Alaska Weather (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Eielson AFB: reduction, free, qualify)

[Rance]

Originally Posted by Moose Whisperer

Special Statement
Statement as of 6:00 AM AKST on November 15, 2011


... Brisk conditions to envelop southcentral Alaska...
the cold airmass will create wind
chills of 15 to 30 degrees below zero across the Anchorage bowl and
Matanuska Valley before winds begin to diminish on Thursday.

Those venturing outdoors for appreciable periods of time are reminded
of the risk of frostbite to exposed skin... and are encouraged to
dress in layers.

Which is exactly why we are heading to Vegas for a few days!

[warptman]

Originally Posted by Rance

Which is exactly why we are heading to Vegas for a few days!

In n Out Burger!

[Rance]

Originally Posted by warptman

In n Out Burger!

Is it on the strip?

[warptman]

IN-N-OUT Burger

[ShipOfFools42]

^ Not far from the Strip! I've heard a lot about that In-N-Out Burger, I need to try it sometime if I ever go to a state that has them. My friend who used to live in southern California was nuts about them.

Great discussion about the differences with below zero temperatures, so if someone would humor me, I'd be quite interested to know about this "breathing through a scarf when it's 40 below or colder" thing. I have read in quite a few different books that the sensation people got when they first stepped outside in that kind of weather was that they "couldn't breathe", which sounds really intense, but those people never ACTUALLY had any problem breathing. So yeah, encore encore! (About the cold weather.)

[warptman]

This morning I walked out the door to start the car, started coughing in the -9 air...

[Moose Whisperer]

Originally Posted by ShipOfFools42

^ Not far from the Strip! I've heard a lot about that In-N-Out Burger, I need to try it sometime if I ever go to a state that has them. My friend who used to live in southern California was nuts about them.

Great discussion about the differences with below zero temperatures, so if someone would humor me, I'd be quite interested to know about this "breathing through a scarf when it's 40 below or colder" thing. I have read in quite a few different books that the sensation people got when they first stepped outside in that kind of weather was that they "couldn't breathe", which sounds really intense, but those people never ACTUALLY had any problem breathing. So yeah, encore encore! (About the cold weather.)

If you're not a smoker, very similar sensation to taking a deep drag on a cig. Your lungs go into shock and the natural reflex is to cough. Best to breath slowly in through the nose. But then you get to feel your nose hairs freeze!

In-N-Out is awesome! Always one of the burger places high on our list when we are down south in Cali! Not quite as good as Tommy's, but close!

[Lakester]

Originally Posted by ShipOfFools42

^ Not far from the Strip! I've heard a lot about that In-N-Out Burger, I need to try it sometime if I ever go to a state that has them. My friend who used to live in southern California was nuts about them.

Great discussion about the differences with below zero temperatures, so if someone would humor me, I'd be quite interested to know about this "breathing through a scarf when it's 40 below or colder" thing. I have read in quite a few different books that the sensation people got when they first stepped outside in that kind of weather was that they "couldn't breathe", which sounds really intense, but those people never ACTUALLY had any problem breathing. So yeah, encore encore! (About the cold weather.)

Simply put - the moisture in your throat and lungs flash freeze, breathing thru something is like a pre heater and slows down the air intake giving it a chance to warm slightly.

[ShipOfFools42]

Hmmm, sounds lovely. I'm sure people get used to it though, or they wouldn't be living there. I've been in temperatures as low as -20˚F (without windchill), and I didn't get any sort of throat-freezing thing going on or any trouble breathing. Maybe it was the fact that it was the moist cold up in Northern New England.

Moose, I am a smoker actually, so I guess I kinda know what you mean. That freezing nose sensation is one of the only things I don't like about the cold, but it usually doesn't last long, at least not on the East Coast. It's usually when I first go out to warm the car up in the morning, and then it goes away...

[Nephler]

Originally Posted by Moose Whisperer

Best to breath slowly in through the nose. But then you get to feel your nose hairs freeze!

Something about having your nose hairs freeze is, well, exhilarating.
Once you're use to the cold, as in -20° and below, it's really not bad at all. There is something about it that I really enjoy. I even went for a nice little hike at about -40°, my lungs felt it, but knowing how to breath correct makes it all worth while.