There’s serious cold and snow over on the east coast, but at least it’s not as bad as Manitoba.

The Manitoba museum is reporting Winnipeg’s temperatures on Tuesday were actually as cold as the surface of Mars.

That is, -20.2 Fahrenheit.

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won...