When I lived in the beautiful Jemez mountains of New
Mexico while at Los Alamos labs, we'd go to
Albuquerque for the weekend once in a while. Being
south of us and "only" at 5500 ft altitude, it was
often 100 or so degrees, while Los Alamos rarely got
much above 80 - 85. The natives would trot out the
ol' "but it's a dry heat." To which I would reply
"so's fire."
--- Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
wrote:
> 10 below F is approx 23 below C.
>
> It's not the heat it's the humidity = it's not the
> cold it's the wind. :)
>
> My wife once asked me why we live in this weather.
> She laughed her head off
> ( exageration ) when I replied that it was because
> we were born here.
>
> You do get used to it. When I was a teenager and it
> was forty below in real
> degrees, a jean jacket and a t-shirt were okay.
> While I normally wear a
> leather jacket these days, I switch to a parka when
> it gets close to 20
> below. It's a lot easier when you keep moving. It
> becomes hell when you're
> standing around supervising kids.
>
> Robert D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Vanner <philv@pclink.com>
>
>
>
> >Wind chill is kind of like Italian horsepower. It
> sounds a lot more
> impressive
> >than it really is. For people who live in places
> without real cold to use
> when
> >they want to complain how cold it is. ;-)
> >
> >Around here, if it isn't at least ten below, it
> isn't worth mentioning.
> When I
> >moved here from New York City seven years ago, I
> thought these Minnesotans
> were
> >insane for living here. On Thursday I was clearing
> snow in the morning
> before
> >work, and I went inside and told my wife that at
> least it wasn't cold out.
> She
> >checked the thermometer, it was eight degrees. I
> guess you get used to it.
> >
> >Phil Vanner
> >Minneapolis
> >(All temperatures referenced in this post are given
> in degrees farenheit,
> any
> >metric conversions made at the readers own risk.)
> >
> >On Friday, January 14, 2000 10:18 PM, Kent J.
> Miller
> >[SMTP:Bushwacker4@prodigy.net] wrote:
> >> Isn't a wind chill something like a smoothie but
> they don't come in
> banana
> >> flavor?
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
> >> To: Brian P James <bpj@U.Arizona.EDU>
> >> Cc: Robert Duquette
> <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>; Spridgets
> >> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 9:50 PM
> >> Subject: Re: cool ... no lbc
> >>
> >>
> >> > Brian, we get those in Texas, you probably get
> them but more than
> likely
> >> > it's very late at night out on the open desert.
> I'm wondering of
> Robert
> >> > knows what a Dust Devil is (hint, not a small
> vaccum) ;-)
> >> >
> >> > Brian P James wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > 80 in Tucson
> >> > > What is a wind chill?
> >> > >
> >> > > Brian
> >> > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Robert Duquette wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > -39 with the wind chill this AM.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Robert Duquette
> >> > > > Ottawa ON Canada
> >> > > > http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
> >> > > > RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
> >> > > > '65 RHD BRG Sprite
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
=====
Ron Soave
IGNORE THE YAHOO MESSAGE BELOW!!!!!
Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
http://im.yahoo.com
|