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We are about to lose all temperature! (Original Post) 5X Feb 2021 OP
Be safe and stay warm padah513 Feb 2021 #1
Minus 19 F in Minneapolis, headed for a low of -22 at 7am. Then the sun rises and it gets hotter progree Feb 2021 #2
I'm so sorry Rorey Feb 2021 #4
I just woke up: 61.0 deg inside. Will see what happens in the next hour or so progree Feb 2021 #9
My son is in minneapolis. bamagal62 Feb 2021 #6
I'm looking forward to Zero Rorey Feb 2021 #3
No worries. You have your new coffee valentines day "Cup o' Joe and Kamala" to hold onto LazySusanNot Feb 2021 #12
I use it just about every morning! Rorey Feb 2021 #14
Where are you, TX, OK? LeftInTX Feb 2021 #5
Tulsa area. 5X Feb 2021 #8
Hope you didn't lose power! LeftInTX Feb 2021 #15
We're getting ours back! 2naSalit Feb 2021 #7
Well, we were lied to.....again Rorey Feb 2021 #10
The ice zone is finally moving eastward... 2naSalit Feb 2021 #11
We already lost this Zero. Wolf Frankula Feb 2021 #13
Ha!! Long gone.....and miss him... LeftInTX Feb 2021 #16
Just think in terms of degrees Kelvin Ron Obvious Feb 2021 #17
zero degrees F is absolute enough for me. 5X Feb 2021 #18

progree

(10,864 posts)
2. Minus 19 F in Minneapolis, headed for a low of -22 at 7am. Then the sun rises and it gets hotter
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 06:07 AM
Feb 2021

than hell: -3 for a high.

Inside, it's 64. My furnace had an issue with an igniter or something 3 years ago, got it fixed, now it seems to be happening again with the same symptoms. Temp swinging between 63 and 69. Sometimes the furnace comes on for 15 seconds, then back off. Then there are times when it will stay on for 20 minutes and get the temp up to around 69. Thermostat is set to a bit above 70. It's been like this since Feb 5.

When the super cold weather passes, I hope it will be back to normal. Meanwhile saving money, saving our mother the Earth. Am dressed with thermal underware, sweater, sweat shirt, jacket, stocking cap. A big kettle of hot water between my feet. Another on the stove. Sigh.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
4. I'm so sorry
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 06:39 AM
Feb 2021

Sounds awful.

I just hate being cold. Yesterday I just couldn't seem to get warm. I finally got out a heavy robe that I hardly ever use and put it on over my clothes. I tolerate the cold a lot better when the sun is out. I hope that happens today.

But I have no room to complain. My power is on and my furnace is working. I hope it warms up there soon.

progree

(10,864 posts)
9. I just woke up: 61.0 deg inside. Will see what happens in the next hour or so
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 12:23 PM
Feb 2021

then will have to call the heating & air co. I know they are very very busy since we've had the polar vortex since Feb 5. My previous inside low this season was 63.0.

I'm doing fine though, in addition to what I described above, now wearing two stocking caps and a "ring" around the neck that was made from an old stocking cap that I folded, cut, and sewed. Have been using that for cold weather jogging for years.

bamagal62

(3,218 posts)
6. My son is in minneapolis.
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 07:52 AM
Feb 2021

He's walking distance to a coffee shop. Walked there the other day and he said his eyelashes froze! Brrrrr.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
3. I'm looking forward to Zero
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 06:33 AM
Feb 2021

The forecasted low was minus 9. It's minus 15.

I'm hoping that this is the last of the very cold weather. After today the forecast looks pretty good. I worry about homeless people and animals, and I worry about the power going out. I've really got to get a grip on my worrying.

LazySusanNot

(192 posts)
12. No worries. You have your new coffee valentines day "Cup o' Joe and Kamala" to hold onto
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 02:09 PM
Feb 2021

Hot Coffee in the Cup + Warm Hands = Warm fuzzies.

Hope you are doing well and staying toasty!

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
14. I use it just about every morning!
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 03:08 PM
Feb 2021

I'd really like to have another cup, but I already surpassed my limit.

It has warmed up to a whopping 3 degrees! I'm planning to go out and shovel off the back patio in just a bit. I had just shoveled some paths for the cats a couple of days ago, but I like to have the whole thing done. It just makes me feel warm, for some weird reason, to look out and see it cleared of snow.

And I need the exercise and the sun for my mood.

2naSalit

(86,046 posts)
7. We're getting ours back!
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 09:35 AM
Feb 2021

Was -5F when I went to bed and it was 0 when I got up but now, an hour later, it's +17F! We might see +20F today. A heat wave and it's not even close to daylight yet.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
10. Well, we were lied to.....again
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 12:35 PM
Feb 2021

Earlier wunderground said it was going to be zero at 10 a.m. Now it says that it's going to be -3 at that time.

But the sun is shining brightly, so that's a really good thing. Tomorrow is supposed to be above freezing. I'm so excited.

2naSalit

(86,046 posts)
11. The ice zone is finally moving eastward...
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 01:17 PM
Feb 2021

We're at +24 now but it's pretty windy out, as is usual around here. We have wind about 300 days out of the year.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
17. Just think in terms of degrees Kelvin
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 03:56 PM
Feb 2021

Zero Kelvin is absolute zero, when all molecular motion stops.

0 Fahrenheit is 255 degrees Kelvin, which sounds positively hot.

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