This!
My last spring in Boone...lived off Winklers Creek, it snowed hugely 2-3 weekends in a row...I think April 3 was 1st of the weekends
This!
Appstrong wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:04 amGotta believe everyone that spent at least 4 years at APP should have at least one story like these. If they don’t I feel sorry for them for not getting the full experience.
Drove around with a cafeteria tray from Welborn in the trunk of my car for like a decade after I graduated.
I was in Justice during that one. They were talking about not being outside too long because the fluid in your eyeballs might freeze. If you did go out to the Bavarian or to classes when they did start again, you did the aforementioned building hopping.Lowcountry App wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:06 pmNot specifically snow related but I remember in the mid 80s having a wind chill of -65. One of the few times classes were cancelled while I was there.
chuckleWataugaMan wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:55 pmI remember being at a bong fire on top of Tater Hill when it was 15 below zero. We had plenty of "anti-freeze" though.
Thanks for giving confirmation to one of my greatest "Y'all don't know cold" Stories.Neer86 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:13 pmI was in Justice during that one. They were talking about not being outside too long because the fluid in your eyeballs might freeze. If you did go out to the Bavarian or to classes when they did start again, you did the aforementioned building hopping.Lowcountry App wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:06 pmNot specifically snow related but I remember in the mid 80s having a wind chill of -65. One of the few times classes were cancelled while I was there.
I remember stepping out one morning, dressed well, but when I inhaled I could feel the inside of my lungs for the first time. That's how cold the air was. It's not a good feeling.
I know people tend to exaggerate about old experiences, but here's some info from a weather site about that freeze. I remember the -60 wind chills. According to this article, Chicago saw a -77 wind chill as it's passed through towards us.
"One of the most intense arctic outbreaks of the 20th century occurred January 18-22, 1985. Extremely cold temperatures affected every state east of the Rockies with three new state record lows established: -34° at Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina, -19° at Caesar’s Head, South Carolina; and -30° at Mountain Lake, Virginia. According to newspaper reports at least 165 fatalities were attributed to the weather. The inauguration parade for President Reagan’s second term was canceled with wind chills in Washington DC colder than -10° F. Florida’s Secretary of Agriculture termed this the “freeze of the century” with the state’s citrus industry suffering $2.5 billion in losses.
All-time Station Low Temperature Records set on January 21, 1985
Grandfather Mountain, NC -32°
Boone, NC -24°
Charlotte, NC -5°
Asheville, NC -17°
http://www.markvoganweather.com/2015/12 ... uary-1985/
I know, LOLAPPRIDE wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:46 pmchuckleWataugaMan wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:55 pmI remember being at a bong fire on top of Tater Hill when it was 15 below zero. We had plenty of "anti-freeze" though.
Frank.
I was thinking 76. I was on the way back, was in Winston Salem and fortunately listening to the radio rather than my 8track and DeepPurple or some Jimmy. They announced ASU was closed I turned around went back to Alamance County. Parents were like what are you doing here?appstate77 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:34 amThanksgiving Storm of 1974: Over 40 inches standing snow, over 6 ft in drifts. This was the first time App was closed for weather. I was one of a handful who made it back. Thankfully they let me back in to my room at Justice.
Thanks for posting that info. For some strange reason I can't drum up any memories from that event. I was living on Brown's Chapel Road at the time.Neer86 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:13 pmI was in Justice during that one. They were talking about not being outside too long because the fluid in your eyeballs might freeze. If you did go out to the Bavarian or to classes when they did start again, you did the aforementioned building hopping.Lowcountry App wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:06 pmNot specifically snow related but I remember in the mid 80s having a wind chill of -65. One of the few times classes were cancelled while I was there.
I remember stepping out one morning, dressed well, but when I inhaled I could feel the inside of my lungs for the first time. That's how cold the air was. It's not a good feeling.
I know people tend to exaggerate about old experiences, but here's some info from a weather site about that freeze. I remember the -60 wind chills. According to this article, Chicago saw a -77 wind chill as it's passed through towards us.
"One of the most intense arctic outbreaks of the 20th century occurred January 18-22, 1985. Extremely cold temperatures affected every state east of the Rockies with three new state record lows established: -34° at Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina, -19° at Caesar’s Head, South Carolina; and -30° at Mountain Lake, Virginia. According to newspaper reports at least 165 fatalities were attributed to the weather. The inauguration parade for President Reagan’s second term was canceled with wind chills in Washington DC colder than -10° F. Florida’s Secretary of Agriculture termed this the “freeze of the century” with the state’s citrus industry suffering $2.5 billion in losses.
All-time Station Low Temperature Records set on January 21, 1985
Grandfather Mountain, NC -32°
Boone, NC -24°
Charlotte, NC -5°
Asheville, NC -17°
http://www.markvoganweather.com/2015/12 ... uary-1985/
You had a great view of that mountain of ice and asphalt on Duck Pond Field.