Yeah, when I was in grad school at U of T I used to swear at the cold in winter. My roommate had spent several years in Iqaluit and thought I was a terrible whiner :) She had a beautiful Inuit parka made of felt with fur on the inside of the hood and thought nothing of -30C temperatures, while I moaned and groaned, but of course was terribly ill prepared, coming from out here. I didn't even have a decent pair of gloves! Then, naturally, after several years there, and some years in China, where the winters were even worse, I came back here and thought everyone was making a terrible fuss about nothing.

Oh well - drink lots of water, stay out of the noonday sun :) We'll probably get acclimatized in a day or two. Let's hope!