Everything is covered in ice

[Skiz]

Yep, everything. It actually looks nice. Don't see ice too much in central Texas.

I had to drive about 20 MPH coming home from work b/c I was sliding around. I don't see how people live in this shit for months at a time.

[S!X]

I heard all about this on the news, it's causing a good amount of problems eh?

[Virtualbody1234]

I don't see how people live in this shit for months at a time.

We use rock salt to melt the ice.

[Skiz]

I don't see how people live in this shit for months at a time.

We use rock salt to melt the ice.

I always found it strange that table salt will make ice water, or slush even colder, but rock salt will do the opposite. :wacko:

When I said I don't know how you guys do it, I wasn't being literal. :P

I just couldn't live in weather like that. It's just miserable. It's only like 28 here and it sucks - too cold to do anything.

My aunt sent me an email some 2-3 days ago saying it was -3 in Denver, not including the wind chill. :pinch:

No way. Screw that.

The pics were beautiful though. :O

[thewizeard]

Well..with the future "global cooling," you better get use to it.

You can avert it all, burn more fossil fuels.

[Barbarossa]

I always found it strange that table salt will make ice water, or slush even colder, but rock salt will do the opposite. :wacko:

I'm not surprised you find it strange, because that's not what happens :wacko:

[GepperRankins]

I always found it strange that table salt will make ice water, or slush even colder, but rock salt will do the opposite. :wacko:

I'm not surprised you find it strange, because that's not what happens :wacko:
i'm larfing way too much here

[clocker]

My aunt sent me an email some 2-3 days ago saying it was -3 in Denver, not including the wind chill. :pinch:

No way. Screw that.

She must live in the warm part of town.
On the south side it's been in the minus double digits the past few nights and hasn't broken into the teens during the day.

"Screw that" is exactly how I feel, too.

[Skiz]

I always found it strange that table salt will make ice water, or slush even colder, but rock salt will do the opposite. :wacko:

I'm not surprised you find it strange, because that's not what happens :wacko:

Yes it does.

Watch Myth-Busters on Discovery. They start with the question of, "Will a freezer cool a 6-pack faster than a fridge" Then they went even further to determine what will cool a sixer the quickest. Results after a few minutes?

The beer in ice was at 57 degrees.
The beer in ice water was 44 degrees.
The beer in in salt water was 35.9 degrees.
The beer in in the freezer was 55 degrees.
The beer in the fridge was 60 degrees.

Why was the beer in the salt water the coolest? Because the salt drops the freezing point of the water to 24 degrees. Fact. ;)

We seem to have gotten you to stop watching YouTube for your news updates, but you're still spouting off things you don't know. :dabs:

[Skiz]

My aunt sent me an email some 2-3 days ago saying it was -3 in Denver, not including the wind chill. :pinch:

No way. Screw that.

She must live in the warm part of town.
On the south side it's been in the minus double digits the past few nights and hasn't broken into the teens during the day.

"Screw that" is exactly how I feel, too.

You are a braver soul than me, sir. :yup:

[j2k4]

My aunt sent me an email some 2-3 days ago saying it was -3 in Denver, not including the wind chill. :pinch:

No way. Screw that.

She must live in the warm part of town.
On the south side it's been in the minus double digits the past few nights and hasn't broken into the teens during the day.

"Screw that" is exactly how I feel, too.

I'm enjoying balmy 7F temps. :)

You guys should all be aware that by complaining, you are only aggravating the, um, global warming problem.

Do your part and STFU. :D

[Barbarossa]

Why was the beer in the salt water the coolest? Because the salt drops the freezing point of the water to 24 degrees. Fact. ;)


I'm not disputing that fact, you fucking retard, I'm disputing the other thing you said. The "rock salt will do the opposite" garbage.



We seem to have gotten you to stop watching YouTube for your news updates,

What the fuck are you talking about? :blink:

[Skiz]

I'm not disputing that fact, you fucking retard, I'm disputing the other thing you said. The "rock salt will do the opposite" garbage.


It's not garbage you idiot. Rock salt melts ice. Are you actually disputing that?

