We don't usually tell the southerners ...
Now, that's disturbing.
OK, well I guess we'll keep the junebug coated streets and 3lb locusts a secret...
We don't usually tell the southerners ...
Back in the eighties I was stationed at Mt. Home AFB in Idaho. Was about 10deg.... Damn that was cold!
Yup, mid winter Pocatello is no place to lock your keys and wallet in the truck at the motel ..
Wow, I've never seen one thread with so much in one thread! I made some wind chill calculations and some of the stories here are beyond belief . OK so who told the biggest whopper?
#1 biggest whopper is Gary................100 mile trip at 0 F , if he drove at 50 mph, is minus 31.1 F wind chill
good story, but are pure fantasy! The human body cannot withstand those temperatures unless
you had multiple layers of clothing and a good quality snowmobile suit, and a balaclava, which none of the above had.
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Not sure what you issue your RCAF laddies up there but here's what the Air Force issued me: An Arctic parka, rated at minus 60-70f if memory serves...#2 whopper is JimD54.....................10 F and snow, if he drove at 50 mph, is minus 16.9 F wind chill
Mine is true, and wasn't really that bad. It was maybe five miles, from camp on the edge of town to the store on main street, and back. All on either dirt roads or in town, so probably 30 mph tops. I'd already acquired some cold weather clothing that kept me very comfortable at -20F, which I encountered later (walking, not riding). The reason I wasn't riding later was SNOW, and of course the bike wouldn't have started. Unless I am using 15w40 or lighter my bike won't crank fast enough to start any lower than 40s.xjwmx calculates at 7.3 F wind chill
I also didn't mention that I took a piss before I bundled up.... I was in Idaho in the winter. What did you think I was wearing, a tank top and Bermuda shorts?......neither of you originally said you were wearing "Arctic" clothing, parkas or snowmobile clothing.
Was a little harder, but not too bad.....any problems shifting gears when wearing mukluks?