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What Happens to water in the Arctic
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I got the shivers just watching that. 
He did that demo bare handed!
One tough d-d-d-d-dude.
One tough d-d-d-d-dude.
Demonstarating this is sort of a "Rite-of-Passage", up here, north of the Arctic Circle. I first did it in 1994 with Hot Coffee. It doesn't work with cold fluids. They follow a normal parabolic trajectory and land on the ground. It only works with hot fluids. Today it warmed up to -25!, but there is a strong breeze. "Jack Frost" isn't just nipping at your nose, he's coming after you with a Chain Saw! The 3 flags waving in the breeze in the Video are: US flag, Alaska State flag, and the BP flag. In a single winter they get completely destroyed by the high winds and abrasive effects of the ice crystals. A normal Stop Sign gets sand blasted clean in about 2 seasons. I'll be wearing a face mask when I go out to do my next inspection in about 20 minutes. Wind chill is at about -55 today. Exposure time is limited to 10 minutes by our safety policy.
-80 wind chill? 
omg, can't even imagine what that would feel like!
omg, can't even imagine what that would feel like!
PG,
You might freeze your
off!
Wouldn't want that...(I always wanted to have a use for that "smiley" anyway
)
Regards, Kirk
You might freeze your
off!Wouldn't want that...(I always wanted to have a use for that "smiley" anyway
)Regards, Kirk
I think the coldest temps I have experienced was around the -30 range, back in '83, at Christmas.
Nose hair freeze and forehead ache time.
Nose hair freeze and forehead ache time.
I remember that Christmas well. Outside oil tanks gelled up and folks had pipes freeze anywhere there was a tiny draft. Spent several days with heat tapes and blow dryers thawing out filters on tanks and dumping heated Kerosene in tanks to thin the oil. Run salamander heaters under mobile homes and watch the water drip from everywhere the pipes had burst as they thawed out. Man I don't miss that fun stuff anymore.
It's one thing if you live in the cold climate, but living in a place that gets shocked with extreme cold and you'd think the world came to an end! Most have no clue on what to do til the damage is done.
I think it is funny when I drive South from Alaska. All cars here have a electrical plug hanging out of the grill, this is to plug the car/truck in that keeps the engine warm at subzero temps so it will start.
So when I stop at places down south people see the "Alaska" plates and then notice the plug... I get a lot of "Is that an electric truck?", and I get tired of trying to explain the heaters so I just say "yes", they nod their head as if they knew it, but get a really stupid look when I start the engine and drive off.
Man, that's cold.
I've skied A-Basin one Sunday morning, when the thermometer half-way up the mountain read -28, without windchill added and it was windy.
Best excuse ever for 2 runs and St. Pauli Girls in the bar before Sunday noon.
Thanks for a cool video. (pun certainly intended)
Now I live in Wisconsin, and we've got the plugs too. Not that we're using them now...
I've skied A-Basin one Sunday morning, when the thermometer half-way up the mountain read -28, without windchill added and it was windy.
Best excuse ever for 2 runs and St. Pauli Girls in the bar before Sunday noon.
Thanks for a cool video. (pun certainly intended)
Now I live in Wisconsin, and we've got the plugs too. Not that we're using them now...
