There was a kid during the blizzard of '78 who got lost outside and they found him by the mailbox of the house frozen to death. Not even a kid I knew but it was in the paper and my irrational fear was that would happen to me. My mom helpfully pointed out that I was not usually outside in blizzards alone but it did not help.
or the time a mouse frozeto death in my back yard and then after a thaw I stepped on it barefoot