Well, that Friday night through early Sunday the hot water pipes leading to our two bathrooms and washer were frozen. This was a first in the 12 years we've lived in this house. The hot water to the kitchen sink, on a separate line, was all right, even though those pipes came up through another outside (West) wall. By Sunday afternoon, the temps had receded somewhat and the water was flowing again. The cold lines never did freeze. We now know to keep all lines dripping during extreme cold weather.
Yep. It can get cold here. But Chicago, being on Lake Michigan, can get some pretty cold winds during Winter, and lake affect snow. I'm 80 miles due West and we get our share of snow, but Chicago can get it from two sources; storms coming from the Southwest through Northwest, or lake affect. We're at least spared that second source. I guess that's something to be happy about...
Oh man, I can’t even imagine it. I’ve lived in a few cold places in my life, but not like that kind of cold. S. FL has it’s issues, but we think we’re freezing when we get to +40!!