Friday, January 21, 2005

Frigid Trending

trend.jpg Trending Record-setting cold today in Syracuse. Awoke this morning to something like -8 F, and now the temps have steadied at -1 for the rest of the day, according to weather.com's trender. The winter weather warning running through late this afternoon involves the cold air more than the snow. D. and Ph. are celebrating cancelled school due to cold temps; the city school district tends to cancel because of the number of walkers.

I know: cold day in Syracuse--big news. (!) It's January. Actually, I wanted to note the morning's household debate over the threshold beyond which it's too cold to sled. See, we live just two blocks from Thornden Park, the largest city park in Syracuse, inside of which is Thornden Hill (yeah, I made up the name)--the best public sledding/snowboarding hill around. On the weather report earlier, the meteorologist warned of a wind chill as low as -30 F, which, when met with exposed skin, he said, renders said skin frostbitten in 15 minutes. About that debate: Ph., bundled up, sled in hand, seeking family-wide approval to venture to the hill, doesn't agree with the meteorologist (who I, more or less, have begun to sound like in my frequently imitative style). Back and forth for a few minutes before we decided to let the weather prove itself. Makes me cold just to think of it.