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Ma just called. It's past noon back home, but I guess she doesn't realize it's about 1:30 in the morning here. Sassafrassa...
She called to say we should postpone our delayed visit yet again as Winter Storm Ion is gonna be bringing extremely cold (dangerously cold, in fact) arctic air to most of the U.S. Northwest for the coming week.
Ma says the East Coast will not be too affected yet but it's best to stay put here in Manila.
So. Trip postponed. Again. *sigh*
Anyway, Dad said that, at the height of the thing, people in the northwest won't be able to stay outside longer than fifteen seconds without risking frostbite. Yeesh! Supposed to be the coldest in twenty years!
So, you guys be careful next week, keep warm, try and stay indoors, and keep emergency kits on hand.
The geek in me likes to hear terms like "Polar Vortex" or storms named "Ion" (imagine, there's an actual Ion Storm, heehee), and the girl in me would like to get a chance to wear some of her cute winter outfits, but I can do without if we can get good weather instead.
Be safe, everyone!
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I personally think those
I personally think those idiots at the Weather Channel should be shot somewhere painful.
They have gotten in this habit of 'naming' storms that are no different from any other storms. The only reason they name tropical cyclones is that they are distinct weather formations that can come in groups - when they break up into storm fronts, they lose their names :)
Hope things are still going well for you, and that you don't end up visiting when you freeze your tuchus off.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
I've personally taken to
I've personally taken to naming a storm every time it starts to rain on me.
"Damn it! Thunderstorm Frank is raining on my truck! and I just had it washed!"
"Oh on! Betty is drizzling! Our picnic is ruined! :P
Thanks Bobbi!
Yes, it's bone chilling cold here in the Northeast now. I was clearing sidewalks last night at 2am and it was minus 9 F ! They say we're possibly getting a January thaw toward the end of the month (if you can actually believe a "Weather person". (LOL!) Loving Hugs Talia
Not true about frostbite.
If you go outside naked when it is -35C you will get frostbite in maybe an hour if you had good meal.
In Russia it is quite common thing when people go skinni dipping when it is like -30 to -35C.
You know, people do live in Yakutia where it is quite common to have -45C and below. Yes, if you turn off your car engine, only way to restart it is to get it into the heated garage. But people survive and are quite active.
Coldest I felt in my life was with... +12C ambient temperature. No risk of frostbite, but I was warmer when I was out in-42C cold weather.
Frostnip
Most I have had was some damage to my cheek, but that was at around 12,000 feet* at -22F/-30C, in a sixty knot wind. And it took a couple of hours at least.
*shoulder of the Matterhorn
Dangerously cold in the U.S. Northwest????
You wrote, "bringing extremely cold (dangerously cold, in fact) arctic air to most of the U.S. Northwest for the coming week." What??? Where???
I live in the Portland Oregon metro area. Just about as Northwest as you can get, with out going to Alaska... well OK, Washington is more Northwest as well. I've heard nothing about cold weather here. Well, not the extremely cold weather you're talking about.
Just what states are affected?
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
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Ooops!
I meant that the the dangerous arctic air is coming from the northwest.
Sorry 'bout that...
http://www.weather.com/video/coldest-air-in-20-years-42959?
http://www.weather.com/video/winter-storm-ion-brings-more-sn...
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It is a tad chilly here in Winnipeg this morning
The official Environment Canada weather is -36 C with wind-chill counting as -50 C. (-50 C = -58 F)(Oh, just in case anyone here missed the little signs in front of those numbers, like a certain person in Manila does, those are MINUS temperatures.) I think I may just stay inside today.
with love,
Hope
Once in a while I bare my soul, more often my soles bear me.
Can we borrow Winnipeg's weather this afternoon for Green Bay WI
It's expected to be -5F at the start of the Packers/49'ers NFL playoff game.
If they were to reschedule to Monday it will be colder than the famous Ice Bowl game against Dallas where it started out at 13 below zero.
In a few days we will be back to 30 degrees above zero F.
Typical Midwestern winter weather.
Heck I changed my oil the weekend before Christmas and it was 42 degrees F above zero at the time.
John in Wauwatosa where it is somewhat warmer than inland Wisconsin due to Lake Michigan being just 6 miles to the east.
John in Wauwatosa