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      02-13-2021, 04:59 PM   #1
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Exclamation Texas is experiencing its coldest temperatures in 32 years **No Politics**

In my local area. I'm sure by now you have all heard about that devastating pile up near us in Ft Worth involving over 100 vehicles and the death of several people when a portion of highway iced over.
But things are only getting worse... Snow expected tomorrow and then record low teen Temps all next week will make tons brutal around here.
So glad I work from home. Stay safe out there folks.
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Wow. It’s going to be colder in Texas tomorrow than it will be in NYC. You guys must be in shock. Hope y’all aren’t on summer tires.

I posted that accident in the “It’s a Nor’easter thread. Tragic. Be safe.
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I've woke up to about -15*F or colder for the last week+.

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We're actually in for a heatwave over the next few weeks. Been regularly below zero for the lows and mostly single digit highs for a couple of weeks now.

Seriously, though, careful driving. All-seasons should be fine but summer tires will harden up and not have the same traction. Drive sane and leave space and you should be fine, though. Snow....depends on the tread depth.

Disconnect your exterior garden hoses from the hose bibs when the temps drop below freezing.
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is there anything, anywhere, more annoying than fahrenheit? Ok MM/DD/YY format is...but it's a close call.
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Wow. It’s going to be colder in Texas tomorrow than it will be in NYC. You guys must be in shock. Hope y’all aren’t on summer tires.

I posted that accident in the “It’s a Nor’easter thread. Tragic. Be safe.
I'm practically trapped at home for a week - none of my cars are safe to drive in this weather.
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is there anything, anywhere, more annoying than fahrenheit? Ok MM/DD/YY format is...but it's a close call.
If you think they will ever change, think again

It's almost as bad as that stupid decision to have left hand drive cars.
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is there anything, anywhere, more annoying than fahrenheit? Ok MM/DD/YY format is...but it's a close call.
I grew up with F and moved to C in grade school so Im ambidextrous....having said that my daughter was flying vaccines into a northern community yesterday. -46C. That'll turn muffins into raisins.
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I saw minus 56 wind chillin in manitoba a few days ago, like wtf. Even without wind was minus 39. Blimey.
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Cold here, but nothing we haven't seen before.
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Last time it got frozen here my truck outside was all iced up.
I drove a car from my garage with extreme summer tires to work, it was nice and warm inside the car too.
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Lived in New York before moving to Texas. This kind of weather is normal to me... Not going out because I washed my car recently and can't be bothered to do it again so soon.

There have been tons of small accidents over the past few days, too. Not just ice on highways that you should be cautious of. Stay safe if you are going to be out--walking or driving!
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is there anything, anywhere, more annoying than fahrenheit? Ok MM/DD/YY format is...but it's a close call.
While I prefer metric because it’s most logical when it comes to measurement of size, Fahrenheit also follows a very logical progression to me where Celsius requires formulaic (albeit simple) conversion. Keep that shit in your corner.
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While I prefer metric because it’s most logical when it comes to measurement of size, Fahrenheit also follows a very logical progression to me where Celsius requires formulaic (albeit simple) conversion. Keep that shit in your corner.
What conversion does Celsius require?
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What conversion does Celsius require?
It’s a pretty simple formula:

T(C) = (T(F) - 32) x 5/9

That pile up in Fort Worth was brutal, the videos were awful and bone chilling.

I won’t be driving anywhere, even if you’re a good driver... there might be an idiot driving next to you.

Stay safe everyone.
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It’s a pretty simple formula:

T(C) = (T(F) - 32) x 5/9

That pile up in Fort Worth was brutal, the videos were awful and bone chilling.

I won’t be driving anywhere, even if you’re a good driver... there might be an idiot driving next to you.

Stay safe everyone.
Oh - I know that formula, but the post I was referring to said "Fahrenheit also follows a very logical progression to me where Celsius requires formulaic (albeit simple) conversion" so I was trying to figure out what conversion he meant.
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Oh - I know that formula, but the post I was referring to said "Fahrenheit also follows a very logical progression to me where Celsius requires formulaic (albeit simple) conversion" so I was trying to figure out what conversion he meant.
I thought I was staring it to be as understandable as possible but I guess not.

As I related it to metric where each additional unit of measurement was equal and consistent thus making logical progression and sense. Fahrenheit works the same and is very easy to see the difference between freezing and say, the temperature of the normal human body (98.6) versus Celsius for those who don’t have a lifetime implementing its use can see it as non linear and strange. Hope that helps as you asked for the formula and knew it so I can’t tell if you’re being cheeky to win or truly seeking my perspective
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I thought I was staring it to be as understandable as possible but I guess not.

As I related it to metric where each additional unit of measurement was equal and consistent thus making logical progression and sense. Fahrenheit works the same and is very easy to see the difference between freezing and say, the temperature of the normal human body (98.6) versus Celsius for those who don’t have a lifetime implementing its use can see it as non linear and strange. Hope that helps as you asked for the formula and knew it so I can’t tell if you’re being cheeky to win or truly seeking my perspective
I was truly trying to understand, as I grew up with Celsius and it's very linear and logical to me, whilst Fahrenheit seems a lot less logical and more arbitrary.

Just what you're used to I guess.
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I was truly trying to understand, as I grew up with Celsius and it's very linear and logical to me, whilst Fahrenheit seems a lot less logical and more arbitrary.

Just what you're used to I guess.
I have heard some refer to F in this form, 70F is like 70% hot vs say 40F being 40% hot. Celsius is something you have to live with to figure out.
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I was truly trying to understand, as I grew up with Celsius and it's very linear and logical to me, whilst Fahrenheit seems a lot less logical and more arbitrary.

Just what you're used to I guess.
Certainly in context. To further this idea, when someone states temperature in Fahrenheit do you instinctually know to what varying degree the temperature is?
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I have heard some refer to F in this form, 70F is like 70% hot vs say 40F being 40% hot. Celsius is something you have to live with to figure out.
But 100 is hot, 70 is mild, 40 is fairly cold, so calling it 40% hot doesn't help in my view.

In Celsius, 0 is freezing. 100 is boiling. And then for daily temps, 0 is once again freezing, 10 is cold. 20 is mild. 30 is warm. 40 is hot. 50 is really hot. Easy enough to deal with.
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Certainly in context. To further this idea, when someone states temperature in Fahrenheit do you instinctually know to what varying degree the temperature is?
After 10 years of living here I do. For the first while, I had to convert everything back to Celsius to get an idea of what it related to.
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