How cold is it ???
This in response to Kel's recent posts about high temps and bush fires in Oz and todays post by Michelle about the +40C temps in SA.
We're enjoying(?) a transpolar cold snap straight out of Siberia, across the North Pole and into the heart of east central Canada. I was just outside for a very brief smoke and the trees are snapping with the cold. Not breaking and falling down but popping like small arms fire as they contract. Tonight its about -15C/-5F and the high for tomorrow is to be -18C!!!
Michelle was describing the measures she is taking to get relief from the heat. Here is how I'm layering up to stay warm - socks & undies (natch), longjohns, T-shirt, pants, turtleneck, shirt. When I head outside I also put on a bulky cotton sweater, scarf, a thermal vest and my Aussie oilskin coat. With temps where they are and no wind you can be out for a fair while without problems but if the wind picks up there's a very real danger of frostbite which can occur within minutes.
(One of our clients right now lost most of his fingers and toes a few years ago when he sank his snowmobile; had to climb out of the lake, run about a kilometer in freezing temps to the nearest phone and wait for an ambulance outside.)
It's so cold that.....it kills your car battery and thickens the oil in the pan so much that the engine won't turn over. Take a spray bottle outside, give it a squirt and the water will hit the ground as ice pellets. Spend five minutes outside and your ears, nose and fingers are brilliant red, tingle and take half an hour to warm up. I hope these sorts of images cool you down just a little bit. Me, I'm enjoying the thought of 40+ - just for a minute to keep me warm.
***update*** - If it gets any colder the big hooded downfilled jacket (that makes me look like the Michelin Man) comes out of storage. We don't want to see that, do we?
We're enjoying(?) a transpolar cold snap straight out of Siberia, across the North Pole and into the heart of east central Canada. I was just outside for a very brief smoke and the trees are snapping with the cold. Not breaking and falling down but popping like small arms fire as they contract. Tonight its about -15C/-5F and the high for tomorrow is to be -18C!!!
Michelle was describing the measures she is taking to get relief from the heat. Here is how I'm layering up to stay warm - socks & undies (natch), longjohns, T-shirt, pants, turtleneck, shirt. When I head outside I also put on a bulky cotton sweater, scarf, a thermal vest and my Aussie oilskin coat. With temps where they are and no wind you can be out for a fair while without problems but if the wind picks up there's a very real danger of frostbite which can occur within minutes.
(One of our clients right now lost most of his fingers and toes a few years ago when he sank his snowmobile; had to climb out of the lake, run about a kilometer in freezing temps to the nearest phone and wait for an ambulance outside.)
It's so cold that.....it kills your car battery and thickens the oil in the pan so much that the engine won't turn over. Take a spray bottle outside, give it a squirt and the water will hit the ground as ice pellets. Spend five minutes outside and your ears, nose and fingers are brilliant red, tingle and take half an hour to warm up. I hope these sorts of images cool you down just a little bit. Me, I'm enjoying the thought of 40+ - just for a minute to keep me warm.
***update*** - If it gets any colder the big hooded downfilled jacket (that makes me look like the Michelin Man) comes out of storage. We don't want to see that, do we?
posted by Norm at 1/26/2007 02:00:00 AM
3 Comments:
Thankfully it's cooler today - there's a lovely breeze blowing and some low fluffy clouds moving in. Relief! We sleep! :-)
By the way - you're knowledgeable about music. Any idea who sings "I'm living it up, having myself a time... from the women to the wine"??? A couple of us have been on a fruitless quest to find out!
LOL! I have a coat like that.
Brrrr! It sounds very cold! We were in the single digits last night, but it's warmed up to a balmy 21 degrees (F) now. It'll be in the 40's tomorrow.
An Aussie oilskin coat!?! Cool, where and when did you get that?
I reckon it's easier to warm up when it's cold [put another log on the fire and add that michelin-man puff coat] than to cool off when it's hot. Once you're down to skin that's it :)
grass is always greener [sigh]
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