Extreme weather events are becoming more and more common, with records shattered down under during Australia's recent heatwave, and now, at the opposite end of the spectrum, the 'polar vortex' turning Midwestern U.S. into a winter wonderland.
The polar vortex is a band of strong winds, high up in the atmosphere that keeps bitterly cold winter season air locked around the Arctic region. Sometimes, like this year, it can drift further south than usual and envelop highly populated areas of North America. Chigaco has been particularly hard hit, with its notoriously windy location on Lake Michigan bringing freezing temperatures down to record-breaking lows.
With much of the Midwest on lockdown and people urged to stay indoors, some people have been braving the winter landscapes to take incredible images of the effects that the extremely cold weather is having on their daily lives. From exploding toilets to icy hairstyles, this list compiled by Bored Panda will give you chills just from looking at it!
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How Cold Is It In The Midwest? Bubbles Are Freezing
My Brother Was On One Of The Few Flights Into Chicago This Morning. He Took This Photo Of Frozen Lake Michigan From The Plane
After Two Days Of Freezing Rain, This Mold Came Out
Meanwhile In Minnesota. The Tank Exploded
My Sister Opened Her Car Door In Chicago
A Firefighter After Working In The -40° Polar Vortex
My God. We've Reached The Day After Tomorrow
Best part? Our fearless leader tweets how this cold disproves global warming. Ughhhhhh
Trying To Make The Most Of This -40 F Weather
Lunch In Chicago Today. I Like Mine Al Dente
“Is Iowa Really That Cold?”
Current Level Of Snow In Madison: One Whole Mingo
Pray For The Homeless During This Time! Give To Your Local Shelters. Most Are At Full Capacity
It's So Cold In Chicago They Set Commuter Train Tracks On Fire To Warm Them
It's So Cold In Iowa That We Froze Antifreeze
Eye Lashes On Fleek! Is That A Thing? Is This The New Winter Running Fashion Statement?
wow, never experienced this before. It looks dangerous being out there.
What Happens When You Blow Bubbles In A Freezing Weather
Meanwhile In Wisconsin
Freezing Our Pants Off In Minnesota
When These Are The Inside Doors... You Know We Are Polar Vortexing
Cadillac Michigan The Light Poles Are Shivering. Science Mannn
Landlord Decided To Turn Down The Heat Today In My MN Apartment As It Reached -40°
The idiot must have forgotten he pays my electric and doesn't realize that I value my comfort over safety or energy conservation.
I don't know if you have human rights in America (not many, anyway) but you should be able to prosecute him for that.
A lot of areas that had these issues consumers utility for gas sent out a thing that temps had to be turned down by everybody to a certain amount (in my area of Michigan it was 65, I saw some states it was 55/60 F.) in order to conserve gas until more arrived otherwise it would be gone and nobody would have heat. Doubtful If they sued they would win since landlord was doing what was asked by the state.
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There were natural gas shortages and outages in areas of Minnesota and so the gas company requested we all turn our thermostats down to 60-63 degrees. Not illegal. There were many with no gas (heat) or power. So we were all doing our share to help. Not a huge deal but the temperature wasn't 40 below anywhere in Minnesota.
Agreed. 60-63 is not unreasonable. Plus, a tenant that believes leaving the burners on in this manner does not strike me as the ideal tenant. This is a fire hazard.
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Depends how far he turned down the heat. If you're upset you have to put another sweater on, welcome to my childhood in the 1970s.
My first home - when I got married - a little stone cottage (UK) 1984 - it had one gas fire for the whole 3 floors. Rigged up a system of curtains and blankets the first winter - to - keep the heat downstairs, to pin it back to let the heat up to the bedroom, or pin back the next curtain to let the heat up to the bathroom - central heating - lol. the water pipes ran through the outside wall so during cold snaps I would have to get up at 3am to run all the taps so they didnt freeze
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My husband has colon cancer, permanant colostomy, weighs less than I do and I'm pretty petite, so when I wanted to turn down the thermostat he had to stay under an electric blanket and wouldn't eat or drink because even 65 degrees was too cold for him. I decided the heck with conserving, his health is more important. He's in the hospital now, having issues with blood loss and a mass growing in his kidney. Point is, not every body is able to "conserve energy" or put on more clothes to stay warm, it needs to be considered on a case by case basis.
Hey, I am in Australia and I saw the US news bulletin where people were asked to turn down their heat so that power generators could keep up with demand. We've had the opposite here, record heat and record use of aircon.. People were asked to moderate their thermostats up a degree or two to decrease demand on power. This is all the result of greedy c*nts blocking action on climate change for 2-3 decades. Its not going to get better if status quo continues.
Don't use the burners, use the oven. Turn it on and open the door, much safer.
Ummm, many cities on Our fair state were experiencing decreased natural gas pressure due to high demand and turning down the thermostat was necessary to keep it ALL from shutting down...
In some areas, the government asked people to conserve a bit to prevent power outages and fuel shortages, so maybe he was trying to comply.
I do the same thing in my apt here in Ontario, only I turn the oven on to 450F and leave it cracked open and few inches.
