Can We Talk About the Weather?

For millions of Americans, I buried the lede today. Because it’s cold. Really cold. How cold is it? It’s so cold that sharks are freezing. Canada is colder than Mars. Water freezes in midair. A zoo had to bring its penguins indoors. It’s snowing in Florida. It’s so cold that Steve Bannon’s multi-layered fashion style actually makes sense in much of the country. It’s so cold that Elsa from Frozen has admitted that the cold does occasionally bother her. So yeah, it’s cold.

+ AP: “The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories and freeze warnings Tuesday covering a vast area from South Texas to Canada and from Montana through New England.”

+ NPR: Here are your cold weather conversation starters for today.

+ Vox: The bomb cyclone isn’t a winter hurricane — just a bad storm with good branding.