Monday, January 06, 2014

That's cold.

Meteorologist Eric Holthaus demonstrates what happens when you toss a pot of boiling water into the sky when it is -21°F with a wind chill of -51°F. Video shot Jan 6, 2014 in Viroqua, WI.

4 comments:

JPX said...

I have a friend who lives in Iowa and even as I type this it is -9 degrees there. Over the weekend it was -16. I keep telling her to do water experiments but she basically said that if you step outside you pretty much die. I want to try peeing...

Octopunk said...

Don't do it! The stream will freeze inside you.

The sound of his footsteps on the snow is one of the worst sounds ever. I don't miss it.

(Had to turn on the AC in my car today when I left work at lunchtime. Nyah!)

AC said...

omg! ok i won't complain about the cold today at all.

DKC said...

I saw another article today how a bunch of people have burned themselves while trying to do this...

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