Seacrest wrote:
a retard wrote:
Most of you guys aren't old enough to remember the 1980's winters:
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Chicago had several severe winters in the 1980s, including a record-breaking cold Christmas in 1983 and a record-breaking cold temperature in January 1985.
1981–1982
A severe winter with blizzard-like conditions in south central Illinois
The snow and cold caused 34 deaths and at least 550 injuries statewide
The snow and cold severely damaged agriculture and wildlife
1983
A record-breaking cold Christmas with temperatures below zero for 100 consecutive hours
On Christmas Day, the low temperature was -25° and the high was -11°
The wind chill reached a record of -82°
1985
A record-breaking cold temperature of -27° on January 20
A wind chill of -93° was recorded
A cold air mass moved southeastward, bringing frigid air to most of the East Coast of the United States
I was working outside on Christmas Eve, 1983.
The diesel in my truck turned to jelly.
Family had a diesel Oldsmobile. Died on the way to school 3 or 4 times. Talked to a guy years later he had a big business covering those cars to gas and/or buying them cheap and shipping them Arizona. Said the shops had garages full of them all winter thawing them out. I remember a lot of cold winters from 79ish to maybe 85/86..
When we had the old Duramax pickup out here I always had a spare fuel filter in the car. The paraffin in biodiesel did not agree with those filters when it was cold.
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