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LakeSuperiorView

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4. The original calculations were based on how quckly bags of water would freeze,

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 09:38 PM

Jan 2019

if I recall correctly, 10 feet off the ground. When redone at human heights, the numbers came out higher. Humans don't spend much time 10 feet off the ground.

And inanimate objects do feel wind chill, but in most cases, it doesn't matter how quickly they cool down.

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Windchill has no effect on inanimate objects. Atman Jan 2019 #1

How about just cold weather? question everything Jan 2019 #2

They do, but it usually doesn't matter how quickly they cool down. LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #5

I was watching the birds at our feeders. Ohiogal Jan 2019 #3

I filled up the feeders yesterday and the birds are on them, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #13

The original calculations were based on how quckly bags of water would freeze, LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #4

-7 right now in my far northwest Chicago, with a windchill... 3catwoman3 Jan 2019 #6

I'm a pediatric hospice nurse in Chicago. We are on "code white" tomorrow which means mucifer Jan 2019 #8

I have only 3catwoman3 Jan 2019 #9

The National Weather Service changed the formula in 2001. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #7

Thanks, interesting question everything Jan 2019 #12

Outdoor work of any kind will be horrible at these temperatures dragonlady Jan 2019 #10

Those that have to do it are prepared. Scruffy1 Jan 2019 #11