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You hear that ONFOOT....Us Canucks complainin' 'bout the cold when those poor folk down in Louisana and Mississippi are shiverin' to the bone. Gonna start up a collection to send some 'mukluks' and hockey tuques to keep 'em warm. </p>
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Who's complaining? I love the cold!
It's the heat I can't take. So I guess we all end up where we need to be, eh? But I do understand the difference between damp and dry cold. Water conducts heat about 222 times more efficiently than dry air. So when the humidity is high, you lose body heat far more quickly and easily than when the humidity is low. We used to live in Halifax, Nova Scotia (just north of Maine, and surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean--for the Cayjuns), and I can tell you that 0F in Halifax feels considerably colder than -40F here in the Yukon. Hard to believe how much the humidity matters until you have tried to keep warm in both conditions. And I spent 3 years living in Augusta, Georgia, so I can also testify to the effect of humidity when it is hot. You guys in the South can keep the humid heat! I am happy to live in our dry cold!
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