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I’ve never been frozen to the bone but I know that I though I had been once or twice in my life. I’ve never been to Alaska or Siberia, lands of bereft tundra covered with winters white icy grip. I’ve never been outside when the temperature dropped below -30. Despite all of this, I think I know what its like to be frozen to the bone. There is nothing worse than rain when the temp is less than 40 degrees. You don’t freeze because the temperature is so low that you’ll get frostbite when you skin makes contact with the wind but because you are unprepared for the weather. Often, when I look outside and see that its raining I think of thunderstorms in the summer or maybe some rain in late spring or early fall. At any of these times during the year you’ll get wet if you spent some time outside but you’re unlikely to freeze. If you’re spending time in the arctic north (or south as the case may be), you’re aware of how dangerous it is to go outside without the proper precautions. When you’re hanging out in England or the Pacific Northwest you’re less likely to think about precautions when its raining because… its rains all the damned time.

Why am I writing about all of this? Its just another cold day rainy day outside and I often underestimate how quickly I can get cold. Its not freezing outside so I’m not wearing anything extra on my base layer and I tend to not wear my gloves unless I’m working outside. Right now I can barely feel my fingers after working outside for 5 minutes… I guess you shouldn’t underestimate the weather because its going to get you. Earth is not a place for the meek and if you underestimate the power of the planet, as so many people do, you’re going to have a drastically shortened lifespan.

This formatting in this post is probably going to be jacked as I cannot get this program to format it correctly… So, you’ll have to suffer if you happen to read this before I can make updates to it.

I’m thinking about changing the template of my website yet again…  yes, what can I say, I’m a huge fan of change

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