Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] windchill
From: Ted <tedgrant@home.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 20:29:18 -0800
References: <20001224013130.5873.cpmta@c014.sfo.cp.net>

Hey will you guys knock it off already! Hell my butt is frozen to the chair, I'm wearing long johns and a big wooly
shirt to keep warm. ;-)

I don't care how it happens or why, it's damn cold however you cut it when the temp is 50 below zero and the wind is
50 miles an hour! Wind chill me eye,  just try to stand out in that and have a wee in the snow! :-) If this is wind
chill then how come you break it off and walk away leaving a golden rod standing there glistening in the sunlight?
;-)

ted

Doug Herr wrote:

> 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
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In reply to: Message from Doug Herr <merlin@flyingemu.com> (Re: [Leica] windchill)