On Sunday, January 5, 2014 11:02:58 PM UTC-5, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 20:28:19 -0500, wrote:



On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:37:04 -0600, Gordon Shumway

wrote:



On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 23:01:32 -0500, wrote:



On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:39:20 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:



On 1/4/2014 9:12 AM, wrote:



That's like saying the pipes will freeze if they will freeze.

Sure, if you want to define ambient to be the temperature at the

pipes. But who measures that? The point is if one hears that

it's going to be 20F tonight, is there valid reason to be more

concerned about pipes in an outside wall, a drafty crawlspace,

etc freezing if the reported windchill is 0F versus 17F? The

answer to that is yes.



Let's change the parameters. Outside temperature is 35 degrees, but

because of the wind, the weatherman says the wind chill factor is 29

degrees. Will the pipe freeze? No.



No, but it will cool faster. Wind chill is still relevant to

inanimate objects, even above freezing.



You would have been 100% correct if you had left off the word "chill."



I don't know if you're just being pedantic, but you're wrong.



I was getting ready for bed, sitting on the throne and the figurative

light bulb came on! I think I have a way to get my point across once

and for all.



I'm sure many of us have done some investigation on this topic. We

have probably found that the term wind chill was coined by the

American geographer Paul A. Siple sometime in 1939.



Let's pretend that we have all gone over to Mr. Peabody's with Sherman

and we climb into the WABAC machine and travel back in time before

1939, let's say the roaring '20's. Long before this thing called wind

chill existed. Now let's assume one of you, and I believe Stormy was

the sinister individual that started this, is worried about his pipes

freezing.



We all know wind chill doesn't exist, because Al Capone says it

doesn't, so what would make Stormy's pipes freeze then?

Instead of spinning stories that have nothing to do with anything,
why don't you just man up and admit you were wrong when you said:

"Wind chill" has no effect on inanimate objects. Period, if I may
quote our fearless leader. "

Your own source at NOAA even says you're wrong.