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

[vdansk]

OK, you're from the south, and I'm from the north, so this is purely bragging--but when I was in med school I once changed to headlight on my car (outside) on a day where the high temperature was 20 below. I had a day off, if was January, and there was no reason to suppose that my next day off would be any warmer. (Now, had i only REALIZED that you can PAY someone to change your headlight...!)

Charles defines cold as the temperature at which your nostril hairs freeze in the erect position when you step outside and take that first breath. By our studies, that's about 10 below F. :) The only time outdoor recess was cancelled for cold when I was a kid, it was 40 below 0--at which point, it doesn't matter if you use Farenheit or Celcius. Vermonters are tough...Here in Massachusetts, they'd cancel school altogether for that!

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've heard from Russ re: her Xmas swag, but I got her Grammar Girl's book, and also the Gurps Vorkosigan! She was quite happy with both, and was considering writing a Miles story for the Yuletide exchange. I was seriously tempted to give it to her early had she committed to it.

[vdansk]

Very cool! I'll have to order the Vorosigan book for Charle's birthday!