A Bright Sunny Day
When I woke up this morning the snow storm had completely gone. The sun was shining, the sky a clear brilliant blue. All around was a clean layer of white snow, a real picture postcard.
With a spring in my step I set off on the 10 minute walk to the office. I got about 20 yards and I started coughing. I got 50 yards and I stopped to put on my ski mask. At 100 yards I thought my nose was going to drop off! The rest of the walk was just plain painful...nice and sunny though!!
When I got to the office I had icicles hanging from my mustache and a wide eyed look of pure "oh my God that was cold"
I found out that the presence of the bright sunshine in Siberia is very deceptive...it was -35
posted by Freezerburntbrit @ 5:29 PM
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Twit. Even I know that a glance at a thermometer in Siberia is an absolute must.
Enjoy the sun though!
Also any exercise in the cold puts an incredible amount of stress on the heart. The lightest excercise can prove fatal. Darling?
I will quote again those words of warning.
Cardiologist Dr. Richard Stein has a word of caution about winter: it can be very hard on your heart. According to Stein, who serves as a spokesman for the American Heart Association (AHA), people tend to do substantially more work in the winter than they are accustomed to doing in warmer months, and that can prove deadly.
"In the summer, it's hot and we know not to get dehydrated or too warm. In the winter, since it's not hot, we don't realize how hard we're working when we're outdoors," he notes.
He recommends that people who are outdoors in cold weather avoid sudden exertion, like lifting a heavy shovel full of snow, unless they are accustomed to physical labor. Even walking through heavy, wet snow or snowdrifts can strain the heart. "If you are not used to exercising during the rest of the year, then certainly, in cold weather, do not increase your workload outside," he counsels. In addition to the extra exertion placing a strain on the heart, the heart must work harder to circulate blood in cold weather, Stein says.
And, he adds, inhaling cold air can temporarily narrow arteries, causing a short-term slow-down in blood flow to the heart.
"We're not certain why, but seasonally, it's more common to have a heart attack in winter months than during summer months," says Stein. "It's true whether you live in Arizona or Minnesota."
People with coronary heart disease often suffer chest pain or discomfort called angina pectoris when they're in cold weather. Besides cold temperatures, high winds, snow and rain also can steal body heat, the AHA counsels. Wind is especially dangerous, because it removes the layer of heated air from around the body. At 30 Fahrenheit in a 20-mile-per-hour wind, the cooling effect is equal to calm air at 4 Fahrenheit. Similarly, dampness causes the body to lose heat faster than it would at the same temperature in drier conditions.
Stein suggests employees dress for the weather, wear a scarf or face mask to create a buffer zone between frigid air and the lungs, and refrain from undertaking more strenuous activities in the winter than they would do in the summer
Yes dear!
Actually I don't do physical work. I just walk. Anyway thanks for the reminder.
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