Top Story in the Wrigley Union Recorder- Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 by mickeymvt

[mickeymvt]

Title: Top Story in the Wrigley Union Recorder-Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Author: mickeymvt
Prompt: Number 100 for dsnorthernews: Flooding closes Mackenzie winter road near Wrigley
Pairing: F/K; Vecchio/Stella
Rating: PG
Word Count: 677 words
Notes: Thanks tobluebrocade for a super-speedy and thorough beta

Comments

[k1p2psso]

Uh... not to dispute your reporter's article, but doesn't water freeze (by definition) at 0 degrees Celsius? Hope he doesn't get the weather forecasting or science beat next...

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Oh, I know... the answer is:
Under normal conditions, yes.
But with Fraser involved, who knows?

File this under Magical Realism, X-Files, or Kolchak: The Night Stalker division?

[burntcopper]

It's more kinda like *starts* to freeze, in very small amounts - a few molecules here, a few molecules there. Fridge freezers are normally minus four or five, but then any water in there isn't moving around. it's got to be really, really, really cold for anything liek a river to freeze.

Like how if you boil water (100 degrees C) though the entire lot is boiling, only the stuff at the top will evaporate.

[mickeymvt]

Please forgive our esteemed reporter and his editor, but he's an American, just out of college and that whole Celsius and Fahrenheit thing is something he doesn't quite grasp yet. As for the editor, even they make mistakes sometimes.

Also keep in mind that the Mackenzie River is VERY deep and that while water does freeze at 0 degrees C, only the first 2 feet or so actually freezes, the water underneath that is warmer and thus does not freeze. Hence, the cold water without the freezing.

[bluebrocade]

oh noes! i failz at betaing. :( I meant to check that, but I forgot. And I probably wouldn't have understood it anyway. Those crazy metric-using Canadians! :D

[mickeymvt]

Totally not your fault! I had wanted to do some research about that, but in my rush to finish the story (and an iffy internet connection), I pretty much took a guesttimate and ran with it.

Damned conversions!