US temperatures plummet as 'polar vortex' sets in

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Canadian winters are almost always subzero. Y'all have fun!
 
I live in the north. Subzero doesn't scare me at all...

Unless it's -62, then I still have nightmare about frostbite. Lol. Darn you Alaska winters!

But seriously. If you know how to winterize, it's not a problem.
 
But seriously. If you know how to winterize, it's not a problem.

But that's exactly the problem in a lot of places.

Around here, most folks' idea of "cold" is when it's below +60F. Tonight's forecast low temperature in Atlanta is +5F, and many of the suburbs will likely be in the minus range. To my knowledge, it will be the coldest it has been here since January of 1985. The record low for Atlanta on this date is -1F, set in 1884, and that too could be shattered tonight.

For a lot of people, this is unprecedented, and many were unprepared for cold of this significance.
 
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That's true. The cold is hitting a lot of areas that are totally unprepared. I give you that.

It's like watching southern Californians live where I live during the winter. It's scary quite frankly. They have no idea what to do in the snow and/or cold.
 
Lol Lived i Colorado, -40 Degrees is summer baby. Also I live in germany now, having sun for 10 minutes here makes everyone run into there houses. So the cold isn't that bad.
 
It's also a problem when people can't use the highways because they are closed from this extreme change in weather.
Oh, and the trains are down.

So Staci can't get back to campus. :D
Luckily, classes were cancelled for today and tomorrow.. but still. Campus is three and a half to four hours away from my home, since I was on break.
Driving in this is gonna suuuuuck. <3

Also, watching my dog go outside today and come back, all stiff and looking in pain is fun for her nor me. </3

Also, I liked that video with the water turning into snow. :D
 
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Be jealous.

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I do not fear the cold. I am ready for all weather in all its shapes.
 
Best example is what happen in South Dakota and get this, it wasn't even winter yet.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/10/us/south-dakota-blizzard-kills-herds-cattle/

A crap ton of livestock, just frozen and buried in the blizzard on October 10th of 2013. People who live where its usually cold needn't worry, However its clear that not 'everyone' is, and this includes the poor animals and wildlife that do not adapt as quickly as humans can.

BTW you guys crack me up, totally made my day coming back to this thread and reading what everyone had to say, seriously, restoring my faith in humanity one post at a time. <333
 
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Usually I don't complain about the cold, but, it got pretty cold out recently... ah, what does it matter? I'll be inside. Nature just gave me a free day.
 
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