Steve_P

For all those of you new to Canada or coming soon.

Snow: A guide to the white stuff

Wind Chill

Frost Bite: The cold hard facts

Cookie

Great guides Steve

The coldest wind chill recorded in Canada was at Pelly Bay, Nunavut, on January 13, 1975, when 56 km/h winds (a wind chill factor of 3,357 watts/m²) made the temperature of ‑51 C feel more like ‑92 C.

Member123

Steve, thanks for this, OH and I have just read the articles and they have some good advice to newbies like us.

Perhaps this post should be added to the WIKI?

Lorna_D

What shall I do with my dog he's so short his bits dangle in the snow around here.

daft batty

Knit him a hammock/sling to hoist his bits in. -- or just get them chopped off

Lorna_D

I can knit but I think a hammock will be useless -bless him, he loves the snow but at -25 his bits are not playing fair so it's a trip to our vet for him I'm afraid

terese677

These were really good, thank you
Terese

boxerdog03

If he don't use them..........loose em

Steve_P

Boy, am I ever glad I'm not a dog.

swoops

Thats what my wife told me after 3 kids...

Rich_007

They won't, once he gets out into the cold.

R.

Lorna_D

Poor thing has had a terrible day today so it off to the vets for him asap

Greenhill

Bumping this thread with an article featured in the local paper this week (about tests run on volunteers in a refrigerated wind tunnel a few years ago).

http://www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/engli...feature3_e.cfm

Frostbite guidelines that apply to most healthy Canadian adults

• When the wind chill index is -27 or warmer, the risk of frostbite is low.
• When the wind chill factor is between -28 to -39, the risk of frostbite rapidly increases.
• At a wind chill factor of -40, frostbite will occur in less than 10 minutes on exposed skin, for most people.
• At a wind chill of -55, frostbite will occur in 2 minutes or less on exposed skin, for most people.

Marathonwreck 2

Hahahahaah.......sorry ...that tickled me......guess the straight answer to that is simple ! Do what we did........have german shepherds !!!!
They love it here....even when it's minus 20 .....as it was the other day!
Bo

oilsands

Fort Mcmurray currently

-45c windchill

I'm lovin it!!!!!!