da' weather

the weather is going to be pretty darn cold tonight with the wind chill factor (something on the order of -10 degrees) which is dangerous for exposed skin; frostbite risk gets a good deal higher. A weather advisory has been issues for the Boston area due to the cold.

Last year when we had a run of days like this, the local ski areas closed due to the safety risk (trail attendents, guest, and instructors were getting hurt because they didn't notice the symptoms). In similiar weather, a friend of mine had one of her daughters get frostbite where her jacket and gloves met (gap in clothing that was not obvious; happily the child was alright due to prompt medical attention).

since it's just a good thing to know, i'm going to post this. Obviously if you think you might have frostbite or similiar conditons, get medical attention.

( frostbite symptoms )

ok i think that's enough basic info. obviously i'm not a doctor....so take medical stuff i say with a grain of salt and use logical sense...but gah...extreme cold is not a happy thing.

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so I had a whole nice entry about cooking sweet italian sausage (with peppers, onions, and tomatoe sauce) and how this was the first time in ages I can remember cooking meat with no one else here....but the computer ate it.

The basic gist is I'm an ex-vegeterian who is paranoid about making sure meat is fully cooked. I'll gladly make meat based food when other people are here to eat with me; but the small amount of time it takes for the raw ingredients to spoil, the relative costs, and my former vegeterian lifestyle makes me less likely to make meat just for me. So I'm proud of me for doing so even if I'm paranoid about meat and its cooking....(I figure it's not a bad thing to be paranoid about and just let it be).

ah well. Vegeterian cooking usually makes more sense.

I'm off to shrink wrap the last of my windows in my apartment....now that the weather has finally turned (the patio doors and the others were done awhile ago). Hope everyone is safe and warm.