Into the deep freeze

[Sniper-T]

We have an Arctic Low Front moving through. Going to be -39C with a windchill of -50C... and it's supposed to stay like this for the rest of the week.

Assuming that a teotwawki event occurred, say a massive volcanic eruption like Vesuvius, or Pompeii; a pile of smoke/ash filled the atmosphere and your location suddenly got 30-50 degrees colder... for the next 2-5 years...

What are your shortcomings, your options, and your thoughts...

[gm2]

Our weather was almost identical ST. My truck wouldn't even start in this cold. I'm considering getting a second battery but I'm not sure it would help.

Honestly if it got much colder here I'm not sure much would survive. Frost line would freeze City utilities and even my stuff would be hard pressed to stay safe.

Growing season would go from slim to none. We honestly would have to look at trying to relocate I think.

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[bacpacker]

Good question T. It's something that all of us would struggle with, granted some more than others, but would still suck. Wed and Thur we are expecting temps in the single digits to low teens. Wind chills below zero. Its the coldest we have had the last couple years. 2-5 years of temps similar to that or worse would freeze most municiple water supplies. Growing season would be shortened drastically. I would bet most all the native food sources would die off.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Sounds like a tropical heat wave baby! Funny, we're milkin the heat an freezin at one place and the other one has more heat than we can stand and we don't use it. Stay warm brother!

[Twitchy]

Being located in a sub tropical climate as it is, it would make things a fair bit more temperate... The winters would be a shock for sure. First priority is maintaining warmth and infrastructure because our area's infrastructure is not designed for that type of climate.

[RedJohn]

Unbelievable, we have snow in Normandy tonight.

[Sniper-T]

break out the snowmobile...

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

My little 56yr old brother is hittin the slopes as we speak out in Nevada. Hey, at least he's still gettin it....... What "it" is I ain't exactly sure. All we got was a little dustin this morning.

[Katrina]

With Mt St Helen giving indications of a possible eruption, it has been on my mind. Right now it's dropped to -7 out side with wind chills at -35. Tomorrow they are saying below zero temps again w/ -45+ wind chill AND it's STILL snowing. So much for only 4-8 inches they said we were going to get.

[RedJohn]

break out the snowmobile...
Nah, it didn't even last 2 hours.

[Sniper-T]

Nah, it didn't even last 2 hours.

wtf??? You missed out on 2 hours of sleddin'

lol

-39C here now with a nice light breeze to take the windchill to -52C (-62F for my American friends)

[Twitchy]

With Mt St Helen giving indications of a possible eruption, it has been on my mind. Right now it's dropped to -7 out side with wind chills at -35. Tomorrow they are saying below zero temps again w/ -45+ wind chill AND it's STILL snowing. So much for only 4-8 inches they said we were going to get.

Whats this about St Helens popping?

[Katrina]

There is a report that says the magnum chamber has been growing and bulging the side of the volcano. Baby brother lives there. He said something about the spot they are watching is growing about 5 feet a day but I haven't talked to him since Sunday as he's been doing split shifts at the port. It's been hard to catch him, we'll be talking Friday.
Well, Just talked to brother seems there are conflicting reports , some scientist is saying it's rising 5 meters and others are saying no. All my brother knows is that he'll be ready to bug out if it does erupt otherwise he keeps chugging along.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

I remember that day, my grandma sent me a vial of ashes she scraped off her car. She lived in Kalispell Montana, never knew what happened to that.

[Sniper-T]

That was the worst summer of my childhood. Too young to really understand the consequences, just knew that it was hazy, dusty, and hard to breathe all summer

[helomech]

Don't want to live it if is going to be that cold for ever. Screw that.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Yeah, I think I was around 18 I think when St. Helens blew. As for the cold, they are talkin records. I remember when I was stationed in Great Lakes doing the "DI" thing We were called "Company Commanders" then. We were marchin in 53 below zero wind chill factor. Uniform of the day was "wear seabag". That somewhere between 91-94. That was the coldest "I" have ever experienced, having traveled the world north, south, east and west. My body hates the cold. I believe they call these seasons, eh?

[Socalman]

Experiencing some "rough weather" on Maui. Visiting my son and grandkids and high winds and rain aare creating a series of problems. He is on the west side of the island , west of Lahaina. There is basicaly one road that runs from east - west along the island and it is closed in places due to high surf. We were planning on heading up to the north side to see the large waves, running 40 - 60 feet but the road is in danger of washing out in the high rains. Glad the boy has enough food, water and alcohol to last several days.

At our home in SoCal there has been some concern about part of a mountain coming down. The area burned 2 1/2 years ago and has actually regenerated pretty well but we have had a great deal more rain above average and I understand it is a true concern.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Hope you guys fair well out that way. It's a viscous cycle out there with mother nature. She likes California.

[realist]

Well we have rain not a lot of snow here on the Left Coast. The Sierras have gotten 11 feet of snow already this month.
Soooo back to the original question, how would we fair. Well as they say, "it will be a cold day in hell", they were right. So, for us on the coast will not do so good. If it were to be a "nuclear" winter for two years nothing is going to be growing except underground with grow lights. If that happens out here is won't be food, it will be dope. So, there will be a lot of people out there who get high and wait for the government to arrive and bail them out, Popsicle anyone? I think in that situation if you do not have the food stockpiled you are screwed. In most cases it will not be pleasant, they will be DRT (dead right there). The thing is, depending upon where you are there will be plenty of wood to burn because all the trees will be dead. I see the lack of proper clothing will get a lot of people. I would hope that my people would do okay, but it would be a struggle if it were to past the two-year mark. In this scenario with snow you have water so that would help. Animals would freeze but then the cold would preserve them. I don't see there being large groups but rather groups of 20 to 30 at most due to food and shelter. The one of reason for small groups is if it were to get that cold then cars are not going to run once turned off and limited fuel they can't leave them running. Travel by foot will be limited to most because they will not be properly equipped. I see people hunkering down rather than being nomads. The only people who are out are the ones who must be out.

[Katrina]

Well for all of us that have said "when Hell freezes over?" It did guys, LOL They were showing Pics of Hell MI frozen over.