PERSPECTIVE AND EXPECTATION
I believe that weather is all about perspective and expectation. For instance, 50 degrees in the Fall is cold, but in the Spring it is warm. It has snowed here about an inch a day for a week. Seven inches of snow (give or take) in a week can be no big deal (over seven days), or a major pain (in one day).
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune makes this clear in their article about a professor at North Dakota State University who did studies in Antarctica. It turns out that summer in Antarctica never gets below minus 15. In Fargo, North Dakota, where the guy teaches, it is minus 29. When put in the proper perspective, Antarctica can be balmy.
PENGUINS
In honor of our cold weather, check out the link. My personal best is 322.9. I think just the clicking makes you warmer.
I believe that weather is all about perspective and expectation. For instance, 50 degrees in the Fall is cold, but in the Spring it is warm. It has snowed here about an inch a day for a week. Seven inches of snow (give or take) in a week can be no big deal (over seven days), or a major pain (in one day).
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune makes this clear in their article about a professor at North Dakota State University who did studies in Antarctica. It turns out that summer in Antarctica never gets below minus 15. In Fargo, North Dakota, where the guy teaches, it is minus 29. When put in the proper perspective, Antarctica can be balmy.
PENGUINS
In honor of our cold weather, check out the link. My personal best is 322.9. I think just the clicking makes you warmer.
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