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How cold is it? It's
so cold that sharks
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so cold that sharks
are dying
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How cold is it? It's so cold that sharks are dying
By Madeline Holcombe and Dalila-Johari Paul, CNN
Updated 2:21 PM ET, Fri December 29, 2017
(CNN)You
can dream of ringing in the New Year, blissfully walking in a winter
wonderland. But you'll probably end up just trying to find shelter from
the big Arctic freeze.
Across
the US, New Year's Eve is expected to be 20 to 40 degrees colder than
usual this year (except for the Southwest, because they're lucky like
that). So if you plan on counting down to 2018 outdoors on Sunday night,
be prepared to wrap yourself up, because it's going to be some kind of cold out there.
It's water-freezes-in-mid-air cold
Taking "FREEZE!" literally, a
cup of water doesn't even have time to hit the ground in Winnipeg,
Canada, before turning into a frozen flurry. Now for the important
question: where is that guy's coat?
It's close-the-ice-hockey-rinks cold
A scene from an NHL game at Rogers Arena. Hockey is great, indoors or out.
Cold
and hockey are as Canadian as maple syrup, so something has gone
haywire if Canadians are running off the rink and into the great
indoors. The Bell Capital Cup tweeted
that games for its international youth hockey tournament would be moved
from the outdoor Canada 150 rink, located on Parliament Hill in Ottawa,
to an indoor complex "due to extreme cold weather."
It's sharks-are-dying cold
It's so cold in Massachusetts that sharks are washing up on the shoreline of Cape Cod Bay. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said two thresher sharks were found Wednesday, "likely stranded due to cold shock."
It's break-some-records cold
Trudging through the snow in Boston.
International
Falls, Minnesota, more than lived up to its nickname -- the Icebox of
the Nation -- this week when it recorded a record low of -36 degrees
Fahrenheit on Wednesday morning. Watertown, New York, fell to minus-32
on Thursday. Its old daily record for the day? Minus 23.
It's ski-behind-a-horse-and-buggy cold
A
woman driving through Morley, Michigan, on Christmas Day saw a guy
skiing while being pulled by a horse and buggy, because, well, why not?
It's cancel-the-polar-bear-plunges cold
Polar Bear Plunges, like this one in Chicago, are fun (We think?)
We
never did quite understand why anyone would risk frostbite and
hypothermia and plunge into bodies of water. But now that several places
(such as in New Jersey and Pennsylvania) have canceled events, we'll
kinda miss it.
It's crack-your-window cold.
Those aren't icicles. One Twitter user shared a picture of her window, which she says cracked under the blistering cold.
It's bail-on-that-out-of-town-friend cold
Angel Garcia and Rhea Coulson, of Florida, kiss at midnight as they celebrate the new year in Times Square in New York City.
The
wind chills in New York City will be around 0 when the ball drops in
Times Square. Since the tradition began in 1907, there have only been
two years colder than this year -- 1917 and 1962. So cut your losses,
bundle up and drink responsibly at home.
CNN meteorologists Brandon Miller and Rachel Aissen contributed to this report.
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