Oh, my. Tomorrow is looking a bit nippy
But what does it feel like…
Oh.
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Maybe… maybe don’t go anywhere tomorrow.
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Damn.
I believe that there’s no such thing as “too cold,” only “not properly dressed,” but… yeah, that’s getting to be too cold.
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As for how it is here… I’ve had cold winters, and I’ve had snowy winters, but this is both the coldest snowy winter and the snowiest cold winter I can remember experiencing. The snowy winters I remember were always interrupted by thaws every week or two, and the really cold ones were always bright and sunny. This is something new.
It’s fantastic for skiing (since I have all sorts of warm gear to protect against the cold, and the more fresh snow and less melting, the better), but the roads are a mess, and it’s not so fun to be outside when I’m not skiing. And I don’t think it’s quite reached the point where I’m willing to don ski goggles for my commute.
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Yeah, Mars is a bit chilly this time of year. 
Oh, you live where?
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“Properly dressed” in this case is “wear a well-insulated building with reliable central heat.”
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Or a Taunton.
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I can remember when this used to be normal, for about a week every winter. But now that it hasn’t been experienced in a generation, it really stands out.
Most things are closed in Chicago tomorrow, so at least in the interim we’ve learned that life-threatening cold really is more important than making people go to school and work.
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Nope, not even there:
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That won’t be warm. After all somerset. It’s winter now.
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Doesn’t seem terrible.
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Note: forced ad plays first…
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Another video of the frozen Chicago River, which is quite unexpected in a moving body of water coming directly from the Great Lakes system:
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Wow.
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This St Patrick’s day, instead of dyeing the water green, will they have guys out there on the ice with green paint rollers instead?
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Nah, just feed the citizens way too much green beer, roll them out onto the ice, and let the inevitable take care of painting the river.
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Oh right. I forgot about the geese.
Ice is always green in Chicago, no need to paint it.
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On behalf of Canadians: you’re welcome.
And keep the geese.
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Depends on the food colouring type – a lot of them go straight through, unaltered by digestion and unaffected by other waste by-products.
Yes, speaking from experience.
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