Friday, February 17, 2006

baby it's cold outside

Turn on our local news and you are hit with a barrage of barely-hanging-onto-their-panic newscasters, warning us that the "ARCTIC CHILL IS UPON US!" One weatherman even went as far as to say that, "we're experiencing temperatures of biblical proportions." Really? Because I must have been sleeping during the Blizzard of Jerusalem story in Sunday school.

Really though, it's pretty chilly out. As I type, my handy-dandy, nailed-to-the-outside-post thermometer tells me it's about 9 degrees out. Throw in the wind chill factor and we're looking at below zero temps, people. Brrrrr.

What's the deal with the wind chill factor anyway? Why can't they (the weather powers that be) factor this chill in and just say that the temperature will be -11. And really, after you hit about 20 degrees or so, can anyone really tell the difference in cold? I didn't think so.

My kids and I are going a little stir crazy. I mean, you can only bundle up and walk around WalMart so many times, right? We pass by abandoned playgrounds, wistfully gazing out the car window, really missing that California sunshine. Soon, I tell Lexie, soon you will be able to see green grass and run as far as those chubby little toddler legs can carry you.

4 comments:

Linda said...

I hate the freezing cold, wintery weather also and I have lived in it my whole life!!

Here's to an early spring!

Anonymous said...

Ack....you are just a little bit colder than we are. Biblical porportions?!? I must have missed that in Sunday School, too. Hey, you can add me back if you want to. :)

Christina said...

I'm adding you back in now...sorry I forgot about it.

Unknown said...

LOL about "biblical proportions". That's hilarious! I don't get that whole wind chill concept either.