Comments on: Spraying hot water at -29.4C http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: george57l http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381189 george57l Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381189 I'm with #7 - lots of steam was all I could see. Heard no tinkling. I’m with #7 – lots of steam was all I could see. Heard no tinkling.

]]> By: arbitraryaardvark http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-382220 arbitraryaardvark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-382220 http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/throw-a-cup-of-boiling-water-into-the-frigid-air/ http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/throw-a-cup-of-boiling-water-into-the-frigid-air/

]]> By: LOLvis http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381197 LOLvis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381197 Still, I suspect the water's hot in this case to keep the nozzle from clogging with ice. Still, I suspect the water’s hot in this case to keep the nozzle from clogging with ice.

]]> By: BadKittyM http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381709 BadKittyM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381709 My cousin lives in Bemidji Minnesota, a couple blocks from the University where he is a professor. He emailed me on Tuesday to let me know it was 34 below zero when he walked to work Monday morning. The following day it was 'only' 20 below, prompting him to say that "everyone was talking about how much warmer it was. Bemidji folks can be a little strange." I love Minnesota. In the summer. My cousin lives in Bemidji Minnesota, a couple blocks from the University where he is a professor. He emailed me on Tuesday to let me know it was 34 below zero when he walked to work Monday morning. The following day it was ‘only’ 20 below, prompting him to say that “everyone was talking about how much warmer it was. Bemidji folks can be a little strange.”

I love Minnesota. In the summer.

]]> By: zachary http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381712 zachary Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381712 I'm in Minneapolis, MN where it was -20F yesterday. Same idea, but throwing mugs of hot water into the air. Flash: http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embed/25175 http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embed/25176 HD: http://www.zachstronaut.com/video/negative20snow/SANY0041.MP4 I’m in Minneapolis, MN where it was -20F yesterday.

Same idea, but throwing mugs of hot water into the air.

Flash:

http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embed/25175
http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/embed/25176

HD:

http://www.zachstronaut.com/video/negative20snow/SANY0041.MP4

]]> By: absimiliard http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381734 absimiliard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381734 Nahah BadKittyM, I know you di'n't just say that. Minnesota summers are dominated by the gravest threat humanity has ever faced: Minnesota mosquitos. It's not my fault we breed 'em so big up there, but we do. -abs isn't certain he believe the story of the mosquito that landed in the MSP airport and had a fuel truck pull up to fuel it . . . but he's not sure he doesn't believe it either Nahah BadKittyM, I know you di’n't just say that.

Minnesota summers are dominated by the gravest threat humanity has ever faced: Minnesota mosquitos.

It’s not my fault we breed ‘em so big up there, but we do.

-abs isn’t certain he believe the story of the mosquito that landed in the MSP airport and had a fuel truck pull up to fuel it . . . but he’s not sure he doesn’t believe it either

]]> By: W. James Au http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-380971 W. James Au Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-380971 Hey, she looks like the younger cuter sister of Marge the pregnant police captain. Dontcha know. Hey, she looks like the younger cuter sister of Marge the pregnant police captain. Dontcha know.

]]> By: Gavron http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-380981 Gavron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-380981 Hot. That trick with the spay smoke is sorta cool as well. Hot. That trick with the spay smoke is sorta cool as well.

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381244 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381244 Antinous, so glad you're enjoying those balmy temps in the land of the near-dead. Here in Michigan, where we laugh at the cold (ha ha ha, my fingers are frozen)! 1t's - 12 right now. Who needs warmth?! Antinous, so glad you’re enjoying those balmy temps in the land of the near-dead. Here in Michigan, where we laugh at the cold (ha ha ha, my fingers are frozen)! 1t’s – 12 right now. Who needs warmth?!

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381249 nixiebunny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381249 I just had to listen to a tirade by my poor son who is complaining that he has to sit on a roasting-hot bus this afternoon for an hour. It's going to be 78F this afternoon! You could fry eggs on the sidewalk! Arggggghh! Kids these days. I swear! When I was his age, I had to walk uphill in the snow 14 miles to *and* from school. (I was born in Minnesota and live in Tucson.) I just had to listen to a tirade by my poor son who is complaining that he has to sit on a roasting-hot bus this afternoon for an hour. It’s going to be 78F this afternoon! You could fry eggs on the sidewalk! Arggggghh!

