noozguru, I've definitely gotten more sensitive to the cold as I've gotten
older. Even though I guess I'm still pure pitta! And of course I sit a lot when
I'm at the computer so that doesn't help though there's a radiator only about 2
feet from the desk. I love to put my gloves on the radiator by the front door
when I come in. And my socks on the radiator upstairs, especially if they've
gotten wet.
Wind chill is definitely a factor in windy FF. The women's Dome is up on a
ridge and sometimes in the morning, I walk from the parking lot clutching my
hood tightly on my head. I'm a wimp!
What I notice about Iowa weather is that it's more erratic now, more sudden and
dramatic changes. and about 20 years ago we had snow on May 1!
On Monday, December 9, 2013 3:46 PM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I just got back from my walk which I usually take in the morning but decided to
wait until it warmed up a bit. According to local news it is the coldest day
so far in this cold snap. It is in the low 40s right now but clear skies and
sun. At the house it felt warmer than around the corner at the park where
apparently a wind was coming down the valley creating a wind chill.
When I first moved here in the 1990s the only real cold days were
in January and might only last for a week. Now it starts in early
November. I go from shorts and a t-shirt, skip over the warm-up
suit (mainly wind breaker stuff) and to the flannel warmups.
On 12/09/2013 12:23 PM, Share Long wrote:
>noozguru, according to cnn weather it's currently -8 in Fairfield. But the sun
>is shining so that helps a little. Farmers Almanac, with an 86% accuracy rate,
>is predicting a winter of piercing cold. But I don't know if that's for all
>the country or just a portion.
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>On Monday, December 9, 2013 2:06 PM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>Enjoying the new ice age? It was down in the mid-20s overnight here.
>Any below 0's on FFL?
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>It's been almost 10 years since this
article was posted:
>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/09/360120/
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>More or less based on local research:
>http://www.sfgate.com/green/article/Pentagon-sponsored-climate-report-sparks-2791555.php
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>And more recently the bigger surprise:
>http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/24/scientists-wonder-what-the-weakest-solar-cycle-in-50-years-means-for-eath/
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