The sed rate test measures the distance red blood cells fall in a test tube in one hour. The farther the red blood cells have descended, the greater the inflammatory response of your immune system.
A woman pulls up her hood as she exits a subway during a snowstorm in New York City, March 5, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson. For all practical purposes, winter starts at around the moment your heating fails, forcing you to put on all your ugly Christmas sweaters at the same time. For others, itâs when you slip and fall down a dozen stairs into the subway.
The meteorological seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are also opposite to those in the Northern Hemisphere: Fall (autumn) - starts March 1 and ends May 31; Winter - starts June 1 and ends August 31; Spring - starts September 1 and ends November 30; and, Summer - starts December 1 and ends February 28 (February 29 in a Leap Year).