Slowly raise my hand in the air.

"No way, your are not going anywhere!" Dad said

"Dad! i am presumably the only one here with the stamina needed for that trip!" i yelled at him.

"If anything, Martin should actually be the one to tag along with me!"

"Shes right dad" Martin agreed

Eventually dad agreed too.

Martin and i took all the clothing in the house to wear so we wouldn't freeze (we hoped).

We said our farewells as we went out into the snow...

(For effect turn off the heat in your house at this point)

It was not as cold as we thought, still below at least -10C But were sheltered by the tall apartments and we had yet to go out into the wind.

The compartment on the other side had huge piles of snow thrown against its side, trapping those inside (Their door was facing (N)orth).

Luckily for us our complex was L shaped.