Put cast iron pans in the oven and it retains and radiates better
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Why is everyone bringing human rights into this and talking about suing . Common sense should prevail and tell you that during time's like this natural and man made resources are going to be pushed to the limits . I hope the dim bulb that posted this is feeling not real bright right now not one up vote
When I lived in Texas, where temps would hit triple digits for weeks on end during the summer, the low income apartment managers would turn off the air conditioning. They would claim it was broken down. They were keeping costs down, and had no concern for their residents. People did die from the heat, often the elderly. I do agree with the comments here, that the landlord was complying with the law. The OP said the heat was turned down, not off.
It's normal for building temperature to fall during extremely cold weather. The lower the outside temperature, the more heat escapes through the walls, and the boiler/furnace is sized for the coldest night of a *normal* year, not an extreme year. No matter how high you set the thermostat, the furnace can't output more than 100% of its capacity.
Several cities have asked people, including landlords, to turn the head down (not off, just down) so that they won't run out of natural gas or overload the electrical systems. Sometimes we have to sacrifice comfort for the good of others.
Blame the landlord but it's more like the heater was maxed out couldn't keep up with the cold.
Landlord may not have actually turned it down. Read an article a couple of days ago from a heating company explaining that heating systems aren't designed to cope with the extreme cold that has been happening in certain parts of the country; the systems just can't keep up.
Actually, they told people to turn down their heaters to 65, so they didn't overrun the system.
I have mine set at 63 and use a room heater for the room I spend the most time in.
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Good for you! I’d do the same thing! Heat the place while your home!
Utility companies have been asking customers to be conservative because there was a fire at a natural gas compressor station north of Detroit. It's either conserve, or nearly 1.8 million people go without heat entirely. Issues are FAR more likely when the stations are working at capacity (and over capacity).
Everyone was asked to turn the heat down to 65F as there was a fire at an utilities station.
If a person has a health condition, like asthma as I do, they could wind up in the hospital for having to leave the heat down that much.
Nope not dangerous at all, but you gotta stay warm. Screw that landlord. Wouldn't be slum-lord Trump, would it?
Personally, if my landlord tried something like that, I’d set the oven to pre-heat for roasting the biggest prime rib I could find. Add roast vegetables and potatoes, Baked Alaska. Then I’d call the landlord & invite him/her to dinner. And at the end, present him/her with a bill for the meal — to cover the cost of your lack of heat in the apartment!
In Key West not many apartments had heat, many years ago it got cold and I did this but the fan was too close and caught fire while I was in the shower, hence the need for heat, I ran in and threw the burning fan out the window and set the building on fire. Luckily the fire department got there quickly but I had to move out, the landlord was pissed.
Do what you have to do then consider a move if you can. The msjority of landlords are a holes in my experience and I am not prone to colourful language. Good luck and thank you for sharing. I could tell you a few stories that would curl your hair but there is not enough time and space. Look in to the legal aspects of this like the other individual suggested. I swear you never know what you're going to end up with when you rent from others. It's a gamble everytime no matter what you walk into. Wish you well
The fact people are taking what I said so personally is very amusing. Although living in the only country on the planet that has such an obesity problem, it warrants having a reality television show called My 600lb life, would make me so mortified that it would probably make me defensively snap at people too.
More efficient to turn oven on to 350, prop door open half way and circulate rising heat with fan
I turned our furnace down to 63F since it was so cold. Wife put it to 69F and furnace quit running for awhile. So how's 52 inside for you? Outside: -25F & -47F wind chill.
It didn’t say he forgot to pay the electric. It said he forgot he pays the electric, as in, the tenant can use as much electricity as they want and the landlord pays for it.
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I've never heard of landlords being able to control heat like that's, even if the utilities are included in the rent cost. Another reason I'm glad I don't live in America, that's just ridiculous.
oh for goodness sake, it's not normal here in the US, either, but every situation is different.
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Well they need to upgrade their systems and be good little Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and BE PREPARED! As a resident of those cold States up North I would never live anywhere that I didn't have complete control at any given time and had at least 3 options for everything I needed but that's just me.
I presume you squat here in terrible USA. GET OUT and go back to your s**t hole
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\\call the health department as it is a human right and you could get him fined ...maybe hs toilets and pipes freezing shut will be hs reward.
If that landlord pays your water bill, i would turn on your faucet and leave it on for days!!! weeks!!!! I'd cost that MotheR****** money every way i could!! DISGRACEFUL!!!! GOOD LUCK in this weather!! Sorry you're going thru this!!! God bless!!
Sue the mongrel that is a dangerous attitude you pay your rent he supplies services
You forgot to turn on the oven and open the door. Get ALL the heat you can! Take it from a new Cali girl who recently lived in that Chicago cold.
The oven door open a little would be safer. Sucks a landlord would do that!
Pretty sure that's illegal! (what the landlord did I mean)
We have conflicting b******t in this post... Landlords who control apartment temperature are required to obey minimums set by law. Also, if your electric bill hasn't been paid, how exactly is your electric stove working?
