I've officially been the coldest that I've ever been

[thewayne]

Three weeks ago, we had a pretty good storm hit. I had to go to Las Cruces on Friday, and as I passed the wood train trestle just down from Cloudcroft the thermometer in my car said it was 3 degrees F outside.

I thought that was pretty darn cold, and I was smart enough not to get out of my car there.

Tonight I was doing Apollo spotting at the observatory.

It was 15 degrees F.

The wind was gusting at 20 MPH.

The wind chill factor made it an effective -2 F.

Definitely gotta get better gloves and boots.

Comments

[hafoc.livejournal.com]

oh, yeah, by the way, I'm talking dry-bulb temperature, none of this wind chill or heat index mumbo-jumbo. That's just ridiculous. "It's 40 out but with the wind it feels like it's thirty below below zero." Bullpuckey. 40 degrees with a wind feels like 40 degrees. 30 below feels like 30 below. Wind and wet affect how fast your coat soaks and starts to sap your body heat and kill you, but that's another matter, and fairly easily countered, assuming you have the jack to get good outdoor clothing.