To Counter Your Global Warming Fears

For all of you that are worried about the imminent collapse of the ice shelves and destruction of the human planet by warming, rest assured, there are at least some places in this world, Bethel being one of them, that are experiencing record-breaking low temperatures (low of -32 today). I'm about at the end of my limit with over two weeks of temperatures like these.
The one thing I feel truely blessed about though is our nice warm house. Although our car won't start and it's too cold to send the boys outside to play, I am thankful that our pipes aren't freezing and our house is tight and warm. All over town, I hear tales of woe about frozen pipes. You see, when you sewer tank is located outside your house (most houses in Bethel don't have piped water/sewer) and your house is on stilts/has no basement (basements help keep ground floor pipes warm) freeze-ups in this type of weather are common. Per Kolin's school email, the sewer pipes at the high school are frozen and it is yet to be determined whether there will be school tomorrow on account of it, or when there will be school. If the sewer pipes do get thawed, school is still not a certainty. Wind chills are hovering around 44 below; if they get much colder, they won't run the school buses and this will also mean no school.
But there is some fun to be had in cold temperatures. Around zero degrees, extension cords keep their shape when moved. This is the cord that we use to plug in our car. These are not action shots.