Thoughts on cold weather survival

[TheRude1]

I think this has a ton of GOOD info
Hope this is not a repost

WARRIOR TALK NEWS - The Winter Warrior

 

[jmichaelj4]

Thanks lots of good info

 

[gunman41mag]

where i live the record cold is 32*

 

[Bunnykid68]

where i live the record cold is 32*

In the event of SHTF I am heading to your house

 

[gunman41mag]

In the event of SHTF I am heading to your house

you'll like MIAMI, FL

 

[Bunnykid68]

you'll like MIAMI, FL

I will like the company better

 

[gunman41mag]

I will like the company better

the strippers like to hang out here Haulover Nude Beach

 

[smokingman]

where i live the record cold is 32*

Our record here is a balmy -39F.I will take that over Miami any day.Population is also .05 people per square mile(Excluding the 3 "cities" with a combined population of 8000) with some of the best hunting and fishing in the world.Northern Minnesota
http://www.mndeerhunters.com/images/RecordBook/sept11 - online record book wall of fame.pdf

 

[gunman41mag]

Our record here is a balmy -39F.I will take that over Miami any day.Population is also .05 people per square mile(Excluding the 3 "cities" with a combined population of 8000) with some of the best hunting and fishing in the world.Northern Minnesota
http://www.mndeerhunters.com/images/RecordBook/sept11 - online record book wall of fame.pdf

population of where i live Miami-Dade County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

 

[indyjohn]

I will like the company better

the strippers like to hang out here Haulover Nude Beach

OkieGirl said the dogs were out running tonight...

 

[smokingman]

population of where i live Miami-Dade County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

Lake County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
No city in the county is large enough to be on the Census page lol. Two Harbors has the largest population at 3745 people.Then there is Ely 3,460 and Silver bay 1877.

Total land area 2,109.29 sq miles,subtract the city square miles 2091. Subtract the city populations from 10,824,and 1742 are left in that 2091 SQ miles.
There are a few other "cities" like Finland with a population of 198 and 1 sq mile of "city".
If you head north from my house to Canada you will hit 3 gravel roads and one paved one(on the border).
Wear good boots,98 miles of superior national forest between here and there.

 

[Grunt]

I have fond memories of experiencing -135 degree (with windchill) temperatures while at military mountaineering school in the Alaskan Interior in January 1990. The temp that day was -40 with a heck of a wind. We were skiing that day. The snowfall was severe that season and the moose were coming down from the higher elevations. We debated which end of the moose do we pass while skiing if we found ourselves close to them. The consensus was to aim to pass them on their rear end side in case they spooked and bolted forward.

We were by no means proficient at skiing and were learning and practicing that day. Moose were on the slopes, it was blizzard conditions, and we were freezing our asses off (this was in the era before Gortex and polypropylene) when we stopped moving. As longed as we moved, it wasn't bad at all except for the area around the eyes.

The thing I remember most about that day was the sensation that my eyeballs were going to flash freeze. They actually hurt as I was skiing. I tried wearing the military style goggles but these would fog immediately and could not be used, so I just dealt with it. All in all it was a fun day.

Later that year in August during Operation Desert Shield I experienced the extreme other end of the temperature spectrum when I was in recorded temperatures of 127 degrees in Saudi.

 

[TheRude1]

Out of the icebox in to the fire

I have fond memories of experiencing -135 degree (with windchill) temperatures while at military mountaineering school in the Alaskan Interior in January 1990. The temp that day was -40 with a heck of a wind. We were skiing that day. The snowfall was severe that season and the moose were coming down from the higher elevations. We debated which end of the moose do we pass while skiing if we found ourselves close to them. The consensus was to aim to pass them on their rear end side in case they spooked and bolted forward.

We were by no means proficient at skiing and were learning and practicing that day. Moose were on the slopes, it was blizzard conditions, and we were freezing our asses off (this was in the era before Gortex and polypropylene) when we stopped moving. As longed as we moved, it wasn't bad at all except for the area around the eyes.

The thing I remember most about that day was the sensation that my eyeballs were going to flash freeze. They actually hurt as I was skiing. I tried wearing the military style goggles but these would fog immediately and could not be used, so I just dealt with it. All in all it was a fun day.

Later that year in August during Operation Desert Shield I experienced the extreme other end of the temperature spectrum when I was in recorded temperatures of 127 degrees in Saudi.

 

[Zoub]

Our record here is a balmy -39F.http://www.mndeerhunters.com/images/RecordBook/sept11 - online record book wall of fame.pdf

My record not far from there was -49F. I am talking record cold I ever camped in. If a Moose farts the windchill from that will kill you before the Moose does. -100 below windchill also makes a person think twice before he whips anything out. Seeing sweat freeze on your face is wild. Cracking off chunks of frozen hair leaves you looking kind of psycho when you thaw. Crossing water in temps 10+ is interesting.

Names like Death Valley and Frozen Tundra have real meaning once you spend time in either or both. That being said I prefer wolves and wolverines to scorpions and snakes.

Indiana Winter is dangerous due to being so humid and wet. I will take 10 degrees, clear and cold over 33 and raining. Hunting in Indiana all day on wet November and December days is great practice. Or as I am known to have said once in a lodge in Southern Indiana. We can sit here all day hoping it stops raining, we can leave now and go spend more time with the In-laws or we can hunt in the rain. It truly pays to prep.

 

[TheRude1]

All the cold stories we are getting makes me glad I dont leave IN to much

 

[Zoub]

Then we won't post any of the Cold Nightmares because those will make you move South.

 

[TheRude1]

Then we won't post any of the Cold Nightmares because those will make you move South.

I spent a yr in FL going to school and I WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN THAT HELL HOLE AGAIN !
Nothing personel to you guys/gals that enjoy that climate

I will stick to what I know, IN

That Arctic circle-Siberia-N Korea cold no thanks

But I will/am make moves to prepare for it better with some of the info from the vid

 

[smokingman]

We picked up a couple heat exchange masks and have used them hiking already in temperatures as low as 19F.They work,and thus far we have had no problems with icing ect. Polar wrap is the brand we have.

https://www.google.com/search?q=hea...ffa5f23ec997be&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=574

 

[gunman41mag]

I spent a yr in FL going to school and I WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN THAT HELL HOLE AGAIN !
Nothing personel to you guys/gals that enjoy that climate

I will stick to what I know, IN

That Arctic circle-Siberia-N Korea cold no thanks

But I will/am make moves to prepare for it better with some of the info from the vid

Check out my weather 10 Day Weather Forecast for Miami - weather.com

 

[ddavidson]

Check out my weather 10 Day Weather Forecast for Miami - weather.com

Why you #$%*#)%*!!!!!!!