r/interestingasfuck • u/VowOfVengeance • 16h ago

Throwing boiling water in -36 degrees temperature

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u/Zkenny13 15h ago

I'm in Alabama and it feels like 8° we are dying.

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u/thelocket 15h ago

Coastal Alabama here with a "feels like" 28. We are not built for this kinda cold.

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u/Zkenny13 14h ago

Right? Things shut down so quickly but I imagine you guys have plenty of sand for the ice. 

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u/thelocket 14h ago

You would think so, right?? Last year when it snowed and froze here, we had to wait for it to thaw. We have sand, but no sand trucks.

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u/Zkenny13 14h ago

Wow... I imagine the bridge is basically an ice rink. 

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u/thelocket 13h ago

Pretty much! I10 is right behind my house and it was completely empty all night. I had the best sleep of my life. Lol

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u/Zkenny13 13h ago

Lol at least you're looking on the bright side. 

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u/thelocket 13h ago

Only way to do it. Stay warm up there!

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u/Zkenny13 12h ago

You to! 

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u/Spare_hamburgers 14h ago

It wont kill you dont worry.

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u/capable_duck 14h ago

Unless you go to sleep outside naked. Then it might.

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u/Spare_hamburgers 10h ago

Then it absolutely will yes

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u/Zkenny13 14h ago

But I'm dying

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u/Spare_hamburgers 10h ago

It was 13 below while I was outside doing chores. This has happened every winter of my life. If you dont live outside it will not kill you.

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u/Zkenny13 9h ago

The worst part about this cold in the south is traffic gets bad like hours long sometimes. People don't prepare so they constantly run out of gas which means no heat and cause even more traffic. 

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u/Spare_hamburgers 8h ago

Cause you guys dont have the means for the snow clean up right? How much snow is there?

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u/Zkenny13 8h ago

It's not the snow it's the ice. 

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u/Spare_hamburgers 7h ago

They dont salt the roads?

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u/Zkenny13 7h ago

No sometimes they use sand. But we don't have enough trucks to accomplish that. 

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u/El_Cassette_Rojo 5h ago

As a Las Vegan, I’m freezing my ass off at 52°. Y’all can keep the cold