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KittyWampus

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26. "get over it"? WTF is wrong with you? We aren't used to this degree of coldness. There are homeless

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #17)

Mon Feb 16, 2015, 09:55 AM

Feb 2015

and people struggling to pay fuel bills. People who have to work outside. FFS, get over yourself.

You want an award for living places that are normally this cold? Did living in those places kill off your empathy?

Go back in and read the OP it simply states the temperature and says "bundle up". YOU have to diminish the challenge some of us are facing because at some point in your life you lived in even colder climates?

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Wind chill in NYC is -17; Boston is -25... [View all] brooklynite Feb 2015 OP

Yipes shenmue Feb 2015 #1

My little section of the PNW is going to be MissB Feb 2015 #2

That was Chicago yesterday marym625 Feb 2015 #3

I walked ten blocks in it frazzled Feb 2015 #6

We've had that marym625 Feb 2015 #9

Here on eastern Long Island the wind, last night, was unbelievable. Gusts around hurricane force. KittyWampus Feb 2015 #25

Pittsburgh - real temp, MINUS 6 degrees; wind chill, minus 16. Divernan Feb 2015 #4

The number of homeless students roughly doubled MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #11

brr keep warm there nt msongs Feb 2015 #5

Yikes! Terra Alta Feb 2015 #7

Yesterday in Wisconsin as well. Wind chill -27 Greybnk48 Feb 2015 #8

Hopefully those made homeless by Wall Street MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #10

I'm getting a strong breeze from the river through my drafty windows, lol. closeupready Feb 2015 #12

But how cold is it? longship Feb 2015 #13

I had to walk into the wind haikugal Feb 2015 #15

Me too. A Columbus OH homeless citizen died this wkd from hypothermia. RiverLover Feb 2015 #21

I agree with you completely. Bohunk68 Feb 2015 #24

Wind chill 15 to 20 below zero tonight... haikugal Feb 2015 #14

It's -8 degrees in the NE PA mountains. Lugnut Feb 2015 #16

Oh, heck. I was in Minneapolis many years ago SheilaT Feb 2015 #17

I agree - easier to survive extreme cold than extreme heat. Divernan Feb 2015 #23

"get over it"? WTF is wrong with you? We aren't used to this degree of coldness. There are homeless KittyWampus Feb 2015 #26

Oh I agree... haikugal Feb 2015 #28

-12 here 33 in Anchorage... Agony Feb 2015 #18

Bizarre new reality..... haikugal Feb 2015 #30

Yeah... Agony Feb 2015 #33

Temp here dropped below 0 haikugal Feb 2015 #35

A possible indication of "global weirding", perhaps? AverageJoe90 Feb 2015 #32

about 80 in so cal JI7 Feb 2015 #19

Why I no longer live in the frozen wastelands of the north. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #20

OMG. That's cold. Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #22

I feel bad for everyone having Ilsa Feb 2015 #27

Oh! I think I would Die! Texasgal Feb 2015 #29

It was only abou ~35 here in most areas of the D/FW Metro today. AverageJoe90 Feb 2015 #31

It was about 80 in Sacramento today. Can we trade some warmth for some moisture? Throd Feb 2015 #34

If only we could. haikugal Feb 2015 #36