Lions and tigers and Chicagoans! How we all stay warm through Chicago winters

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture, Education, Public, Chicago, Arts, City, Radio, Curious, Investigation

4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

We've been experiencing some warm days in and around Chicago. But winter is coming. This week, we've got a couple of classic Curious City stories about staying warm. One features folks who work outside during the bitter Chicago winters, the other features some furry friends from the Lincoln Park Zoo.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jason from Curious City, and I cannot believe that the nice weather here in Chicago has held out this long.
0:07.8	I mean, just in the last few days alone, I cleaned out the garage and did a ton of work in the yard.
0:14.1	And all I was wearing was like a flannel.
0:16.8	Adriana, how have you been spending these extra few weeks of warm weather?
0:20.4	Oh, wow. I've been taking long walks. There's been a few evening banfires. It's been great.
0:26.6	Hey, I'm Colombian, so I'll take this weather all year round. But Jason, it's great that we're enjoying this, but there is a problem.
0:35.8	Yeah, what's that?
0:36.5	It is going to be turning much colder,
0:38.7	and then the weekend we top out in the 30s. Winter is coming. Winter is coming. Winter is coming.
0:51.2	All right, all right, it's coming, but do we have to be so dramatic?
0:57.5	That's better.
0:58.9	The best thing to do is to get ahead of things.
1:02.3	Prepare.
1:03.0	This is Chicago, after all.
1:05.3	One day, you're running around in shorts and a t-shirt.
1:07.6	The next, you're in a parka.
1:09.6	So we have a couple of classic curious city stories
1:13.1	lined up that answer questions about staying warm. First, Monica Eng and Jessica Popovac test out
1:19.7	some tips from folks who spend lots of time outdoors during Chicago winters. I actually think that
1:25.7	the foot that has the sock bag sock is the winner today.
1:30.0	And then Kat Nagasawa finds out what kind of winter plans are made for our furry friends at the Lincoln
1:34.5	Park Zoo. Do they ship them down to Florida? It's all coming up next. If you're already a WBEZ member, thank you.
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