Going To Daycare When It's -30 Outside
Frozen Chicken Eggs
Wow! That looks amazing! Imagine laying it on the frying pan and watching it melt. *went to put eggs outside*
You Know It's Cold When The Toilet Paper Is Frozen In The Outhouse
The Detroit River, Frozen All The Way To Canada
Got So Cold Last Night That Our Vodka Froze! For Reference The Freezing Point For Vodka Is -16
We Had A House Fire South Of Cameron Today. Our Chief Mitch Hansen Thought It Was A Splash Park
Minnesota's Officers
Letting My Car Heat Up During The Polar Vortex
House Is Freezing From The Inside During The Coldest Day In A Decade
The Beauty The Cold Brings To South Dakota
I live in southeast Virginia. I can't even wrap my mind around most of these pics.
This Flash-Frozen Fire Hydrant
Let's hope the fire department didn't have to use this hydrant!
This Door At Work In Minnesota
A Sheet Of Ice Formed Between The Glass Panes Of This Door
Polar Vortex Lesson: Don’t Try To Hang Dry Your Clothes Outside
Polar Vortex (Temp. 16 F /-9 C)
Thanks for telling us a temperature that the rest of the world actually uses.
My Parents Sent Me This Pic Of Our Peephole (From The Indoor Side)
My Neighbor’s Furnace Exhaust Is Creating An Interesting Icicle
We are marching to Pretoria - because we won't freeze our a**es off there!
One Cold Rowdy Dog On The Bulkhead. Still Looking For Leftover Canteen Snacks
I Just Wanted To See How Long It Would Take For An Egg To Freeze Outside And Also What Would Become Of My Egg
Cold Spell
Yes, that is ice on the inside of our house. It's not the first time that ice has formed around our door. We've talked to our landlord and hope to get a new door and door frame in spring when we don't have to worry about getting frostbite about people outside for five minutes. It would really help with our utility bill as well.
It Was So Cold In Chicago That The Paint Came Off My Car
That's probably down to a bad paint job. I'm sure it's supposed to last even in sub zero conditions.
"No, Believe Me, 'Tis Very Cold; The Wind Is Northerly"
Looks like these jeans are having a conversation. "Check it out, guys, I froze in such a funny position!"
Ice Is Freezing As Soon As It Comes Out Of Our Faucet Because It's So Cold
This Is My Buddy Jesse At The Arrowhead 135 In Mn Yesterday. Day Time Temp Was -26 °F
In A Matter Of 2 Minutes Walking Across Campus, My Glasses Started To Frost/Ice Over
Everyone’s been talking about how cold Chicago is right now. The upper Midwest (I’m talking Fargo area) had windchills up to -60 below zero, ten degrees colder than Chicago. In a matter of 2 minutes walking across campus, my glasses started to frost/ice over.
Last winter I drove my bicycle to work and had to stop after 10 minutes because my glasses were covered with frost patterns, they looked beautiful but I couldn't see anything at all. It was only -14°C that morning.
My Wall Is Freezing In My Bedroom. There Are No Pipes Behind It. Chicago
As I know, most of the houses in America are built on wooden frame, with some isolation foam between wooden planks inside and outside. At the corners either is a slim wooden pole either the isolation is not well connected. Either way, this is bad in the future, the humidity and the wood don't mix well over long periods of time.
So My Soap Is Frozen In My Shower
It's So Cold Here In Iowa That There Is Now Frost On The Inside Of My Door Hinges
My Beard Froze While Waiting Bus. I Wish It Would Be Summer Already
Living in Australia, I always thought to myself: Nah, it can't be that bad. After looking at this post, it blew my mind. Wow! How do people live with this? I guess if you grow up there, you get used to it, but I can't even imagine living like that!
Most of these shouldn't be happening. That's what you have heating and insulation for. I assume in these places such weather isn't common so they were unprepared ( ? I thought US does get some kind of winter though?). As a Russian I can tell you you're definitely not supposed to get ice *inside*, whether it's -20 or -40 C out there ;P Also, I love winter and am jealous right now, warming up to disgusting +1 here atm, mah snow is melting D:
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What confuses me mostly, that in a few pictures the apartments seems to be zero isolated and the doors are made of thin materials
History lesson, following WWII there was an enormous boom in construction in the US. There was high demand for single-family housing, and builders built down to a price, instead of up to a level of quality. At the time, insulation was rather expensive, and energy was quite cheap, so it made sense to insulate lightly. The snow coming in through corners is down to the overlapping issues that can develop at corners: Corner framing style, is it a 4x4 post, two 2x4s, three 2x4s or something else? Is there a dead space that didn't get insulated? Is the sheathing continuous or is it made of boards with spaces between, if it is, the subfloor is likely also boards with spaces between, leaving plenty of gaps for air-infiltration.
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Ok as someone from West-Norway who been through a few super frosty winters and family owns a cabin up the mountains, how the f**k do you get frost indoors?
With all this cold I'm expecting Trump to come with the idea of a Ice Wall.
So Trump would be a white walker at the north side of the wall. Pretty accurate.
