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sojusucks
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 Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:05 pm Post subject: It's C-C-C-Cold outside! |
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http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101225000046
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRGiafEZvP8
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A two-day spell of cold weather has gripped the Christmas holidays in South Korea, freezing and bursting water pipes in the metropolitan area on Saturday.
The morning low fell to minus 14.3 degrees Celsius in Seoul; minus 16.2 C in Cheolwon, a city in Gangwon Province, 80 kilometers north of Seoul; and minus 19 C in Daegwallyeong, a mountain pass in the country's northeastern region, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).
Cold and strong winds have driven the wind chill temperature to stand at minus 21.7 C in Seoul and nearly minus 32 C in the northeastern mountainous regions, the KMA said.
A cold wave watch for the central part of the country and a cold wave alert for the southern part have been issued.
The weather agency blamed the cold snap on cold continental high pressure over northwestern South Korea.
The two-day cold spell caused water pipes to freeze and burst in the Seoul metropolitan area.
The southwestern part of the country saw snow, with the amount of snowfall reaching 12.5 centimeters in Gochang, a city 296 kilometers southwest of Seoul, and 7 centimeters in Mokpo, a port city, 410 kilometers southwest of South Korea's capital.
The KMA predicted the daytime high to reach minus 8 C in Seoul, minus 11 C in Daegwallyeong and minus 1 C in Gwangju, a city 329 kilometers south of Seoul.
The weather agency said that the bitter cold that started on Christmas Eve is expected to continue into Sunday, forecasting the cold snap will ease from noon on Monday. (Yonhap News)
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Oreovictim
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| And you're not f-f-f-foolin'. |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:15 am Post subject: |
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| I've stayed inside my toasty apartment since last night. I'm dreading leaving in the morning. |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:36 am Post subject: |
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| +4 C is the coldest it got here in Seogwipo, hence the snow flurries were, well, flakes in the air that melted upon contact. It was a White Christmas on Mount Halla though. Plucked myself a couple of tangerines on my walks. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:46 am Post subject: |
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This Michigan Man yawns.
Sounds like great T-Shirt weather. |
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Vagabundo
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:57 am Post subject: |
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typical US Midwestern January day.
Yawn. |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:32 am Post subject: |
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yeah, but the infrastructure here isnt really prepared for a typical midwestern day....keep chest puffing though.
i mean, frozen washing machines and bursting water pipes? is that typical midwestern stuff too?
if so, i'd move. |
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3DR
Joined: 24 May 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:49 am Post subject: |
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I'm from Michigan and it doesn't mean I like the cold weather.
When I get back to the states, I'm promptly moving to Florida  |
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Vagabundo
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| nukeday wrote: |
yeah, but the infrastructure here isnt really prepared for a typical midwestern day....keep chest puffing though.
i mean, frozen washing machines and bursting water pipes? is that typical midwestern stuff too?
if so, i'd move. |
my infrastructure's just fine. and it's "here". I suspect it's the older dwellings that are experiencing such probs.
that said, I hate the effing cold despite being well accustomed to it and I'm looking forward to SE Asia in about a week so I can puff my chest in the warm sun. |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't have any frozen pipes either, but it seems to be a widespread problem.
I guess the midwest doesn't have any "older" buildings, eh? |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| nukeday wrote: |
I didn't have any frozen pipes either, but it seems to be a widespread problem.
I guess the midwest doesn't have any "older" buildings, eh? |
No we just had dad's who told us to get out and start shoveling snow at 7AM so we could go to school. |
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Charlie Bourque
Joined: 27 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: It's C-C-C-Cold outside! |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101225000046
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRGiafEZvP8
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A two-day spell of cold weather has gripped the Christmas holidays in South Korea, freezing and bursting water pipes in the metropolitan area on Saturday.
The morning low fell to minus 14.3 degrees Celsius in Seoul; minus 16.2 C in Cheolwon, a city in Gangwon Province, 80 kilometers north of Seoul; and minus 19 C in Daegwallyeong, a mountain pass in the country's northeastern region, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).
Cold and strong winds have driven the wind chill temperature to stand at minus 21.7 C in Seoul and nearly minus 32 C in the northeastern mountainous regions, the KMA said.
A cold wave watch for the central part of the country and a cold wave alert for the southern part have been issued.
The weather agency blamed the cold snap on cold continental high pressure over northwestern South Korea.
The two-day cold spell caused water pipes to freeze and burst in the Seoul metropolitan area.
The southwestern part of the country saw snow, with the amount of snowfall reaching 12.5 centimeters in Gochang, a city 296 kilometers southwest of Seoul, and 7 centimeters in Mokpo, a port city, 410 kilometers southwest of South Korea's capital.
The KMA predicted the daytime high to reach minus 8 C in Seoul, minus 11 C in Daegwallyeong and minus 1 C in Gwangju, a city 329 kilometers south of Seoul.
The weather agency said that the bitter cold that started on Christmas Eve is expected to continue into Sunday, forecasting the cold snap will ease from noon on Monday. (Yonhap News)
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Lucky! Why aren't you snowboarding? |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| nukeday wrote: |
I didn't have any frozen pipes either, but it seems to be a widespread problem.
I guess the midwest doesn't have any "older" buildings, eh? |
Most of the houses and buildings back home are in fact old and in need of upgrades, but affording it without a second mortgage is out of the question for most people. Most of the old houses and trailers have a crawl space under the floor where the plumbing freezes up unless you wrap it with heat tape. They leave the water trickling otherwise. We had many pipes break over the years in our old house/trailer lifestyle. The hot water boilers and washing machines are indoors to save energy and protect pipes which makes it a bit more livable. The houses usually have thick insulation in the walls and ceiling instead of just being a thin concrete wall so it's more equipped for cold weather vs. a tropical climate like Thailand with Korea's concrete buildings appearing to be the same sort of thing they have down South. I'm unclear of the logic of having hot water boilers and washing machines out in the freezing cold with no insulation, but that's how they do it in Korea as if it were a tropical country. Good thing our flexible plastic pipes don't burst as they seem to be made for freezing up. The Korean concrete buildings have one thing going for them. Durability. |
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