Ten below! TEN BELOW ZERO! I went out to bring the dog in and my hands were steaming. I'd just washed them and they were mostly dry, but... steam! Lots of it. And my fingers stuck to the doorknob.
Do I go to bed, or do I go throw water into the air and record a video of it poofing into a huge cloud of frozen vapor before a drop can hit the ground?
Ah yes. Bed. The wisest choice a man can make.
January 2, 2008
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According to Jack London, spit crackles on the ground at 50 below, and doesn't freeze in the air until 70 below.
ReplyDeleteAt which point it is impossible to hold a match in your bare hands.
I've seen my spit bounce just once, and that was at 30 below. There was quite a wind, though, and since spit's wet, windchill would be a factor... yeah.
ReplyDeleteBut it doesn't have to be nearly that cold to poof a cup of hot water. When I worked overnights at a gas station we used to go running back and forth with styrofoam cups of nearly-boiling water from the coffeemaker, going outside to fling it up in the air and see it go WHOOSHT into a cloud of snow, then back inside to get another one until the coffeemaker was empty. 15 or 20 below is sufficiently cold.