Cold freezing weather shooting

gunbugs · 01-20-2022, 12:50 AM

I was only a little clever, but I had a habit of listening to people that were smarter than me. The early 80's were a son of a gun up here. We were "cool" all right. I remember bitter cold temps, at times -50F with no "wind chill", for a couple weeks at a time. The intersections would be littered with broken fan belts, and it was common to come out in the morning and find a flat tire on your car, oh joy. Or, the older cars didn't like to run or start at those temps. Even plugged in with the block heaters or circulating heaters running all night. We were always happy when it "warmed up" to -20 F. Then things started working again. I'm still here after 52 years, so it isn't all that bad.

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01-20-2022, 12:50 AM	#10
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 683 Thanks: 375 Thanked 1,228 Times in 415 Posts	I was only a little clever, but I had a habit of listening to people that were smarter than me. The early 80's were a son of a gun up here. We were "cool" all right. I remember bitter cold temps, at times -50F with no "wind chill", for a couple weeks at a time. The intersections would be littered with broken fan belts, and it was common to come out in the morning and find a flat tire on your car, oh joy. Or, the older cars didn't like to run or start at those temps. Even plugged in with the block heaters or circulating heaters running all night. We were always happy when it "warmed up" to -20 F. Then things started working again. I'm still here after 52 years, so it isn't all that bad.