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I live in Canada, and those temperatures are normal for us in the winter (every winter), no big drama about it. Our houses are well-insulated and well-heated. As a Realtor, I see plenty of houses, and I've never seen bathrooms or sinks frozen. Seeing some of the photos here, I start to think that some people in the USA are seriously neglecting the insulation and the weatherproofing of their homes. On a positive note - perhaps now they will do something about it.
We just had a house built and that made me realize that insulation is probably everyone's number one preoccupation here when building something.
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So much ice inside...do they not have winters normally at all? There gotta be like no heating nor insulation for this. That's awful. Outside looks really cool though, am jealous :P
Here in the US it can get pretty damn cold but all this ice in the house business isnt normal. This is the closest it's been here in over a decade. There is heating and insulation, but those things just cant compete with the temp outside. In fact, anywhere there is ice in the house means there was condensation from the heat in the house. They would have to keep the inside temp around 80 degrees for it to even FEEL like 60 degrees in there. Most of those people will probably have a very hefty bill energy bill when this is over.
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America: what's wrong with your houses? I live in Sweden and despite the -19 C outside, my home does not look like that! The tank on my toilet doesn't freeze, I don't have icy frost on my walls, I don't have ice creeping in from around the door! I have +23 C inside and I can walk around barefoot. Seriously what's wrong with your houses?? Why don't you build houses that can withstand the cold?
Too bad that Trumpster has nit even a clue that global worming means climate change... Well, but a no-brainer will not get it...
He has a bit? And what is global worming? Is that a new thing? A no-brainer? Jesus, you are a malaka.
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As much as I sympathize with people going through those circumstances, I hate all the staged pictures specially prepared to show "oh how cold that is". We used to have -40 winters each year, every year back in the days and noone was whining, it was normal.
And yet people seem convinced that this time it's because of globalwarmingclimatechange or whatever. To say this IS because of climate change is bananas.
Load More Replies... I live in upstate NY where these temps happen at least once or twice every winter, so we are prepared for it. I can assure you all, this is not "normal" and yes, we may be an evil capitalist country with an utter douchebag for president, but that has nothing to do with the fact that most of the houses in this list just weren't built for that kind of cold......
The Mexicans are the reason we are going through a polar vortex.
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Where I live, it is already in the 60-85 temp range. In the morning, well, that can be a different story, but, this is DEF incomparable to this. Harsh, Mother Nature, just harsh.
How climate change contributes to crazy winter weather, explained in a simple diagram: winter-sto...2c77d4.jpg 
Going to be quite a number of deaths attributed to this cold spell. People with inadequate heating etc, not to mention poor homeless on the streets.
Mostly it's been the elderly, recently a college student who was out in the early morning for some reason.
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Today at Costco as we were leaving, my mum saw some people running to the doors, not knowing Costco had just closed. She put down her window to tell them but it was so cold that the window refused to go back up and it took a whole 10 minutes for it to go back up inch by inch
Grew up in Central Manitoba, people just deal with it when they get it every winter. If you're not used to it, then yeah, it's pretty hard on you.
I'm Canadian so this is pretty normal for me. All the snow, ice, frozen toilets, frost taking over the door, pretty used to it.
I live fairly far up north in Canada and this is just a normal day in winter here. :P
It's time like this that I'm glad I live in California (about 15 miles south of San Francisco). The coldest it gets here is the upper 30's. It hasn't snowed here since 1976. Of course, it also never gets above the low 60's in the summer. Gotta love that fog.
I live in Oregon...it's wet but so temperate. I am so sorry that this is happening and I'm sending warm thoughts. If you need a place to crash...and can get out of the vortex, I've got a blow up mattress. Go west!
these pics are fun and some are bad, but that guy sitting on a bench in a blanket breaks my heart. Doors and rooms are freezing on the inside, and we let homeless people sit outside? what a world :-( It would be very hard for me to not just pick random people up from the street ....
A s****y state crowded with s****y people, with s****y disgusting heat and humidity.
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I live in Ludington by the badger that goes to Wisconsin lots of tourists come here in the summer it’s really cold rn
i moved out of that kind of stuff for a reason--these pics only reinforce it! snow is beautiful when it comes to landscaping, but i'll stick to seeing it on the internet!
Omg, -20, -30 C :D Here in the mountain too, and this is normal, people live, work, play.. not make a drama because of cold.
And the strong winter (with 4-5-8 m snow and so many lavine) is from middle of october-to april, not just 4-5 week, as in USA.
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I think this is a whole lot of nope here. I'm glad I live in a state where it only gets cold for a week or two in the winter. I grew up in PA but promptly moved south as soon as I was old enough.
good. stop bombing other countries then probably you will experience a warmer winter next year. til then, happy freezing your jiblets and hoo-haas.
I live in the Chicago area.. they recently cancelled school for almost a whole week because it was so cold.
These pictures make me scared and uncomfortable....It may be waaaaay past the normal thing when it's winter and that thing called polar vortex.
Meanwhile, Texas gets some nice 80 degree weather. We're down here playing outside while y'all are freezing yourselves to death :) (Don't get too jealous- we also get 110 degree summers- on cool days!)
