Yeah, it's -34 degrees celcius, windchill is in the -50s (I guess their scale doesn't go any lower) and the boss came by to ask me to shovel snow. Various schools have been closed, apparently it's colder here than many places up north, and here I am, an electronics technician who just finished a college course which half was paid by the company, and I'm shoveling snow. The measley 24 cent raise I got this year isn't worth it. I have arthritis in my knees, and I can barely walk right now. I'm stiff as hell, and people keep asking why I'm limping.
Sorry, just had to rant.
Lots of people lost their electricity - which is the bad thing. Everybody with a snowmobile was out helping neighbors. It took 4 days to dig the roads out with front-end loaders and dump trucks! Don't really need to see that again! .....But then our summers are typically hot and humid. So name your poison! 
It's cold here now - 15[f] for the high - 3 tonite. The whole northern half of the US, too. I agree with all the old farts(sorry!)- bundle-up! Layers! Extra socks & long underwear! A big fuzzy hat! I'm fartin' dust myself, and really get it in the neck, back and shoulders to shovel. But I do it when it needs done, like around the mail box after the snow plow goes thru. A couple of years ago I permanently damaged my elbow by shoveling a path to the wood pile - like tennis elbow but not as much fun. So I'm not as enthusiastic as I once was, and I listen better to my body parts when they scream,"Stop!" And I take it slower - shuffling along like all wise ol' farts should learn to do! 