Minus Forty Eight on Sowrey.org

28 Jan, 2008

Minus Forty Eight

Posted by: Geoff In: General

That’s the temperature right now.

With the wind chill.

My knees are numb.

My thighs are pink blocks of frozen flesh.

I think my eyeballs fogged over when I walked in the office.

Going home is going to be about as much fun — the non-wind chill temperature is only going up two degrees from -30 to -28. I suspect the wind won’t help any.

Tags: calgary, cold, freaking cold, holy crap it's cold, weather

5 Responses to "Minus Forty Eight"

1 | Scott

January 28th, 2008 at 9:27

It’s cold here too Geoff, it is only going up to 58F maybe 60F

2 | Geoff

January 28th, 2008 at 10:30

At least you’re still wearing shorts, dude.

3 | Lyn

January 28th, 2008 at 21:13

My recommendation - patagonia underwear under the jeans and nylon windpants (or insulated ski pants) over them. And a scarf wrapped around your face so that there’s only a narrow slit for your eyes (I’m having flashbacks to Mom getting me ready to wait for a rural school bus as a youngster)

We broke out the big fur trimmed Eddie Bauer down parkas this morning. The ones that we used to wear for a good part of the winter during our stint in Winnipeg a number of years back.

4 | Geoff

January 29th, 2008 at 22:14

I think I’ll just hibernate. Just seems easier.

5 | Lyn

January 30th, 2008 at 16:39

That’s what I’ve been trying to do this week!

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