Get used to it, wait until the next few years...as we creep into the next ice age, no sunspots, the sun is getting dark, google sun simulator.
Can’t believe (in reality) that extreme cold weather can happen to us! Been ages!
I understand the cold like -20 something could be a big deal. But -10? It is winter for godsakes I have a feeling that because the climat is changing people are forgetting what winters are. And also America this is what you get with poor house bouilding quality and piping. I knowcthat in some regions there never was such cold winter, but the pics with -9 celsius are just like normal for winter. Aren't they?
How about crediting the people you stole these pics/gifs from, you low life c*nts!
I needed a WOW button! These were great. My work closed those two days, and I didn't even stick my nose outside!
I am another Australian and I cannot imagine cold like you are all experiencing. Heat yes, at present Australia has one state burning with massive bush fires and another drowning in flood waters but we never experience this type of cold
But don't worry Trump voters, climate change is just a hoax right? Honestly it takes an off-the-charts level of willful ignorance to refuse to acknowledge what's before your own eyes.
Ok so when I heard on the News about your weather I dunno just assumed it wasn't as bad as they were making it out to be, after looking at the pictures it's all hit home just how bad your weather is, we have cold weather too here but like on -4 to -8/9 and we suffer but like I've said before it's what 'one' is used too, there's no.. Well our weather's colder than yours ect, everyone is from different parts of the world, hats off to you guys over there! Take care, keep warm, much LOVE
my friend living in Saint Petersburg in Russia and she never have ice inside even with minus 40ºCelcius
Where I live it's +35 C 91 F .. and I was looking at snow pictures dreaming of how nice it might be ..... probably mistaken??
I'm always complainng about the temperature during summer here in Rio de Janeiro, right now around 42Cº. But after looking at those pics, I'm glad to be in Rio...
Just to remind the ignorant people that America is a continent and not a country, in many places of America today it is very hot.
NORTH America is a continent. America is a country.
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Australian - It's been sitting around 40°C and i just can't imagine how cold that is.
This is why as an Aussie I get NO sympathy when I saw in winter 'I am freezing' my US friends laugh at me, and remind me what freezing actually means. I used to feel all put out by it, now not so much, because OUCH.
Get some Canadian friends because they can laugh at your US friends because they don't know what "I am freezing" really means either, haha.
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Not surprising, considering we're well and truly overdue for an ice age. People so worried about man made climate change, and they don't stop to think the climate has been changing since the beginning of time...and the clock is ticking. We need to learn to adapt, and even have evacuation plans for this type of event in the future. I'm not being overly dramatic either; they found the remains of a woolly mammoth who was snap frozen so quickly the flowers in its stomach were preserved; you know how cold it has to be for that to happen? Too cold for humans to endure.
i wonder how many animals get frozen to death becuse pepole didnt let them hide inside, left them chained outside and so on...
None? Yeah, none. Let's go with that assumption because it's already too late and I'd be super sad.
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Well....as An Oil and Gas Insprctor working in Alberta's Oil Sands....I think most of you have no CLUE what REAL cold is....-20 to -30F is a Normal Winter day up here....we call stuff -40C (-40F) and colder...as "Chilly"... but then I had to laugh...was in North Carolina a few years ago and it was 72F outside and there were folks wearing Down Jackets and Toques (hats in Americun), on their heads....
https://scied.ucar.edu/blog/why-polar-vortex-keeps-breaking-out-arctic _________________Typically, a large difference in temperature between the air of the polar vortex and the air in the mid-latitudes drives the polar jet stream. However, the Arctic is warming faster than other areas of the planet, which makes the difference in temperature less distinct. This causes the polar jet stream to meander north and south instead of making a beeline around,,,,,,,,,,,
I think I remember why I moved from Northern Indiana, by Chicago, to California.
I feel for those people. I am so glad I don't live in those states. Currently, where I live... I thought this current temp was cold until I saw these pictures and what it is there. I just looked and saw here in Washington State, it is 36 F/2 C. It'd probably feel like summer right there for them. I hope this weather doesn't last long. I already feel sad for the people that have died. Stay and dress warm. Don't go out unless you have no choice. <3
... these people do not have very good insulation. More to the point, global climate change is putting this kind of weather in places where people didn't NEED overly great insulation before this.
As it is with your intense cold we suffer intense heat. Our area rated the highest January temps ever recorded. Some places 48.5 celcius.
I live in a tropical country where even right now its hot af and I'm under a tree enjoying the breeze. Lol. I feel much more grateful for the sun now. I dont think could ever survive if i migrate and have to experience those temperatures
my sympathies to your situation, midwesterners....I live in the land of weather extremes on the Texas Gulf Coast. Hurricane Harvey had flood water at my doorstep, so I got out of it light. Some people in Houston had muddy water six feet deep in their bedroom...on the second floor. I have had heat exhaustion in the summer several times just from walking from the air conditioned building to the car out on the far backside of a full parking lot. Yikes. We got so much rain in 1987 through 1988 that the inches rainfall were more than what certain parts of the Amazon get. I could do nothing as I watched seventy expensive hybrid roses drown (even though they were planted in a well-drained raised bed). To replace them at current online prices would be about $2000. So I am sympathetic to your situation. Please show similar concern the next time the US gulf coast goes through another weather catastrophe.
