Although it is dangerous to be outdoors, people must use their cars. Otherwise the radiators will break down. Here's more news from Willi in icebound Finland. I would like to add two things related to this extreme cold. Yesterday Finland consumed more energy than we had EVER DONE before.
People talk much more, especially about the cold weather.
In the Finnish town of Pokka, where the temperature was minus 51C, even hardy sledge dogs were allowed to sleep inside. Power cuts left many homes without heat for up to five hours. Television reporters demonstrated how cold it was by throwing cups of warm water into the air where it became a cloud of ice crystals before reaching the ground. A plane bound for Oslo from Alta in the North was left frozen to the runway. Mobile telephone networks collapsed.