In this my first winter back in the US, after having spent about seven years in the warmer lands of the UK, I find myself shivering in the winter cold in a way that I did not when I used to live in Chicago.
Having grown up in one of the coldest places on earth (certainly figuratively, if not literally, what with Chicago’s propensity for 60° F changes in temperature in a single day), I used to laugh at the cold weather. At least until it dropped below -20°.
When the recent snow storm hit Philly, I was flabbergasted at how cold the weather felt to me. I wore layer, upon layer, upon layer and still shivered when I went outside.
Yet, when I went to Bermuda back in October, I did not struggle at all to adjust to the warmer weather.
Why does the human body forget its tolerance for cold weather?
And what a difference from person to person…I found Chicago to be too warm for much of the winter and dreamt of living someplace colder yet.
SW Ohio certainly isn’t cutting it either…
That is some serious snow!!