While people for the most part have been staying off the roads, there is something else keeping paramedics very busy.
"Although our car crash volume has been significantly less, our hypothermia volume - people who are out too long in the cold and have a cold-related illness - obviously has dramatically increased," says Matt Zavadsky, MedStar spokesman. "We've had 11 hypothermia cases just in the last 36 hours."
With temperatures remaining at or below freezing for most of the day today into tomorrow morning, Zavadsky says you'll want to limit your outdoor activities.
"If you do need to go outside, do so for a very brief period of time," Zavadsky says. "Dress appropriately - layers of clothing, cover all of your skin so you don't get frostbite."
And, by all means, listen to your body.
"If you start to notice things like excessive shivering or, worse yet, if you stop shivering, if you start to have a little bit of confusion or you get drowsy or you with someone that has those symptoms or their speech starts to slur, it is time to go inside, get rewarmed and, if necessary, call 911," says Zavadsky.
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