NPR - The wild card playoff game in Kansas City between the Chiefs
and the Miami Dolphins took a dangerous turn Saturday when dozens of people were treated by emergency personnel for symptoms caused by frigid temperatures.
The Kansas City Fire Department said a total of 69 people called from the stadium — about half with weather-related conditions — before and during the game. Fifteen were transported to the hospital for further evaluation. "Seven of those were for hypothermia symptoms, three were for frostbite symptoms, and five were for various other medical issues," said KCFD Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins.
The kickoff temperature was marked at 4 degrees below zero, with a wind chill of -27 degrees, making the game the fourth-coldest in NFL history.
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I am not a fan of ANY sports...professional or college or high school. So, when someone literally takes their life in their own hands and attends an out-of-doors sports event when the temperature is below zero...and they get frost bitten or worse, I have little or no sympathy. But that's just me...
ReplyDeleteWindchill is not the same as temperature. I have been at 3 of the 5 coldest Packer games. Negative 10 F is a lot colder than negative 27 windchill.
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you for the "scientific" approach to weather and temperature. I know for a fact that when it's f*cking cold, I don't like it.
DeleteJEEZ!!!
I remember the Ice Bowl in Green Bay in '67.....single cause of the retirement of Dandy Don Meredith...after the game, the 29 year old QB looked like an old man....
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