Different animals. I was in Connecticut during the ‘78 snow. It was a serious problem, but it didn’t get as cold. Yes, the several feet of snow (ours came halfway up our front door, which was three feet off of the ground) means you really aren’t going anywhere. But several days of -20 makes its own problems. This morning, car #1 (’98 Buick Park Ave) wouldn’t get warm or defrost, so I went for car #2 (’94 Chevy Caprice Wagon), which was blowing warm, not hot. I stopped to get gas (leaving the engine running, common here during winter) and as I was wiping the windows (which also frosted on the inside), steam poured out from under the hood (broken hose or heater core). I was barely able to get the car to my mechanic. I managed to get car #1 going, but this is more than a wimpy thing to deal with. When it gets this cold, THINGS BREAK.
We are all fighting this cold the best we can.
Today it only reached 72 here, and while I used the whole house fan to try and replace the cold that had accumulated through the night, is is still only 68 in the house, and with temperatures outside predicted to reach down to 47, well... I don’t have to tell you brother.....it’s tough all over man.
Yes i could feel the grease start to slow up this morning on my 2.6 mile bike to work. It was 6.1 degrees with a 10 to 15 knot headwind. joints got a little stiff as well. The headwind for a good bit of the trip slowed me down a bit. another mile or two and i might have slowed to zero. The breaks start to chatter as well so i kept the speed under 10 knots.