[Virtualbody1234]

Because the salt drops the freezing point of the water to 24 degrees. Fact. ;)



That says it all. 24 degrees is colder than freezing yet the salt water is just starting to freeze.

So it would also melt ice at 25 degrees F.

[Busyman™]

She must live in the warm part of town.
On the south side it's been in the minus double digits the past few nights and hasn't broken into the teens during the day.

"Screw that" is exactly how I feel, too.

I'm enjoying balmy 7F temps. :)

You guys should all be aware that by complaining, you are only aggravating the, um, global warming problem.

Do your part and STFU. :D

Agreed. El Nino has nothing at all to do with global warming and since it's warm as fuck up here there shouldn't be weird coolness elsewhere.

It should be warm across the board and stuff.

[Barbarossa]

I'm not disputing that fact, you fucking retard, I'm disputing the other thing you said. The "rock salt will do the opposite" garbage.


It's not garbage you idiot. Rock salt melts ice. Are you actually disputing that?

No I'm not disputing that you prat. salt melts the ice because when dissolved in water it lowers the freezing temperature of water. Regardless of whether it's rock salt or any other sort of salt. :frusty:

In fact, anything dissolved in water lowers the freezing temperature of water.

This is really basic stuff, skizo. :idunno:

[clocker]

We use rock salt to melt the ice.
Which is also an excellent way to melt your car.

[Gripper]

We use rock salt to melt the ice.

I always found it strange that table salt will make ice water, or slush even colder, but rock salt will do the opposite. :wacko:

When I said I don't know how you guys do it, I wasn't being literal. :P

I just couldn't live in weather like that. It's just miserable. It's only like 28 here and it sucks - too cold to do anything.

My aunt sent me an email some 2-3 days ago saying it was -3 in Denver, not including the wind chill. :pinch:

No way. Screw that.

The pics were beautiful though. :O

Its this statement that don't make sense,salt melts ice,wether rock or table.

[Virtualbody1234]

We use rock salt to melt the ice.
Which is also an excellent way to melt your car.

I know but it's not my choice. They spread that shit everywhere.

The best defense is to oil spray the car yearly or, for the very finicky, put it in storage for the winter.

[clocker]

The best defense is to oil spray the car yearly or, for the very finicky, put it in storage for the winter.
In upstate Michigan where my brother lives it's very common for folks to buy a beater car just for winter.
Get it cheap, make sure it has snow tires and just run it till it rusts out from under you.
Or drive a snowmobile.

I was amazed to see how busy his carwashes were in the winter months...people were washing nearly everyday day, trying to mitigate the effects of the road salt.

[Skiz]

It's snowing! :w00t:

[Alien5]

prove it! build a snowman then show us a pic.

[Shadowfire]

The trees looked pretty this morning. We poured boiling water over the steps and swept it just so that we could actually use them.

[Skiz]

prove it! build a snowman then show us a pic.

It's not snowing nearly enough for that.

I've never made a snowman before. :cry:

Proof here though - http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/?SecID=1

[NA_Magus]

I really do wish it that storm would go a couple hundred miles south instead. I wanna see some snow.

[Alien5]

i wish it would snow here

[Skiz]

i wish it would snow here

Don't you get plenty of snow there? :unsure:

[Alien5]

very rarely in london, they get it around the countryside in the outish parts of london.

[Skiz]

Really? I would have thought you guys would get lots of snow.

It's cold enough right? And I know you get lots of precipitation.

[Alien5]

no its too warm now, we will get snow in the summer, just to piss everyone off in their vacation :blink:

[Virtualbody1234]

I've never made a snowman before. :cry:



Oh my God! :O :blink:

[Busyman™]

The best defense is to oil spray the car yearly or, for the very finicky, put it in storage for the winter.
In upstate Michigan where my brother lives it's very common for folks to buy a beater car just for winter.
Get it cheap, make sure it has snow tires and just run it till it rusts out from under you.

beater car = hooptie?:unsure:

We like those around these parts for driving to work also. Keep the luxury car for trips, weekends, and special outings.

[Shadowfire]

prove it! build a snowman then show us a pic.

It's not snowing nearly enough for that.

