No, today isn’t the Twin Cities Bike/Walk to Work Day. That was May 18th when the weather was, I assume, pleasant. Although I wouldn’t describe the current conditions as pleasant, I would at least say that you won’t die if you have lots of layers of clothing on.
Also, according to the lady who cut my hair tonight, people here drive just as recklessly in poor wintery conditions as they do in Birmingham. A news report said there were 190 wrecks in the metro area on Monday when it was snowing. I’m not sure if they were rushing to get bread and milk or not.
Here are some pictures from our commute this morning. It was about -1 F and was supposed to hit 2 F for the high today! It will be interesting to see what it’s like tomorrow morning at -9 F. I think the answer is: add more fabric over whatever body part feels cold and then you’ll feel fine – i.e. add a scarf, etc. At least it is supposed to get up into the double digits tomorrow (11F). I’m glad I won’t be out in the -19 F weather tonight!
Dave, leader of the pack.
The reality is that it’s actually warmer to walk since the vehicle is sitting outside freezing all night and doesn’t warm up any during the five minute drive. At least we can generate some body heat as we walk plus we get some exercise to boot! The day I drove and the others walked, they arrived at the same time I did.
You can’t see it in the picture, but there is ice forming on the outside of Sunil’s scarf over his mouth due to the moisture in his breath condensing and freezing on the scarf.
I’m 96% sure there is no retaining wall or hill of any sort behind this wall of snow the length of the parking lot.
