tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post92387538259995110..comments2023-10-27T20:27:57.900-04:00Comments on Kid Dynamite's World: Ice Ice Baby Too ColdKid Dynamitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17475987512856310577noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-13172084189969414102011-01-24T09:51:02.560-05:002011-01-24T09:51:02.560-05:00-23 is freaking cold. I went nordic skiing once i...-23 is freaking cold. I went nordic skiing once in the minus twenties. It wasn't so bad as long as you kept moving, but my wife, who eschewed goggles, developed icicles hanging from her eyelashes.<br /><br />The next morning was -38.<br /><br />We moved back to California that year.wcwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307608293310560164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963913.post-87270054823498948782011-01-23T13:58:32.321-05:002011-01-23T13:58:32.321-05:00I know the feeling. I spent 3 years at Loring AFB...I know the feeling. I spent 3 years at Loring AFB up in the northern tip of Maine. It was a weird experience (for us Midwesterners) having the snow just pile up higher and higher throughout the winter with no real melt off until Spring finally came around. Our walkways became walled carve outs in many places.<br /><br />And the last stubborn,dirty black, icy vestiges of the snow piles built by dumping excavated snow from the aircraft parking ramps didn't fully melt off until some time in June!<br /><br />I'm back to a more mild Midwest winter climate in MO.Onlookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07742157936955263465noreply@blogger.com