Kids these days. I swear! When I was his age, I had to walk uphill in the snow 14 miles to *and* from school.

(I was born in Minnesota and live in Tucson.)

]]> By: Zan http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381254 Zan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381254 There is a common misconception that the water here is freezing before it hits the ground. In fact what is happening is that the air at -30 degrees is incredibly dry, and the water is evaporating into steam. There is a common misconception that the water here is freezing before it hits the ground. In fact what is happening is that the air at -30 degrees is incredibly dry, and the water is evaporating into steam.

]]> By: Evil Jim http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-380999 Evil Jim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-380999 It's currently -12 F here in Wisconsin, due to hit -19 later tonite. I gotta dig out my bubble solution & blow some bubbles outside. It's a neat effect & they will actually shatter in mid-air, throwing rainbow reflective shards all over. It’s currently -12 F here in Wisconsin, due to hit -19 later tonite. I gotta dig out my bubble solution & blow some bubbles outside. It’s a neat effect & they will actually shatter in mid-air, throwing rainbow reflective shards all over.

]]> By: Dr Jules http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381255 Dr Jules Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381255 @#12, I can confirm that tears freeze. When I was walking to work yesterday, it was -35degF with wind chill in Madison, Wisconsin. My eyes always tear up in the wind, and I had to brush the frozen tears off of my eyelashes and face every minute or so. Crazy. @#12, I can confirm that tears freeze. When I was walking to work yesterday, it was -35degF with wind chill in Madison, Wisconsin. My eyes always tear up in the wind, and I had to brush the frozen tears off of my eyelashes and face every minute or so.

Crazy.

]]> By: wgmleslie http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381256 wgmleslie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381256 When you live somewhere that gets cold in the winter, the only solution is to embrace to cold (even at the risk of freezing your tongue to a flagpole). If you are bundled-up, even the minus temperatures aren't bad. As for here, it's 4.0 F (-15.5555556 C) (257.594444 K) now, so I'm wearing shorts. I don't even want to tell you what it is outside. When you live somewhere that gets cold in the winter, the only solution is to embrace to cold (even at the risk of freezing your tongue to a flagpole).

If you are bundled-up, even the minus temperatures aren’t bad.

As for here, it’s 4.0 F (-15.5555556 C) (257.594444 K) now, so I’m wearing shorts. I don’t even want to tell you what it is outside.

]]> By: euthanaut http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381263 euthanaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381263 back when I was a boy we had to walk to school in -40C uphill, both ways, and we didn't have shoes so we had to wrap barbed wire around our bare feet for traction. Seriously though, I live in Edmonton, Alberta, and last year it hit -45C for a week straight. Not that this is a pissing contest, actually, one usually doesn't want to engage in pissing contests when it's -45. back when I was a boy we had to walk to school in -40C uphill, both ways, and we didn’t have shoes so we had to wrap barbed wire around our bare feet for traction.
Seriously though, I live in Edmonton, Alberta, and last year it hit -45C for a week straight. Not that this is a pissing contest, actually, one usually doesn’t want to engage in pissing contests when it’s -45.

]]> By: lithewish http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-382547 lithewish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-382547 We've been outdoors skating in Mnpls every night this week for hours at a stretch. -20 is fun -- and i'm a transplant! Yay Hockey Day. (The brainscrubbing was slow but thorough.) We’ve been outdoors skating in Mnpls every night this week for hours at a stretch. -20 is fun — and i’m a transplant! Yay Hockey Day. (The brainscrubbing was slow but thorough.)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381015 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381015 It's been in the 80s here all week. Heh. It’s been in the 80s here all week. Heh.

]]> By: Lyddiechu http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381016 Lyddiechu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381016 That sounds like hilarious fun, Jim. One of the many benefits of living in wisconsin besides great beer, cheese, and greater appreciation of the sun and temperature above 10 degrees. That sounds like hilarious fun, Jim. One of the many benefits of living in wisconsin besides great beer, cheese, and greater appreciation of the sun and temperature above 10 degrees.

