Robin Oviatt lives in a tent encased in tarps and warmed with a propane space heater in Augusta within sight of the State House dome. Oviatt, seen Monday as temperatures were in the teens, plans to let other people stay in her home during the subzero temperatures forecasted for Tuesday, while she plans to stay at a friend's apartment.

Robin Oviatt checks the propane that heats the tent encased in tarps where she lives in Augusta within sight of the State House dome. Oviatt plans to let other people stay in her home when a subzero cold front arrives this week while she stays at a friend’s apartment.

Sledders Jaxon Arsenault, right, and sister Taylor, 5, struggle to gain traction while climbing their icy and snow-packed driveway at their home in China on Monday. They got in some sledding before the arrival of an arctic blast that's forecast to bring below-zero temperatures.

The Arsenault family, from left, Aubrey, 10, sister Taylor, 5, brother Jaxon, 8, and dad Steve sled and snowmobile on the hill that overlooks their home in China on Monday.

Steve Arsenault drives a snowmobile while riding with daughters Aubrey, 10, left, and Taylor, 5, on the hillside that overlooks their home in China on Monday. The family used inner tubes to slide on the hill and on the driveway of their home, all before the arrival of an arctic blast that's forecast to bring below-zero temperatures.

Aubrey Arsenault, 10, uses an inner tube to sled down the ice-covered driveway at her home in China on Monday.

Taylor Arsenault, 5, braces against the cold while sledding with her family at their home in China on Monday.