My computer just froze - literally
Do you know how cold it is in Regina today? -47 Celsius, with the wind chill. For you Americans unfamiliar with metric, who are probably thinking that's about -10 Fahrenheit, no. Not even close.
That would be -54 Fahrenheit. That's right. -54. Like 86 degrees below freezing.
It's been like this for a couple of days, and will be for at least one more. In fact, tomorrow's supposed to be even colder.
I park about 2 blocks from my office, and with the snow on the ground, it takes me at least five minutes to walk the distance. Today, I kept feeling my eyeballs start to freeze as I walked directly into the wind. I'd have to look away and blink hard to get the moisture moving again. Then I'd feel the skin around my eyes and nostrils getting hard, just exactly as skin is not supposed to do.
Everybody keeps saying that at least we don't have earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanos, poisonous snakes or insects, or dangerous animals, and how they're happy to stay here and deal with the cold and the snow. And yet, with all our advantages, the northern prairies are some of the least populated areas in the world. Odd, isn't it?
That would be -54 Fahrenheit. That's right. -54. Like 86 degrees below freezing.
It's been like this for a couple of days, and will be for at least one more. In fact, tomorrow's supposed to be even colder.
I park about 2 blocks from my office, and with the snow on the ground, it takes me at least five minutes to walk the distance. Today, I kept feeling my eyeballs start to freeze as I walked directly into the wind. I'd have to look away and blink hard to get the moisture moving again. Then I'd feel the skin around my eyes and nostrils getting hard, just exactly as skin is not supposed to do.
Everybody keeps saying that at least we don't have earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanos, poisonous snakes or insects, or dangerous animals, and how they're happy to stay here and deal with the cold and the snow. And yet, with all our advantages, the northern prairies are some of the least populated areas in the world. Odd, isn't it?
posted by Joanne at 8:40 p.m.
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