I don’t remember amputations happening during the “Ice Bowl” with the Cowboys and Packers back in 1967 when it got a lot colder. Lambeau Field was about −15 °F with an average wind chill around −48
Temperatures at the Chiefs- Dolphin s game were minus 4 degrees F during kickoff with a minus 27 F wind chill.
People are either softer, dumber or both.
I went to a St. Louis Cardinals football game around 1967 at the then-new Busch Memorial Stadium (ugliest stadium ever built). I was about 16 years old and that was the coldest I’ve ever been in my life. It sounds like the same cold-snap you were at.
“People are either softer, dumber or both.”
I think now a much greater proportion of people are diabetic from 1967 due to obesity. Also, there were more attendees from out of state for this year’s Super Bowl than the 1967 ice bowl.
….how come none of the players ever lose digits in these situations?
They’re the ones not wearing parkas, gloves, etc.
It’s always the fans getting amputations or buried.
My guess is you just didn’t hear about it
Probably a “given” that there was gonna’ be frostbite, and so not reported. Consider that Green Bay fans knew how to dress for cold weather.
Mind altering drugs, alcohol, stupidity, and freezing cold don’t mix well.
Alcohol
Drugs
Diabetes
Obesity
Smoking
Improper clothing