hypothermia. I plan for it. It is the main reason why I always carry a short skinning blade and a butane lighter (or two) when heading out.
OK, as a city slicker - but I watch a lot of Alone - I don't know why the blade, unless you're thinking of shaving bark to make kindling?
Season 7 was my favorite, maybe because it was my first.
-1 F this morning, -20F windchill was colder overnight and the windchill was about -40F. The house rocked a couple of times with gusts up to 50 mph. They clocked a gust of 74 mph up on the lake front last night.
Now home from work, about 5F, no idea what the windchill is but the wind is still howling out there.
Unrelated but related: a medical maxim is "You're not dead until you're warm and dead." Folks thought to be lost from immersion in ice water lakes, etc, have revived miraculously.
Unrelated but every time I head into the backcountry even during the warmest summer months, my first safety thought is about hypothermia. I plan for it. It is the main reason why I always carry a short skinning blade and a butane lighter (or two) when heading out.
The second concern is exhaustion due to heat and sun during the mid-summer months. That is an important reason for dressing head to toe in bright hot sun. Direct, bright sun wears people down whether they notice it or not.
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Dec 24, 2022 - 9:33am
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Everything froze after the rain and temperature drop. Snow squall came through @ 10:30pm with a quick 1â of snow over the frozen iced driveway.
Woke to 9° and windy conditions.
Sounds slippery and dangerous.
I have to put my sunglasses on, and go start up some oak on the barbecue for early chicken dinner tonight.
It's not so refreshing when you start out at 44°F and then drop 35°.
We got to 44 a slightly different way... started at 50° and ended at 6°. Up to 11° now...and it's actually sort of nice out (for a guy with family roots in northern VT).
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Dec 24, 2022 - 8:49am
Everything froze after the rain and temperature drop. Snow squall came through @ 10:30pm with a quick 1â of snow over the frozen iced driveway.
Woke to 9° and windy conditions.
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The 2â of rain has stopped. The howling wind with gusts upwards of 50+ is still blowing. The dropping temperature from 57° is heading toward freezing by 8pm.
Morning high of 20° with a windchill of -12°.
All that rain on my cars are going to freeze. And now the lights are flickering. Oh Crap!
Listened to an interview with the mayor of Dawson in the Yukon territory on CBC radio yesterday morning. Quite amusing actually.
Forecast to drop to -49C (-56F ) tonight.
The day before yesterday I worked on the solar powered Christmas lights with my bare hands. It was -22C (-7.6F) and dry. Hands were fine. I must be adapting....
I seem to recall reading/hearing that more people die from cold weather than hot weather.
Unrelated but related: a medical maxim is "You're not dead until you're warm and dead." Folks thought to be lost from immersion in ice water lakes, etc, have revived miraculously.
You probably did, but that is a debate that has not been settled. My take on it is that heat kills more people directly, cold kills more through exposure, yes, but also cold-related illness ("flu season") which skews the "cold season" statistics that direction.
Either way it's clear that we're a miraculously delicate organism unsuited to life in anything but a fine-tuned ecosystemâand we're constantly fiddling with the knobs.
I think we've very likely already entered the self-destruct sequence.
I seem to recall reading/hearing that more people die from cold weather than hot weather.
You probably did, but that is a debate that has not been settled. My take on it is that heat kills more people directly, cold kills more through exposure, yes, but also cold-related illness ("flu season") which skews the "cold season" statistics that direction.
Either way it's clear that we're a miraculously delicate organism unsuited to life in anything but a fine-tuned ecosystemâand we're constantly fiddling with the knobs.
I feel for all you guys. Looks miserable. We just got our weather station back online, but I think I'll wait a few days before posting a link.
I feel for the people who live in relatively warm areas and then get hit hard with cold temperatures of the likes that have not been experienced in decades. That has to be really, really tough.
Not everybody is of Old Norse stock who have been probably genetically selected over the years for coping with cold winters.
I seem to recall reading/hearing that more people die from cold weather than hot weather.
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As an aside, this cold weather is very much in keeping with the Anthropogenic climate disruption narrative.
Keep warm tips:
Nothing beats upper underwear made of thick Merino wool for warmth and comfort. They are a little expensive but well worth it if you can afford them.
I have been wearing very thick fleece underwear long johns both inside and outside the house. Works. Normally I put these on to wade steelhead rivers in the winter.
Listened to an interview with the mayor of Dawson in the Yukon territory on CBC radio yesterday morning. Quite amusing actually.
Forecast to drop to -49C (-56F ) tonight.
The day before yesterday I worked on the solar powered Christmas lights with my bare hands. It was -22C (-7.6F) and dry. Hands were fine. I must be adapting....
