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> just leave the windows open (even in winter)? Because even with heated clothes, you can get frostbite on exposed skin. Not to mention frozen water pipes, the
by falcolas 5y ago
> just leave the windows open (even in winter)?
Because even with heated clothes, you can get frostbite on exposed skin. Not to mention frozen water pipes, the effective inability to remove clothes to clean yourself, and technology stops working when it gets too cold.
Even igloos are at or above freezing on the inside.
- fulafel 5y agoYou don't get frostbite sleeping in tent in the winter with suitable bedding or sleeping bag, so it shouldn't be a problem in a building. Changing clothes and cleaning in winter camping works out as well.
- GavinMcG 5y agoThe response was about leaving the windows open. Do you leave the door of your tent open when you winter camp?
- fulafel 5y agoYou can have a similar amount of draft from open tent vents than would come from having an open window in a bedroom. Sometimes you do get hot in the tent if the weather is not as cold as you planned for and you only have a very warm sleeping bag...
- littlestymaar 5y ago> The response was about leaving the windows open. I think the response was mainly about confusing being “open” and being “wide open”. Nobody said you should let the wind enter your house (that'd be really inconvenient even at warm temperature “Oh! All my paper is gone”) but leaving them open enough to get enough air renewal to get rid of Covid aerosol won't get you wind chill.
- tim333 5y agoFrostbite on exposed skin is kind of an extreme thing. I've only had it try to happen once on the face at like -20C with a gale blowing snow in my face. It's unlikely sitting at home.