Oh 'Muricans - you're so funny! This kind of s**t happens every single winter up here in Canada... and it lasts for 6 f*****g months!
Part of it is the 'unknown' of a temperature extreme. The last time it was this cold in my area was in 1995. That leaves everyone under the age of 25 with no experience at all with this kind of cold. Once they've experienced it a time or two, they will be prepared when it rolls around again.
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This makes me nervous as in a week I'm moving to Wisconsin and have to go across South Dakota and Minnesota. Granted I'm not driving but still. :/
You all understand that climate warming = increased turbulence? This is just another effect.
Because it never got this cold before? Oh right, it did. Explain.
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That's not climate change, is it Donald? Of course not. It's natural for ice to form INSIDE people's houses.
Depends where you live. Take your secrete crush on Trump elsewhere.
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Hey Guys, Welcome to The Grand Solar Minimum. Nothing really new here, but it looks like this one will be on par with the Maunder Minimum of the 17th century. Its called "Climate Change", but not in the direction the Satist Whackos keep telling us. Just like anything the gov-ment tells you, do the opposite and you're doing ok. 00-Yep-5c5...c38302.gif 
It's unfortunate people are so quick to disregard comments like this. Government propaganda doesn't just happen in Nth Korea, folks.
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Well, you must live somewhere else, kid. Weather is different in different places
Load More Replies... Living in Australia, I always thought to myself: Nah, it can't be that bad. After looking at this post, it blew my mind. Wow! How do people live with this? I guess if you grow up there, you get used to it, but I can't even imagine living like that!
Most of these shouldn't be happening. That's what you have heating and insulation for. I assume in these places such weather isn't common so they were unprepared ( ? I thought US does get some kind of winter though?). As a Russian I can tell you you're definitely not supposed to get ice *inside*, whether it's -20 or -40 C out there ;P Also, I love winter and am jealous right now, warming up to disgusting +1 here atm, mah snow is melting D:
Load More Replies... What confuses me mostly, that in a few pictures the apartments seems to be zero isolated and the doors are made of thin materials
History lesson, following WWII there was an enormous boom in construction in the US. There was high demand for single-family housing, and builders built down to a price, instead of up to a level of quality. At the time, insulation was rather expensive, and energy was quite cheap, so it made sense to insulate lightly. The snow coming in through corners is down to the overlapping issues that can develop at corners: Corner framing style, is it a 4x4 post, two 2x4s, three 2x4s or something else? Is there a dead space that didn't get insulated? Is the sheathing continuous or is it made of boards with spaces between, if it is, the subfloor is likely also boards with spaces between, leaving plenty of gaps for air-infiltration.
Load More Replies... Ok as someone from West-Norway who been through a few super frosty winters and family owns a cabin up the mountains, how the f**k do you get frost indoors?
With all this cold I'm expecting Trump to come with the idea of a Ice Wall.
So Trump would be a white walker at the north side of the wall. Pretty accurate.
Load More Replies... I live in Canada, and those temperatures are normal for us in the winter (every winter), no big drama about it. Our houses are well-insulated and well-heated. As a Realtor, I see plenty of houses, and I've never seen bathrooms or sinks frozen. Seeing some of the photos here, I start to think that some people in the USA are seriously neglecting the insulation and the weatherproofing of their homes. On a positive note - perhaps now they will do something about it.
We just had a house built and that made me realize that insulation is probably everyone's number one preoccupation here when building something.
Load More Replies... So much ice inside...do they not have winters normally at all? There gotta be like no heating nor insulation for this. That's awful. Outside looks really cool though, am jealous :P
Here in the US it can get pretty damn cold but all this ice in the house business isnt normal. This is the closest it's been here in over a decade. There is heating and insulation, but those things just cant compete with the temp outside. In fact, anywhere there is ice in the house means there was condensation from the heat in the house. They would have to keep the inside temp around 80 degrees for it to even FEEL like 60 degrees in there. Most of those people will probably have a very hefty bill energy bill when this is over.
Load More Replies... America: what's wrong with your houses? I live in Sweden and despite the -19 C outside, my home does not look like that! The tank on my toilet doesn't freeze, I don't have icy frost on my walls, I don't have ice creeping in from around the door! I have +23 C inside and I can walk around barefoot. Seriously what's wrong with your houses?? Why don't you build houses that can withstand the cold?
Too bad that Trumpster has nit even a clue that global worming means climate change... Well, but a no-brainer will not get it...
He has a bit? And what is global worming? Is that a new thing? A no-brainer? Jesus, you are a malaka.
Load More Replies... As much as I sympathize with people going through those circumstances, I hate all the staged pictures specially prepared to show "oh how cold that is". We used to have -40 winters each year, every year back in the days and noone was whining, it was normal.
