The Chinook and Me.

[mrsp'slilpeeps]

I am just wondering if anyone else in the States, like Montana, and Colorado are having a Chinook right now with extream winds.

I live just outside of Calgary, AB and we have been having a Chinook for the last 3 days with wind warnings of winds up to 100km/hr.

They were so strong that it blew my BBQ across my deck yesterday. And it's not a small BBQ!

My big problem with this is the DANG HORRIBLE HEADACHE I have had for the last 3 days. And 6 DCK"S to boot.

Does anyone else suffer from this and have you found something to relieve the pain that works?

On the upside, now the kids can flip their jackets upside down and play jacket kites.

[Country Kids]

I'm not sure what a Chinook is, well I do know its a fish but don't think that is what you mean-::

Anyway we are having very warm weather, rain off and on and last night lots and lots of rain. Woke up with a headache, not sure if its stress from the childcare or from the weather. Of course can't find any tylenol or anything in this house-ugh.

[mrsp'slilpeeps]

I'm not sure what a Chinook is, well I do know its a fish but don't think that is what you mean-::

Anyway we are having very warm weather, rain off and on and last night lots and lots of rain. Woke up with a headache, not sure if its stress from the childcare or from the weather. Of course can't find any tylenol or anything in this house-ugh.

If you google Chinook Winds it will tell you what it is. When you have time.

[Ariana]

I get those headaches too! For me it's all related to high pressure and low pressure. For example if one day it's really warm and the next it's really cold I'll get a massive headache/migraine. It usually happens in the summer and rarely in the winter though. Nothing really works except ibuprofin and sleep

[CountryMommy]

Yup, I also live close to Calgary and even though I like the Chinook wind for chasing the cold and snow away, I was not too pleased when my outside toys were blown all over the yard yesterday. I also had to bring in the BBQ cover because it flew off. The lids on my garbage cans flew off...I was not too impressed.

Today has been a lot better though.

[Country Kids]

At one of the towns on our coast they had a diesel truck or something with a liquid like that blow over! Wow, but luckily the driver walked away with very minor injuries.

[snbauser]

I sometimes get headaches along with the pressure systems moving in and out. For me, Excederin Migraine is the only thing that works.

[mrsp'slilpeeps]

It's supposed to get worse for us today. I prefer the snow.

[pappyny]

I am in Montana and these winds are horrible! I also prefer the snow.
And the headaches, oh my.... I never thought it was related to the wind though just the constant change from cold to warm. I'll have to give excedrin migraine a try.

[Hunni Bee]

I get those headaches too! For me it's all related to high pressure and low pressure. For example if one day it's really warm and the next it's really cold I'll get a massive headache/migraine. It usually happens in the summer and rarely in the winter though. Nothing really works except ibuprofin and sleep

Yeah I've got one now. Its 70 degrees here. The day before Thanksgiving. Ugh.

[MN Mom]

I wiki'd it!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind

Health

It is said that chinook winds can cause a sharp increase in the number of migraine headaches suffered by the locals and are often called "chinook headaches". At least one study conducted by the department of clinical neurosciences at the University of Calgary supports that belief.[10] It is also popularly believed they can increase irritability and sleeplessness. In mid-winter over major centres such as Calgary, chinooks can often override cold air in the city, trapping the pollutants in the cold air and causing inversion smog. At such times it's possible for it to be cold at street level and much warmer at the tops of the skyscrapers and in higher terrain. In 1983, on the 45th floor (about 145m {460 feet} above the street) of the Petro-Canada Center, carpenters worked shirtless in plus twelve degrees Celsius, windy conditions (temperature reported to them by overhead crane operator) but were chagrined to find out the street temperature was still minus 20 Celsius as they left work at 3:30 that afternoon.