[clari.canada.general] Frigid:

clarinews@clarinet.com (Whitehead/Bird/Standard Broadcast News) (02/01/90)

	(GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta) Grande Prairie, Alberta is in the midst of
frigid air.
	Yesterday, the mercury dropped to minus-47 degrees Celcius... the
coldest it's been in 16 years.  Today is relatively mild... with
temperatures hovering around the minus-36 mark.
	Six people have been treated in hospital for frostbite.  One was
serious enough to be admitted.
	This kind of weather is a nightmare for workers such as letter
carriers.
	Merlye (MUR-lee) Carson says the cold isn't so bad if she keeps
moving and dresses warmly.  She wears thick socks, a heavy sweater, a
hat, a scarf and most important... long underwear.
	Asked how it feels to wake up on a day like today, Merlye says she
wanted to crawl back under the covers.  She says the worst part is
having to go back outside after getting warmed up at lunch time.
	Asked if any dogs bother her in the cold snap, Carson says... NO,
it's too cold for the dogs... you don't go outside on a day like today
unless you have to.''
	The Grande Prairie postie says many people ask her inside for
coffee but she tells them she'd rather keep moving.