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By adamg on Tue, 01/06/2015 - 10:52pm
The National Weather Service has posted a wind-chill advisory that goes into effect at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, with a potential low of -2 and wind chills deserving of the ALL CAPS warnings the NWS loves so much:
WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 24 BELOW.
FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP IN JUST 30 MINUTES WITH A WIND CHILL INDEX OF -20. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
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Wear an actual winter parka with hood
not a fashion hipster wool blend jacket.
Where actual winter / snow boots, not fashion hipster euro boots.
Wear long underwear and thick socks (wool, acrylic, ect.)
Wear a hat and use the hood.
Wear a face mask or use the hood attachment for covering your lower face if you have it on your parka.
Gloves or mittens are your friend.
Do the above, you'll be fine. And remember, this is Boston in January, not a 'cold' rainy day in London or Milan. Boston, NY, ect. weather have more in common with eastern European cities than western Euro cities. It gets REALLY cold this time of year.
Haven't traveled much, have ya?
It gets cold in very populous parts of Western Europe, too. The Germans and Scandanavians make some damn fine and stylish stuff for it. Plenty of "stylish Euro hipster boots" available in Zurich when I was there that would handle this easily. Skiwear, too.
After last winter, I don't think you need to lecture anyone about any of this, anyway. People who moved here since then will learn, if they don't already own ski clothes.
If you are going to wear extra layers on your lower half, consider outerwear. Keeps you warm and dry, no yeast problems in the overheated office.
Actually yes
I have traveled much .... quite a lot. This seems to be a particular meme of yours. Yes, I am a 'local, and I have traveled a lot and lived elsewhere.
I didn't mention Scandinavia because it has overall a small population, and by far most Europeans here (just using them as an example) are not from Scandinavia. Yes, you are correct, Central Europe, even parts of France and Belgium, do indeed get very cold, as does Germany, Switzerland, even northern Italy ... but ... western Europe's weather is still more moderate than the northeast U.S., and the UK / Ireland are much more moderate due to Gulf stream influence. The northeast U.S. has a humid continental climate, and our weather is more extreme, and more similar to eastern Europe.
Who cares?
Why did you take the bait?
Anyway, I work outside every day and I ski as much as possible and here is what I wear on 0 degree days.
1. An LL Bean wool/fleece red Union suit with a trap door
2. One pair of heavy wool socks with chemical packs stuck to the bottom that last 4 to 6 hours
3. Army boots. Never wear steel toed Timberlands or you are getting frostbite.
4. a t- shirt under union suit. (forgot)
5, two sweatshirts
6. LL Bean heavyweight fleece
7. SKI gloves with hand warmer slot
8. ski jacket wind proof outer shell
9. Wool Nepal hat with ear flaps
This keeps me warm for a few hours when gulping lots of hot coffee and not moving around.
When skiing, all day warmth.
Thank you and good night.
Have you read my 5 Things You Have to Do This Winter! (Boston Edition)?
No? ok then here it is:
http://cappyinboston.blogspot.com/2014/01/5-things-you-have-to-do-this-w...
all hail swirly girly
geez
With all those layers, can you even move? or are you mummified?
Apart from
not being able to put his arms down, sounds like he's OK.
Carhatt makes good stuff ,
Carhatt makes good stuff , and the Bean and Land's End have reasonable prices on heavy coats and jackets if you are a stylista.
Hey Kvn
I still have a Carhartt union suit that my Dad wore when he worked on road crews putting I-84 through the mountains some 40+ years ago!
It has yet to wear out, although I usually only use it for cross-country skiing.
Yes!
I love my Union Suit.
My tootsies
In this kind of weather I'm still puzzled by people who are wearing sneakers outdoors - there is no thermal quality to them at all (they're meant to breathe...)
Inside v outside problems...
Some people don't want to bring a backpack with their inside shoes, so they take a chance on freezing their feet while outside.
I and WarriorGirl wear snowboots and change to sneakers inside; my husband, however, is simply wearing medium weight boots all day, since he's house -> car -> garage -> office and back again. Not having to wait at a bus stop or on a Red Line platform (or heaven help us, Green Line anything) means he's not likely to freeze.
I will be wearing my thermal underwear tomorrow, and putting WarriorGirl in her ski-bib for to-n-from school. Car doesn't get that warm (I start it up 5 minutes before we leave to get the windshield warm enough to quit fogging over) on the way to school.
Office Shoes
Where I work, most people keep "office shoes" to change into from boots. When we were in the Navy Yard and had a direct-to-outside door, there was even a hutch for storage and a bench for changing from shoes to boots.
Now we just keep them in our offices. If you have a space for them, it solves the carrying problem and the boots all day problem.
I agree. Over the years I
I agree. Over the years I have purchased jackets, coats, boots, gloves and hats that are all made for below zero weather.
As someone who tends to get cabin fever quite easily, with my warm gear I can continue to spend time outside. Sure, I am far from fashionable but am warm and toasty and appreciate that I can get some fresh air and sunshine.
Wildfires and underground root systems smoldering...
Wildfires and underground root systems smoldering even with current seasonal weather
http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/fireInfo_main.html
ugh
I picked the wrong week to start going to the gym in the morning to run.
It wasn't bad this morning, but it wasn't very windy. Tomorrow.. brrrrrrr
You need to
dress for the Red Line.
Pedantic, but the reason the
Pedantic, but the reason the NWS has all caps messages is because they still are dispatched via telex. in the service we used to get them over ancient heavy machines built in the 60s.
Why replace what isn't broken
Why replace what isn't broken and still works really well?
SOMEDAY
COMPUTERS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO CHANGE THE CASE OF TEXT UNTIL THEN WE CAN ONLY READ WEATHER ALERTS IN ALL CAPS AND DREAM OF THE FUTURE STOP
Thanks, mom
My mother and the National Weather Service have never actually appeared together. It all makes sense now!
There's more , the squall
There's more , the squall line , at 2:45 pm Wed, appears to be heading east towards universalhub land , thus let he who drives , beware , and u2 Swirls , pedaling the cycle.
...SNOW SQUALLS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
SNOW SHOWERS MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL HILLS OF NEW ENGLAND WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF WIND
GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS
THAN ONE-HALF MILE. SHOWERS WILL REACH THE BOSTON-PROVIDENCE
CORRIDOR BETWEEN 315 PM AND 415 PM. CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS MAY
BE AFFECTED BETWEEN 430 PM AND 6 PM.
THE BRIEF BURSTS OF SNOW AND WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITY MAY
PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AND TRAVEL
AT SLOWER SPEEDS IN AND NEAR ANY OF THESE SNOW SQUALLS.
$$
WTB
BRRRRR!
Yes, it's mighty cold out there. Thank heavens I've got a nice warm new long parka with a hood, nice warm mittens, and some knee socks to wear underneath my pants (my long down parka coat keeps my thights warm)