i for one think the hype over this recent cold is just ridiculous. the news is telling people that they should stay inside, that if they go out they have to put on extra clothes. what a joke, are people in this country really that stupid that they have to be told to put on more clothes? there are plenty of people in this country that live in areas where these sub-zero temperatures are a daily occurence. i live at higher elevation and see temps below zero probably about 30 days a year. while i decided years ago that i don't work if it is below -10, that is just because i have the ability to do that. i have worked and hunted well into the double digits below zero. yeah, its cold, and body parts get cold, but so what.
the fact that people are unable to "survive" when it is below zero shows me that personal responsibility is all but gone in metropolitan areas. just like the woman i read about in the aspen paper today, she has filed suit against a restaurant because she drank too much!