>> even outside the Fimbulwinter, daytime temperature in the Sartar
>> Darkseason regularly drops to below -30 c, with nights obviously
>> somewhat colder.
>
>It did say "sometimes". I suppose that there are falling winds in
>Glorantha which don't heat up doing so (non-adiabatic...). Connecting
>Himalayan altitudes with the valley ought to blow out any memories of
>warmth now and then.
>
>I think these days in non-Fimbulwinter are the cattle-killing winters
>which figured in KoDP now and then.
Why should particularly cold weather be cattle-killing? Kept in a barn it won't be difficult to keep them warm enough. I would think that cattle die when the fodder runs out because of a poor crop the previous year or the winter is longer than expected. If the cattle are usually hungry at the end of winter an extra few weeks without food will be lethal.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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