Across America’s Midwest, it’s absolutely bloody freezing.

That’s not hyperbolic, either – yesterday, some parts of the Midwest were forecast to drop to -60 Fahrenheit, which is a nipple-sharpening -51C.

Yes, minus 51 degrees Celsius.

Schools have had to close, and people have been advised to stay in their homes, which usually leads to some odd videos popping up on social media.

Wondering what happens when you throw actual boiling water into the air in subzero temperatures like that?

Wonder no more:

Throwing a cup of boiling water in the air, when it’s minus 27 degrees (celsius). #chicago #PolarVortex2019 pic.twitter.com/fgRZHnwVvo

— Adam Roberts (@ARobertsjourno) January 30, 2019

Instant snow.

Another video:

How a science teacher passes the time in a snow day. AccuWeather records current air temp at -21°F and wind-chill at -46°F If you do this, make sure you toss it so that the wrong doesn’t blow the boiling water back into you. pic.twitter.com/06M61HEa9l

— Kathy Peake Morton (@kathyamorton) January 30, 2019

Third time’s a charm:

At -29 it’s officially cold enough to turn boiling water into snow! pic.twitter.com/FkGb3MmQoj

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) January 29, 2019

Let’s finish with a slow-mo:

Water challenge here in Indy, this is what happens when you throw boiling water in the air…slow mo! @SeanWTHR pic.twitter.com/1RKDcIFHVp

— Bradley Smith (@bway79) January 30, 2019

Unfortunately, not everyone is enjoying a day off work and school, with at least 12 deaths attributed to the freeze thus far.

Enter America’s imbecile-in-chief, and his usual ‘it’s so cold so that means global warming is a hoax’ spiel.

Or in this case, global ‘waming’:

We should also mention this peach of a tweet, knocking his own intelligence agencies who called him out on his bullshit.

There their, Donald:

He sure does know the best words.

[source:mashable]