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Scruffy1

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11. Those that have to do it are prepared.

Wed Jan 30, 2019, 03:02 AM

Jan 2019

Letter carriers here in sunny Minnesota will go about their business as usual. When I was a lot younger I often worked in sub-zeo temps. Not saying I like it, but if you have the right gear you can handle it. I think it's actually tougher for people in warmer climes because they don't have the gear. I remember my brother in law telling me how nobody in Florida would show up for work at the job site when it got close to freezing. The stores didn't even sell gloves and other normal winter dress.

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That windchill index [View all] question everything Jan 2019 OP

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