We would be paralyzed, here. Everything shuts down for some ice on the road and frost on the ground...
I drive for a living. When it’s this cold, they can put NOTHING on the streets that melts the ice. The tires of vehicles tend to ‘polish’ the ice on the streets making them quite treacherous. The city puts pea stone and sand on the streets to afford SOME traction. As it will be getting warmer this week, they’ll switch to ‘pickle’, a mix of salt and sand.
This was a good week to take as vacation time, to avoid driving on nasty streets. Unfortunately, I’m back to work on Boxing Day (December 26), not that I ever go to Boxing Day sales. (When I was a kid, Boxing Day in Canaduh, was like your ‘Black Friday’, in regards to sales.)