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BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Campus closes at 7:00 AM Tuesday morning 1-29-19 due to cold weather. Pubic schools also closed in a very large regional area. UND has not announced when they will open up? Usually they announce how long they are closed, not this time, thinking closure could be for more than one day? Local Beer sales will be above average for a Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runaroundsioux Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Wussification of America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernraider Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, runaroundsioux said: Wussification of America. Seriously? Its record level cold. Why have students walk 10 minutes to class or wait on the bus? They keep it open and someone gets serious frostbite, seems a lawsuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn-O Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 9 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said: Campus closes at 7:00 AM Tuesday morning 1-29-19 due to cold weather. Pubic schools also closed in a very large regional area. UND has not announced when they will open up? Usually they announce how long they are closed, not this time, thinking closure could be for more than one day? Local Beer sales will be above average for a Tuesday. We had an announcement like this once back in the day. We immediately headed for John Barleycorn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 7 hours ago, northernraider said: Seriously? Its record level cold. Why have students walk 10 minutes to class or wait on the bus? They keep it open and someone gets serious frostbite, seems a lawsuit. They played HS hockey games in Bemidji for Hockey Day Minnesota with a temp of -27 to start the first game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 22 minutes ago, Shawn-O said: We had an announcement like this once back in the day. We immediately headed for John Barleycorn. We kept our apartment behind Burger Time off of Demers warm with oven on broil with oven door open. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxkid12 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 43 minutes ago, Shawn-O said: We had an announcement like this once back in the day. We immediately headed for John Barleycorn. We went to the downunder...cheap keystones and shuffleboard! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucesky02 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I seem to recall a second-hand quote from President Kupchella that if students were willing to risk their lives to go to the bars, they could risk their lives to go to class. Was there ever a snow day during his presidency? (99-08) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 All roads blocked, a half dozen of us walked to Frenchys (only a beer bar then) with 2 toboggans and rope (called first to see if open). Frenchy lived out in the country and got stormed in and stayed in the bar overnight along with some late customers. We arrived and had a beer to rest up, bought 2 kegs, tied then onto the toboggans and walked back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn-O Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, Brucesky02 said: I seem to recall a second-hand quote from President Kupchella that if students were willing to risk their lives to go to the bars, they could risk their lives to go to class. Was there ever a snow day during his presidency? (99-08) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub27 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Brucesky02 said: I seem to recall a second-hand quote from President Kupchella that if students were willing to risk their lives to go to the bars, they could risk their lives to go to class. Was there ever a snow day during his presidency? (99-08) I recall at least one in that time frame, though it was for snow, not temp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey23 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I remember only 1 day of school being cancelled between 85-89 after a blizzard with large snowfall. You couldn't drive anywhere in a vehicle because it took awhile to open the roads. Didn't have cell phones back then, but a few phone calls later and our house(ATO) and the Beta's decided to have a party at their house. We had some kegs and they had a few laying around as well. We had 3-4 snowmobiles and spent the next couple hours gathering up girls from the sororities and dorms and had a pretty decent party. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Today high of -22 with a low of -36 and wind chill of -57. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runaroundsioux Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 9 hours ago, northernraider said: Seriously? Its record level cold. Why have students walk 10 minutes to class or wait on the bus? They keep it open and someone gets serious frostbite, seems a lawsuit. How long have you lived in ND? This is not record level cold. 10 minutes? This windchill hysteria has gotten ridiculous. They don't even give the actual temperature anymore. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxSherm94 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, runaroundsioux said: How long have you lived in ND? This is not record level cold. 10 minutes? This windchill hysteria has gotten ridiculous. They don't even give the actual temperature anymore. Couldn't agree more. Just a few years ago (school year 2014-2015) I remember a handful of walks to 8ams in January where normal air temps were -28F. Class getting canceled wasn't a discussion, much less a thought on my mind; we just dealt with it. Dealing with the same thing down in the cities. Put up with these same freezing below zero temps in high school, fully expected to go to school and now most of the metro area has it off through Thursday. The level of sensitivity continues to rise almost faster than political correctness these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux>Bison Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Brucesky02 said: I seem to recall a second-hand quote from President Kupchella that if students were willing to risk their lives to go to the bars, they could risk their lives to go to class. Was there ever a snow day during his presidency? (99-08) No there wasn’t. Never had an issue with frostbite personally either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 #globalwarming #GreenNewDeal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGSIOUX Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 22 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said: No there wasn’t. Never had an issue with frostbite personally either Actually just one. Was in october of 2001. Early year snow storm dumped about 10 inches. School Closed around noon. I was a freshman-got loaded in Walsh 120. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucesky02 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 minute ago, BIGSIOUX said: Actually just one. Was in october of 2001. Early year snow storm dumped about 10 inches. School Closed around noon. I was a freshman-got loaded in Walsh 120. Thanks for that. I knew there weren't any 06-08 but I wasn't sure before then. I recall that when it got below zero, the walk across campus was actually nicer than warmer days - your legs would start to go numb and you stopped feeling cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 14 hours ago, runaroundsioux said: How long have you lived in ND? This is not record level cold. 10 minutes? This windchill hysteria has gotten ridiculous. They don't even give the actual temperature anymore. The "windchill temp" is the easiest thing to block and negate. Something as simple as a windbreaker. They make heated jackets, heated gloves, heated boots, heated hats. One could easily sweat in these temperature walking to class nowadays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Throw a pail of boiling water into the sky in this weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I'll put the over/under of all on campus and off campus students at UND that WILL NOT leave their residence (house bound) today to venture outside at any point at 25% and I'll take the under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Around 1989 we got a day off due to air temp of about -35...That night there was a line outside the Barleycorn to get in, and we waited...in our defense, it was Tea Night!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Oxbow6 said: #globalwarming #GreenNewDeal Waiting for the article: Record number of school closings in 2019 due to severe weather 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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