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01-23-2006, 01:12 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alaska
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| Dave, I may need to...according to the National Weather Service (US, in case anyone wondered which nation...):
"Statement as of 1:41 am AST on January 23, 2006
... Record cold temperatures at King Salmon...
Yesterday... January the 22nd... the temperature dropped to
33 below zero at 11:01 PM. This ties the record cold
temperature in King Salmon at 33 degrees below zero...
recorded back in 1973.
Today... January the 23rd... we have a new record low
temperature at 34 below zero which occurred at 1:30 am.
Stay tuned as the temperature will probably drop further
this morning. The old record low was 31 below zero which
was set in 1973."
And right now, the official temperature is -37, so we're setting one of those records, just as we'd been hoping to...or not. Of course other places are colder, but this is plenty cold for me. Our saving grace right now is that there is little or no wind. But this is a windy place, and it will be very surprising if the wind doesn't pick up this afternoon...shudder. Our office heat went off, so we all got sent home, but somehow I don't see myself getting too much done on the project today. Just think of me when you open your fridge.
On a completely off-topic note, I completely subscribe to the notion that, "there's no such thing as bad weather, just people who are poorly dressed." Don't ask who said that, as I don't know, but I heard it in more or less that form. I disagree under one set of conditions: high winds. Hard to dress for a tornado. I also think that no matter how well I'm dressed, houses and cars are not well-suited for these temperatures. Let's just hope my heat stays on. It went off briefly this morning, thankfully I was here to notice and get it fired back up.
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01-23-2006, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
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Originally Posted by Troy Hamon And right now, the official temperature is -37, so we're setting one of those records, just as we'd been hoping to...or not. | Troy:
One consolation - at that temperature, if someone asks whether those are degrees farhenheit or degrees celcius, you can answer: Doesn't matter - it is darn cold! 
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01-23-2006, 11:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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| A friend of ours just moved to King Salmon. I hope she likes staying indoors...
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01-24-2006, 01:14 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alaska
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| Well, the funny thing is that many winters are disappointing, warm and rainy all winter. That, of course, would be great for me working on this project, but the lakes and rivers don't freeze then, which is a great barrier to outdoor travel. Not a problem this year. You can go anywhere you want, just wear lots of clothes. We've dipped back down to -30 again, and headed a bit lower tonight.
A gentleman at work just brought his wife up (perhaps your friend?), and I told him to tell her that it isn't always like this, only when new people move to town... | |
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01-24-2006, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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| If I have my facts straight (happens sometimes), Angela's SO works for the Park Service.
Warm wet winters could describe San Franciso, but I expect our definitions of 'warm' might be different. It is in the low 60s F in Berkeley today, with clear sun and I'm stuck in the office. It only rains on weekends around here, I'm sure.
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01-24-2006, 02:45 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alaska
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| Angela it is, the one and same. I hope she's doing well also, that's the report I hear so far... | |
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01-28-2006, 01:36 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alaska
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| Well, our cold snap shows no sign of ending. Despite that, I went ahead last Monday and moved construction materials out of the darkroom and started moving in darkroom stuff. That's optimism! The space looks pretty nice in terms of overall size, but it is unbelievably cold here. I am thinking pretty seriously about putting in an air exchanger in the future to take the place of the current ventilation system, and this before I even hook up the electricity. But at the current temperatures, without a way to harvest heat from the air leaving, I'd never be able to work out there in the winter! Oh well, since today is the COLDEST DAY I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE, I doubt I'll need to plan for these temperatures on a regular basis.
No joke! This morning the mercury has dipped to -44F (so far)! I may as well live in Fairbanks! If I had wanted temperatures this cold, I could have lived in North Dakota! Or Minnesota! Did I mention it is cold out?
As you may have gathered, the 'construction' is not moving particularly rapidly at present. I just read back over my posts here, and was amused to see my original posts about finishing in October so I didn't have to work in the winter on this project...well that would have been wise. But wise is different than reality in this case, so I'll go back to practicing patience...or trying to learn it. And in the meantime, I know it will warm up sometime in the next three months... | |
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01-28-2006, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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| A quick calculation tells me that is around -42C. I don't even have a thermometer that goes that low. It must be really dry, too, so heat exchange and humidity are going to be important if you plan on working late or early in the year.
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01-28-2006, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alaska
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| Hi Graham,
It will be interesting to see what the next few winters look like. This is an uncommonly cold one. We usually get a few odd days below zero, but we've had two major cold spells this year and no sign of letup on the current one. Some winters are almost all above 20F, with many extended periods in the 30s and 40s. But the heat exchange option would probably be good for that as well. I wish I had planned for that...I'm not sure but what I can retrofit my current system fairly easily though, because it is set up with two separate air lines that almost meet, one for bringing air in, the other for pumping it out. I could run those as the inputs to the exchange box... I'm sure I won't do that immediately, but if next winter is like this one, I'll probably do it after that... | |
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02-14-2006, 03:00 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alaska
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| It is much warmer now…38 degrees at present. Since it is warm again, I turned on the heater and got the wet bench cleared off…and put linoleum on it. First darkroom sink I’ve ever heard of with linoleum, but hey, if it doesn’t work, I’ll tear it off and paint! And if it does work, the linoleum was just remainders from the floor anyway… I also put up shelves and have installed the ABS pipe above the wet surface that is the intake for the exhaust fan. What’s left? Less and less! I’m going to paint the counter supports to match the water tower (though that could be anytime, really). And, I need to screw the laundry tub to the floor and punch a hole through the floor to connect the drain. I need to caulk the countertop joints and the holes where it is screwed down to the frame. And…(are you ready? Here it comes…) I need to get the electrical hooked up. Still. I haven’t been worrying about it because of the sheer number of other things that needed to be done, but now I think I’m going to have to start haunting the electrician’s answering machine. All I need is the connection at the meter base…really…please?
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