A screenshot from Apple Weather on this iPad right now.
No alt text because I cropped it: it simply reads:
Edinburgh
4 ℃ | Feels like -15 ℃
I think I'm staying home today.
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@cstross holy cow! Yes, stay indoors! I visited my brother up in Newcastle one winter and remember how frozen I was. I wore every stitch of clothing I could and was still cold. I think I'll stick to the Outback... dust storms are not so bad.
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@cstross Fuck. Stay safe you all.
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This is my experience of Edinburgh weather every time I'm there.
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Tip don't wear a kilt in the wind!
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It's the kind of weather where you want to wear a safety helmet if you go out in it, rather than worry about your lower half.
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@petealexharris @PabloMartini Yep. The main hazard isn't the rain, it's slates being blown off roofs 10 metres overhead.
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ouch! Great buildings there! most are old so be careful!
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@cstross We had a couple days of 0° F, and I can tell you, it’s no joke. When the hairs inside your nose start to freeze, it’s time to go inside.
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@cstross I was not previously aware of the meteorological measurement known as the 'Misery Index'.
It's sort of neat, though.
Map: https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=misery_index/orthographic=-24.65,39.19,463/loc=-3.140,55.898
Explanation: https://www.wired.com/2014/07/this-map-shows-you-how-miserable-the-weather-is-around-the-world/
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@daveybot The Misery Index sounds like one of @cstross’s books 😀
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@cstross So windy! Staying inside is definitely the safer choice today.
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@cstross I was woken at 7am by a gust of wind whistling that built to a crescendo with a slate falling from the roof.
Sated for a while by the rocky sacrifice, the wind dropped, for a short while.
Heating is on, house still cold - I'm glad of the new double glazed windows!
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@cstross A sound plan, especially as the implied wind speed is nigh-guaranteed to put precipitation right up one's nasal passages.
(Just out of a couple-three days of extreme cold warnings hereabouts; the text included the observation that it hasn't been this cold in several years, please take this seriously, and I kept wanting to go "yeah, yeah, I remember what cold is like" at the hypothetical meteorologist who wrote the warning. I imagine it hits very different when you DON'T remember.)
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@graydon Luckily we're on the east side of the land mass and the incoming wind is from the west, so it's dropping a lot of the rain before it gets this far. However, we have slate roofs 10 metres up overlooking the pavement: hard hats are recommended!
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@cstross Welcome to Canada.
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@cstross Edinburgh is a great city, truly beautiful. But autumn and winter do feel a bit rough
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@cstross We were meant to be hosting Scottish national treasure Jackie Kay for an event in the bookshop this evening, I suspect that's not terribly likely now!
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@cstross I would recommend it.
There is a saying: There is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing.
But as my friend @pozorvlak says:
"Sometimes the appropriate clothing is building".
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@cstross
brrr?
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@cstross Last Sunday I stayed in.
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@cstross That sounds like the smart thing to do. That said as a tourist with limited time, who grew up in the Rockies, I’d be out in it in a heartbeat. Such a beautiful city it would kill me to miss a minute of it.
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@cstross the other day it actually was -15 here. We win! Or lose?
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