F*ing cold

The polar vortex has returned once more to menace the midwest and Michigan and Chicago in particular (it's as if it's targeting our family).  Temperatures with wind chills were supposed to be in the -40 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday and today.  Here are some visual indicators:

That last one is the washing-up liquid that went opaque overnight.

Plumes of powder-dry snow or hot exhaust suddenly becoming solid.

Yesterday I put a glass of water in Thomas's little blue annex, where he sleeps when he's home just to see what would happen.  Here's what happened.