So apparently, the U.S. is currently facing a “polar vortex”, plunging much of the country into the lowest temperatures in 20 years.

But instead of hiding indoors and waiting for it to blow over, some folks have decided to see just how cold it really is by tossing boiling water outdoors... and ultimately hurting themselves in the process.







As a result, social network sites have apparently been flooded with reports of people are actually scalding themselves with hot water just to "make it snow".



Perhaps next time these folks should just leave this kind of stuff to the professionals.