Stans Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 This Day in WWII 11-13-1939 – 1945 1939: Two German supply ships are scuttled when cornered by the Royal Navy. 1940: Two aircraft of the Wireless Intelligence and Development Unit make the first direct attack on enemy Ruffian navigational radar installations on the Cherbourg Peninsula by homing in on their transmission. 1941: Aircraft carrier Ark Royal is torpedoed off Gibraltar by U-81 and later sinks. 1941: President Roosevelt announces the arming of American merchant vessels carrying Lend-Lease cargo to Britain. 1941: Temperature near Moscow drops to -80°F (-22.2°C). 1942: The Eighth Army captures Tobruk and Montgomery says: ‘We have completely smashed the German and Italian armies’. 1942: First sea battle off Guadalcanal in the Pacific begins in confusion. 1942: Lt Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower flies to Algeria to conclude an agreement with French Admiral Jean Darlan. 1944: Free French forces under General Leclerc attack from Alsace towards the upper Rhine. 1944: German troops evacuate Skopje in Yugoslavia. 1945: General de Gaulle is elected head of the provisional French government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 -80-32=-112 -112 x 5 / 9 = -62.2C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Tell 'em Chopper -80C would be REALLY COLD !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I know what -22.2C (-8F) feels like and it ain't nothin, although I froze my face at -25C the day after I shaved my beard, prompting me to grow it back. I remember my 1st -40C (-40F) day, in Edmonton. A beautiful calm sunny day and me, the south Ontarian dummy I was, thought nothing of going outside for a bit of fresh air while awaiting my brother to pick me up in his car. I wasn't outside for a minute when I went to wipe my nose. I couldn't feel a thing. It was completely numb. I quickly learned to have respect for winter there. At that temperature, if the temperature drop is fast enough, the moisture in the air (what little is left) will crystalize forming really cool little bright speckles in the air. It hit -60C with a wind chill factor, in Edmonton, and close to it, several times while I lived there. Don't know what that feels like as I wasn't stupid enough to go out and find out for myself. Why? I'd only just die. The city shuts down on those days. Supposedly at -60C 25% of your body energy goes to just breathing. Sorry Stans for being a pedantic again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schatten Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 The coldest I ever remember was one year when I was in college, with the wind chill it was -65F, that was daaaaaamn cold. We didn't have classes for over a week because of the temperature. Ironically enough there was only about half an inch of snow on the ground, it was dry during that period, but it was colder than cold. On the bright side we didn't have to waste space in the fridges, just left the beer on the back porch for an hour or so and it was good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 We used to go to school in Montana even at -40F. I can remember walking to the bus stop and hearing my crunching footsteps echo off the trees. Yes, it was usually dead still when it got that cold. Sometimes after a thaw it would get really cold and the freezing sap would actually blow limbs off trees. Our freezer was out on the unheated porch. We used to unplug in in November and plug it back in in late February. No, it doesn't get that cold here in Fort Collins, but my wife routinely uses our shaded back porch as a refrigerator and freezer. That impresses the hell out of my sister-in-law, who lives in Florida. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I just post this, I don't write it. Back in my day, we walked to school in three feet of snow, and it was uphill. Both ways!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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