2 weeks below 0 degrees C

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Funny to me that the Conservatives blames windmills for the problem.
I have 100% windpowered electricity and i live in effing Sweden.
It's good to have some sleeping bags around, I have four, or depending on how you count it may be 10. I've spent a night at -30 c using two of them (hiking, not at home) so they work.
As well as some canned food and a camping stove of some sort, I have around 5.
We rarely have power outages here, and they usually don't last for long, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

Sorry if I missed something, I didn't read the whole thread, you know the ol' tldr.

/Mats

I should add that cotton is my preference, there are some wool products I like too next to my skin, but depending on your sensory aspects it may not be the same.

/Mats

Sensory issue. Prevail , allergy to wool fabric. Otherwise am trying to not sweat too much with cotton fleece ,, thank you in advance
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Polypropylene is a good substitute for wool, staying warm when wet.
When I first moved to a cold climate, it took me years to learn to distinguish the gradations of cold the way I'm familiar with warmth.
I own official long underwear, but usually wear sweat pants under jeans.
You may not have cold weather clothes, but you can put on multiple pairs of socks and pants, and many layers of tops. Anything you can do to insulate your head and neck pays extra dividends, because your body can't afford to let them get cold.
In Texas, the energy companies get to raise prices many fold when supplies are short - it pays them to be unprepared for emergencies. Owning a generator, or even an inverter to use power from a car battery can be a very good investment. The wind turbines got unfairly blamed for one very simple reason - they are still putting all their money into construction instead of political donations.

Thanks. We are having a heat wave now - just barely freezing. I'd have gone for a walk, but this makes things slippery. A week ago, it was -40, and my furnace was still off over half the time. If it had quit, have an emergency wood stove I can install easily. The only thing that quit working was the no-fog coating on my glasses.

I will tell a true story:

Years ago my extended family was ice fishing in the spring time, night was freezing like 5 to 15 below menting point, day was warm, like 10 above melting point. This happen in spring time where I live if high and low pressure work together and there are an immense high pressure system above Sibir. Its stunning sunny beautiful conditions.
The melting power of the sun around anything dark/black is like a ethylene torch. It melts things like crazy.

So, late in the day I was carrying my nephew on my shoulders, he was tired and enjoyed his high vantage point.
Close to land crossing the reed belt, we suddenly go through the ice, where it was safe ice the same morning. I got soaked to below my armpits. My nephew was still dry. I managed to get up on safe ice like that 'troll in a box' still with my nephew on my shoulders. How, I have no idea. Luckily I remembered the stories told by fishermen, so without slowing down I started to walk briskly toward the house. Suddenly the mild-ish spring breeze was ice cold,
I started freezing convulsively. But I got the kid home.

Stay dry, even damp socks and clothes and bed clothes will seep the warmth out of you as the moisture sublimates.

Have a blessed day all

In the past I have spent years cycling as it was my transport. It is picking up speed that chills, and I did have one or two days when my water bottle froze in just over half an hour.
We do not get very cold here, but our coastal climate is very damp, so -5 can feel a lot coldre then it is. Why I mention cycling is I have tried waterproof clothing, and it only works with short journeys because one sweats more on the inside then the wetness on the outside! I do have some waterproof clothes and I tend to wear then for the first couple of miles while going down this hill as if it is cold and rainy we get the wind chill especially travelling at speed while going downhill. Once I am down and it is level, then I take them off.
But what I am saying is that once I am wet I am usually ok as long as the clothing stops the wind from getting through.
Cycling clothing can be ideal BUT the problem is that in recent years in the UK such clothing is designed around fashion, and the fashion has been based on cycle racing like the Tour De France which is done in warm weather in a warm climate in the warmer seasons, so all the cycle tops have no sleeves. I live in the real world where to cycle where I live without sleeves is only practical in a few weeks of the summer. Yet to try to find clothes suitable or even eye protection that is not darkened is difficult. It took me around five years to find full fingered gloves that fit me and even they are a bit small so makes my hands ache. My fingefs are long and XXXL is about 10mm too small so I can't open my hands. My hands are not massive. It is just that the length of my fingers are long.
But going back to wet weather cycling, it is a case that one is going to get wet no matter what one does. It is about wearing clothes that one can keep warm in despite being wet and prevent the wind chill and do not rub when soggy. The worst thing to wear for cyxling in are jeans! The best thing I have had is a thin leather jacket as a child. (It was worn out when I had it, but it was lovely. Kept me warm in the winter, cool in the summer and rain did not seem to effect me. But do you think I have found a similar jacket today? I have looked for years and they are either fashion items with open V necks or they are very heavy motorcycle jackets which are too heavy and uncomfortable for cycling in. Ok on motorbikes but useless to cycle in.

I find the getting wet the worst bit, but once wet I am ok and can enjoy it. I really need to cycle again but I have hardly been able to in the last few years due to hitting a few burnouts. I am still not right after the last one I hit which almost left me dissabled, and it has been a year and a half since I had it.

I have hardly looked at my bikes though. They need little things done on them and I have hardly been able to look at them as working on bikes in a commercial setting is how I have suffered the last few burnouts. My muscles for cycling now have almost dissapeared!