If it were not for global warming I'm afraid we'd be in trouble right now. Here in Seymour, Indiana (the hometown of John Mellencamp the singer and Miss America Katie Stam) the thermometer dipped to minus 9 degrees and tied a record set in 1926. The windchill was reported to be around 30 below zero.
My son R.J.Smith had to deal with his furnace blower motor burning out during this cold spell but handled it well and everything is alright except for a few singed hairs, it's a long story.
The thing is I'm sure glad Al Gore is working on this global warming or we would be up the icy creek