Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Cold

Posted by Reverend Ref + at 10:52 PM

No, I'm not sick.

It's just friggin' cold. Overnight lows have been in the negative 20's.

This morning at 6:40 we were paged out for a possible house fire. As my partner and I left the station, I said, "Now would be a good time to pray that this is a false alarm."

Luckily it was.

I looked at the bank sign on the way home. It read -14. Our high today was 0. And it's currently -12.

On the plus side, we are expecting a warming trend this week as the next few days' forecast shows highs of 13, 19, 26, 28, and 36.

Now that's more like it!

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Rev Dave | 5:16 PM, December 10, 2009  

Closest I've ever been to severe hypothermia was being paged out for a semi accident in January at -20. Took three hours to get the mess cleaned up, for the DOT investigators and the cops to do their thing. Meanwhile, we directed traffic around it (mostly.) I thought I was pretty well dressed for it, multiple layers before I left the house and turnouts over it all, but when we finally got back the firehouse, my hands literally refused to work so I could take my gear off. I think I felt cold for more than a week.
And don't get me started on the fun to be had dragging hoses around when it's cold.

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