The new viral challenge that blocks your pants | Chronic

While some Americans are experiencing a historic wave of polar cold, others decide to put all their inventiveness to the weather and take advantage of the subzero temperatures that hit them.

Hundreds of users on social networks have joined the challenge of "frozen pants" under the hashtag "#FrozenPants" in which they seem stiff clothes because of the cold.

The challenge

The challenge is to wet the clothes with water and leave them in the open air until they harden. This initiative would be born in 2016, when the state of Minnesota reportedly recorded extremely low temperatures.

In the states of Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin, a state of emergency was declared January 30 and 31, reaching temperatures of -34 ° C which resulted in the suspension of clbades in schools and mailings, as well as the cancellation of 2,700 flights.

The National Weather Service warned that some places would experience more intense cold than in Antarctica, with temperatures up to -70 ° C due to wind.

The challenge