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84% Of America Is Freezing This Morning, "No Relief In Sight"

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Schools in Chicago, Boston and other large cities closed on Thursday as sub-zero temperatures and bitter winds gripped central and eastern United States for a third day and, as Reuters reports, meteorologists warned there was little relief in sight. A stunning 83.8% of America was freezing this morning (and 12.9% below zero) as an Arctic air blast from Canada hit the U.S. Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, with many parts around minus 10 Fahrenheit (minus 23 Celsius), the National Weather Service said.

 

83.8% of the US is freezing...

 

And Chicago is freezing over...

 

As Reuters reports,

"While it looks like the high pressure responsible for the cold will last another day or two and then move to the east, another shot of cold air will be coming into the north-central states toward the weekend," National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Broyles said.

 

The service said frostbite could set in with just 15 minutes' exposure to the frigid air and advised people to keep pets indoors. Driving could be treacherous in areas hit with blowing snow and icy roadways, it added.

 

Chicago Public Schools, the third-largest U.S. school district with 400,000 students and almost 800 institutions, told students to stay home and indoors as temperatures dropped to between 20F and 30F below average.

 

Schools were also closed in Boston, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis.

 

...

 

The weather service issued wind chill alerts for Chicago, Minneapolis, and other cities. Overnight wind chill values in most areas reached minus 15F to minus 25F.

 

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"It makes the conditions extremely hazardous to travel," Broyles said.

 

Temperatures also plummeted to an uncharacteristic 10F to 15F across the Gulf Coast overnight, where a hard freeze warning was issued for east Texas across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and southern Georgia, Broyles said.

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There goes Q1 GDP!!

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Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:21 | 5637208 Haus-Targaryen
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Winter is Coming. 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:20 | 5637211 Dead Canary
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Hey, you're not a wolf!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:24 | 5637232 Haus-Targaryen
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Yeah.  Dragons will finish off everyone.  

Even though George RR Martin hasn't finished the books -- I'll shit a cinder block if it isn't Danny on the iron throne.  

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:34 | 5637287 BKbroiler
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I picked a fine time to move upstate. Even with the fireplace, the propane, and the space heaters rocking it was still chilly.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:36 | 5637305 Took Red Pill
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There goes Q1 GDP!! Another Polar Vortex excuse coming soon!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:44 | 5637352 lasvegaspersona
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Vegas will be THE place to be in the coming Maunder minimum coming. Too bad we don't have soil...or water....otherwise we'll be fine.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:51 | 5637392 Headbanger
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Sure is quiet in Ferguson though.

Wonder why?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:18 | 5637563 froze25
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I got a Alaska Stove Company Gnome40 model coal stove this year.  My house was at 70 degrees and it was 6 degrees F last night.  I consumed about 5 bucks worth of coal to keep the heat at that temp.  This is why there is a war on coal.  I have heard it said that the quiet was due to the inhabitants being a "tropical people".  Most I guess don't like the cold, me included.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:22 | 5637580 Isotope
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Where do you buy your coal? And what type is it?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:27 | 5637613 RaceToTheBottom
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It was so cold my bullets froze in my gun..

 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:33 | 5637644 KnuckleDragger-X
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Just remember, too hot, too cold, too wet or too dry are all signs os global warming so teat down the cities and destroy all the technology and the few million survivors can go back to being hunter-gatherers....

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:53 | 5637789 Steaming_Wookie_Doo
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Gotta have a smoke after a multiple sarcasm like that...

Mon, 01/12/2015 - 19:19 | 5638195 cdevidal
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Said the KnuckleDragger. I think you want us to go back to hunting and gathering.

 

/sarc

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:50 | 5637753 Element
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Don't worry the IPCC and Al Gore will meet with some smelly people-hating neo-hippies in Paris soon and work out how to waste a good chunk of your declining income fixing the entire global overheating problem - for the children.

No worries, it's in the bag.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:43 | 5638110 GeezerGeek
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Everything must be done "for the children". Otherwise they may decide not to pay off the debt we grownups have burdened them with.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:43 | 5638113 knukles
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CORRECTION;  IT'S FOR THE BANKER'S CHILDREN

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:46 | 5637357 Looney
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... 83.8% of America was freezing this morning as an Arctic air blast from Canada hit the U.S.

This should be considered as Canadian aggression, act of war, and to be raccisss.

Canada hates us for our freedoms. Forward!  ;-)

Looney

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:00 | 5637447 BKbroiler
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Obama should declare war on winter.  

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:20 | 5637564 A Nanny Moose
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You didn't freeze that.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:20 | 5637567 Dick Gazinia
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We gave some shrinkage to some folks.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:21 | 5637581 Dick Gazinia
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P.S.  -  Fuck you ALGORE

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:07 | 5637485 Crazy Canuck
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You want our cold - you can't handle our cold....

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:18 | 5637550 A Nanny Moose
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Chicago? Hell might actually be freezing over.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:05 | 5637468 Mr Pink
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My furnace went out yesterday. Had to bypass a limit switch with a jumper wire to get it running again until the part arrives.

