Europe in a deep freeze

When my sister tells me that it's very cold in Athens, I laugh. I laugh at the absurd notion that minus 10 celcius is very cold, when my sister knows very well, having lived in good ol' Québec, the true meaning of cold. Minus 30 without windchill, that's very cold. So she better stop her whimpering and complaining about how the cold over there seeps into your bones and how you can really feel it. Sis, I love ya to bits, but minus 10 isn't even in the same ball park as very cold. It's peering out of a window while very cold is ice fishing in the tundra. I even have a friend in Minnesota who can attest to my theory.

However, Europe is indeed going through a cold snap and this gas controversy isn't helping things at all.