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Keee-rist! It's 40 degrees with 15 mph wind. I fear I may freeze to death.
Having only been in Texas a bit less than four years, I can't help wondering... Does this mean it's time to wear something other than shorts and a T-shirt?
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Definite maybe.
Wait for the ice storm.
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40 degrees means longjohns here in Az...
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Hmmm it was -24�F when I left for work this morning...but it is a dry cold.
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also depends on humidity, here in northeast Montana when spring rolls around i wear t-shirts at 20*.....this last spring out at ScottF's i was wearing a wool jacked at 50*.....i phuggin hate humidity...
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If it hit -24 in Texas life as we know it would cease...
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40 degrees means longjohns here in Az...
Kent EXACTLY!!!
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My cousin from Florida was up here in Michigan last year and it got to 30 degrees. He told me I was crazy for living up here 'cause "people die in this SH^T!!!"
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Hmmm it was -24�F when I left for work this morning...but it is a dry cold. I considered possibly going up there to work... but that's why, doubt I could adapt. 71 degrees here right now, the granddaughter and I just got done sitting in the shade blowing soap bubbles. Kent
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My cousin from Florida was up here in Michigan last year and it got to 30 degrees. He told me I was crazy for living up here 'cause "people die in this SH^T!!!" Funny thing with the wind chill today. I was walking through a parking lot to grab lunch and an older gent asked, "Are you really out walking in this?" I said, "No, I'm pretending to walk, because I'm too phuggin' cold to move."
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Kent not much goes on outside with construction work when it is that cold. They don't even run crushers then.
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Kent not much goes on outside with construction work when it is that cold. They don't even run crushers then. The other thing here is it's all year in construction except rain days, which are seldom. Though I promised myself I won't do concrete in the summers anymore here, 30+ summers is enough. Kent
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42 in Anchorage, kinda funny when it's warmer hear than Texas, in November. Yea, I can see that weather spoiling you. Took a friend from Texas fishing last year and while the boys and I were in shorts and t shirts he was in jeans and a sweatshirt and the temps were in the 70's ![[Linked Image]](http://forums.accuratereloading.com/evefiles/photo_albums/3/4/4/344100033/7891047502_036318CE3405F9F7856FD8D2C0C1D3B5.jpg)
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That's because Texans only own two types of pants -- shorts and jeans.
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One of the coldest times ever was when I was in Houston working on the railroad in March and it had been 80 and then a snap blew in off the Gulf turning it to around 40. It was miserable with that icy wind off the ocean. I've also been in some hellish ice storms down there.
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also depends on humidity, here in northeast Montana when spring rolls around i wear t-shirts at 20*.....this last spring out at ScottF's i was wearing a wool jacked at 50*.....i phuggin hate humidity... This. I've been in T-shirts at 20-30F and for short perdiods and been fine. The wind and humidity here sucks and it's 40F and I freeze my ass off in a wool jacket for even a few minutes.
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Kent not much goes on outside with construction work when it is that cold. They don't even run crushers then. The coldest I ever got in a none hunting situation was 0F in Baton Rouge LA. Refineries run 24/7 365 and they had a boo boo otherwise known as an explosion related to the cold weather. Nothing beats climbing a pressure vessel to 200' in nothing but a nomex suit (which aren't windproof) because you didn't have a nomex rated jacket to try and measure something with a tape measure and then write it down lol. They changed the rule now and you can wear a non nomex jacket over your suit which helps.
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If it hit -24 in Texas life as we know it would cease... If it did I could skate to Cancun.
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