(this picture is a look out my bedroom window at 12:30am and the temp is dropping by the minute... Look at that smoke going straight up. It is cold out there!)
AN EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY.
* TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 40 BELOW...WITH SOME ISOLATED COLDER READINGS...ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME CALM OVERNIGHT. AT 11 PM...INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAD DROPPED TO 41 BELOW ZERO.
* FROSTBITE TIMES: FROSTBITE AFFECTS EXPOSED SKIN OF A HEALTHY ADULT IN 10 TO 20 MINUTES. THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE COLD.
* IMPACTS: FROSTBITE CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS AND LIVESTOCK ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY COLD TEMPERATURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE- THREATENING EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IN AS SHORT AS 10 TO 20 MINUTES IF YOU ARE EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION. MAKE SURE YOU DRESS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES DESIGNED FOR EXTREME COLD CONDITIONS... AND AVOID SWEATING IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AS THIS CAN LEAD TO A FASTER ONSET OF HYPOTHERMIA.
4 comments:
We're at a balmy -20 "down south".
Stay warm!
My thermometer says minus 22 while our son in Alaska has 29 above. Want to move north with me? I didn't leave the house yesterday, and I may not today either! Hope your log home is cozy and warm!
This is book reading/video marathon season when its this cold!! It's only -11 here in MI, we are so spoiled!
Stay warm!
My daughter moved to Northern Minnesota this winter, from mild Western Washington. She has been coooooold for 4 months now.
:) :) :)
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