Jeslek
Banned
You know how when there is a wind it is colder? Say the temperature is -6. A wind of 20 km/h or so will make the temperature you feel -12. That is called the wind chill factor. You use the wind chill factor to calculate how fast frostbite will occur on exposed flesh.
Well, I've got a friend up north in Canada, in the Yellowknife region. It gets pretty cold there sometimes. However, most of the time, and this is about 95% of the time, when the temperature drop to extremes there is NO wind whatsoever. Its just a clear day with no clouds, a faint sun, no wind, and an ambient temperature of -40 to -55 or so.
Well, last winter he was bitching about something. Aparently -57 with a wind of over 60 km/h isn't nice. In fact the wind chill factor dropped to -128 Celsius (-200 F). Frostbite will set in in under 30 seconds on exposed flesh. Mind you, this does not happen often. Gee, looking into the wind would freeze your eyeballs. Ugh.
Well, I've got a friend up north in Canada, in the Yellowknife region. It gets pretty cold there sometimes. However, most of the time, and this is about 95% of the time, when the temperature drop to extremes there is NO wind whatsoever. Its just a clear day with no clouds, a faint sun, no wind, and an ambient temperature of -40 to -55 or so.
Well, last winter he was bitching about something. Aparently -57 with a wind of over 60 km/h isn't nice. In fact the wind chill factor dropped to -128 Celsius (-200 F). Frostbite will set in in under 30 seconds on exposed flesh. Mind you, this does not happen often. Gee, looking into the wind would freeze your eyeballs. Ugh.
