[AT] Wind Chill (was RE: oil change)

[David Rotigel]

It's really sad that no one any longer can simply say "I'm wrong." I  
think it's a mark of what we have come to in our society!
	Dave


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David Rotigel
rotigel at alltel.net



On Dec 8, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Rotigel" <rotigel at alltel.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique- 
> tractor.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 4:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Wind Chill (was RE: oil change)
>
>
>> On Dec 8, 2007, at 1:50 PM, JTakemoto at wildblue.net wrote:
>>
>>> Dean, wind chill can and will cause frostbite on exposed hands and
>>> faces.
>>> Have you ever seen frost on the grass when its only 36 deg.
>>> outside. that
>>> is caused by wind chill.
>>
>> WRONG!!!!!!!!!!
>> Dave
>
> Actually the term wind chill is not even used in the forecast  
> unless the
> temperature is below freezing.
> These days our weather reports almost always include the wind chill  
> factor
> closely followed by the line.........
> "exposed skin will freeze in x number of minutes." Naturally the  
> number of
> minutes decreases as the wind chill number
>  increases. Theres some good information on the subject at
> http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/education/windchill/ 
> windchill_fact_sheet_aug_10_e.cfm
>
> And yes, let me make it clear, I am not talking about carburetor  
> icing.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
>
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