]]> By: benwl http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-382811 benwl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-382811 Also, here is a video of a boiling mug of water being thrown in the air on a -20 C day in Wisconsin. The funky salsa music in the background frames the bitterly cold day nicely! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRwlrFimnZk Also, here is a video of a boiling mug of water being thrown in the air on a -20 C day in Wisconsin. The funky salsa music in the background frames the bitterly cold day nicely!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRwlrFimnZk

]]> By: TheChickenAndTheRice http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381533 TheChickenAndTheRice Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381533 That was misrepresented. I was hoping to see some kind of superhero weapon. Instead it looked like someone spraying a spray bottle. Excellent accent, though. That was misrepresented. I was hoping to see some kind of superhero weapon. Instead it looked like someone spraying a spray bottle.

Excellent accent, though.

]]> By: elvisneedsboats http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381280 elvisneedsboats Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381280 Oh yah sure you betcha. When I came back to MN over the holiday, I knew I was home when every one lit up their cellphones when we landed and said, "hey dere, I'm here ya know". After being in VA for 5 months, I was back in the land of gosh and pop. Oh yah sure you betcha.

When I came back to MN over the holiday, I knew I was home when every one lit up their cellphones when we landed and said, “hey dere, I’m here ya know”. After being in VA for 5 months, I was back in the land of gosh and pop.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381025 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381025 Hot water does become ice faster that cold water. Hot water does become ice faster that cold water.

]]> By: valdis http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381285 valdis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381285 @Euthanaut: One of the rules of cold-weather survival I learned was "At -30, it freezes when it hits the ground. At -40, it freezes on the way down. At -50, you wait for -40". @Euthanaut: One of the rules of cold-weather survival I learned was “At -30, it freezes when it hits the ground. At -40, it freezes on the way down. At -50, you wait for -40″.

]]> By: Guysmiley http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381293 Guysmiley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381293 At -30F you can take a two quart pot of boiling water outside and throw it in the air it comes down as snow. Just pay attention to the wind direction when doing it! At -30F you can take a two quart pot of boiling water outside and throw it in the air it comes down as snow. Just pay attention to the wind direction when doing it!

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381038 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381038 Lies. No tinkling ice shards. Lots of steam though. Lies. No tinkling ice shards. Lots of steam though.

]]> By: David Carroll http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381039 David Carroll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381039 Well I'm "everywhere else" and I think it's 243.7K. Sounds so much better. Where I am now it's 246K and I have a spray bottle, and ten minutes. Thanks Cory! Well I’m “everywhere else” and I think it’s 243.7K. Sounds so much better. Where I am now it’s 246K and I have a spray bottle, and ten minutes. Thanks Cory!

]]> By: musicman http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381050 musicman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381050 is it juat me, because I'm on a poor connection in Indonesia or because bb has a phenomenal radar for this type of thing, but I feel like every second video I go to on this site gives me the "this video no longer available" message. is it juat me, because I’m on a poor connection in Indonesia or because bb has a phenomenal radar for this type of thing, but I feel like every second video I go to on this site gives me the “this video no longer available” message.

]]> By: Ryan Waddell http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381309 Ryan Waddell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381309 About -20F or so (and sunny! yay!) here in Toronto this morning, with windchill. I had icicles on my eyelashes while I waited on the platform for the train (I was out there for approximately 5 minutes). My wife thought it was very cool, as she's from Dublin and they never see this kind of weather... I was less impressed. About -20F or so (and sunny! yay!) here in Toronto this morning, with windchill. I had icicles on my eyelashes while I waited on the platform for the train (I was out there for approximately 5 minutes). My wife thought it was very cool, as she’s from Dublin and they never see this kind of weather… I was less impressed.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381058 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381058 No, that's quite normal for YouTube. It'll work again later. No, that’s quite normal for YouTube. It’ll work again later.

]]> By: wynneth http://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/spraying-hot-water-a.html#comment-381574 wynneth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-381574 Greetings from Texas, where the weather is 70, no 40, no 75, no 30 / Sunny, wait, Snow, wait, Sunny. It's lovely in the land of 'Don't like the weather? Wait ten minutes, it'll change.' It's typical here to have an 80 degree weekend and then get 20 minutes of snow on Monday. Greetings from Texas, where the weather is 70, no 40, no 75, no 30 / Sunny, wait, Snow, wait, Sunny. It’s lovely in the land of ‘Don’t like the weather? Wait ten minutes, it’ll change.’

It’s typical here to have an 80 degree weekend and then get 20 minutes of snow on Monday.

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