On Tuesday afternoon, Oceti Sakowin—the main camp for water protectors at Standing Rock—was full of people and activity, yet eerily quiet. The temperatures had dropped precipitously: it was about four degrees outside, and with wind chill felt like negative 20. By 4 p.m., gusting snow and a darkening sky were making it…
Weather experts have predicted that a potentially historic cold snap will make its way across the East Coast and Ohio Valley this weekend, with temperatures plunging to 30 degrees below average. That is a big disappointment, because I was hoping to have some sex on Valentine’s Day and I don’t like being nude if I’m…
Besides eating snow, there’s nothing better to do in the winter than draping your freezing body in a nice blanket, especially when you live in an icebox apartment.
Earlier this winter, I idly clicked over to an article about what to wear when it's freezing outside. The article promised tips for "if you've lost feeling in your fingers." In the accompanying video, a stylist lamented temperatures that make you "kinda want to die." To combat this feeling, she suggested the…
It is the second-to-last week in February and here on the east coast of these United States, it feels like winter will never end. All the joy is gone. And I am very sorry, but cheeky jokes about winter are no longer funny, because the relentlessly biting cold has frozen my sense of humor.
It's cold in the middle of the country. Hair follicle numbingly, butt puckeringly, jean freezingly cold. And so, when the National Weather Services forecasted treacherous wind chills for their city, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign students collectively hoped the school's Chancellor Phyllis Wise would cancel…
Toes: Cold. Fingers: Numb. Body: Shivering. It's polar vortex time in the workplace. And guess what? You're burning calories.
Judging by Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, every news headline, and the feeling of morbid, animal fear I felt when I put my face close to the window, it's ball-shriveling, ovary-freezing, nose-blackeningly cold outside today. So how the fuck are you supposed to dress? Elaborately.
Good news, poors! Just in time for one of the worst winters ever, Congress decided to make your life even shittier!
Thanks to Canada failing to sufficiently warm up a big blanket of freezing air descending southward from the Arctic, for much of the lower 48 states, the next couple of days are going to be colder than Jack Frost's butt plug. Some of the forecasted wind chills are so cold they're almost unfathomable — unless you grew…
Our bodies have many ways of warning us of potential danger, and a new study has discovered a new one that might serve you well when meeting new people. Researchers found that when people are confronted with a person they find creepy, they actually feel cold, often to the point that they experience chills. The…
It's difficult to determine what's most awful about winter— the constant cold feet and hands, the unpleasant dread of stepping out of the shower, or the horror of opening a heating bill after a month of leaving the thermostat turned up overnight. Since hibernating for three months isn't an option, the best way to cope…
You had so many amazing tips and tricks for staying warm in party season that I just had to share some of them!
"I just moved to Chicago from a warm climate," a reader wrote. "What do I need? Help!" We're glad you asked!
Obese people have already been accused of driving up healthcare costs and aggravating global warming. Now they're getting blamed for something even more ridiculous: air conditioning.
You know how whenever it's really cold, some asshole always claims "this is nothing" compared to where he's from? Well, the BBC has interviewed a bunch of those assholes.
August! And as the temperature spikes outside, things are also heating up indoors, Steve Hendrix reports for the Washington Post. It's man vs. woman in the "thermostat wars." Hendrix actually spoke to an expert:
A woman thought she was headed to a party when her friends picked her up, but instead they drove her into the woods and abandoned her in 8-degree weather in a planned attack.
Want to buy ScarJo's snot? Scarlett was on The Tonight Show yesterday evening, where she used a tissue and offered it up for charity on eBay (currently at $2,075). Clip at left.
Cold and flu season is coming, and to be honest, I am dreading it. Last winter, I got strep throat for the first time in my life, and I wanted to die. The fever and sensitivity to light were awful. And while I've had bad tonsils ever since I was a kid, I've never not been able to swallow anything for so many days in a…
