I don't think I have ever experienced -30C. The southern coast of England has a mild climate and turns us southerners into softies.
I thought it was bad here, last night, but footage of the West Country (Porthleven in Cornwall) on TV has shown the gales to be horrendous, creating a vortex in harbours and destroying railway lines, roads, boats, homes, etc.
The problem is the government have made out flooding conditions to be a freak of nature, when the truth is they have not been funding the Environment Agency to dredge rivers. Same applies to coastal defences. Also, privatised water companies have been pocketing the profits instead of clearing the drains.