Closures and cancellations for Friday, Feb. 13

If i had a dollar for everytime they closed school , because of the cold , when i was a kid , i would be broke....

Everyone always had it worse! "When I was a kid we used to walk uphill to school both ways and in the snow." Heck, when I was a kid we didn't even have schools..you had to find a smart person and follow them around!!

With all seriousness, the cold for tomorrow and into the weekend is fairly infrequent. Hasn't been this old in decades. In fact, the high on Sunday will be challenging an all-time low high temp for the day that was set in 1899. Wind chills of -30° F can be deadly. Go off the road somewhere and you're not prepared correctly and -30°F can kill you.

Be safe and warm this weekend, and check in on those who are less fortunate and the elderly. Things go bad in a hurry at these temps.

Signs and symptoms of frostbite include:
At first, cold skin and a prickling feeling
Numbness
Red, white, bluish-white or grayish-yellow skin
Hard or waxy-looking skin
Clumsiness due to joint and muscle stiffness
Blistering after rewarming, in severe cases
Frostbite is most common on the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin. Because of skin numbness, you may not realize you have frostbite until someone else points it out.
Frostbite occurs in several stages:
Frostnip. The first stage of frostbite is frostnip. With this mild form of frostbite, your skin pales or turns red and feels very cold. Continued exposure leads to prickling and numbness in the affected area. As your skin warms, you may feel pain and tingling. Frostnip doesn't permanently damage the skin.
Superficial frostbite. The second stage of frostbite appears as reddened skin that turns white or pale. The skin may remain soft, but some ice crystals may form in the tissue. Your skin may begin to feel warm — a sign of serious skin involvement. If you treat frostbite with rewarming at this stage, the surface of your skin may appear mottled, blue or purple. And you may notice stinging, burning and swelling. A fluid-filled blister may appear 24 to 36 hours after rewarming the skin.
Severe (deep) frostbite. As frostbite progresses, it affects all layers of the skin, including the tissues that lie below. You may experience numbness, losing all sensation of cold, pain or discomfort in the affected area. Joints or muscles may no longer work. Large blisters form 24 to 48 hours after rewarming. Afterward, the area turns black and hard as the tissue dies.
When to see a doctor
Seek medical attention for frostbite if you experience:
Signs and symptoms of superficial or deep frostbite — such as white or pale skin, numbness, or blisters
Increased pain, swelling, redness or discharge in the area that was frostbitten
Fever
New, unexplained symptoms
Get emergency medical help if you suspect hypothermia, a condition in which your body loses heat faster than it can be produced. Signs and symptoms of hypothermia include:
Intense shivering
Slurred speech
Drowsiness and loss of coordination

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