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[url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20130625/US-SCI--Jet.Stream.Extremes/]94 in Alaska? Weather extremes tied to jet stream | US National Headlines | Comcast[/url]

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Schools are closing in the area due a polar vortex coming through. Wind chill temps are expected to be below -10 in the area. What I wouldn't give to be under the age 18 right now.

[url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/06/22201007-polar-vortex-what-is-it-and-when-is-it-going-away?lite]Polar vortex: What is it, and when is it going away? - U.S. News[/url]

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[quote=DynamiteRave;1053800]Schools are closing in the area due a polar vortex coming through. Wind chill temps are expected to be below -10 in the area. What I wouldn't give to be under the age 18 right now.

[url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/06/22201007-polar-vortex-what-is-it-and-when-is-it-going-away?lite]Polar vortex: What is it, and when is it going away? - U.S. News[/url][/quote]

you know we've been talking about this at work, wtf is a polar vortex? media gotta make up new words for cold as sh*t?

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I'm really getting tired of your shit, winter.

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Yeah if there is something curse in a " f*ck you you piece of sh*t" way it is this damn winter

I'm a fan of winter so it doesn't bother me

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What low numbers y'all rockin tonight? Suppose to be 10 here. Folks this is the south

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[quote=Chico23231;1053803]you know we've been talking about this at work, wtf is a polar vortex? media gotta make up new words for cold as sh*t?[/quote]

Going to play weather nerd cop. Polar Vortex is nothing new. It's not made up, and it's trending because, well, that's what the media is jumping on. Its an upper atmosphere massive swirling vortex of artic air that normally just chills at in the upper atmosphere. Sometimes... It weakens due to a variety of factors and sometimes it even splits into two. That's essentially what has happened here. Its unusual to dip this far down... but not unheard of.

Were not going to experience any swirling or wind because of it. The wind is due to a pressure gradient. Think of one balloon blown to full.... And one to half full, connect the two together and let them equalize.. That's high pressure vs low pressure and when they try to equalize. That's wind. That's why its windy.

Luckily this cold spell is relatively short lived and the jet stream will return to a much warmer pattern for at least the near future.... So relief is in site. But for now, stay safe and warm.

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But really who cares. Its effin cold and I'm sick of this shit. Grabbing a beer and going to bed...

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[quote=Chico23231;1053841]What low numbers y'all rockin tonight? Suppose to be 10 here. Folks this is the south[/quote]

6 with windchills of -10

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I'm at 8 degrees with -7 wind chill

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This is some bullshit.

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-15 when I woke up this morning.

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[quote=Monkeydad;1053915]-15 when I woke up this morning.[/quote]

wow. My car actually broke down on me this morning. Had to get picked up and luckly got the car back to my house and it acted up again. Looks like my car hunt is gonna have to get put into overdrive

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It got as low as 2 degrees around my way. Crazy stuff.

What a crazy winter this has been

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[quote=skinsfaninok;1053928]What a crazy winter this has been[/quote]

3 degrees today, 50 degrees by the weekend.

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Woke up to -8 this morning. I'd rather have snow.

[QUOTE=Mattyk;1056726]Woke up to -8 this morning. I'd rather have snow.[/QUOTE]

That's how I am, if it's gonna be cold might as well be snowing

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[quote=skinsfaninok;1056727]That's how I am, if it's gonna be cold might as well be snowing[/quote]

I cleared 12 inches off my driveway this morning in 3 degree weather. No, you do not want it to snow.

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I'd rather have 30 and snow than this brutal cold is what I was trying to say.

[QUOTE=Schneed10;1056734]I cleared 12 inches off my driveway this morning in 3 degree weather. No, you do not want it to snow.[/QUOTE]

Lol hope u had a blower and not just a shovel, I helped my aunt in buffalo last month and it was freaking cold

[QUOTE=Mattyk;1056737]I'd rather have 30 and snow than this brutal cold is what I was trying to say.[/QUOTE]

Yes no doubt

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[quote=Mattyk;1056737]I'd rather have 30 and snow than this brutal cold is what I was trying to say.[/quote]

Agree with that. I have oil heat, the bitter cold like this kills me with the bills.

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[quote=skinsfaninok;1056740]Lol hope u had a blower and not just a shovel, I helped my aunt in buffalo last month and it was freaking cold[/quote]

Yeah, blower. But still not fun. It was powdery so easy for the blower to handle. But there's nothing worse than a wind gust into your face when you're using a snow blower. I think it snowed 1-2 inches down the neck of my sweater.

