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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
I blame global warming
2009-01-10
This is about as bad as it gets folks. I don't think I've seen anything like it since 1994. Sure its been very cold at times over the past 14 years, but the total area impacted by this cold wave will be huge. By next Thursday and Friday, extremely cold air will chill the entire area from the Great Plains to the Eastern Seaboard, and the cold is also going to reach the Deep South. Only the far West will be unscathed.

From the central Plains to the Northeast temperatures are going below zero; there is no question about it. Meanwhile, the Upper Midwest and northern New England could experience readings lower than 30 below zero!

One might have to go back to Jan. 1994 to find anything worse. In that bitter outbreak, temperatures went below zero from the central Plains to the East Coast. In New York there is a chance it will go below zero next Thursday or Friday night. The last time New York City experienced a below-zero temperature was Jan. 1994.

Did I mention there could be a snowstorm to boot? Yes, that very well could happen. Low pressure riding the leading edge of the bitter blast could put down a significant amount of snow starting in the Midwest Tuesday then reaching the East on Wednesday.
Posted by:Fred

#20  I lived in that crap for 30 years. Get out of there is my best advice for dealing with winter.
Posted by: Mike N.   2009-01-10 19:26  

#19  "For a minute there 3dc I thought you ment 6" of Irish Coffee."

He didn't, Deacon?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-01-10 19:26  

#18  ty, Pappy. People don't understand the hardships we undergo. *sob*
Posted by: Frank G   2009-01-10 19:16  

#17  as I told AP the other day - it's been cold here too. I have my long shorts on

And I've had to put on a long-sleeve tee under my hawaiian shirt.

The horror. The horror.
Posted by: Pappy   2009-01-10 19:07  

#16  For a minute there 3dc I thought you ment 6" of Irish Coffee.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2009-01-10 16:06  

#15  It's winter. It's cold. It's gonna snow.
Man up, boys and girls.
Posted by: tu3031   2009-01-10 15:34  

#14  The last nights we had -20°C or so... some areas in Germany had -30°C

Bring on Global Warming
Posted by: European Conservative   2009-01-10 15:33  

#13  Here in the central Virginia area it's supposed to be highs in the 40's (& maybe 50's a day or two) through next weekend. What got my attention during the weather forecast last night was the 12º for a low next weekend.

Yeah, I know you all in Alaska, the north, and the Great Plains are laughing at me, but 12 is pretty low for our area, even in the dead of winter. I don't think we're supposed to get any snow, though, which is good.

I'm definitely getting older - I don't look forward to 18" of snow bringing the area to a screeching halt winter like I used to. :-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-01-10 15:13  

#12  Here in Perth we keep cool by opening all the doors at night.
Posted by: phil_b   2009-01-10 14:54  

#11  as I told AP the other day - it's been cold here too. I have my long shorts on
Posted by: Frank G   2009-01-10 14:27  

#10  Our family visited the Fox Glacier in Jan 2005. Active moraines on both sides, active face in front, easy to get to. We kept our distance, but a number of people went up the moraines on the side, and even to the face. Playing the odds. The two chaps crushed in the ice fall played the odds and lost.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2009-01-10 14:01  

#9  Here in Anchorage, the temps have been sub zero for weeks. Anchorage -6F, Fairbanks -39F, Fort Yukon -42F. We are waiting for global warming....waiting....waiting......patiently....dammit!
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2009-01-10 12:55  

#8  Our community weekly describes the local head of Public Works very patiently trying to explain to hollering local citizens that no, there isn't any more road salt left to buy. You can't buy what isn't there, and apparently every community north of the 35th parallel has bought extra this year.
Posted by: mom   2009-01-10 10:04  

#7  Just shoveled half the drive (lengthwise) and it is still snowing.. Time for some Irish coffee. (about 6 inches so far - meaning 1 & 1/2 foot where the plow fills the drive)
Posted by: 3dc   2009-01-10 09:50  

#6  Well, from up here the weather report is 6 to 8 inches of snow once this wave finishes with us, but the temp is a balmy 19 degrees. The windchill does bring it down to single digits, though.

Just hopin' the snowblower works and we don't run out of half and half for the Tsar's coffee....it could get ugly if we do.
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-01-10 08:53  

#5  I knew it. The Goracle must be planning to attend the Obauguration.
Posted by: Seafarious   2009-01-10 03:04  

#4  Two Australians killed by advancing glacier. The steep overhanging terminus is characteristic of a rapidly advancing glacier. The Fox glacier has been advancing for close to 10 years.
Posted by: phil_b   2009-01-10 01:33  

#3  Global ???????


Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2009-01-10 01:20  

#2  
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2009-01-10 01:01  

#1  How Global Warming May Cause the Next Ice Age
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2009-01-10 00:58  

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