, once in the winter, and it was bitterly cold there.

Edit: Oh yeah, you know it's cold when you throw a cup of water out the front door and it freezes in midair. They had a video clip of someone doing that on a local PBS news station one winter when it was extremely cold.

[bothered]

I take it a scarf is in order then?
Thank God we don't have extremes like that, I couldn't stand it, your tea would get cold.

[TheSmJ]

Edit: Oh yeah, you know it's cold when you throw a cup of water out the front door and it freezes in midair. They had a video clip of someone doing that on a local PBS news station one winter when it was extremely cold.

That would be VERY cool (heh) to see!

[Shorty]

I take it a scarf is in order then?
Thank God we don't have extremes like that, I couldn't stand it, your tea would get cold.

Sir Bothered, my good man. That would never do! :eek:

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[Crazy Joe]

Edit: Oh yeah, you know it's cold when you throw a cup of water out the front door and it freezes in midair. They had a video clip of someone doing that on a local PBS news station one winter when it was extremely cold.

Of course it's alot easier to quickly freeze hot water than it is with cold water.

[fuxor]

I want to see a time lapse of the frost forming on the windows!

[bothered]

Of course it's alot easier to quickly freeze hot water than it is with cold water.

I've heard this said before but I don't believe it, I don't see how rate of temp change can have inertia. If it did it would work in both directions so quickly heat something and you end up with more heat than you started with, don't see how it's possible.

[mmonnin]

The time it takes to change from one degree to the next is quicker with the hot water because of the larger difference between the 2 temps. The cold water will win tho.

[Crazy Joe]

It's the Mpemba effect that describes this phenomenon.

[bothered]

The time it takes to change from one degree to the next is quicker with the hot water because of the larger difference between the 2 temps. The cold water will win tho.

But the differance is one degree, isn't it?

[GnomeWizardd]

hey Fl is 105*f in ths summer and 75*F durning the winter!

[Gobbles]

its 85F here in the summer maybe 90F and well its 71F outside right now...


Gobbles

[primesuspect]

Michigan gets cold ass, but not that cold.... Well, not always... We have had our share of -double digit temps in winters past. Yesterday night it was a toasty 6 below. My rabbit was mad because his broccoli froze solid before he got to his third bite.

Montana sounds like michigan - 100+ degrees in the summer and insanely snowy and cold winters due to all the lake effect. I love it though, we get the best of all four seasons.

When I took my roadtrip to northern minnesota last month, there was talk of -60 during a normal winter. They said the last 2 years have been terribly warm winters, with temps only getting to -20.

[TheBaron]

you are awesome for drinking elements, i'm completely addicted to those things.
i could go for some "rain" right now

[GnomeWizardd]

omg! sun is teh best!

[CB]

Hot water DOES freeze faster, but cold water has a head start so, it gets to the finish line first.

Man, I love analogies... Has anyone noticed?

[Straight_Man]

hey Fl is 105*f in ths summer and 75*F durning the winter!

Until you get to the west coast of peninsula, which keeps getting these durn cold fronts-- least-wise THIS winter we are.... :D Lows in 40's-50's, highs in 60's.... And was in fort mudge a while back during summer, was 110 F out.... Long sleeve shirt, no cap, jeans, right now.

My brother was down from Northern MI, temps in 20's-30's for highs.... Jumped in the 65 F pool, loved it.... :D (solar heaters are nice)

John.

[GHoosdum]

I'm with Gnome on this one. Florida was my favorite place to live. EV4R!

[tycho]

today the wind chill was so bad in troy that it felt like -33*F
I have never felt so cold in my entire life, nor do i hope to again

[Camman]

you are awesome for drinking elements, i'm completely addicted to those things.
i could go for some "rain" right now

Yeah dude I am like totally addicted to them, Rain is my fav, I also like Meteor. I like "Sub Zero" too, but it's kinda syrupy and a lot thicker than the others. But...I also like fire. hahah :) I usually just get one of each so I have some handy for a few days and then I do it again when I run out, they're awesome, they have like replaced soda for me.

[Crazy Joe]

I'm with Gnome on this one. Florida was my favorite place to live. EV4R!

Bah! I'd have to say the Cincinnati, OH area is my favorite of all the places I lived.

[qwikk]

Elements are this shiz, I think I have one of each of the first generation bottles. :D

[bothered]

Hot water DOES freeze faster, but cold water has a head start so, it gets to the finish line first.

Sorry for going on but this is Intriguing. I looked up the Mpemba Effect and it give various reasons, example, two beakers placed in a freezer, one with hot and one with cold water. The hot one melts the frost under it thus making better contact with the freezer. There are a few others that also change the conditions in favour of the hot one. All things being equal they cool at the same rate but under certain conditions the hot one will cool faster because they are not being cooled equally.
So does hot water freeze faster than cold? No, it's an effect not a fact.