I’m convinced it’s the winters that get them

  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netOP
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    2 months ago

    Our winters here aren’t much better. We hit -50C for 2 weeks last winter. The only benefit, I suppose is that we get a lot of sun during the winter, as we’re in a rain shadow.

      • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        When you step outside, your face hurts. And that’s if it’s not windy. Unless you’re really bundled up, it feels like you’re naked in the cold, and your clothes are like a makeshift tarp you’ve wrapped around yourself.

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          2 months ago

          In these temps anyone will understand how cold can burn.

          I slept outside in -42 when I was in the army in Finland. Not a good night’s sleep, I’ll tell you that.

      • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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        2 months ago

        Eh it is a dry cold…

        But really after -20 or so its all the same but you get injured quicker.

        I have lived in wet winter places (east cost of Canada, Ontario, Quebec) and I like my dry -50 more.

    • Jimbo@yiffit.net
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      2 months ago

      And I thought -6C was cold, fuck me.

      To be fair, I honestly found that manageable with just a work uniform and an extra long sleeved shirt.

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        2 months ago

        Ehh there’s not much difference between -6 and-18 you can get warm by doing whatever activity. Somehow -3 to +3 is the hardest to stay warm in. Too much moisture in the air. Below-18 is where the dry cold starts to be tough.

        • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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          2 months ago

          Yeah 0F is -18 and that’s when your Moses starts to stick together when you breath in.

          You’re apparently better off swallowing your snot too, since it’s largely condensed water vapor from your own lungs and you’ll dehydrate slower.

          Source: have always lived within a short drive to Canada.