oh, THAT's why
Jan. 15th, 2004 05:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciroccojNot doing that again. If God intended for people to freeze like this, He wouldn't have invented taxis and cell phones.
Just got home with Justin. What with walking to different busses and waiting around, as well as running a few errands, it took us about 2 hours. And the last part, the 20-min walk down Clyde Avenue, was horrific. I couldn't even feel my legs by the end. I've never had my eyelashes freeze together before. Justin was crying by about halfway through, until I picked him up and he could hide his face in my jacket. And we were both dressed appropriately too - including hat & balaclava, mitts, snowpants and jacket for Justin.
So I come in and go look at the CBC weather, and find that it's
Temp: -24.8°C (-12.6°F)
Wind: NW at 24 km/h (14.9 mph)
Wind Gusts: 37 km/h (23 mph)
Windchill: -43.5°C (-46.3°F)
Memo to myself: become acquainted with the number for local taxi services.
Just got home with Justin. What with walking to different busses and waiting around, as well as running a few errands, it took us about 2 hours. And the last part, the 20-min walk down Clyde Avenue, was horrific. I couldn't even feel my legs by the end. I've never had my eyelashes freeze together before. Justin was crying by about halfway through, until I picked him up and he could hide his face in my jacket. And we were both dressed appropriately too - including hat & balaclava, mitts, snowpants and jacket for Justin.
So I come in and go look at the CBC weather, and find that it's
Temp: -24.8°C (-12.6°F)
Wind: NW at 24 km/h (14.9 mph)
Wind Gusts: 37 km/h (23 mph)
Windchill: -43.5°C (-46.3°F)
Memo to myself: become acquainted with the number for local taxi services.
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Date: 2004-01-15 03:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-15 03:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-15 08:23 pm (UTC)It just kills me to read the sleigh ride part of "These Happy Golden Years" -- when all the teenagers are riding in sleighs up and down main street? -- because it includes the line, "The wind was blowing, but not too hard, and everyone was so happy and gay for it was only twenty degrees below zero and the sun shone." What was *wrong* with those people?
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Date: 2004-01-16 04:53 am (UTC)LOL!!
The cold had slowed their mental processes down to a crawl. Judgment and sanity were the first mental casualties.
cold
Date: 2004-01-16 08:28 am (UTC)It was below 150 when you factored in the wind here last week. The coldest I've ever gone through was -70 (with windchill). I didn't walk home from school that week!
Sarah
(knitting you a virtual scarf)
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Date: 2004-01-16 01:03 pm (UTC)::gaping::
You're joking.
Oh god, you're not joking, are you?
(knitting you a virtual scarf)
(knitting you a virtual spacesuit)
Ahem
Date: 2004-01-16 02:09 pm (UTC)That's -50.
Ooops.
Must proof read.
Sarah
(hanging head in shame)
Re: Ahem
Date: 2004-01-16 05:04 pm (UTC)Still. -50C. That seriously bites. And -70C? That's... just wrong.