50 Insane Photos From The Polar Vortex That Will Give You Shivers

With the polar vortex ravaging the Midwestern U.S., people are being warned to stay inside and not go out into the freezing cold. And while some people decided to cozily read a book by the fireplace until the cold wave passes, others saw it as an opportunity to go outside and capture all the weird and incredible things caused by this rare weather event.

#1 How Cold Is It In The Midwest? Bubbles Are Freezing

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#2 My Brother Was On One Of The Few Flights Into Chicago This Morning. He Took This Photo Of Frozen Lake Michigan From The Plane

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#3 After Two Days Of Freezing Rain, This Mold Came Out

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#4 Meanwhile In Minnesota. The Tank Exploded

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#5 My Sister Opened Her Car Door In Chicago

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#6 A Firefighter After Working In The -40° Polar Vortex

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#7 Trying To Make The Most Of This -40 F Weather

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#8 Lunch In Chicago Today. I Like Mine Al Dente

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#9 My God. We’ve Reached The Day After Tomorrow

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#10 “Is Iowa Really That Cold?”

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#11 Current Level Of Snow In Madison: One Whole Mingo

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#12 Pray For The Homeless During This Time! Give To Your Local Shelters. Most Are At Full Capacity

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#13 It’s So Cold In Chicago They Set Commuter Train Tracks On Fire To Warm Them

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#14 It’s So Cold In Iowa That We Froze Antifreeze

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#15 Eye Lashes On Fleek! Is That A Thing? Is This The New Winter Running Fashion Statement?

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#16 What Happens When You Blow Bubbles In A Freezing Weather

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#17 Meanwhile In Wisconsin

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#18 Freezing Our Pants Off In Minnesota

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#19 When These Are The Inside Doors… You Know We Are Polar Vortexing

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#20 Landlord Decided To Turn Down The Heat Today In My MN Apartment As It Reached -40°

The idiot must have forgotten he pays my electric and doesn’t realize that I value my comfort over safety or energy conservation.

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#21 Cadillac Michigan The Light Poles Are Shivering. Science Mannn

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#22 Going To Daycare When It’s -30 Outside

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#23 Frozen Chicken Eggs

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#24 You Know It’s Cold When The Toilet Paper Is Frozen In The Outhouse

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#25 The Detroit River, Frozen All The Way To Canada

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#26 We Had A House Fire South Of Cameron Today. Our Chief Mitch Hansen Thought It Was A Splash Park

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#27 Got So Cold Last Night That Our Vodka Froze! For Reference The Freezing Point For Vodka Is -16

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#28 Letting My Car Heat Up During The Polar Vortex

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#29 Minnesota’s Officers

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#30 House Is Freezing From The Inside During The Coldest Day In A Decade

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#31 The Beauty The Cold Brings To South Dakota

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#32 This Flash-Frozen Fire Hydrant

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#33 This Door At Work In Minnesota

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#34 A Sheet Of Ice Formed Between The Glass Panes Of This Door

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#35 Polar Vortex Lesson: Don’t Try To Hang Dry Your Clothes Outside

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#36 Polar Vortex (Temp. 16 F /-9 C)

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#37 My Parents Sent Me This Pic Of Our Peephole (From The Indoor Side)

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#38 My Neighbor’s Furnace Exhaust Is Creating An Interesting Icicle

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#39 One Cold Rowdy Dog On The Bulkhead. Still Looking For Leftover Canteen Snacks

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#40 I Just Wanted To See How Long It Would Take For An Egg To Freeze Outside And Also What Would Become Of My Egg

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#41 Cold Spell

Yes, that is ice on the inside of our house. It’s not the first time that ice has formed around our door. We’ve talked to our landlord and hope to get a new door and door frame in spring when we don’t have to worry about getting frostbite about people outside for five minutes. It would really help with our utility bill as well.

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#42 Ice Is Freezing As Soon As It Comes Out Of Our Faucet Because It’s So Cold

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#43 It Was So Cold In Chicago That The Paint Came Off My Car

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#44 “No, Believe Me, ‘Tis Very Cold; The Wind Is Northerly”

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#45 This Is My Buddy Jesse At The Arrowhead 135 In Mn Yesterday. Day Time Temp Was -26 °F

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#46 My Wall Is Freezing In My Bedroom. There Are No Pipes Behind It. Chicago

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#47 In A Matter Of 2 Minutes Walking Across Campus, My Glasses Started To Frost/Ice Over

Everyone’s been talking about how cold Chicago is right now. The upper Midwest (I’m talking Fargo area) had windchills up to -60 below zero, ten degrees colder than Chicago. In a matter of 2 minutes walking across campus, my glasses started to frost/ice over.

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#48 It’s So Cold Here In Iowa That There Is Now Frost On The Inside Of My Door Hinges

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#49 So My Soap Is Frozen In My Shower

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#50 My Beard Froze While Waiting Bus. I Wish It Would Be Summer Already

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