[QUOTE=Schneed10;1056745]Yeah, blower. But still not fun. It was powdery so easy for the blower to handle. But there's nothing worse than a wind gust into your face when you're using a snow blower. I think it snowed 1-2 inches down the neck of my sweater.[/QUOTE]

Lol that's rough man. How much snow did u get?

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[quote=skinsfaninok;1056746]Lol that's rough man. How much snow did u get?[/quote]

Bout a foot. Maybe 14"

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[url=http://www.yukonquest.com/news/current-race-conditions]Current Race Conditions | Yukon Quest[/url]

While we may be in a cold snap here in the East, The Yukon Quest is having difficulties with warm temps.

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We have any posters from down south between Texas and NC? I hear you guys got nailed with some snow.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;1057818]We have any posters from down south between Texas and NC? I hear you guys got nailed with some snow.[/quote]

One of my good friends lives in Atlanta, she left work yesterday afternoon when the storm hit and got stuck in ungodly traffic until 6AM THIS MORNING at which time she abandoned her car and walked to a restaurant. She just set out walking home from that restaurant this afternoon, because the streets and traffic are no better now.

Insane.

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[quote=Schneed10;1057819]One of my good friends lives in Atlanta, she left work yesterday afternoon when the storm hit and got stuck in ungodly traffic until 6AM THIS MORNING at which time she abandoned her car and walked to a restaurant. She just set out walking home from that restaurant this afternoon, because the streets and traffic are no better now.

Insane.[/quote]

Thats real scary. People who run Atlanta should be ashame, especially when I here stories of kids sleeping on school buses.

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[quote=Chico23231;1057821]Thats real scary. People who run Atlanta should be ashame, especially when I here stories of kids sleeping on school buses.[/quote]

I can kinda understand since they're down south and probably aren't prepared for more than an inch or two of snow, but they had plenty of time to plan ahead and get some sort of snow preparedness underway.

Reminds me of snowpocalypse in this area when everyone just bailed on their cars. I drove around about a week after the snow finally cleared up enough to drive around without sliding into a snow drift, and every mile or so was 2 or 3 cars off to the side abandoned. Crazy stuff.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;1057822]I can kinda understand since they're down south and probably aren't prepared for more than an inch or two of snow, but they had plenty of time to plan ahead and get some sort of snow preparedness underway.

Reminds me of snowpocalypse in this area when everyone just bailed on their cars. I drove around about a week after the snow finally cleared up enough to drive around without sliding into a snow drift, and every mile or so was 2 or 3 cars off to the side abandoned. Crazy stuff.[/quote]

[url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/us/atlanta-traffic-hell-why/index.html?hpt=hp_t1]Was Atlanta asleep at the wheel? - CNN.com[/url]

that kinda seems weak by the city. 2 inches of snow?

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[url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/atlanta-is-literally-an-episode-of-the-walking-dead-right-no?bffb]Atlanta Is Basically An Episode Of "The Walking Dead" Right Now[/url]

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That top picture looks like a scene out of Zombieland, I think it's where we first get introduced to Woody Harrelson.

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[quote=Mattyk;1056737]I'd rather have 30 and snow than this brutal cold is what I was trying to say.[/quote]

It's the reverse of those long hot streaks in the summer where everything you touch is hot.

It just gets you cold down to the bones and won't go away.

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Last couple of nights have been at or below zero here. We still have snow on the ground from two weeks ago. The warmest day we have had has been 25 degrees...it is supposed to be 62 degrees on Sunday though, so maybe the end is in sight....a guy i work with says it is supposed to be a big snowstorm next week like tuesday or wednesday....

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It's the freakin' frozen apocalypse.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;1057881]It's the freakin' frozen apocalypse.[/quote]More like "People can't drive safely - calypse" to me in Eastern NC. Drove around to see how bad it really was, was tailgated by a huge SUV and a huge pickup with after-market taller suspension added on, on roads covered with ice. Luckily didn't result in an accident, but no guarantees on the idiots after I turned off the roads they were on. Especially the pickup that started swerving back and forth after he accelerated by me (I think he did that deliberately for fun), dude will have been lucky to get home without hitting something.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;1057818]We have any posters from down south between Texas and NC? I hear you guys got nailed with some snow.[/quote]

In southern MS we got more nailed with ice than with snow. Tons of it, a sleetocalypse. We didn't get more than a couple of inches but it is almost all ice.

We have no snow plows or salt trucks. No one has snow tires. Hence the freak out and the shut down.

Usually the rare snow here melts away within hours, hence the lack of equipment. For the first time in 20 years, we're winter screwed.