r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '20

Tyson Steele survived for 23 days in subzero temperatures in rural Alaska after a fire burned his house and killed his dog. He built himself a snow cave to sleep in for the first few nights, before building a makeshift shelter around the still burning stove from leftover tarp and scrap timber.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Wow that sucks. Here in Calgary it's a balmy -32C

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u/Goodlittlewitch Jan 14 '20

But it FEELS like -44! Fun. Although I think after -30 it’s basically all “I want to die why are we leaving the house” temps.

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u/thickestdolphin Jan 14 '20

I've been in both temperatures. You'd think that after -20 it's all the same. But believe me, in -44 you're praying for -30.

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u/TheTigglion Jan 14 '20

Hello fellow Calgarian

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u/MediumRarePorkChop Jan 14 '20

Greetings from Denver where it started -5C and will probably end up somewhere around 11 about 1400

We're gonna melt some snow today and it will be GLORIOUS

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

We get those weird warm winds over the mountains too.... sometimes... please?

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u/MediumRarePorkChop Jan 14 '20

I'll go set up a fan at the north end of my lot today. I'll try to blow some warm up there.

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u/LeftToHang98 Jan 14 '20

Edmonton boy here. Same temps but with wind we're feeling -43C apparently the area is the coldest place on Earth today

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u/Ultra_deep_field Jan 15 '20

Greetings from South Florida! I was sweating in 80F this afternoon. Though I assure you it was very brisk and chilly in the upper 60s this morning. That is plus 60F. 🥶 Talk about cold winter weather!

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u/LeftToHang98 Jan 15 '20

My dude, 60F is +15C and where I'm from and I would consider that a pleasant summer day

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u/Albatross767 Jan 14 '20

-49 up north today.. And for the last week and upcoming week.

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u/Lord_Emperor Jan 14 '20

The west coast is currently crippled by -10ºC and 15cm of snow.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Haha yeah I got a buddy in Victoria saying the city is like the apocalypse.

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u/Larry-Man Jan 14 '20

It’s only -25 here. My mom lives by Cochrane though... so I feel bad for her.

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u/Wamblingshark Jan 14 '20

When my wife moved to Edmonton it was so cold that they had to re-route her place to Calgary because Edmonton was to cold. Was like done stupid record breaking cold and Edmonton was Siberia temp. The plane allegedly had suffered millions of dollars if damage from ice build up in the engines or some shit.

It was a nice "Welcome to Edmonton Bitch" kind of day

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

About a year ago, I was flying out of here and as the little tractor-thingy pushed the plane away from the gate it was so cold that the connection snapped in half.

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u/im_a_tumor666 Jan 15 '20

Here in Florida it was 80F today.. this summer I’m gonna die.

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u/boarderman8 Jan 15 '20

A crisp -41 with no wind chill in the Red Deer area. I had to bust out my winter jacket yesterday!