Thoughts and notes of a researcher in plant genetics and nutritional epidemiology in Japan and the U.S. with a wide range of interests - choral activities, photography, nature, travel, and drawing. L'épanouissement personnel means personal development and fulfillment. Still in the middle of it, enjoying the process.
農学部、酒類企業研究員を経て、米国ミシガン州立大学で博士過程を卒業後、植物遺伝学と食物疫学の研究に片足ずつつっこんでいます。趣味の合唱、自然観察、旅行、写真、絵描き、国際交流など、いろんな記録です。L'épanouissement personnelは自己研鑽、実現というような意味です。生涯に渡って一緒に旅する人生のテーマ。
2.04.2019
Unusual experience under -14F/マイナス25℃体験記
Feels like a magician by exhaling air. It creates beautiful white smoke and you can control it. But be careful not to directly inhale the frigidly cold air.
Cannot breathe normally without covering my mouth. The cold air stings your throat. You should cover your mouth and nose to protect your lungs. Even though I covered my nose, it was bleeding inside. Too dry and too cold.
Felt like my eyelashes were freezing. The eyeblows absorb a small amount of moisture from my eyes, and they freeze. It was a very strange feeling to have them half-frozen. It caused slight difficulty in re-opening my eyes after blinking. Can you believe it?
Literally feel that your body heat is escaping to outside.
Felt frostbite slowly being developed at the tip of your hands and toes.
The thermostat of the car acted wierd. When I turned it on at night, the coolant temperature was -2F. I let the engine run for a while to warm it up, but after 10 minutes, the coolant was -13F. It decreased somehow!! The following morning, the car did not start... But after the temperature warmed up on the following day, it started like normally. No issues. I think the extreme low temperature made the thermostat mulfunction somehow. Glad I did not have to spend extra for a repair.
When the temperature goes up to 18F, it feels so warm that you want to start dancing and walk home. It makes you realize how stiff your body was during the cold blast, and you will feel more relaxed under mid-teens even though it's still below freezing.
My friend in Canada says "It's cute that it makes the news when it's -14F (-25C) in Chicago. It won't make the news when it's -30C in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)." How do they survive?
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