[AT] and you think its cold.

[The MAd Scots Farmer]

Well, When I was a kid, in Warren county Iowa, I remember looking at
are outside thermometer that went down to -40 and not seeing any red
in the glass. And no, it hadn't slipped in the bracket.

Landen Schooler
Carlisle, Iowa

>I'd just like to remind people that while the list is true, there are many 
>places on earth COLDER than Iowa.
>
>I personally find the ice is much better for skating when it is -20 or so.   I 
>have been outside in just a t-shirt when it was -25.   MN is just a little 
>colder than Iowa, and we enjoy it.    I know there are people on this list 
>from Canada who have seen colder than we get here.   
>
>On Monday 22 January 2007 17:28, Mike Sloane wrote:
>> I spent a week one January day and night in Des Moines a few years back.
>> It was -15° with a 20 mph steady wind. Cold air was actually blowing
>> through the walls of the motel where I was giving a presentations. It
>> was the coldest place I have ever been in, and I will say that on the
>> cab ride out to the airport that afternoon I did not see a single
>> person, animal, or vehicle. I guess they were all at barbecues.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> John Grant wrote:
>> > Subject: and you think its cold.
>> >