Wind chill is the term used to measure what the outside temperature actually feels like to a human body when air (wind) blows on exposed skin.
Everyone who knows me knows that I have a really hard time dealing with cold temperatures. As the SM meme says, “I was not made for winter.” That cold north wind causing low wind chill temperatures is the most brutal slap in my face during winter.
Even as a child I was always the first one to go inside when all the neighborhood kids stayed outside sledding and building snowmen. If I didn’t go willingly my mom made me come in because my lips were turning blue.
It seems to be normal for intolerance for cold to get worse as we age. If that’s true then I am completely normal!
This year I wanted to spend Christmas with family and that meant traveling. Traveling to colder destinations. Or so I thought.
It turns out that the forecast for Florence, Alabama where we live right now is calling for dangerously cold weather the day after we plan to travel. It is forecast to be colder here than any of the family locations that we would be visiting.
Not only will the temperatures be well below freezing (the HIGH is forecast to be 18F and the low 9F) but the wind chill is expected to go as low as -15F. That’s 15 degrees LOWER than zero!
Meteorologists are warning that frostbite and hypothermia could be a real possibility if you are outside.
I realize that some areas of our country experience that and even colder temperatures during winter but that’s just about the coldest winter air that I have ever experienced, and that’s probably true for most people living in this area.
Thank Goodness we are able to get the heck out of Dodge, so to speak.
For all of you who will be in the grips of old man winter, traveling through snow and ice or flying with delays and cancellations, I wish for you safe travel mercies.
For those of you who will be staying home and inside I wish for you a warm, crackling fire or continued power to fuel your furnace or heat pump.
I am hoping the same for us this week end!
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