I've never made a snowman before. :cry:

Proof here though - http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/?SecID=1

Oh gosh, dearie, you have to buy a plane ticket north right now!

[Skiz]

I've never made a snowman before. :cry:



Oh my God! :O :blink:

I'm from Texas. If we get snow, it melts when it touches the ground, except on rare occasions. Even then, it's maybe an inch or two.

I've been outside of Texas and into the snow plenty of times, even to the Alps, but I've never built a snowman. Am I missing out on fun er what?

[SpiderPig]

You suck.

Texas gets ice and sleet while the mid-atlantic and NorthEast gets shitty summer weather.. Bull.

[Virtualbody1234]

Oh my God! :O :blink:

I'm from Texas. If we get snow, it melts when it touches the ground, except on rare occasions. Even then, it's maybe an inch or two.

I've been outside of Texas and into the snow plenty of times, even to the Alps, but I've never built a snowman. Am I missing out on fun er what?
Yup! You've got to build a snowman at least once in your life. Do it the next chance you get. :01:

[Barbarossa]

The trees looked pretty this morning. We poured boiling water over the steps and swept it just so that we could actually use them.

:pinch: That'll freeze and turn to ice and then you'll slip on it and break your collarbone.


Sprinkle some rock salt on the steps ASAP, n00b :P

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http://k43.pbase.com/u17/scherrer/large/39174542.DSCF7013_w.jpg

[manker]

The trees looked pretty this morning. We poured boiling water over the steps and swept it just so that we could actually use them.

:pinch: That'll freeze and turn to ice and then you'll slip on it and break your collarbone.


Sprinkle some rock salt on the steps ASAP, n00b :PNoooooo!

Rock salt has the opposite effect to normal salt. Everyone knows that.

[Virtualbody1234]

http://k43.pbase.com/u17/scherrer/large/39174542.DSCF7013_w.jpg

That looks fake.

See there's no ice on the roof of the building nor any on the trees in the background.

[100%]

photoshop?

http://www.weatheranswer.com/public/ice_car_.bmp

[Skiz]

It's real. I assume the waves were just crashing over the wall.

Some more:

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2387/dontparkbywater1yo9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5412/dontparkbywater3be6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Barbarossa]

Do you think the sea contains the wrong sort of salt? :blink:

[Virtualbody1234]

Sea salt! :O

[Busyman™]

It's real. I assume the waves were just crashing over the wall.

Some more:

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2387/dontparkbywater1yo9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5412/dontparkbywater3be6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yeah I remember back in '94 (I think), we had a nasty ice "storm" but of course it didn't involve waves and stuff.

I remember trying to get outta my apartment parking lot and having to get a hammer to crack all the ice on the ground around my car.

Everywhere outside had a sheet of ice and it's the only time I've seen such an occurence in my area.

On those picks above, some of that had to snow that froze as it melted. Water doesn't bunch up like that.

[clocker]

On those picks above, some of that had to snow that froze as it melted. Water doesn't bunch up like that.
Sure it does.
Heavy winds+location near open water+freezing temps=those pics.

I've seen ice like that on the shore of Lake Michigan and no doubt j2 has seen similar in his neck 'o the woods.

[Busyman™]

On those picks above, some of that had to snow that froze as it melted. Water doesn't bunch up like that.
Sure it does.
Heavy winds+location near open water+freezing temps=those pics.

I've seen ice like that on the shore of Lake Michigan and no doubt j2 has seen similar in his neck 'o the woods.

I didn't say those pics entirely. :dry:

Look at the first pic with all that shit bunched up on the side view mirror looking like a hanging dick.

I understand that can ice freeze on toppa ice.

[GepperRankins]

Sure it does.
Heavy winds+location near open water+freezing temps=those pics.

I've seen ice like that on the shore of Lake Michigan and no doubt j2 has seen similar in his neck 'o the woods.

I didn't say those pics entirely. :dry:

Look at the first pic with all that shit bunched up on the side view mirror looking like a hanging dick.

I understand that can ice freeze on toppa ice.
it runs down as water and freezes before it can fall :dabs:

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strange - i can do the results of this entire thread in my head in a second.
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