My daughter’s fiancé is in Vermont skiing, took today off. 
My husband, hearty midwesterner that he is, declared they never took days off skiing 
.
He also walked uphill in the snow to school
Actually he did, went to college in the UP of Michigan. His house was at the top of a steep hill. The stop signs are only going up the street, not going down.
The radio news yesterday said it only takes 10 minutes of ski exposure at the sub-minus-ten temps for frostbite to start.
My sister’s community college ski club once had a Vermont trip during winter break. Wind chill got as low as -70 (could that be? it’s the story I remember). Many of the gung-ho colleges students, who had paid for their ski tickets/trip already of course, braved the cold. Many of them had to came home with frostbite. Others had falls, injured thumb etc.
Fahrenheit? Or a different “F” word😀
Yes….it’s supposed to be in the 40’s F here tomorrow…and possibly in the 50’s later in the week. Southern New England.
Crazy winter!
D is in Quebec for winter carnival. All activities for opening day (yesterday) were postponed to today. Temp was -19 on the thermometer yesterday.
Friend is competing in a downhill ski race…today. BRRRRRR
Balmy 3 degrees NE of Boston on the coast. Tomorrow high 40’s.
I had a breathing crisis yesterday. I was dog sitting and took the two dogs out in the driveway and suddenly could not breathe at all. My bronchial tubes just seized up. I had to yank the resistant dogs back in the house and gasped for breath until it relaxed, thank heavens.
This has never happened to me before. I thought I was going to die right then and there.
I just got an albuterol inhaler from the covering doc. Usually I use nebulizer and I was caught with only inhaled steroids in bag. Be careful folks!
D had plans to visit the Ice Castles in New Hampshire today, and was relieved when the venue waived the rescheduling fee in order to protect their workers.
The dew point early this morning (when the temp was -11) was -23. That air contains so little water that it almost hurts to breathe it, as it sucks the moisture from the lining of the respiratory system.
4 degrees here with sunny skies here in Boston. DD had to leave for work at the hospital at 5:30 this morning, she said it was brutal. Luckily the car was parked close enough that she could remote start it and wait in building lobby for 10 minutes till it heated up.
Our heat pump started keeping up with the cold once it warmed up to about zero. 
It’s sunny now…and the house is finally warm!! Geez! And this is a brand new boiler!!
When we skied in the -20’s wind chill, we never had any exposed skin (goggles took care of the hardest to cover eye area). We layered, had very warm clothing, and took regular breaks inside. No alcohol until we were done for the day. You definitely have to be careful in those temperatures, and workers need adequate protection/time inside every so often.
One of the few times the inferial (eeeh, imperial 
) system is not at a disadvantage compared to metric.
In metro NY, temps will be noticeably better on Sunday.
This morning it was -12 degrees, with a windchill of -36.
@MADad it DID hurt to breathe and they I couldn’t breathe. I got an inhaler today and when I wore two masks and a scarf around my head, enough moisture was retained from my own breathing to prevent another spasm.
I was lucky. It made me think of the homeless folks on the street. That kind of bronchospasm can happen fast and if I hadn’t gotten inside quickly, it might not have resolved.
Quite a weekend to be in Boston for a college audition with my senuor! World of difference tonight, heat wave tommorrow (says the Midwesterner). Those winds were crazy. We were out and abou though and have just used public transit.
From the gradschoolkid in Ithaca this morning…(temps in C & F)
Scary!
My house is finally up to temperature. We weren’t cold, but geez…those wind chills really make the heating system struggle…and it’s brand new!
Tomorrow afternoon it’s going to be in the 40’s. We will open all our garage doors to warm the garage up. One door was open for the five hours our power was out yesterday…because of the generator!