I thought I paid attention to the weather this morning. I thought it was going to warm up some and not be too bitter today. I left work about 5:45 PM and the wind was blowing in from the north. Well, I had been outside around midday, and the wind was blowing in briskly from the north. But at 5:45 PM, there was a real chill in the air. I do not know what the wind chill factor was, but it felt very cold outside. The Weather Channel www.weather.com/ says it feels like 33° at 8:50 PM. I thought it felt like that when I left work at. It was almost dark when I left work, and maybe things have not cooled off that much more since then. But, it is definitely cold tonight.
The wind howled when I was in the back yard after work tonight. That howl always makes me think it is a warning regarding how bitter, how dangerous, how menacing, the wind could be. It almost makes the wind feel colder.
My house is comfortable. It is strange. When it is really, really hot, the inside of the house is comfortable at 80°. Bumping the temperature down 2 degrees makes it cool. When the temperature outside is below 40°, the house is very comfortable at 70°. But when the ambient temperature is between about 40° and 80°, it seems the house is either not cool enough, or not warm enough.
I understand this phenomenon. Because the outside temperature is middling, the heating and cooling elements are not stressed or forced to provide enough moderating influence.
So, tonight, I will be warm. I will be grateful, as there are people in our country, due to homelessness, poverty or disaster, who will not be warm tonight. God bless them.
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