As I write this, the temperature outside my house is -32°F. That’s a weird temperature. And by weird, I mean it creates a sensory overload. When the temperatures plunge into the sub-zero range, a host of changes take place. Inside my house, you can “feel” the frigid air at the windows when you get near them. You don’t exactly get cold, but you can sense the cold there on the other side of the glass. My house also “cracks its knuckles” as it hunkers down to accept the cold and the framing contracts a little.
Outside, the cold wind stings your face. If you
touch metal with exposed skin, it feels like a burn. Sounds travel farther and seem a bit sharper.
Packed snow squeaks underfoot. The lake ice squeals and pings. And, mostly,
this is potentially deadly cold. According to emedicinehealth.com, at -30°F
hypothermia can occur in about 10 minutes. Death can occur in under an hour in these
extremely cold conditions.
—Mitchell
Hegman
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