Also, it is currently a very real thing here in Minnesota.
It was -18 with a -41 wind chill when I left the pool yesterday. My hair froze in the minute it took to walk from the gym to the car.
When I went to bed last night, the wind chill was -50 degrees. No, that is not a typo.
Work was closed today because of the weather, and I just got a text telling me it will be closed again tomorrow.
It is so cold that the post office did not deliver mail today.
I cough the second I step outside and inhale. Touching the metal handle on the storm door hurts. A friend in Washington wants me to blow bubbles and see if they turn into ice.
I have heard that skin can freeze in less than five minutes, that boiling water thrown from a pot will immediately evaporate, that you shouldn't fart because ice crystals will form on the seat of your pants.
It makes me very grateful to have a warm, safe place to cozy up in. With cats. Because always cats.
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