Sunday, January 20, 2008
point of order
The term is windchill factor. It is not windshield factor. It means that the temperature outside is -20 degrees Celsius and when the wind blows, it feels like it's -30 degrees Celsius - as if the wind is chilling the air, hence the term windchill factor. Let's pretend for a second that the term is, in fact, windshield factor. What would be the explanation behind the origin of that term? The temperature when one has a windshield in front of them is -20 but if you were to take that windshield away it would feel like it was -30? Let's think about that for half a second and we'll soon realize the stupidity of that reasoning. So everyone repeat after me....windchill factor. WIND......CHILL.
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Clearly you don't know what you are talking about. The WIND SHIELD factor refers to a level of wind which is so significant, that is creates a barrier of cold air around a person, thus creating a "wind shield". The "wind shield" factor therefore measure the degree to which cold is trapped around the body. Sheesh, some people just don't know anything....
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