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RubberV t1_ixd40s0 wrote

Pro Tip: There is no heat inside at Eastern State Penitentiary so if you go for a tour in the winter bundle up.

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Golden_Bee_Moth OP t1_ixd480f wrote

Will make sure to do that heh I bet some people say that it's cold cause of ghosts when really it's just an old building...I bet if my dad went there in winter he'd would continue to wear a t shirt

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Itslehooksboyo t1_ixdhhzu wrote

My dad at most would wear a thin sweater, meanwhile I'm over here in a thick cardigan and leather jacket lmao

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Golden_Bee_Moth OP t1_ixdhnm9 wrote

Yeah my dad in a joking manner has said that none of his kids are truly Pennsylvanians as we all hate the cold

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Itslehooksboyo t1_ixdhsyf wrote

My dad was born in Michigan lmao, we joke that it's his Michigan blood at work keeping him warm

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Golden_Bee_Moth OP t1_ixdhzl5 wrote

My mom is from Iowa during tornado warnings she'll just go outside tell us the clouds aren't green and then go back to whatever she was doing

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Itslehooksboyo t1_ixdi5cm wrote

She really said "I'm built different" huh

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Golden_Bee_Moth OP t1_ixdibtq wrote

No idea but the rest of my mom's side of the family does stuff like that to make sense though Iowa has a lot of tornadoes

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C4bl3Fl4m3 t1_ixdisdl wrote

Even her own state says that's a myth. https://iowaweather.com/what-does-a-green-sky-mean/

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Golden_Bee_Moth OP t1_ixdiwov wrote

My mom stands by it always says green tinted clouds means tornadoes

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hufarted-me t1_ixe21wq wrote

As a feller from Kansas originally, I can at least confirm that the green cloud thing is widely believed.

Every tornado I have ever seen was preceded by green sky and hail, so I kinda understand where folks are coming from.

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C4bl3Fl4m3 t1_ixdp68z wrote

Science has proven her wrong. You can find more websites on it if you like.

Being wrong at this means she could be DEAD wrong.

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ScienceWasLove t1_ixgtybt wrote

You should read the article you quoted. Sure green skies don’t always lead to a tornado per the article, but the article doesn’t 100% dismiss the phenomena either:

“However, thunderstorms that are large enough to produce a green sky, often are severe enough where they end up producing large hail and even tornadoes.”

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C4bl3Fl4m3 t1_ixhfw43 wrote

This is true, but the idea that you HAVE to have a green sky to have a tornado is more what's in question here. The absence of a green sky does NOT mean the absence of a tornado, and to bet on that means you could end dead.

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SucksToYourAssmar3 t1_ixec62z wrote

On the other hand - I’ve found Pittsburgh folks GREATLY exaggerate how cold and snowy Pittsburgh is. It’s not North Dakota. It’s not even Buffalo.

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YongbyonZebra t1_ixehsw8 wrote

It used to be a lot more snowy, young 'un (though it's never been Buffalo).

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SucksToYourAssmar3 t1_ixeov6y wrote

I’m 38. It’s never been THAT snowy lol

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hostile_rep t1_ixdjkvv wrote

For what? 40° is BBQ weather in PA.

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Hugsie924 t1_ixfe4dm wrote

I (grew up in philly)told my husband "it's warmer today, you don't need a jacket" he(originally from the west coast) says "how much warmer?"

Me:40 degrees Him:.........

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rivershimmer t1_ixeyeyt wrote

Ain't nobody got nothing to say about a 40-degree day.

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key2mydisaster t1_ixeb823 wrote

ESP is a cool place to visit. They are where the name penitentiary came from, and despite them supposedly trying to reform prisoners it was hell there..

The prisoners had zero communication with each other as they weren't allowed to talk and they were kept in concrete cells with closed double doors. The only window in their cell was a tiny skylight called 'the eye of god'

One of the times my husband and I went there back in the early 2000s and they had an art installation called "ghost cats" and there were life sized white cat statues placed around the prison because there used to be a cat or two back when it was a prison that lived there to catch mice.

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Patiod t1_ixgjqjm wrote

Ghost cats? My husband worked there when it was first offering tours and we locked up some nights. That place used to be full of 3 spooky things: bats, rats and REAL cats

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key2mydisaster t1_ixj8dc3 wrote

Yeah, it was a really cool art installation!

I think the spookiest thing is parking around there. Lol

Sounds like the cats aren't doing their jobs with those rats. Laziness.

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redikulous t1_ixehma8 wrote

>my dad went there in winter he'd would

Just fyi - he'd = "he would" so you don't need to add the "would" after...

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belgiumwaffles t1_ixdrx7s wrote

Kinda makes you wonder how horrible it was to be a prisoner there. I did a summer tour and it was ungodly hot. Can't imagine how cold the winter is.

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Watchyousuffer t1_ixdz9rm wrote

well, it had heat. they just don't run it anymore

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gamaknightgaming t1_ixfgyim wrote

Fun fact, one of the first buildings in the country (and possibly the world? Idk how old the technology is) to have radiator heating

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Patiod t1_ixgjelm wrote

I worked one night many years ago at a precursor to the Terror Behind the Walls. It was so bone chillingly cold in those cells. So cold. God bless the people at London who sent over soup.

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