Snow Shelter Challenge 09-10

udtjim said:
Not tonight in ND. It is going to be - 30 tonght with a 20 MPH wind. I don't even want to know what the chill factor will be.:grumpy:

I just looked it up, -50 chill factor. takes about 45 seconds to frost bite your skin.
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I saw that weather in your neck of the woods last night on TV. We got hit with 11 inches of snow (Fine with me, I love the stuff) but we also have a tropical heat wave compared to what you are going through at around 18 degrees...
 
dougo83 said:
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Best cold weather shelter ever :thumbup:

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Now, that was great, dougo. Just great.
 
I have high hopes of building a snow house this weekend. I,ve wanted to winter camp for a few years, but life has got in the way. Can't get anyone to play with me either.
I'll just have to go it alone,, again.
 
dougo83 said:
Hey...I have lived in my snow shelter for 26 years now. Works great! :thumbup: :D
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I don't know. I was up in Wichita Falls at Shepard AFB and I remember some pretty wicked cold days with ice storms...;)
 
Well I totally didn't get the chance to make/sleep in a shelter this week like I had hoped--I had WAY less time than I had expected. I guess I won't be freezing my butt off after all. :o :p
 
fantastic! keep 'em coming guys and gals and three year olds !
 
gettin there following a Fox
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Otters at play
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where I came from
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Pulk I use
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this is the spot
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time to shovel
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One hour later
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Time to let it set up and get out the knives.
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This should make a nice floor
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Still a bit soft
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Forgot the hotdogs,RATS
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good water here too
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Otter tracks
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Losing light
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Temps dropping
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I didn't get to camp that night and now there is a heat wave comin. 30 dgs. is to much fer me! I just hope the shelter lasts till the weekend.

The way the cold has headed south, Codger might get an entry in.
 
Thanks. The fact that it was a 3/4 mile walk back in and had to shovel alone, i idn't go back with my gear to sleep.
 
tonym said:
It will happen, but first your state will recieve Island status:thumbup:

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That could happen.:eek: That other place far below might freeze over first, though.:D It actually did snow here, briefly, in 1967, but it didn't stick, of course.

Actually, according to this article, it really might happen again for a lot of areas that don't get snow now. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/11/years-global-cooling-coming-say-leading-scientists/

I really would like to visit an area with a lot of snow, and build a shelter. It would be a lot of fun: then I could come home where it's warm.
 
Excellent shelter and pictures Kent!

mewolf1 said:
...The way the cold has headed south, Codger might get an entry in.
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I got enough snow to make an igloo for a G.I. Joe, but that is all.

We've been having unnaturally cold weather the past few weeks. Today was the first day above freezing in some time. I recorded a record low of 18 degrees in my bedroom early one morning. No, being survival minded, I wasn't sleeping in there, I've been camped out in my living room carefully doling out a minimum of heat to the areas of the house with plumbing.

It has been down below ten degrees outside frequently. But I digresss... I am still working on winter survival here. Unlike my Northern brethren, I don't revel in winter weather. I am much more acclimated to our normal heat and humidity here in the South. Perhaps I'll do a contest/post on making summer shelter/surviving in temps of 100+F and over 80% humidity. THAT I can do! Heck, I'll even invite a few of my Canadian friends down to participate! Say, Doc.... :D

Codger
 
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