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In Reply to: Re: A cool approach posted by susie on February 06, 2004 at 19:08:11:
I'm in central Canada. It's -14 degrees below 0 farenheit this morning; that's 48 degrees below the freezing point. It was - 40F the other day with a wind chill of -53F. The schools closed down for three days during that bitter coldspell.
I'm about 3 hours north of the US border, near Winnipeg. Yes, our house is very well insulated, we have a very good central heating system, (we keep the heat at 68 - 70 degrees) and our plumbing is thoroughly protected. There's a couple of feet of snow out in the yard and I had to shovel off the roof yesterday to prevent a weight problem from building any bigger. I dress extremely well: wool longjohns, pant's, shirt, sweater; and quilted coveralls, felt-lined boots, wool mitts inside leather mitts, touque, scarf.....etc....when outdoors. The kids tough it out at their school bus stop since its 'not cool' to dress adequately, meaning that they'll stand out their waitng for the bus without their coveralls, proper boots, etc....like I used to as a teen (usually 5-10 minutes.)
It's obviously far too cold for too many germs to multiply and thrive outside in the winter, but they do thrive in our homes where it's, like I said, 70F. So yes, we can catch pnemonia, too, if we don't take care of ourselves.
Spring thaw is in April; the bird migrations start arriving then too, and comfortable canoing weather starts in May. For now, I pretty much stay indoors, except for work, although bonspiel weather is just around the corner - where the temps start hovering between 0 and freezing. Ice fishing can be enjoyable when the bonspiel weather hits. I will walk the trails on the above 0 days. Our golden retreiver loves it when I do that.
So, where are you?
