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Ohiogal

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3. I was watching the birds at our feeders.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 10:34 PM

Jan 2019

We’ve been vigilant about keeping them full ever since it got cold. Poor things, at least there are some evergreen bushes near the house where they can get out of the wind.

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That windchill index [View all] question everything Jan 2019 OP

Windchill has no effect on inanimate objects. Atman Jan 2019 #1

How about just cold weather? question everything Jan 2019 #2

They do, but it usually doesn't matter how quickly they cool down. LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #5

I was watching the birds at our feeders. Ohiogal Jan 2019 #3

I filled up the feeders yesterday and the birds are on them, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #13

The original calculations were based on how quckly bags of water would freeze, LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #4

-7 right now in my far northwest Chicago, with a windchill... 3catwoman3 Jan 2019 #6

I'm a pediatric hospice nurse in Chicago. We are on "code white" tomorrow which means mucifer Jan 2019 #8

I have only 3catwoman3 Jan 2019 #9

The National Weather Service changed the formula in 2001. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #7

Thanks, interesting question everything Jan 2019 #12

Outdoor work of any kind will be horrible at these temperatures dragonlady Jan 2019 #10

Those that have to do it are prepared. Scruffy1 Jan 2019 #11