How cold is it REALLY?
Now that (fucking) winter is rolling in, I thought I’d comment on a couple things I’ve always wondered about. If any of you can shed any light on this, let me know.
On any self-respecting weather station/weather website/random source of meteorological information, right next to the big picture of the sun (or, these days, the big gray cloud with lots of drops coming out of it) it’ll have the actual temperature in big numbers, and usually, right under it or next to it, it’ll have the words "feels like" and another temperature, in much smaller letters.
Here’s what I’m wondering: shouldn’t the "feels like" temperature be the bigger one? I mean, does anyone really care that it’s actually 45 degrees when it really feels like it’s 12?
And another thing: how exactly do they ascertain what the "feels like" temperature is? Do they have a guy whose job it is to stand outside all day and report how cold it feels? (A "reasonable meteorological man," so to speak? Sorry, law school joke.) Or do they just interview random people? "Excuse me, sir, how cold does it feel
to you?" "Pretty fucking cold!" "Um, no, sir, I’m going to need a quantitative answer." I will say this: they definitely aren’t consulting with my mom. It could be 75 degrees and sunny and she’ll still say it’s freezing.
