Posted on 02/14/2025 11:55:20 PM PST by Morgana
America is bracing for a brutal Arctic blast as a massive polar vortex smashes the country bringing deep freeze and catastrophic winter storms.
Meteorologists are warning this will be the most punishing Arctic invasion yet, cementing this period as one of relentless, record-breaking cold.
Frigid forces in the Arctic are converging, pushing what should be confined to the North Pole deep into the US, several meteorologists tell The Associated Press.
This will be the 10th time this winter the polar vortex - which keeps the coldest air at the top of the world - stretches like a rubber band to send it south, said Judah Cohen, forecast director at the private firm Atmospheric and Environmental Research.
In a normal winter, it happens maybe two or three times.
This winter, with record snow in New Orleans and drought and destructive wildfires in Southern California, has not been normal.
The latest projected cold outbreak should first hit the northern Rockies and northern Plains Saturday and then stick around all next week. The cold will likely concentrate east of the Rockies with only the far American west and central and southern Florida exempted, meteorologists said.
On Tuesday, expect the Lower 48 states to have an average low of 16.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 8.6 Celsius), and then plunge to 14 degrees (minus 10 Celsius) on Wednesday, calculated private meteorologist Ryan Maue, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist.
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That’s some headline. Subscriptions must be down.
“I’m in Bangkok and it’s 90 degrees, people are friendly, a gourmet meal is $5, and there’s no woke crap here unless it’s some western business pushing that crap.”
Yep, none of that transgender crap in Thailand.
Relax it’s just a Winter Storm
Global Vortex, Atmospheric Rivers all make Climate Chanage sound real when it is a fraud invented by Al Gore.
Did I miss the name of the latest threat to ‘humankind”? Should be in the “L’s” now. We just had a Sierra cement type storm here wit 10-20” at Tahoe lake level and west slopes in CA. Nope! Few to 6” or so over a two day winter storm warning notice. Hope y’all back east of the Rockies fare well.
DON’T SAY THAT WORD...IT’S TERRIFYING!!!! *aaagggghhhh*
No different than January and February of 1977. Just a new scary name “Polar Vortex” whereas it was a “Siberian Express” in 1977. 1977 was used as proof we were entering THE COMING ICE AGE! I caught a bad case of pneumonia that year.
I think they are saying it is going to get cold.
I’d go to Lowes, HD or Amazon and buy a new one and install it. That’s not hard to do, just a couple of wires. Take a picture of how the old one is wired with your phone and rewire the same way. Also check before removing the old one that the wires are attached matching color to matching color, i.e., black to black. If that doesn’t fix it, then it’s probably not the thermostat. It may be at the other end in the furnace itself, or if you have a heat pump have them check the setting on it. They are usually set to read outside temp and switch from heat pump to standard heat at a set temperature. Ours is set at 40 degrees. If you have a heat pump, try setting the thermostat on emergency heat. That takes the heat pump out of the equation and runs the unit like a straight up gas or electric furnace.
Hope some of this helps.
Why does the winter season freak out some people? Really...seasons occur one right after another each year. And, get this, they vary a little. SHOCKING!
One of the coldest in memories for me.
I don’t believe it. Snow is no longer a thing. Al Goracle told me in 2006.
Global Warming?
Good job!
I took my son to a driving class that included a soaped up skidpad, so you could learn how that worked. Do a panic stop, activate the ABS, because that’s disconcerting if you’ve never done it before. Drive the car off the edge of the road, then bring it back on, so you know how that feels. Etc.
I lived in Virginia for a year...two inches and no one was on the road. Next day...Headline....”7 sleds sold at Max’s Hardware”.
Wish I had those when I did ice fishing. Those bunsen-burner type propane heaters sucked. But then again, you REALLY didn’t want TOO much heat in one of those.
This is the portable heater that I’ve often used for emergency use... not that expensive and all one needs is a propane tank or two sitting around (or take one off the barbecue). I’ve bought a few of this type..... works well but I did run into a problem with my last one though... bought a new heater and a new propane tank for the cottage and I could not get the propane to flow.... I’m assuming that there is a pin that needs to be depressed when the heater is screwed on to the tank and somehow it just wasn’t engaging properly even though the heater seemed to thread on just fine. I never had that problem with any of the other ones I’ve purchased but I’d recommend testing it right in the parking lot so it can be returned if necessary...
And those JACKA$$€$ at lowes can go DIRECTLY TO
}{€££ !!! I spent $800+ on a Toro Electric Start, Variable Speed Drive, Bagger/Mulching Mower (no assembly required by customer.) and right out of the box the Electric Start didn't work and the 1st time it was used (after pull starting) one of the wheels fell off !!! Went back to them for a trade out or have them fix it and they wouldn't do anything because I couldn't find the receipt. I even gave them the date of purchase and they still didn't do a damned thing !!! I ended up taking it to the local Toro Dealer (they also Delivered it back to Me after fixing it.) and they took care of it for no charge because it was still under the factory warranty. lowes will NEVER GET ANOTHER PENNY FROM ME !!!
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Attention dp0622:
I’d go to Lowes, HD or Amazon and buy a new one and install it. That’s not hard to do, just a couple of wires. Take a picture of how the old one is wired with your phone and rewire the same way. Also check before removing the old one that the wires are attached matching color to matching color, i.e., black to black. If that doesn’t fix it, then it’s probably not the thermostat. It may be at the other end in the furnace itself, or if you have a heat pump have them check the setting on it. They are usually set to read outside temp and switch from heat pump to standard heat at a set temperature. Ours is set at 40 degrees. If you have a heat pump, try setting the thermostat on emergency heat. That takes the heat pump out of the equation and runs the unit like a straight up gas or electric furnace. Hope some of this helps
The day after tomorrow
It’s just too much “warming”!! /sarc
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