Weather its Right or Weather its Wrong

Tonight (Jan. 10th, 2012) the temperature is -33C with wind gusts up to 70km, making the wind chill -52 or lower. So lets face it, in this case the weather is definitely wrong!!! This is what we get dressed up in to go outside when its this cold!!

So, what I have on is: Sorel Boats, heavy socks, lined jeans, tee-shirt, sweeter, Canada Goose down filled coat, balaclava, toque, goggles and heavy gloves. The funny thing is that the dogs and I are only out for 3 minutes at the most.

Last night we got home after work and could not get into our house. The door was frozen shut! I'm not talking about the dead bolt or the door handle, I'm referring to the door itself! After analysis the situation, we realized the bottom of the door was frozen to the sill. It took a number of well placed forceful blows with the bottom of my right boot to finally open the door. It took us 10 - 15 minutes to get inside. We were getting concerned that we were going to need to break down the door somehow. Of course we have another door on the other side of the house, however it has been frozen shut for a month and because it is in an unheated porch, there is about a 1/4 inch of frost on it. We didn't think much of it until we couldn't get into our regular door, now we think it might be a bit of a safety hazard.

Frost on the door handle

Snow at the bottom of the door and frost on the door

Anyway, we did get in. The dogs got to go out to "do their business" quickly and all ended up good. It is freaken cold though!!