Chicago next Monday: minus 8 degrees..and that is the high!

[dixiegrrrrl]

says intellicast forecast.

is that a record???
Can't believe how impossibly cold that is.

[BobUp]

1. Not sure

but the wind chill is supposed to go to minus 40.

I'm already freezing my ass off today in Kenosha.

[gopiscrap]

4. welcome to DU

[ScootersPixiePie]

3. man I hate this

I hate hate hate winter. I am going grocery shopping after work (making a big pot of stew and some chili, homemade bread) and I am not leaving my house until Tuesday. Screw this. I like living in a blue state but I miss the warmth of Arizona.

[Delphinus]

7. Ooh,

I *love* your name!

Welcome to DU!

[cali]

5. It's -12 here now. in the sun.

I like how the snow squeaks when it's this cold.

[frazzled]

6. The beauty of that extreme cold is indeed fascinating

We lived in Minnesota for nearly 15 years, and we're in Chicago now (which is temperate by comparison, though the wind makes it kind of worse, actually).

I recall the brief moments of venturing out into -20 below weather (with 60 below windchill). Generally, it's very calm and still (and often sunny) when these temperatures occur. You can immediately feel the fluids in your outer body--in your eyes and nose--begin to freeze on contact. Whee! It's kind of amazing, since one doesn't think of these fluids very often.

But the sound is really the best part--the sound of the snow squeaking, as you mentioned; and the utter stillness, in which sounds travel with a haunting clarity.

It's worth experiencing--for a minute or two!