Try living in WinterWinnipeg for a decade. -40 is nothing. 20 below feels like spring.
How cold was it?
It was so cold . . .
we had to chop up the piano for firewood - but we only got two chords.
It was so cold . . .the snowflakes froze in the air. Birds hopped from one snowflake to another to get into the trees.
It was so cold . . .the politicians had their hands in their OWN pockets!
It was so cold...my shadow froze to the ground - when I took a step it snapped right off!
Bitter cold to linger across U.S. through weekend
(CNN) -- Frigid air gripped cities from the Canadian border to Florida on Wednesday, with some cities posting record lows.
Snow in cities such as Indianapolis, Indiana, brought rush-hour traffic to a near-standstill.
Records were posted in the Michigan cities of Flint, at 19 below, and Saginaw, 10 below, and in parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley, where places like Hot Springs and Monticello, Arkansas, were in the low 20s, said Andrew Orrison, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
He was unable to immediately access the previous records.
Subzero temperatures were accompanied by wind chills as low as 40 degrees below zero. The wind chill factor describes the combined effect of the wind and cold temperatures on exposed skin, making the temperature feel colder than it is.
"The temperature outside is unbelievable," said Jennifer Flesher of Princeton, Illinois, where she said the temperature was 8 degrees with a wind chill of minus 12. "I went outside to use a snow blower, and my lungs actually started hurting. It catches your breath."
Minneapolis, Minnesota, posted a reading of 19 below zero, and it was 14 below in Fargo, North Dakota, where the wind chill made it feel like 31 below, said CNN meteorologist Chad Myers.
Orrison said most temperatures were below zero in the Upper Midwest through the Great Lakes and into the Northeast.
The worst is yet to come, he said.
You're right. People have turned into pussies and the American media a bunch of melodramatics. What the hell is the big deal? It's winter and it's cold in winter in North America! a temperature of -20 is NORMAL for the upper Midwest -- cold, but normal. We just haven't had a real winter in awhile. Just eight years ago, I had to spend a week in Minneapolis and the temps went down to -18 at night and warmed to about 10 during the day. Being from the South, I was cold, but the locals were happy that it was so warm and not snowing.
Down in north Georgia, where I live, the low tonight is expected to be around 10 - springtime by your standards. Everyone's bitching about the "deadly" cold (deadly if one's stupid). The truth is that lows in this area are supposed to be in the teens in January. It's just been several years since we actually had winter.
I find it interesting that this weather 'extreme' is now the result of 'Climate Change' rather than the results of 'Global Warming'-- both terms defined as the alleged CO2 accumulation due to person-made pollution.
What bunk.
We know this is real climate change.
Yep, it is now Winter. Next comes Spring. etc.
Well, the left wing media is finally reporting the possibility of 'Global Cooling' (CNN, Lou Dobbs).
I guess this can also be termed 'Climate Change' due to the deleterious effects of CO2.
Sorry: this is normal climate change due to seasonal weather patterns, sun spots, etc.
No more, no less.
Gore is in hiding.
We should recover the silly Nobel prize and Academy award from this charlatan.
Jeez you Americans like to bitch and whine. It's winter, of course it's cold. It's nothing to have -56F windchills in Winnipeg, and -70F windchills a little higher north. Don't hear Canadians complaining.
That's cos their lips are frozen shut :)