Community Corner
Flash Freeze: How Cold Was it Monday Afternoon?
Always up for an adventure, Patch Editor Ron Kremer puts on a cap and a heavy coat and heads outside to make like a mad scientist in a winter weather experiment.
How fast can you turn a cup of boiling water into a mini-neighborhood snowstorm?
Faster than I can type this next sentence, trust me.
I boiled a cup of water—being the mad scientist that am I—and stepped outside on Monday afternoon into the Frozen Tundra that has taken up residence in the Chicago metro area. Then, I threw the water into air chilled by Mother Nature to minus-13 degrees and watched with child-like wonderment to see what would happen next.
Cue up the vocals: And hum a few bars yourself, "Let it snow, let it snow ..."
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