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RE: Dealing with extreme cold when living off-grid
Holy! This is why Im happy I live in Portugal.
Even with cold winter nights, off grid people here only experience something along the lines of -7Cº
Can't imagine the cold you'll be experiencing at -35Cº
Yikes!
During the winter there is little humidity in the air, so it is very dry (10-30% RH). So it makes these temperatures more bearable. At times -7C with high humidity would 'feel' colder than -35C with low humidity. I would rather live here than the great lakes as they have high humidity and that cold cuts to the bone.
Portugal is tough to handle for people who are disconnected but for the opposite. We experience 44Cº during the day and sometimes even 25Cº during the night.
This is easy to handle during one day, but when you get a whole month like this, and you have no rest from these huge temperatures, you start to get tired.
That is hot. I suffer in the heat here when it gets above +27C. No way I could handle +44C. Yikes. Yes, I can see how that would drain you. The thing I like about winter is that you can warm up. But at temperatures like that, it is tough to cool down.
Yeah... it is really tiresome not being able to "recharge" during the night. If it wasn't for AC we'd toast.