Frostbitten and Frozen

I learned a few new things about Madison this week:

• Thundersnow: When a big snowstorm hits, sometimes you hear thunder and see lightening. Apparently that's what the term means
• Bitter Cold vs. Regular Cold: Bitter cold is actually a scientific term used by meteorologists in Madison for really F*CKING cold. Brutal cold is also used synonymously.
• Never complain about the cold to someone from Minnesota. That just goes without saying.
• You can get frostbite from just standing outside for 20 minutes. Think about that as you're waiting for the bus.
• Colorado ain't got nothin' on us. I laugh at your meagre five inches. Ha!
• You can have a blizzard in Madison while you have a tornado and 60 degree weather in Chicago. We're only 2 hours away. . . That's almost like Colorado weather.
• Grad students don't get breaks. There were safety concerns for undergrads, so classes were cancelled for them. Did any of my classes get cancelled? Yeah. Right.
  

All the cold does is make us stronger (unless it kills us, of course).