How Bad Is It Out There, Really?

To quote Dickens:
"It (is) the best of times, it (is) the worst of times, it (is) the age of wisdom, it (is) the age of foolishness, it (is) the epoch of belief, it (is) the epoch of incredulity, it (is) the season of Light, it (is) the season of Darkness, it (is) the spring of hope, it (is) the winter of despair...."

.....it is the time of the coldest global warming period man has ever seen.... Damn it is cold out thar!