Alone-Lobster-7405 t1_j1e9yy8 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 5:45 PM

Remember with it hit -20 without wind-chill back in the 90s. I the car starting but not wanting to steer because it was frozen.

Stay warm and check on who you can.

sopabe6197 t1_j1eiv66 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 6:46 PM

January 1994. The start to an incredibly crazy year.

whydinosaurs t1_j1flv3e wrote on December 23, 2022 at 11:30 PM

Hit -30 in my town. Just nuts.

mdenovich t1_j1ey0sf wrote on December 23, 2022 at 8:31 PM

After getting to campus only to find a state of emergency cancelled classes while en route, I blew a head gasket on way home.

mikesarney t1_j1fz6gb wrote on December 24, 2022 at 1:16 AM

I was going to CMU then, and I had to run out there to oick up some papers. My car wouldn't start. My parents were on vacation, so I took their car from the warm garage.

I got the stuff I needed, and made it back to the car in about 30 minutes. In that time, something froze, and the car wouldn't start. It was also then that I realized I had left my wallet on the passenger seat of my car when I had tried to start it at home. So I was stuck in Oakland with no cash, no credit card, and no ID.

After about 15 minutes of attempting to start the car, it finally came to life. Just amazed me that it went from functional to frozen in such a short time.