U.S.A. – Brutal, historic, record-setting cold; By
Robert
On
January 7, 2014
An historic and deadly freeze locked almost the entire
United States
under subfreezing temperatures Tuesday, closing schools,
delaying trains and buses, and forcing cancellation of more than
9,000 flights.
Single-digit (Fahrenheit) temperatures (-18 to -13 C) were recorded as
far south as
Georgia
and
Alabama
, and parts of
Minnesota
dropped to 25 degrees below zero.
Single digits in
Alabama
!
Look on a map.
Alabama
is in the deep south, the last state on your way to the
Gulf of Mexico
.
Records
fall
___A
118-year-old record fell in Central Park in
New York
, where it was 5 F (-15 C), the
coldest ever for Jan. 7.
___Falling
to minus 16 F (-27 C) Monday’s subzero temperatures broke
records in
Chicago
.
Meanwhile,
in
Fort Wayne
,
Indiana
, the mercury fell to 13 below (-25C), breaking yet another
long-___
___Records
also fell in
Oklahoma
and
Texas
, where wind chills dropped to 40 below (-40 C) and colder.
___Temperatures
20 to 40 degrees below average were reported in parts of
Montana
,
North Dakota
,
South Dakota
,
Minnesota
,
Iowa
,
Wisconsin
,
Michigan
and
Nebraska
.
___In
Nashville
,
Tennessee
, temperatures dropped to 8 F (-13 C) at 6:00 pm, and were
expected to drop even further, to 4 F (-15 C).
___Even
the coal fields of
Virginia
and
West Virginia
had a wind chill of negative 35 (-37 C).
It
got so cold that a
Chicago
zoo had to move its polar bear and penguins inside, CNN
reports. Some 15 deaths have been blamed on the cold, including 11
in traffic accidents.
___Schools
were closed as far south as
Atlanta
, where the morning wind child was 9 below (-23 F). Classes were
canceled for a second day in
Minneapolis
and
Indianapolis
.
___Hard
freeze warnings for Tuesday extended all the way south to the
Gulf
Coast
. In
Texas
, one utility asked people to turn down the thermostat because
power capacity was running low.
___In
fact, freezing temperatures could reach as far south as
Florida
, said Brian Korty, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
___With
parts of western
New York
under a blizzard warning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of
emergency in 14 counties and ordered parts of the New York Thruway
closed on Monday night. Interstate 65 in
Indiana
reopened Tuesday morning, but drivers were still urged to take it
slow.
___Snow
off the
Great Lakes
was falling as fast as 4 inches per hour.
___In
New York City
, where it was 55 degrees yesterday, temperatures are forecast to
plunge to minus 6 (-21 C), tying the record low for the day,
according to the New
York Times.
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