The Polar Vortex: I'm Mad as Hell, and I'm Not Going to Take It Any More

Penn St ^ | January 24, 2014

[Squawk 8888]

Actually the forecasters are pretty sharp. It’s the idiots in the media who make them look stupid.

[Paladin2]

"Actually the forecasters are pretty sharp"

Yep, it's pretty amazing how good the forecasts for <3 days out are these days. The 10 day forecasts are pretty much to be relied on, in general.

Weather models have come a long way since the 60's.

(Climate models?, not so much.)

[A message]

The weather is out of control, and only big, bad government can protect us.

Not only is government the only protection for us but only totalitarian regulation and vastly increased taxation by our protective government will we be able to reign in this weather gone mad.

[Nowhere Man]

I’m glad my Hyundai Sonata starts.

[Smokin' Joe]

Thank You. Blessed be the writer who knows WTF they speak of.

[poobear]

“A tandem of high- and low-pressure systems in the lower troposphere simply advected (transported) Arctic air southward into the eastern contiguous states. “

He finally gets to the point.

[Pajamajan]

Yikkes-my eyes! Many neon green arrows pointing in every direction..... Dreaded Polar Vortex (formerly known as winter time).

[outofsalt]

All vortices need to be named, don’tcha know?

[outofsalt]

“The weather is out of control, and only big, bad government can protect us.”

If only it would work the other way around...sigh...

[KC Burke]

wonderful

[EinNYC]

Sick of winter? Heck YEAH! The hot-water radiators in my co-op keep going cold. The maintenance men have bled them like 3 times, but in a few days, they go cold again. They even just installed a 2nd pump to get the hot water from the boiler in the basement up up up but the radiators are still just lukewarm. So I am also mad as hell, considering the extremely cold temps outside and me having to wear double everything in the house, including a winter hat.

Any FReepers have any idea why the radiators are just sort of warm to the touch but not toasty? Enough to cause 64-66 degree temps in the house, which is decidedly NOT comfortable? Is it bad valves? Bad boiler (but there's plenty of hot water from the sinks)?

[IIntense]

Thanks for the information, Squawk. Now I know it’s not just a made-up forecast to hype weather reports.

[IIntense]

While I don't have the answer, we had a loss of heat in our house a couple of times this week. Temp. dropped to 65. The heating co. said via phone to get the ice off the outside meter. That worked, briefly.

Their next advice was to call the gas company. We did and the fellow came out right away, said our meter was outdated (wasn't able to function in these daily freezing temperatures, I believe.) He installed an updated meter and we've had no problem since.

Maybe you need more more professional help.

Let us know if your problem got solved.