Temperature Extremes Scale
As you hopefully aware of the climate is changing.
I know the overall temperature is rising, but let’s have a look what happens if it is cooling down from +20°C to -295°C:
+20°C - Greeks put on sweaters (if they can find them).
+15°C - Hawaiians turn on the heaters (if they have them).
+10°C - Americans shake, Russians are planting cucumbers.
+5°C - You can see your own breathing. Italian cars don’t start. Norwegians take a bath. Russians drive with lowered windows.
0°C - Water freezes in America, in Russia it thickens.
-5°C - French cars don’t start.
-10°C - You are planning a vacation to Australia.
-15°C - Your cat insist to sleep in your bed. Norwegians put on sweaters.
-18°C - New York landlords turn on the heaters. Russians make their last seasonal picnic.
-20°C - American cars don’t start. People in Alaska start wearing long-sleeves
-25°C - German cars don’t start. Hawaiians are dead.
-30°C - Politicians start talking about homeless people. Your cat prefers to sleep in your pyh
-35°C - Too cold to think. Japanese cars don’t start.
-40°C - You’re planning a 2-week hot tube bath. Swedish cars don’t start.
-42°C - Transportation stops in Europe. Russians eat ice cream on the streets.
-45°C - All Greeks are dead. Politicians really start doing something for the homeless.
-50°C - You eyelids start thickening when you blink. In Alaska, people close the window in the bathroom.
-60°C - Polar bears start moving south.
-70°C - The hell froze.
-73°C - Finnish special services evacuate Santa Clause from Lapland. Russians wear earmuff hats.
-80°C - Lawyers put their hands in their own pockets.
-114°C - Ethyl alcohol is freezing. Russians are unhappy.
-273°C - Absolute zero, atomic movement stops. Russians wear boots.
-295°C - 90% of the earth is dead. Russians soccer team becomes the world champion.
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