So...I understand the OFL thing but, why does the inside temperature read 55.3°F? - Photo taken by Sis at 5:46 AM (OMG!)? on January 15, 2009.
Word of the Day
Obnoxion - 1. Someone or something that is considered obnoxious. 2. Any obnoxious material; an atom of obnoxious behavior.
OK. I admit it. My reply to Sis' e-mail this morning has tipped me right into apropos when it comes to my selection of today's Word of the Day. I am the living personification of obnoxion. She sent me a picture of her digital thermometer which clearly reads an outdoor temperature of OFL. Actually, after reading the responses given by Sis' sons..."Obnoxion" seems doubly apropos as the Word of the Day. One of her sons wrote, "OFL is clearly digital thermometer speak for "awful" as in it's awful cold!" The other son wrote, "Or...On the Floor Laughing--as in On the Floor Laughing that your fools would live in this climate!" However, since they are probably experiencing the same frigid temperatures in the frozen lands of Minnesota and Wisconsin, they get a pass. Actually, it turns out that digital thermometers (at least the ones owned by my Sis and my Dad) don't register when the temperatures dip below 21.8°F. They go OFF LINE (OFL). Since the high temperature here in Arizona today will be in the 70's, I can't think of a reply that I wouldn't have made me an ubber obnoxion. Even a polite, non-response would have qualified as obnoxious. Sorry Sis. My Dad sent a picture of his thermometer too. His digital thermometer also reads OFL but he's got an old traditional thermometer which (when you brush off the snow)can still tell you how cold it is outside. He tells me that the temperature has warmed up to -28°F now that the sun has come up and his digital thermometer remains ODL.
The weather service has issued the following weather ALERT!
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500 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FRIDAY...
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
NORTHLAND INTO FRIDAY. ARCTIC AIR...COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 10 TO
15 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 40 TO
50 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO
CLIMB TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE DROPPING
AGAIN INTO THE 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO RANGE THURSDAY EVENING. THE
COLDEST WIND CHILL READINGS WILL OCCUR IN THE ARROWHEAD
REGION...AS WELL AS AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE WINDS WILL BE
HIGHEST. EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE IN 10 MINUTES OR LESS IN THESE
CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH MAY RESULT IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
TAKEN IN SUCH EXTREME COLD.
THE ELDERLY...YOUNG CHILDREN...AND THOSE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS
HAVE AN INCREASED RISK TO THE EXTREME COLD. REMEMBER TO BRING
PETS INDOORS AND INSULATE PIPES ALONG EXTERIOR WALLS.
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Sis tells me that she and her husband are looking forward to their upcoming vacation in Florida. At this point, 40°F sounds positively balmy to them at this point. Brrr!
Murphyism of the Day
Cohen's Law
People are divided into two groups - the righteous and the unrighteous - and the righteous do the dividing.
Noteworthy Quote of the Day
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
1 comment:
At least we do have blue skies and the sun is shining over our frozen lake :) OFL on our thermometer has changed to -10 F now (in the sun). I may brave a brief trip outside and try opening the cellar door because I want to bring some items upstairs that are currently stashed in the basement refrigerator and freezer. Installation of a inside trap door with pull down steps may be a project for next summer! Until then, we are keeping an up/down list so we don't have to make the trip outside more than necessary :)
~ Sis
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