Sunday, February 3, 2008

-40 windchill aka FARRRRK its cold

Dear Lynette,

just a short post to let you know that this week has been colder than anything we have ever experienced!!

On Monday we woke up to to -33 with a windchill that fluctuated between -48 and -50. It was unbelievably cold!! I can't begin to describe how odd it is to have a skin freeze warning, basically the amount of time it will take you to get frost bite on exposed skin. For Monday and Tuesday this week (28/29th January) it was 2minutes. I can also say that you know its cold when you are waiting for the bus and you can feel your snot freeze in your nose and have icicles on your eyelashes!!

I think James and I were both impressed however with how well the public transport coped with it all. Neither of use had to worry about our buses being late. Though we wisely waited to head to work late on Monday to give the roads time to settle a little and also in the hope that it would warm up a little (it didn't). Kudos to the bus drivers who have had to contend with a huge increase in traffic on the road as a result of people deciding to drive in and did it with a smile!!

Love Telle

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