And yet people seem convinced that this time it's because of globalwarmingclimatechange or whatever. To say this IS because of climate change is bananas.
Load More Replies... I live in upstate NY where these temps happen at least once or twice every winter, so we are prepared for it. I can assure you all, this is not "normal" and yes, we may be an evil capitalist country with an utter douchebag for president, but that has nothing to do with the fact that most of the houses in this list just weren't built for that kind of cold......
The Mexicans are the reason we are going through a polar vortex.
Load More Replies... Where I live, it is already in the 60-85 temp range. In the morning, well, that can be a different story, but, this is DEF incomparable to this. Harsh, Mother Nature, just harsh.
How climate change contributes to crazy winter weather, explained in a simple diagram: winter-sto...2c77d4.jpg
Going to be quite a number of deaths attributed to this cold spell. People with inadequate heating etc, not to mention poor homeless on the streets.
Mostly it's been the elderly, recently a college student who was out in the early morning for some reason.
Load More Replies... Today at Costco as we were leaving, my mum saw some people running to the doors, not knowing Costco had just closed. She put down her window to tell them but it was so cold that the window refused to go back up and it took a whole 10 minutes for it to go back up inch by inch
Grew up in Central Manitoba, people just deal with it when they get it every winter. If you're not used to it, then yeah, it's pretty hard on you.
I'm Canadian so this is pretty normal for me. All the snow, ice, frozen toilets, frost taking over the door, pretty used to it.
I live fairly far up north in Canada and this is just a normal day in winter here. :P
It's time like this that I'm glad I live in California (about 15 miles south of San Francisco). The coldest it gets here is the upper 30's. It hasn't snowed here since 1976. Of course, it also never gets above the low 60's in the summer. Gotta love that fog.
I live in Oregon...it's wet but so temperate. I am so sorry that this is happening and I'm sending warm thoughts. If you need a place to crash...and can get out of the vortex, I've got a blow up mattress. Go west!
these pics are fun and some are bad, but that guy sitting on a bench in a blanket breaks my heart. Doors and rooms are freezing on the inside, and we let homeless people sit outside? what a world :-( It would be very hard for me to not just pick random people up from the street ....
A s****y state crowded with s****y people, with s****y disgusting heat and humidity.
Load More Replies... I live in Ludington by the badger that goes to Wisconsin lots of tourists come here in the summer it’s really cold rn
i moved out of that kind of stuff for a reason--these pics only reinforce it! snow is beautiful when it comes to landscaping, but i'll stick to seeing it on the internet!
Omg, -20, -30 C :D Here in the mountain too, and this is normal, people live, work, play.. not make a drama because of cold.
And the strong winter (with 4-5-8 m snow and so many lavine) is from middle of october-to april, not just 4-5 week, as in USA.
Load More Replies... I think this is a whole lot of nope here. I'm glad I live in a state where it only gets cold for a week or two in the winter. I grew up in PA but promptly moved south as soon as I was old enough.
good. stop bombing other countries then probably you will experience a warmer winter next year. til then, happy freezing your jiblets and hoo-haas.
I live in the Chicago area.. they recently cancelled school for almost a whole week because it was so cold.
These pictures make me scared and uncomfortable....It may be waaaaay past the normal thing when it's winter and that thing called polar vortex.
Meanwhile, Texas gets some nice 80 degree weather. We're down here playing outside while y'all are freezing yourselves to death :) (Don't get too jealous- we also get 110 degree summers- on cool days!)
Get used to it, wait until the next few years...as we creep into the next ice age, no sunspots, the sun is getting dark, google sun simulator.
Can’t believe (in reality) that extreme cold weather can happen to us! Been ages!
I understand the cold like -20 something could be a big deal. But -10? It is winter for godsakes I have a feeling that because the climat is changing people are forgetting what winters are. And also America this is what you get with poor house bouilding quality and piping. I knowcthat in some regions there never was such cold winter, but the pics with -9 celsius are just like normal for winter. Aren't they?
How about crediting the people you stole these pics/gifs from, you low life c*nts!
I needed a WOW button! These were great. My work closed those two days, and I didn't even stick my nose outside!
I am another Australian and I cannot imagine cold like you are all experiencing. Heat yes, at present Australia has one state burning with massive bush fires and another drowning in flood waters but we never experience this type of cold
But don't worry Trump voters, climate change is just a hoax right? Honestly it takes an off-the-charts level of willful ignorance to refuse to acknowledge what's before your own eyes.
Ok so when I heard on the News about your weather I dunno just assumed it wasn't as bad as they were making it out to be, after looking at the pictures it's all hit home just how bad your weather is, we have cold weather too here but like on -4 to -8/9 and we suffer but like I've said before it's what 'one' is used too, there's no.. Well our weather's colder than yours ect, everyone is from different parts of the world, hats off to you guys over there! Take care, keep warm, much LOVE
my friend living in Saint Petersburg in Russia and she never have ice inside even with minus 40ºCelcius
Where I live it's +35 C 91 F .. and I was looking at snow pictures dreaming of how nice it might be ..... probably mistaken??
