NASA took this pix of the UK under snow and ice on January 7th. I think it rather ironic that this wild weather all started during the Copenhagen fiasco.
A friend in Florida whom I play online scrabble with said the temperature at her place was in the 30's and I read where AMTRAC is suspending travel on the Minnesota run for a while because in one area the snow drifts are two stories high.
8 Jan 10 - By the end of this weekend, 180 million Americans will have shivered through a record-setting bout of arctic cold sweeping from the Great Plains and the Midwest to the Deep South, says the article on USA today.
"Sixty percent of the U.S. population will experience temperatures 15 to 30 degrees below average at some point by Sunday night", said Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Wilson.
In the South, record lows are possible each morning through Monday.
In South Florida, where the average high temperature this time of year is 76 degrees, overnight temperatures are expected to drop into the 30s this weekend."
The cold threatens $300 million worth of crops, from strawberries and citrus fruits to tomatoes and green beans. Unfortunately, the worst is still to come.
"Sixty percent of the U.S. population will experience temperatures 15 to 30 degrees below average at some point by Sunday night", said Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Wilson.
In the South, record lows are possible each morning through Monday.
In South Florida, where the average high temperature this time of year is 76 degrees, overnight temperatures are expected to drop into the 30s this weekend."
The cold threatens $300 million worth of crops, from strawberries and citrus fruits to tomatoes and green beans. Unfortunately, the worst is still to come.
Sure am glad I live on the balmy left coast with the Solar Geomagnetic Activity at an all-time low.
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I never thought of Seattle as being one of the warm spots in the U.S. but we're having moderate-temp rain all weekend. I heard iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida because they are cold blooded animals and the temperatures are making them go dormant!
Sure makes one glad they call this place home :O)
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