CAMDEN – Baby it’s cold outside! Single digits, then zero and now we are in the minus column. And with the wind chill, uhhhh, we don't even like thinking about it. Temperatures are forecast to remain this way until next Wednesday when the mercury will inch up to 20 degrees. We pray for that heat wave to get here sooner then later.

We braved the cold to ask people on the street how they were coping with the cold. Layers was the overwhelming answer. Layers of clothing and keep moving. I'm in agreement with that, but a good hat and gloves are just as important.

Does the cold snap mean global warming is out the window? According to the website "What's up with that," this week's cold snap has brought record-low temperatures, freezing rain and heavy snow to much of the United States. But 2017 is still on track to be the second, or third, hottest year ever recorded globally — and scientists say climate change is to blame.

Even this week's cold weather is probably being caused at least in part by global warming, said Jonathan Overpeck, a climate scientist at the University of Michigan.

Overpeck said the Arctic is warming much faster than most of the planet, leading to a dramatic decline in the amount of sea ice that covers the region each winter. That loss of ice has allowed more heat to transfer from the ocean to the atmosphere, causing a weakening of the polar vortex winds over the Arctic. Those winds usually "insulate the rest of the Northern Hemisphere" from freezing Arctic temperatures, Overpeck said. But as the winds have weakened, it's gotten easier for freezing Arctic air to swoop further south.

They even go on to explain that cold snaps could cause a short term ice age. Yikes! No matter what happens to the weather, the climate explainers shamelessly cobble together an explanation which blames bad weather on your sinful lifestyle.

Button up to stay warm. There is truth in layers of clothes. Know the signs of frostbite. Limit your time outside and remember your pets. They are just as sensitive to the cold as you are.