~~**-- The Weather Thread --**~~

[matt267 PE]

Heat is always a nice luxury. Mrs NJ had no heat in the hospital the first night. It was 5 below outside that night.

-5 outside and no heat? That's how babies are made.

 

[NJmike PE]

Such an evil cycle. That's how that baby was made.

 

[knight1fox3]

-14 here.

Same here on my drive in to work.

I'm one of the "good" employees that is at work and "working" hard today.

Ditto.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Good thing is that I am now driving a car with heat.

I'm VERY glad I got the heat in my car attended to.

But, it may be a different story in the office tomorrow...

As many of you know the next 48 hours will bring some extreme cold weather conditions to our area and state. Our buildings are not insulated nor were they designed for these extremely cold conditions and most of them are heated by heat pumps. Many of these units are 10 to 20 years old and these older units generally do NOT perform very well in temperatures below 32 degrees. The electric back up heat in these older units are also undersized and CANNOT keep up with the demand placed on them in extremely cold conditions. With all of that said….. I strongly encourage each of you to wear and dress in warmer clothes, (layers) the next few days as you WILL experience chilly conditions in many of our buildings.

 

[knight1fox3]

^ wow!

 

[blybrook PE]

At least the management admits the faults of the buildings and forewarns the employees, not everyone gets that kinda warning.

Fair warning, carry cold weather outdoor gear with you in the car in case you need it. Better to be prepared than be a popsicle.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

^ wow!

I fully expect it to beat the previous office record of 58 degrees.

 

[Flyer_PE]

Just heard on the radio that it's cold enough here to keep the politician's hands in their own pockets for a change.

 

[NJmike PE]

Even that's doubtful.

 

[akwooly]

Happy Snow/Cold Apocalypse, or as someone who lives in AK would call Monday.

 

[snickerd3]

-7 with windchill -30...it warmed up there is also supposed 10+ inches of snow on the ground but there are 2-3 ft drifts all over the place and you can see the ground surrounding the trees crazy

the governor closed all state offices today so I didn't have to go to work

 

[knight1fox3]

I thought VT might appreciate this (received from email forward):

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hGIF9FljM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[NJmike PE]

I thought VT might appreciate this (received from email forward):

Sounded pretty spot on to me...

 

[Supe]

Calling for an icy morning. Guess it'll be one crawl of a commute tomorrow.

 

[NJmike PE]

So just because I don't want to have any issues I'm being over cautious. I'm letting the heat run a little warmer than usual over night and I'm letting the faucets trickle so to avoid any pipes from freezing.

 

[Ble_PE]

I live in the Southeast so that I don't have to deal with this type of cold weather. F this 9 degrees this morning.

 

[Weavs33]

-6 outside, -32 real feel...... and 55 at my desk

 

[NJmike PE]

-4 below outside, real feel - 16. Inside 69 but smells like money burning.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

14, but the office is an unexpectedly warm 72!

 

[Weavs33]

our office is prolly in the 60's, but i have a window cubicle so its about 10 degrees colder in winter and 10 degrees warmer in summer