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Cold Weather Continues To Drastically Affect People

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- It feels bone-chilling cold out there for the second night in a row.

Christie Ileto has more on the dangers of this extreme weather.

Frank Jones is so bundled up you can only see his eyes. He's a city worker removing the last of the Christmas lights on Pratt Street.

"It's real, real bad right now. My hands were so frozen, I had to thaw them back out before I could get back up and get this other one," said Jones.

Bitter bites of cold are the new normal across Maryland.

"Just going outside when it's absolutely, positively necessary. That's it," said Derrick King.

The polar plunge forced pipes to burst in East Baltimore and crippled commutes for drivers.

As for public transit, MTA says crews work around the clock to keep overhead cables from freezing by using a device that scrapes away forming ice.

Metro commuters in Rockville were stuck waiting for delayed trains as single digit temperatures cracked the rails.

Emergency rooms are on standby, with doctors warning frostbite can happen within minutes.

"When you start to lose sensation in your hands and feet, that's a warning sign and it's time to get inside," said Dr. Stephen Schenkel, Mercy Hospital.

For now, the worst is over—until the next bitter blast of cold.

People should limit their pets time spent outdoors. Most animals can't handle this kind of weather, which is why the Maryland Zoo will be closed to the public on Friday, Jan. 9.

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