What the rest of the country thinks of Floridians during winter
Posted on 01/17/2025 9:37:43 PM PST by Morgana
Dozens of US states will endure the lowest temperatures they have felt in years as a polar vortex brings 'life-threatening' cold next week
The National Weather Service (NWS) said that much of the Lower 48 should brace for 'the coldest air-mass of the season to date' from Friday to January 24.
Meteorologists predict temperatures could plunge up to 45 degrees below average, engulfing at least 20 states across the Plains, the Great Lakes and the interior Northeast in below-zero temperatures.
States in the polar vortex path include Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming.
Parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Utah and Idaho could also experience below-zero temperatures.
Washington DC is set to see highs only in the 20s, moving President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration indoors. The first time this has happened in 40 years.
Wind gusts of up to 30 miles per hour will blast through the layers of the hundreds of thousands of MAGA enthusiasts expected to fill the national mall Monday.
'This poses a great risk of hypothermia and frostbite to exposed skin. Have a cold weather survival kit if traveling,' the NWS warned.
The temperatures will also likely freeze and burst pipes and significantly strain power grids as people scramble to heat their homes.
Snow and slippery roads are also set to hit the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Sunday, with a wintery mix potentially in the Deep South early next week.
All states in the Lower 48, and more than 80 percent of its residents, will see below-freezing temperatures.
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Now we get Siberian air but we don’t have the Vodka to match.
Hang in there. Spring is coming. It’s called Climate Change.
I do hope everybody will be ok.
It will be tough trudging through the snow uphill and both ways.
Thank goodness I am in Florida.
I consider winter in my region to be from October 15 to March 15. As of tomorrow, 5/8 of winter will be over.
Buuuuuuuut, what about global warming? Since ‘21 the winters around here have been lousy cold. Not too long like that which is typical for our area but dang miserable compared to others of recent times. No need to estimate or opinionate it though, the truth is in the numbers.
Oh noes.
It’s cold in winter.
I wanted to go where there are seasons to retire. Well, I got them so I stew in my own broth sometimes.
I think Washington state has the best climate in the country, overall. I don’t hate winter, but two weeks of real winter weather would be nice.
“Thank goodness I am in Florida.”
Ah, so that’s what TGIF means.
Warning! Warning! Will Robinson
It becomes hot in the summer, and cold in the winter!
Holy Guacamole!
Survival skills for cold weather.
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) says to James Bond (Roger Moore) “When necessary, shared - bodily - warmth”.
Bond responds, “That’s the part I like” and then kisses and embraces her.
Send some of that to Cali.
Holy Crap!
15 degrees in the Atlanta area Sunday night...
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It’s the end of the world as we know it,
but I feel fine.
What do we get?
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