Overview
- Jennifer McDermed shared images and video of spaghetti and a fork frozen mid-air after Minneapolis hit minus 21°F with a wind chill near minus 45°F.
- The clip drew nearly 8 million views on X, turning the simple experiment into a widely shared snapshot of the cold.
- Meteorologists warn that wind chills in parts of Minnesota could plunge toward minus 55°F as the Arctic outbreak persists through the weekend.
- News Channel 3 reported a Michigan woman, Rachel Whipple, replicated the trick, with the pasta freezing solid in about 20 minutes.
- Winter Storm Fern is expected to bring heavy snow and dangerous cold to large regions, with reports of emergency declarations in at least 22 states along with thousands of flight cancellations and hundreds of thousands without power.