Posted on 01/27/2019 8:30:00 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
They make it sound like it's never happened before. I remember getting stuck in Lancaster, Pa. in January, 2000 when an ice storm had covered the area, and temperatures dipped down to -40 or so. I tried to start my old VW, but it wouldn't turn over. Called AAA to get a jump start, and the woman said: "And where do you think you'd be going once you got your car started?" Everything was closed, the outlet malls, even Route 81, as trucks had jackknifed on it, so there was no going home for me. I had a cast on my left wrist which I had broken in a fall, and had an appointment that week to get it removed.
I remember sitting in my hotel room watching television, and all of a sudden the power went out. Later I found out that the power company was doing rolling blackouts in the area to compensate for the cold temperatures. The one diner that was open across the street, didn't have power to cook by, but at least they had cold sandwiches, so I headed over there to eat. I ended up having to stay two extra days in Lancaster until it got warm enough for my car to start and head home to NY State. Once I did get to leave, the ice on the road was so thick and riddled with bumps, that I actually ruined the set of tires I had on the car, and ended up replacing them after I got home.
Accordingly, in order to save the climate, i have decided not to kill myself, but to pour another slug of fine French cognac. Made from vines that help remove carbon dioxide, two for one.
I normally hate Armageddon weather reports. But this will be pretty bad. It was -19 yesterday here and calling for -27 on Wednesday. We’ve had it that cold before, but it’s out of the ordinary. The record all time is -27 and the low 15 temps all occurred in 1985 or before.
Don’t drive angry.
“Toonces! Lookout!!!”
Global warming.
It gets cold up here in the winter.
And at these temps salt does not work.
We have sanded the paths that we will need to walk and hauled out the cleats.
“Goebbles Warming” I see what you did there. Very appropriate.
They’ve also started telling us how to dress.
Marko
Though you have to remember, a lot of Somalis now live in those parts.
All of this is a Direct Result of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act known as AB32 by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Obviously their plan was too radical and has Plunged America in to an Ice Age as a result of their Non Carbon -policies.
The entire Legislature should be held Criminally Liable for all the Death and Damage they caused with their over zealous plans to cool the planet, THIS IS GENOCIDE Perpetrated by California.
When did they change the Jet Stream to Polar Vortex ,LOL
18-below-zero this morning. 3 above at Noon. Heat wave!
Here in Alaska, we are laughing at you!
In Chicago, it will just give folks an excuse to shoot each other inside their own homes!!
where is “here”?
Yes, North Dakota sucks in the winter. I spent 40 years there.
North Dakota weather alert;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPugr14Xw7M
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