Posted on 01/27/2019 8:30:00 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A surge of arctic air is about to bring parts of the Midwest the coldest temperatures in years by the middle of this week, as part of the polar vortex is set to blast the region with dangerously cold temperatures.
The National Weather Service said in its forecast discussion that a "potentially record breaking push" of Arctic air will inundate the Northern Plains and Great Lakes by Wednesday, bringing wind chills as low as -40 degrees in many locations.
"There's no mild way of saying it. Brutal cold is coming," the NWS' Chicago office said on Twitter.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Everybody knows that hot weather is climate, but cold weather is just weather.
How will people in the Midwest and Northeast heat their homes?
At +70 - Texans turn on the heat and unpack the thermal underwear.
People in Michigan go swimming in the Lakes.
At +60 - North Carolinians start turning on the heat.
People in Michigan plant gardens.
At +50 - Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Michigan sunbathe.
At +40 - Italian and English cars won’t start.
People in Michigan drive with the windows down.
At +30 - Distilled water freezes.
Lake Superior’s water gets thicker.
At +20 - Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, and woolly hats.
People in Michigan throw on a flannel shirt.
At +15 - Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Michigan have the last cookout before it gets cold.
At 0 - People in Miami begin freezing to death...
Michiganders lick the flagpole.
At -20 - Californians evacuate to Mexico.
People in Michigan get out their winter coats.
At -40 - Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Michigan are selling cookies door to door.
At -60 - Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic.
Michigan Boy Scouts postpone “Winter Survival” classes until it gets cold enough.
At -80 - Mt. St. Helens freezes.
People in Michigan rent some videos.
At -100 - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Michiganders get frustrated because they can’t thaw the keg.
At -297 - Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products.
Cows in Michigan complain about farmers with cold hands.
At -459.69 - ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero in the Kelvin scale).
People in Michigan start saying, “Cold ‘nuff for ya?”
At -500 - Hell freezes over.
The Lions win the Super Bowl!
WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! (but not from global warming...)
Greetings from $hitcagoland, current temperature +4 fahrenheit. When it’s this cold, the democrats have to keep their hands in their own pockets instead of rifling through yours.....
LOL. Yes you would swear that these conditions never happened before, from the reactions. Yes these are dangerous conditions, but hardly unprecedented.
Wiki has separate entries for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_Blizzard_of_1978
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1978
Outstanding ! !
We deal with this almost every year. It is really no big deal for us in the upper Midwest. The police will arrest all the homeless people and put them in protective custody and schools will close.
At -40 - Confusion sets in. Unsure if the temp is C or F.
Heh heh, us Lions fans need all the laughs we can get.
Yes I think you are right. Nowadays such conditions would be considered too dangerous to play in.
Interestingly, -40 C = -40 F.
LOL! Aint that the size of it?
Down here, it snows 2 inches and they about have a fit.
Up round Munising where I used to live, it snowed 18 plus inches and we would snarl. Schools stayed open, school buses ran et al. 18 plus inches and we wouldnt even bat an eye.
“Whatcha gonna do tomorrow?” “Plow snow, then come home from work and plow snow, then maybe shovel the roof off.” “In between haul firewood in.”
Eff that place...
I am so stealing this! (Funny, but with the added advantage of being pretty accurate.)
Dog gone it!
If President Trump didn’t pull out of the Paris Accord, none of this would have happened.
Watched footage from that game; there was one whistle blown in it. After the first whistle, after which the ref lost some skin removing the whistle from his lips, they weren’t used anymore. Guess they shouted instead...
Because global warming this is not.
Where's Al Bore when we need a little of his global warming?
In hiding inside as usual when the weather outside is not going his way.
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