1/Hey y'all - it's gonna be #cold in #Maine this Fri/Sat.
Dangerously cold. Some might even say wicked cold.
So like if you normally snow blow your driveway in shorts and flip flops while sipping a @dunkindonuts iced coffee, take note.
Dangerously cold. Some might even say wicked cold.
So like if you normally snow blow your driveway in shorts and flip flops while sipping a @dunkindonuts iced coffee, take note.
2/How #cold is it going to be?
Well, @Todd_Gutner (aka Hot Toddy) forecasts wind chills of -60F in the interior of #Maine, and a balmy -40F along the coast.
He bases his predictions on #science. So you know they must be right. I'm told he even uses a computer.
Well, @Todd_Gutner (aka Hot Toddy) forecasts wind chills of -60F in the interior of #Maine, and a balmy -40F along the coast.
He bases his predictions on #science. So you know they must be right. I'm told he even uses a computer.
3/I mean, honestly, maybe -60F isn't *that* cold.
Here is a list of places that will still be colder: Mars.
For reference, it will be around -45F at the South Pole.
They've got it good down there.
Here is a list of places that will still be colder: Mars.
For reference, it will be around -45F at the South Pole.
They've got it good down there.
4/What should you do about this?
Stay warm and don't get #cold.
Let someone else pay to heat you up.
Here's a list of warming centers across #Maine from our good buddies at @MaineEMA.
This list will be updated often, so please
maine.gov/mema/response-……
Stay warm and don't get #cold.
Let someone else pay to heat you up.
Here's a list of warming centers across #Maine from our good buddies at @MaineEMA.
This list will be updated often, so please
maine.gov/mema/response-……
5/Look, I literally ride to work on a moose and I'm taking this seriously.
Hypothermia and frostbite are risks.
Avoid them by layering up and not wearing flip flops. I'm looking at you, @Robert3Long.
Hypothermia and frostbite are risks.
Avoid them by layering up and not wearing flip flops. I'm looking at you, @Robert3Long.
6/So even if you have lived in a lighthouse your entire life and subsist on lobster, this #cold is different: it's gonna be once-in-a-decade cold.
Like, "the only thing you're going to talk about between now and Sunday is the cold" cold.
So maybe ice fishing can wait til Sun?
Like, "the only thing you're going to talk about between now and Sunday is the cold" cold.
So maybe ice fishing can wait til Sun?
7/I'm taking this seriously by staying home to make sure our pipes don't burst.
And if they do burst, I'm immediately going to a warming shelter, since I don't know what to do if pipes burst.
Here's what to do: maine.gov/tools/whatsnew…
And if they do burst, I'm immediately going to a warming shelter, since I don't know what to do if pipes burst.
Here's what to do: maine.gov/tools/whatsnew…
8/The only people happy about this are the waddle of penguins in our backyard.
If this sort of #cold keeps happening, I'm gonna get more penguins up in here to hang out with my moose.
Perhaps also that seal from Cape E.
If this sort of #cold keeps happening, I'm gonna get more penguins up in here to hang out with my moose.
Perhaps also that seal from Cape E.
9/coda: h/t @NewsProJoe for the whimsical references in this thread.
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