So cold I am afraid to go outside

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@Freelanzer (10745)
Canada
December 18, 2016 12:43pm CST
I keep asking myself, why do I continue to live in one of the coldest places on earth? Why don't I move to a different province or country where the weather is more temperate? I ask myself but I have no answers. For the last three days it has plunged to below -40 Celsius with the wind chill. My fingers and toes freeze in seconds even with mitts, boots and all the other cold weather accessories. I stay indoors and watch marathon Christmas movies and cooking shows. Dreaming of a green Christmas.
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19 Dec 16
Same like, why do I continue to live in one of the hottest(sounds hype) rather warm places on earth? haha
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
Do you want to trade places?
19 Dec 16
@Freelanzer No, I prefer to one who have not so called not so hot place.
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@theBlock (2657)
• United States
18 Dec 16
@Freelanzer Aye aye aye----that's cold! I'm sending you good vibes and warmth! Oh, I'm Tim, by the way---Hi!
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
Nice to meet you Tim and thanks for the warmth you are sending my way.
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@theBlock (2657)
• United States
21 Dec 16
@Freelanzer Nice to meet you! Keep warm!
@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Dec 16
Yes, it is so cold. If you put on more coats and have more activities when you go out, then it is not so terrible. When you feel froze, you can still go indoors and get warm soon. Perhaps you don't know how much excited for me to see the snow
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
With extreme temperatures like these we are advised to stay out of the cold and limit outdoor activities. However, when it is cold but not extreme, it is fun to do activities outside.
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@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 16
My goodness, that is cold!! I can't even imagine temperatures like that. It's going to be 27C here today. Hasn't quite reached that yet.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
I would surely like to trade places with you right now. Enjoy.
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@paigea (35635)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
I t was crazy cold here too and then today it was +3C. Always changing
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
We should get some relief by Tuesday
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@Kandae11 (53679)
18 Dec 16
I forgot what it is like to feel frozen.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
Its nice that you can't remember - it is torture.
• Greece
5 Jan 17
Better to be careful than suffer the results of a fall which might spoil your New Year. I remember very cold weather when I lived in Sweden many years ago. Now I live in Greece and the heavy fall we had just after Christmas began to melt almost immediately. So we had the beautiful snow but the long inconvenience of it. Our Christmas was green and then white! It is green again now with more white promised...
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• Greece
7 Jan 17
@Freelanzer As far as the weather goes this is true.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
You do seem to have the best of both worlds there in Greece. Enjoy.
@Juliaacv (48272)
• Canada
18 Dec 16
Be careful what you wish for, you never know when Mother Nature is listening!
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@Juliaacv (48272)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
@Freelanzer Every 7 years we get a true Canadian winter, and I think that this is going to be the year for that. But don't fret, spring will seem all that much more glorious.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
21 Dec 16
@Juliaacv Oh I can't wait for spring.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
We had such a warm fall until now that I thought for sure Mother Nature was playing tricks then.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
18 Dec 16
I am dreaming of a green Christmas too. Why do we stick around? I think that it is because we love our country Canada!
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
I think you are right and the summers aren't bad either
@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
18 Dec 16
Wow - 40 below!! Sheesh, I'm glad we never get temperatures like that.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
I can tell you it is no fun and if your are caught outside for any length of time it hurts.
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• Otis Orchards, Washington
18 Dec 16
Mysteriously, -40º Celsius is the same as -40º Fahrenheit. That is cold. It's been cold here, too, but it's starting to warm up. By Tuesday we are supposed to have a rain/snow mix–this after -23º C yesterday morning.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
We are expecting some reprieve in the next day or two
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
19 Dec 16
I hate cold weather but we dont have as cold, saturday was minus 2,my hands and fingers were freezing on my way to shopping,was sure glad to get back home. Im so looking forward to the day l will be able to move to some hot country.I even have a list.Thailand, philippines, south Africa, Spain, Kenya, Trinidad, Puertarico and the list goes on.These are places l have been more than once and can see myself living there happily ever after? not sure
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
21 Dec 16
That is quite a list. I've only been to Trinidad from that list.
@dany2016 (32)
• Bucharest, Romania
18 Dec 16
I don't think that there was ever below -20 C (now is about 0) so i think its really cold out there
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Dec 16
I can live with -20 but here it is double that. But we are promised some relief in a day or so