You think its cold where you live?

Frosty weather continued to nip at Europe Thursday, with temperatures falling as low as minus 34.6 degrees Celsius in one part of Germany.

An Arctic chill continued to frost Germany on Thursday, with nighttime temperatures of minus 34.6 degrees Celsius (minus 30.28 Fahrenheit) reported at Funtensee lake in Bavaria, according to the weather service Meteomedia.

Clear skies, dry air and almost a complete lack of wind on top of a thick covering of snow in the German Alps led to the dramatic drop in temperatures.

Wednesday night's temperatures caused the death of a 58-year-old homeless woman near Trier, who froze to death in her tent, according to police. For several years, the woman had lived together with a 43-year-old man in a tent on the bank of the Mosel River. Apparently the woman hadn't been equipped for the massive drop in temperature. Police said the homeless pair had rejected an offer by a local hotel to stay there for free during the cold period.

Germany's national railway, Deutsche Bahn, also reported that the brakes had frozen on one of its high-speed ICE trains traveling between Hanover and Berlin on Wednesday night. Stranded passengers had to be taken to the capital on a second train two hours later.

Wow Br.Hans!

Is this abnormal weather for your area? I'm asking because we are expecting high -30's C starting this week, while not too abnormal for us it is expected to last over a week, and that's a bit abnormal. At least in recent history anyway. With those temperatures my blazer barely warms up when I arrive at work (35 min +/-)

It sure is abnormal. The last hard winter we had was 2001 -45 °C. And we don`t live in Canada. :blush:

Wowsers!!! -45C...that our american friends is -45F...anywhere that's friggin' cold!!!:ohmy: :silly: :silly:

This is what greeted us here this morning...





by the way...

Cold enough to freeze the b***s off of a brass monkey !
Here's a little bit of factuality behind the expression!

\"Passing on a little winter Naval history:

CANNON BALLS !!! DID YOU KNOW THIS?

It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near
the cannon on old war ships. But how to prevent them from rolling about the
deck was the problem. The best storage method devised was to stack them as a
square based pyramid, with one ball on top, resting on four, resting on
nine, which rested on sixteen.

Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small
area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem -- how to prevent
the bottom layer from sliding/rolling from under the others.

The solution was a metal plate with 16 round indentations,
called, for reasons unknown, a Monkey. But if this plate were made of iron,
the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem
was to make them of brass - hence, Brass Monkeys.

Now realize that brass contracts much more and
much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature
dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron
cannon balls would come right off the monkey.

Thus, it was quite literally, cold enough to freeze the balls
off a brass monkey. And all this time, you thought that was just a vulgar
expression, didn't you?

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

hmmm...that was a photo my outside thermometer...is reads -38F.

Go to my temple space, the photo is in my gallery

I just couldn't resist...*evil Grin...:blink:


The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart


50° Fahrenheit (10° C)
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Canadians plant gardens.


35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)
Italian Cars won't start
Canadians drive with the windows down


32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C)
American water freezes
Canadian water gets thicker.


0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C)
New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
Canadians have the last cookout of the season.


-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C)
Mt. St. Helens freezes.
Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.


-100° Fahrenheit (-73° C)
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Canadians pull down their ear flaps.


-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C)
Ethyl alcohol Freezes.
Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the
keg

-460° Fahrenheit (-273° C)
Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
Canadians start saying \"cold, eh?\"


-500° Fahrenheit (-295° C)
Hell freezes over.
The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup

For the record, I'm an Ottawa Senators Fan :woohoo:

Lol. I love this monkey business.

I don't know about the rest of the country but thanks Canada for sharing your cold blast and by the way LOL Im from Minnesota and I'm wearing shorts still.
Ha! actually I'm kidding I brought the long underwear out in October, it's my second skin until March or April.

Always happy to share...:silly: