Skiing at high altitudes in the bright Spring sunshine requires one to realise that despite wearing mirror-dark shades to cope with the direct glare the Sun bounces back up at you off the snow and will burn you under your chin ! Plenty of high-factor cream there and white anti UV cream on the lips to prevent cold sores are mandatory. Fortunately everything else tends to be well covered up at altitude, so that's the only potential burn area.
The same precautions apply when one is sailing at Sea in very hot sunny climes. One tends to be semi nude in those circumstances, so controlled exposure to all that UV bouncing up off the water is advised.
Spring is on its way, Dennis, and you will shortly be able to emerge from your Winter chrysalis like a butterfly !!
Winter Storms in the U.S.
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Carpe Diem......Seize the Day !
Re: Winter Storms in the U.S.
It was -8F when I got up this morning. That was at 8:15 a.m. after the sun was up. I am NOT going anywhere today! That's a killing cold. There have been 10 deaths reported by the Chicago news media due directly to the storm last week and the cold snap this week.
Of course what is officially reported are those case of people exposed to the weather. How many people die of heart attacks while shoveling snow aren't counted. Nor are the fire deaths when people's houses burn down because they are trying to keep warm. That something the officials should track more often too!
My wife and I have a long running dispute. She thinks more people die of the heat then the cold. But I don't think so. There's a lot of homeless people in Chicago and Cook County that I think die each year but go un-reported. I also believe that the Flu rages each year in the winter and those cases should be looked at too.
Oh, well! We are lucky that Tornados and Hurricaines don't happen in the cold of winter. Could you imagine the death toll if a tornado ripped through neighborhoods in Jan. or Feb. But then. maybe a blizzard is the winter's version of a tornado or hurricaine. H-m-m-m...I'l have to think about that!
I can't wait for the coming thaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dennis A. Lederle
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Of course what is officially reported are those case of people exposed to the weather. How many people die of heart attacks while shoveling snow aren't counted. Nor are the fire deaths when people's houses burn down because they are trying to keep warm. That something the officials should track more often too!
My wife and I have a long running dispute. She thinks more people die of the heat then the cold. But I don't think so. There's a lot of homeless people in Chicago and Cook County that I think die each year but go un-reported. I also believe that the Flu rages each year in the winter and those cases should be looked at too.
Oh, well! We are lucky that Tornados and Hurricaines don't happen in the cold of winter. Could you imagine the death toll if a tornado ripped through neighborhoods in Jan. or Feb. But then. maybe a blizzard is the winter's version of a tornado or hurricaine. H-m-m-m...I'l have to think about that!
I can't wait for the coming thaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dennis A. Lederle
Grok?