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CoasterMatt · 01-16-2007, 01:02 PM

You should see what happened at Magic Mountain - they had pipes bursting all over the park, fountains frozen over - there's some fun pics here.

MouseWife · 01-16-2007, 01:53 PM

Oh wow! Thanks for sharing those pictures. What a nightmare for the maintenance workers!! A wee bit more than a broom and a dustpan to fix that mess.

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-16-2007, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

You should see what happened at Magic Mountain - they had pipes bursting all over the park, fountains frozen over - there's some fun pics here.

Heehee! The one of the "Waterfront Cafe" is especially hilarious.

Kevy Baby · 01-16-2007, 04:19 PM

Now instead of "Code V", we have "Code I"

I particularly liked this picture:

NickO'Time · 01-16-2007, 04:21 PM

It's been 23 here at night in Modesto, Ca. I was surprised to see we made national news.

Ghoulish Delight · 01-16-2007, 04:26 PM

You're in Modesto? I'm so......so sorry.

Alex · 01-16-2007, 04:38 PM

I'm in love with the temperature (though Lani keeps turning on the heat when I'm not looking).

I'm very cold tolerant (don't own gloves, hats, scarves, etc., and only wear a coat if I'm going to get rained on or need a way to carry stuff without a backpack).

Watching all those poor people on the BART platform this morning looking like the end of the world is at hand was plenty of fun. If it could be this temperature every day then I might actually start to like living in California.

According to the car lot sign across the freeway from the BART station it was a breezy 29 degrees (though I suspect it was a few degrees warmer). Cold enough to feel it but still be outside for an hour or two, not so cold that going outside at all will feel like death.

Unfortunately Lani and I disagree on what temperature the ideal home is. I like it cold enough that I have to wear socks around the house and the tips of my toes are bitching just a little bit. She likes it warm enough that NASA wants to use our apartment to test heat shielding for possible missions to Mercury.

Alex · 01-16-2007, 04:43 PM

Oh and a funny story of the knowledge you can miss being someone who lived in Hawaii for 20 years followed by 8 years in California.

A few weeks ago we had a freeze and Lani was driving me to the BART station. There were little blooms of frost on the windshield and as we're pulling out of our parking lot she turns on the windshield wipers. No effect. So, faster than I can shout "NOOOOO!!!!!!" she gives it a spray of wiper fluid.

Instant opaque sheet of ice covering the entire windshield
and we're stopped in the middle of the street with me doing my best to scrape the ice off with a t-shirt that happened to be in the back seat.

Minor chemistry lesson: massively and suddenly increasing the surface area of a liquid at or below freezing will allow it to freeze really quickly.

MouseWife · 01-16-2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Oh and a funny story of the knowledge you can miss being someone who lived in Hawaii for 20 years followed by 8 years in California.

A few weeks ago we had a freeze and Lani was driving me to the BART station. There were little blooms of frost on the windshield and as we're pulling out of our parking lot she turns on the windshield wipers. No effect. So, faster than I can shout "NOOOOO!!!!!!" she gives it a spray of wiper fluid.

So funny! My mom tells me {she, who grew up on a hacienda in Mexico} that while she and my father were in Alaska, she walked out one morning to say good-bye to him as he was preparing to leave for work. Seeing him scraping the windshield, she thought she'd be helpful and....

splash a bucket of water on the windshield for him!

Well. You know the end.

I enjoy wearing sweaters over summer clothes. {not on top of, instead of}. I love to wear gloves and I love it a bit nippy. This has been down right freezing!!! I enjoy places where I go and expect the temp to be 30 and below. I do not expect my house to be one of those places!!!

How cold do you think it was at Magic Mountain?

CoasterMatt, my husband used to always wear shorts and even to the snow. But, today, he froze in them.

Ghoulish Delight · 01-16-2007, 04:55 PM

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I'm very cold tolerant (don't own gloves, hats, scarves, etc., and only wear a coat if I'm going to get rained on or need a way to carry stuff without a backpack).

Same here, although my hands tend to get cold (it's not uncommon to see me in short sleeves and gloves). CP and I play thermostat wars too. And I'm always torn between my own comfort vs. CP wearing fewer clothes in the house. It's a difficult decission.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm in love with the temperature (though Lani keeps turning on the heat when I'm not looking). I'm very cold tolerant (don't own gloves, hats, scarves, etc., and only wear a coat if I'm going to get rained on or need a way to carry stuff without a backpack). Watching all those poor people on the BART platform this morning looking like the end of the world is at hand was plenty of fun. If it could be this temperature every day then I might actually start to like living in California. According to the car lot sign across the freeway from the BART station it was a breezy 29 degrees (though I suspect it was a few degrees warmer). Cold enough to feel it but still be outside for an hour or two, not so cold that going outside at all will feel like death. Unfortunately Lani and I disagree on what temperature the ideal home is. I like it cold enough that I have to wear socks around the house and the tips of my toes are bitching just a little bit. She likes it warm enough that NASA wants to use our apartment to test heat shielding for possible missions to Mercury.
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01-16-2007, 04:43 PM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Oh and a funny story of the knowledge you can miss being someone who lived in Hawaii for 20 years followed by 8 years in California. A few weeks ago we had a freeze and Lani was driving me to the BART station. There were little blooms of frost on the windshield and as we're pulling out of our parking lot she turns on the windshield wipers. No effect. So, faster than I can shout "NOOOOO!!!!!!" she gives it a spray of wiper fluid. Instant opaque sheet of ice covering the entire windshield and we're stopped in the middle of the street with me doing my best to scrape the ice off with a t-shirt that happened to be in the back seat. Minor chemistry lesson: massively and suddenly increasing the surface area of a liquid at or below freezing will allow it to freeze really quickly.
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