So I've got to go and get a few groceries. The store is roughly half a mile--it's close to where I work, and I walk that far every day. But it's twelve degrees, and the wind chill is four below. I don't really know what that's going to feel like. It's colder than the walk-in freezer. Surely, at that temperature, your spit will bounce.

You know how, back in Texas, we'd get storm warnings for various counties every once in awhile? You know, during hurricane season? This is, I suppose, what happens up here:

BITTER ARCTIC AIR MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY INTO TUESDAY COMBINED WITH BRISK WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR LAYERS OF CLOTHING ALONG WITH A HAT AND GLOVES.

I mean, they even say "bitter". That's not even a reasonable adjective to use for describing the weather. Can the arctic air be, conversely, sweet or savory?

The only thing comparable to this back home is the warnings they would give about the air quality because of crops being burned in Mexico.