DAYTON -- Frigid temperatures are settling into the Miami Valley.
Thermometers across the region were in the single digits Tuesday morning.
And for one woman, it was dangerous.
911 Caller: "I have a lady that just walked in the front door that is crying and says that she's been walking and is frozen."
The call came in from an auto sales business on North Dixie Drive around 10:15 Tuesday morning.
911 Caller: "Her hands are real white." 911 Dispatcher: "Her hands are real white?"
911 Caller: "Her forehead is real white and her cheeks are real red."
We spoke with Lt. Michael Muhl from the Huber Heights Fire Department and discovered the effects from extremely cold temperatures can take just a matter of minutes.
"You're gonna become numb first in the fingertips and the toes because the blood will be shunted in the body away from the extremities and to vital organs," said Lt. Michael Muhl, Huber Heights Fire Department.
"Just being in a freezer, being in a freezer for hours and hours and hours," Quentin Jackson.
For Jackson, who stands outside outside for his job, layers are the key.
"I got on three pair of gloves," said Jackson, "I got on this coat, actually another coat up under here, a hoodie I have on two pair of jeans, sweatpants, long johns, two pair of socks, a hat, just gotta stay warm."
And when the thermometer reads 14-degrees, you need to be prepared, even if its just a simple trip to the store.
"Blankets, spare clothes, gloves, hats, even some food items that you can have so even if your are stranded for an extended period of time you have the things you need to stay warm," said Lt. Muhl.
Thermometers across the region were in the single digits Tuesday morning.
And for one woman, it was dangerous.
911 Caller: "I have a lady that just walked in the front door that is crying and says that she's been walking and is frozen."
The call came in from an auto sales business on North Dixie Drive around 10:15 Tuesday morning.
911 Caller: "Her hands are real white." 911 Dispatcher: "Her hands are real white?"
911 Caller: "Her forehead is real white and her cheeks are real red."
We spoke with Lt. Michael Muhl from the Huber Heights Fire Department and discovered the effects from extremely cold temperatures can take just a matter of minutes.
"You're gonna become numb first in the fingertips and the toes because the blood will be shunted in the body away from the extremities and to vital organs," said Lt. Michael Muhl, Huber Heights Fire Department.
"Just being in a freezer, being in a freezer for hours and hours and hours," Quentin Jackson.
For Jackson, who stands outside outside for his job, layers are the key.
"I got on three pair of gloves," said Jackson, "I got on this coat, actually another coat up under here, a hoodie I have on two pair of jeans, sweatpants, long johns, two pair of socks, a hat, just gotta stay warm."
And when the thermometer reads 14-degrees, you need to be prepared, even if its just a simple trip to the store.
"Blankets, spare clothes, gloves, hats, even some food items that you can have so even if your are stranded for an extended period of time you have the things you need to stay warm," said Lt. Muhl.
