[Coco] Say "Yah" to da U.P. eh. was: Fest Weekend

[Aaron Banerjee]

How bad is the weather up in da U.P. now?  I'm heading that way tomorrow.
I've got relatives who are yoopers.  They're actually up in Detroit, but
we'll be there for the week but might very well go up to the U.P.

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, Roger Merchberger wrote:

> Rumor has it that James Hrubik may have mentioned these words:
> >Ah, memories.  Back in '77-'80, when I was teaching in Beauval SK, we
> >went one whole month when the temperature didn't get above -35C.
> 
> It's not usually that bad here, but it _can_ be - some years back we had 
> about 5 weeks straight at -25F or lower, usually lower... ;-)
> 
> >Humidity is everything, though.
> 
> Yup, that's for sure.
> 
> >   Got back here to Ohio, and the same
> >down coat that kept me warm in the bush could not keep me warm at
> >0F.  Dry cold is much easier to take than this lake effect stuff.
> >The place I would NOT want to be would be the east side of Lake
> >Michigan or Lake Huron, or UP Michigan.
> 
> The UP of Michigan is one heckuva lot drier than you'd think - it may seem 
> weird for being surrounded by water, but we've got some of the lowest 
> relative humidity levels of the state during the winter... I'd *much* 
> rather live here than Detroit in the winter.
> 
> >Gene, up there in the bush, the guys would get their dozers running
> >(diesels) by building a fire under the oil pan.
> 
> My dad's a trucker, and until he purchased a 150,000 BTU diesel/kerosene 
> fired "salamander" we had the bottom of a 55-gallon drum we'd put a 
> charcoal fire in to warm up the bellypan of the ol' Cummins engine... both 
> methods took a long time, but the blower was a lot easier to manage.
> 
> [[ Oh, and Gene: Sault Ste. Marie's is in the Eastern UP, on the other side 
> of the peninsula.... Basically stay on I-75 north until everyone says "eh?" 
> and you'll be in da Soo. ;-) It's around 2 to 2.5 hours to Escanaba, 
> depending on how lucky you are speeding on US-2... so at least 3 hours away 
> by road from where you service. Google Maps says over 4 hours, but Google 
> maps doesn't know the right roads to take. ]]
> 
> Laterz,
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger
> 
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