ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gus Anthony, 3, and his father, Fritz Anthony, raise their arms as they sled downhill while sister Enna Anthony, 6, follows on a tethered saucer, Monday, Dec. 27, in a city park in Bellingham, Wash. Emergency warming shelters were opened throughout western Washington and Oregon as temperatures plunged into the teens and forecasters said an arctic blast would last for several days.