Wind Chill

This just in from the friendly, helpful folks at the global warming office, who, due to funding cuts, are not able to provide the residents of the mid-west the kind of temperatures we'd enjoy getting used to.


Wind Chill Advisory
Beginning: 2018-01-03T19:36:00
Ending: 2018-01-06T16:00:00
New Alert
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY- LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH- LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RICHMOND, CONNERSVILLE, LIBERTY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, KENTON, ADA, CELINA, COLDWATER, WAPAKONETA, ST. MARYS, GREENVILLE, SIDNEY, BELLEFONTAINE, MARYSVILLE, DELAWARE, TROY, PIQUA, TIPP CITY, URBANA, SPRINGFIELD, LONDON, WEST JEFFERSON, PLAIN CITY, COLUMBUS, NEWARK, EATON, CAMDEN, DAYTON, KETTERING, BEAVERCREEK, FAIRBORN, AND XENIA 236 PM EST WED JAN 3 2018
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 11 AM EST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED. THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING, AND 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FRIDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY MORNING.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 11 AM EST SATURDAY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR EVEN IN THE DAYTIME HOURS, AND WIND CHILLS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE ADVISORY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES

What I'd like to know is what we did in the bad old days before we all learned about wind chill.  I guess we didn't know that when it was ten below zero and the wind was blowing like a son-of-a-bitch, it was colder working outside in the wind than it was inside, in the barn.  It was also warmer in the woods where the trees blocked the wind than it was in an open field, where there wasn't a thing to block that 30 mph wind from taking your breath away.

I guess we all just froze to death.