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mrs_p

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4. It's -22 F here in Fargo

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:24 PM

Jan 2019

And feels like -53. The bridge of my nose hurt when I took the dog out to do her business. It felt like an instant brain freeze.

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My son goes to school in Ripon, Wisconsin and just texted me... [View all] Laffy Kat Jan 2019 OP

less than 5 min of any exposed skin will start to get frostbite lapfog_1 Jan 2019 #1

Yikes! nt Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #5

They just closed the UW Madison campus from 5 PM tonight to noon on Thursday htuttle Jan 2019 #2

Hope there is either food in the dorms or a plan to deliver some! GreenPartyVoter Jan 2019 #3

The dorms and housing food service are the few things that will remain open at UW Madison until Thu htuttle Jan 2019 #8

Glad to hear it! Essential service workers deserve hazard pay! GreenPartyVoter Jan 2019 #19

He lives in the senior apartments, so he has a kitchen. Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #11

Asked hubby today if eldergreenkid had a hat and gloves on GreenPartyVoter Jan 2019 #15

The other day he asked me to mail him an extra blanket. Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #25

I'm picturing the delivery people freezing! LisaM Jan 2019 #26

I know and I agree (after my baby gets his blankey, LOL). nt Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #31

Lots of layers, hot drinks, and staying under the covers GreenPartyVoter Jan 2019 #34

He got it this afternoon right before the campus mail center closed. Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #39

Glad it arrived in time! I am also worried about people and animals GreenPartyVoter Jan 2019 #40

Does he have a girlfriend? lunatica Jan 2019 #41

It's -22 F here in Fargo mrs_p Jan 2019 #4

OMG. That's also got to be bad for the dog. nt Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #7

My dog and I are only venturing into the back yard this week htuttle Jan 2019 #10

Poor baby. Is he about 50 pounds? nt Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #13

at least htuttle Jan 2019 #14

OK, that works. One of my dogs is 50 lb and I don't think I could pick her up. nt Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author mrs_p Jan 2019 #27

She is a border collie from a WY mrs_p Jan 2019 #29

Then you KNOW it's cold! Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #30

Schools here in mid-Michigan are closed, again, today. I bet the same for tomorrow Siwsan Jan 2019 #6

Maybe the rain will melt some of the snow. Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #9

Once the temps go back down, it will be a real mess Siwsan Jan 2019 #16

Sounds dreadful, Siwsan. Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #20

Living in Southern California all my life, I can't Iliyah Jan 2019 #12

I'm in Colorado and I pretty much go into hibernation mode at zero. Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #17

Living in Minnesota all my life, and having survived these temperatures before The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #23

And beards! Tell them what happens to beards! htuttle Jan 2019 #28

Gasp. But how did it get so much moisture? Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #32

Yep, lived in Minnesota about 3 years. I moved there directly from Tucson, AZ. sinkingfeeling Jan 2019 #33

I am about 100 north of Ripon.....WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT *Minus 26 tonight without riversedge Jan 2019 #18

Hope you have Netflix! Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #21

Hugs! Iliyah Jan 2019 #24

I live just south of Minocqua WI and am NOT looking forward to this Arctic snap. Talitha Jan 2019 #35

Brrr...My family has a place up there (Pike Lake chain) LeftInTX Jan 2019 #36

And here I was feeling sorry for myself here in Sprout City DFW Jan 2019 #37

I spent a winter in ND when it got that cold Major Nikon Jan 2019 #38