Windsday

Windsday - as sung by Winnie the Pooh

Hum dum dum ditty dum...
Hum dum dum...

Oh the wind is lashing rustly,
And the trees are thrashing thrustly,
And the leaves are rustling gustly,
So it's rather safe to say,
That is seems that it may turn out to be,
It feels that it will undoubtedly,
It looks, like a rather blustery day, today...
It seems that it may turn out to be,
It feels that it will undoubtedly,
Looks, like a rather blustery day, today!

It’s a VERY blustery day in the Hundred Acre Wood today. Or at least in Beijing. Today is the coldest, windiest day that we have had since we have been here. And the air quality is the best since we have been here, too. AQI this morning was 25. From our 33^rd floor apartment, we have heard the wind howling since late last night. According to weather.com, the winds have come from the north-northwest at 12 mph. They sure seem a lot stronger than that, especially when walking directly into the wind. This morning the forecast said that the wind chill was about 10 degrees F when we left for school. Now it’s about 14 degrees F wind chill. We bundled up to brave the cold and wind. I wore my wool scarf around my face, pulled up my coat to my nose, pulled over the hood on top of my new Chinese wool hat, and wore 2 pairs of gloves tucked inside my coat sleeve. People here say it will get much colder than this although maybe without the wind. It’s the wind that makes it so cold. Some mornings after we have checked the temperatures, we head out for school and then don’t feel like it is as cold as the temps say.  The dry air never seems as cold as the moist SC air. SC at these temps would feel VERY cold, I’m sure.