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ChinaLouise t1_j1e7ufy wrote

I feel like every year we have a few days of this and people say "it hasn't been like this in years!"

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ChinaLouise t1_j1e906u wrote

Replying to reverendsteveii (#1,025,500)

That says it was colder literally last year and every year before that. In fact it says it was colder every year

Edit: you people probably really think it's -21 out there lol. It's 4. And it gets to be around this every year for a few days

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Alone-Lobster-7405 t1_j1e9yy8 wrote

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.

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reverendsteveii OP t1_j1ehzms wrote

Replying to ChinaLouise (#1,025,519)

I said the real feel is -21 because the real feel is -21f, not the thermometer temp. Bbbbbuuuuutttttt it's -3f thermometer temp in Penn Hills according to the weather channel and it's the middle of the afternoon so we're gonna give away a few degrees before we get any new ones. Let's see where it bottoms out.

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reverendsteveii OP t1_j1ejg6q wrote

Replying to ChinaLouise (#1,026,485)

Yes, and at -3 at 2pm we're on pace to likely bottom out at the coldest since at least 2015 (-10) and possibly as far back as 1994 (-22). There's no cloud cover. It's gonna get brutal when it gets dark.

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ruppy99 t1_j1en63e wrote

Replying to ChinaLouise (#1,026,636)

I don't think it's hysterical to be worried about very low temperatures, especially when it's combined with high winds knocking out power. People have legitimate concerns about losing heating and/or electricity and the temperature has the potential to continue to fall and wind stay strong overnight. City of Pittsburgh have also opened their warming centers early.

But each to their own I suppose.

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Exploding8 t1_j1eowu8 wrote

Replying to ChinaLouise (#1,027,088)

Its easy enough to prove. Go film yourself standing outside for 15 minutes in a tshirt. If the windchill isn't actually -20 then you'll be fine. If it is you'll get frostbite. You seem adamant about this point and it seems really important to you so might as well show us what's what.

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ruppy99 t1_j1ep708 wrote

Replying to ChinaLouise (#1,027,088)

I mean I don't think anybody said it was?

OP said real feel was -21, which is an accuweather measurement used to determine how the temperature will feel and affect an individual, taking in to account other factors as well as temperature (https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/what-is-the-accuweather-realfeel-temperature/156655).

Another example of where real feel can be used is how on a very humid day in summer it can feel a lot hotter than it actually is.

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pparhplar t1_j1fd05i wrote

Folks down here in Charlotte NC have busted out their best hoodies.

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mikesarney t1_j1fz6gb wrote

Replying to mdenovich (#1,028,049)

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.

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