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I've always said that mere low temperature doesn't constitute bad
weather, but tomorrow the *high* is going to be eleven below, and the
wind is going to be eighteen miles per hour.

I might be able to find that many pairs of tights in my closet, but I
wouldn't be able to get my leg over the top tube.

As soon as this blows over, we are scheduled for three days of rain.
:(

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

Lessee . . . 32 + 11, 5/9 x 43 -- that's twenty-four below in metric.

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On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 8:09:16 AM UTC-8, Joy Beeson wrote:
I've always said that mere low temperature doesn't constitute bad
weather, but tomorrow the *high* is going to be eleven below, and the
wind is going to be eighteen miles per hour.

I might be able to find that many pairs of tights in my closet, but I
wouldn't be able to get my leg over the top tube.

As soon as this blows over, we are scheduled for three days of rain.
:(

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

Lessee . . . 32 + 11, 5/9 x 43 -- that's twenty-four below in metric.

Joy, be absolutely certain to wear a watch cap under your helmet. Pulled down over your ears. Those sorts of temperatures can cause a lot worse than frost bite.

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On 1/29/2019 12:46 PM, wrote:
On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 8:09:16 AM UTC-8, Joy Beeson wrote:
I've always said that mere low temperature doesn't constitute bad
weather, but tomorrow the *high* is going to be eleven below, and the
wind is going to be eighteen miles per hour.

I might be able to find that many pairs of tights in my closet, but I
wouldn't be able to get my leg over the top tube.

As soon as this blows over, we are scheduled for three days of rain.
:(

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

Lessee . . . 32 + 11, 5/9 x 43 -- that's twenty-four below in metric.

Joy, be absolutely certain to wear a watch cap under your helmet. Pulled down over your ears. Those sorts of temperatures can cause a lot worse than frost bite.


With all due respect, California boy, frostbite is
devastatingly damaging and painful. The only step beyond it
is death from hypothermia.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 10:57:42 AM UTC-8, AMuzi wrote:
On 1/29/2019 12:46 PM, wrote:
On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 8:09:16 AM UTC-8, Joy Beeson wrote:
I've always said that mere low temperature doesn't constitute bad
weather, but tomorrow the *high* is going to be eleven below, and the
wind is going to be eighteen miles per hour.

I might be able to find that many pairs of tights in my closet, but I
wouldn't be able to get my leg over the top tube.

As soon as this blows over, we are scheduled for three days of rain.
:(

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

Lessee . . . 32 + 11, 5/9 x 43 -- that's twenty-four below in metric.

Joy, be absolutely certain to wear a watch cap under your helmet. Pulled down over your ears. Those sorts of temperatures can cause a lot worse than frost bite.


With all due respect, California boy, frostbite is
devastatingly damaging and painful. The only step beyond it
is death from hypothermia.

We landed on one flight for emergency refueling at some base on the arctic circle in Alaska. We had to turn the engines off while they refueled and we all ran into ops. Just that very short distance from the truck to ops was enough to nearly frostbite you. Black marks on my nose and ears that took months to go away.

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On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:46:51 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Joy, be absolutely certain to wear a watch cap under your helmet. Pulled down over your ears. Those sorts of temperatures can cause a lot worse than frost bite.

Wool scarves are warmer than hats. I line a silk dupioni folded four
layers thick with a small lambswool scarf folded two layers thick. If
I go out tomorrow, I'll have to add another layer -- perhaps my
worsted-weight balaclava with the bib in front -- and dig out my old
helmet and helmet cover.

When walking, I pin my scarf; on the bike, I tie it at the back of the
neck.

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/