This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Cricket Degrees
Jul
29
2021
Since it’s the season when there are a lot of crickets outside (among many other creatures), I was reminded of the relationship between crickets and temperature.
I knew crickets chirped more with higher temperature, but I didn’t know until today (when I started looking up the exact equation for this blog post) that it is called Dolbear’s law.
The equation is (number of chirps in 15 seconds) + 40 = degrees F.
I am proposing a new temperature scale, because Fahrenheit, Rankine, Celsius, and Kelvin aren’t enough. And I’m ignoring Newton, Delisle, Romer, and Reaumur scales.
My new temperature scale is degrees Dolbear.
Which is really just Fahrenheit – 40. So water freezes at -8 °Do, and water boils at 172 °Do, and a human has a fever at or above 60 Dolbears.
Let’s see how quickly this catches on. Right now it’s about 45 Dolbears outside.
The cricket will take possession of all your trees and the produce of your ground.
Deuteronomy 28:42
