I think it's just so cold we don't have the proper items to deal with it or the knowledge to realize how severe the symptoms are.
On one of the days we had snow my mom went out to shovel a bit, she was wearing waterproof insulated gloves and had to come in after 5 minutes because the cold was hurting her hands so badly. If she had pressed on she may have ended up with frostbite. None of us made the connection that it may be something serious. |