We all know the type. Certain people treat every conversation about bad or extreme weather like it's some kind of contest. Maybe their hometown is snowier than yours. Maybe they've lived through more blizzards. In any case, these charming folks can't resist a little meteorological one-upmanship.
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Shallow depressions in a high-elevation part of the East Antarctic Plateau have the capacity to become the coldest places on the face of the Earth during their polar winter. Eli Duke/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
We all know the type. Certain people treat every conversation about bad or extreme weather like it's some kind of contest. Maybe their hometown is snowier than yours. Maybe they've lived through more blizzards. In any case, these charming folks can't resist a little meteorological one-upmanship.