I'm always complainng about the temperature during summer here in Rio de Janeiro, right now around 42Cº. But after looking at those pics, I'm glad to be in Rio...
Just to remind the ignorant people that America is a continent and not a country, in many places of America today it is very hot.
NORTH America is a continent. America is a country.
Load More Replies... Australian - It's been sitting around 40°C and i just can't imagine how cold that is.
This is why as an Aussie I get NO sympathy when I saw in winter 'I am freezing' my US friends laugh at me, and remind me what freezing actually means. I used to feel all put out by it, now not so much, because OUCH.
Get some Canadian friends because they can laugh at your US friends because they don't know what "I am freezing" really means either, haha.
Load More Replies... Not surprising, considering we're well and truly overdue for an ice age. People so worried about man made climate change, and they don't stop to think the climate has been changing since the beginning of time...and the clock is ticking. We need to learn to adapt, and even have evacuation plans for this type of event in the future. I'm not being overly dramatic either; they found the remains of a woolly mammoth who was snap frozen so quickly the flowers in its stomach were preserved; you know how cold it has to be for that to happen? Too cold for humans to endure.
i wonder how many animals get frozen to death becuse pepole didnt let them hide inside, left them chained outside and so on...
None? Yeah, none. Let's go with that assumption because it's already too late and I'd be super sad.
Load More Replies... Well....as An Oil and Gas Insprctor working in Alberta's Oil Sands....I think most of you have no CLUE what REAL cold is....-20 to -30F is a Normal Winter day up here....we call stuff -40C (-40F) and colder...as "Chilly"... but then I had to laugh...was in North Carolina a few years ago and it was 72F outside and there were folks wearing Down Jackets and Toques (hats in Americun), on their heads....
https://scied.ucar.edu/blog/why-polar-vortex-keeps-breaking-out-arctic _________________Typically, a large difference in temperature between the air of the polar vortex and the air in the mid-latitudes drives the polar jet stream. However, the Arctic is warming faster than other areas of the planet, which makes the difference in temperature less distinct. This causes the polar jet stream to meander north and south instead of making a beeline around,,,,,,,,,,,
I think I remember why I moved from Northern Indiana, by Chicago, to California.
I feel for those people. I am so glad I don't live in those states. Currently, where I live... I thought this current temp was cold until I saw these pictures and what it is there. I just looked and saw here in Washington State, it is 36 F/2 C. It'd probably feel like summer right there for them. I hope this weather doesn't last long. I already feel sad for the people that have died. Stay and dress warm. Don't go out unless you have no choice. <3
... these people do not have very good insulation. More to the point, global climate change is putting this kind of weather in places where people didn't NEED overly great insulation before this.
As it is with your intense cold we suffer intense heat. Our area rated the highest January temps ever recorded. Some places 48.5 celcius.
I live in a tropical country where even right now its hot af and I'm under a tree enjoying the breeze. Lol. I feel much more grateful for the sun now. I dont think could ever survive if i migrate and have to experience those temperatures
my sympathies to your situation, midwesterners....I live in the land of weather extremes on the Texas Gulf Coast. Hurricane Harvey had flood water at my doorstep, so I got out of it light. Some people in Houston had muddy water six feet deep in their bedroom...on the second floor. I have had heat exhaustion in the summer several times just from walking from the air conditioned building to the car out on the far backside of a full parking lot. Yikes. We got so much rain in 1987 through 1988 that the inches rainfall were more than what certain parts of the Amazon get. I could do nothing as I watched seventy expensive hybrid roses drown (even though they were planted in a well-drained raised bed). To replace them at current online prices would be about $2000. So I am sympathetic to your situation. Please show similar concern the next time the US gulf coast goes through another weather catastrophe.
Oh 'Muricans - you're so funny! This kind of s**t happens every single winter up here in Canada... and it lasts for 6 f*****g months!
Part of it is the 'unknown' of a temperature extreme. The last time it was this cold in my area was in 1995. That leaves everyone under the age of 25 with no experience at all with this kind of cold. Once they've experienced it a time or two, they will be prepared when it rolls around again.
Load More Replies... This makes me nervous as in a week I'm moving to Wisconsin and have to go across South Dakota and Minnesota. Granted I'm not driving but still. :/
You all understand that climate warming = increased turbulence? This is just another effect.
Because it never got this cold before? Oh right, it did. Explain.
Load More Replies... That's not climate change, is it Donald? Of course not. It's natural for ice to form INSIDE people's houses.
Depends where you live. Take your secrete crush on Trump elsewhere.
Load More Replies... Hey Guys, Welcome to The Grand Solar Minimum. Nothing really new here, but it looks like this one will be on par with the Maunder Minimum of the 17th century. Its called "Climate Change", but not in the direction the Satist Whackos keep telling us. Just like anything the gov-ment tells you, do the opposite and you're doing ok. 00-Yep-5c5...c38302.gif
It's unfortunate people are so quick to disregard comments like this. Government propaganda doesn't just happen in Nth Korea, folks.
Load More Replies... Well, you must live somewhere else, kid. Weather is different in different places
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