Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 23 December 2000, Martin Howard wrote: > > Windchill is a psychological effect. Is the is perceived "coldness" of the > air when there is wind present. In terms of "temperature" it only affects > living organisms comprised primarily of water. Non-living matter is > affected by the wind only with regards to how quickly its temperature will > drop to that of the ambient level. It will not go below this Mostly true, but it only affects living organisms with internal heat sources. The scale assumes a typical human. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/