Friday began at a shocking minus 10 degrees with winds that made it feel some 20 degrees colder.
The wind howling at 45 mph is audible across Indianapolis over the rumbling of furnaces working hard to pump out warm air in subzero temperatures.
Since the storm arrived late Thursday, local officials warned Hoosiers to stay off icy roads and stay indoors to avoid hypothermia and frostbite. State police have responded to more than a hundred accidents and vehicles asking for help while thousands lost power at some point on the first day of the storm.
The cold front is reaching as far as the panhandle of Florida, which is experiencing below-freezing temperatures.The wind chill Indianapolis has seen the past two days is also very rare.
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