It is sooo cold...

It is sooo cold...
that you don't need an ice-bucket to transport your DNA samples around.

It is sooo cold...
that you don't have to worry about ice when collecting soil sample (but who would want to go soil sampling right now??? Gila!)

It is sooo cold...
that the car heater is not warm enough to clear the back passenger windows.

It is sooo cold...
that you can get frost bite if you're not protected for 30 minutes (according to WFMK Morning Show).

It is sooo cold...
that probably even the record-breaking psychrophiles might not survive (what is the lowest temperature psychrophiles tolerate anyway???).

Yup, it IS that cold. It is -18 degrees C!!! That is two more degrees to the -20 C freezer that stores our DNA samples!!! When was the last time it got this cold??? Can't remember but it is freezing cold!!!

BUT, before it got this cold, Ping get to play in the snow!!! Here's my first snow angel...
Ping got to make another snow angel the day before the temperature drop to craziness.
Now that the temperature is so low, the snow is not fun anymore. Ping wants more snow!!!

And here's the lil bro making snow angel. He's definitely enjoying it!