Yeah I know it isn't recommended but neither is freezing to death

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:09 | 5637501 Intoxicologist
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I installed a wall furnace as backup a couple of years ago. Nice to have when the power goes out, which it does in my rural locale, as well as when furnace problems arise - as they do (usually when you are not at home). Nice in the fall/early winter as well when you just want to take the chill off without cranking up the furnace.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:28 | 5637625 pods
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We put in a free standing vent free propane fireplace to deal with power outages that take out the heat pump.

Also helps put moisture in the air and provides point source heat. 

Great to kick on and stand in front of when out in this Canadian weather.

pods

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:35 | 5638038 Volkodav
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Unvented gas wall heaterl for backup.

Operate without electric.

even a small one save froze pipes and ass

only maybe $100 US for smallest to $300 large

Buy only DESA made, US company

never chine from box store..

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 16:48 | 5638622 Manthong
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If the heat goes out, for economy and portability I’ve got this 85K btu NG construction heater with a long garden hose (and a roll of Teflon tape for safety).

:-)

 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:36 | 5637307 Vampyroteuthis ...
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"While it looks like the high pressure responsible for the cold will last another day or two and then move to the east, another shot of cold air will be coming into the north-central states toward the weekend,"National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Broyles said.

 

The service said frostbite could set in with just 15 minutes' exposure to the frigid air and advised people to keep pets indoors. Driving could be treacherous in areas hit with blowing snow and icy roadways, it added."

 

In Chicago would that not be a better way to go than being shot by a Michael Brown type?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:21 | 5637584 A Nanny Moose
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Would you prefer to be shot by the police?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 19:26 | 5639270 quadcap
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Or muslim "terrorists"?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:27 | 5637247 pods
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Do people even LIVE in the part of Canada where this shit comes from? Yeah, I know, they all love this shit.

You know what I would love about now?  Catching some Pompano with my little brother in warm FLA.

Once you hit 25, cold no longer becomes fun.

pods

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:30 | 5637264 insanelysane
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Polar vortex was blamed for killing the economy last year yet today on the coldest day of the year for most of the country the stock market is way, way up.  Mr. Yellen raise those rates!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:31 | 5637280 Son of Loki
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I knew it was going to be bad cold when my neighbor started complaining about her bunions a couple fo days ago. I told her it's all because of Global Warming.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:39 | 5637325 Money Boo Boo
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Do people even LIVE in the part of Canada where this shit comes from? 

 

Yes!! and it's easy to live in if you're prepared for it, the best part.......no crowds, so when SHTF the exits won't be jammed full of lunatics

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:46 | 5637350 p00k1e
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 They wear those 'Canada-Goose' down filled parkas that start at $750.00. 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:52 | 5637387 Money Boo Boo
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North Face !, half the price, half the bulk better if you layer with thin layers like Merino Wool underneath so you can adjust according to how much running from tanks and drones is required_ i didn't junk you

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:00 | 5637449 logicalman
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No such thing as bad weather, just poor clothing choices!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:09 | 5637504 25or6to4
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Logicalman
You just basically paraphrased an old Swedish proverb. So correct.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:26 | 5638009 Volkodav
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Agree mostly...

Depend on conditions NorthFace feel 1/2 or much less wamth of GC.

depend on wearer, temp, how raw is wind and how active.

you won't see Siber Rig Crew in NorthFace

We source CG below retail.

 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 16:04 | 5638468 Bunghole
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North Face and PataGucci are for suburban moms and their spoiled kids who are more worried about image over warmth

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 18:38 | 5639115 Money Boo Boo
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yes a lot of it is, won't argue but in terms of having to move in cold weather it does carry some good layered clothes if you sort through the crap. the fact that it sells to moms as well doesn't diminish the good articles of clothing. For me if I'm framing homes in -20 degree winters which is normal Carhartt is the best for warmth, movement and durability but for just straight moving GC is too bulky and NF minus the trend stigma is best for moving in cold weather.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:52 | 5637401 bluskyes
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I moved to Regina for a year, and this is mild. On Oct 29 it snowed, and it didn't melt until May. There were city snow piles that were still melting the next September, and we had 2 weeks of -50 something nights and -40 something days.

It's the kind of cold that makes all the oiled parts in your car act like they are packed in grease. Your door handle, and latches stick open. Your seats feel like boards, steering wheel feels like it's solid steel. Ice stops being slippery

One minute outside fully clothed with wool socks, lined gloves, long johns, long sleeved t-shirt + clothes, and outer wear, and my hands and feet were starting to go numb.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:57 | 5637426 pods
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I grew up in that shit, no thanks. Like I said, once you turn 25 it is no longer fun.
I remember playing hockey one morning, and it was like 20 below in the semi-outdoor rink. So cold the Zamboni didn't drop water as it froze too fast and would crack the ice.

Oh, and that was when aluminum sticks were popular, and I skated barefoot.

Nothing like feeling frostbit feet coming back to life in a warm locker room after the game.

Those days you didn't mind pulling double shifts. Hell, you wanted to play all game.

pods 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:05 | 5637464 logicalman
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Only -29ºC when I cycled to work today!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:12 | 5637930 world_debt_slave
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when I was a kid growing up in the '70's with "global cooling", it was a lot colder than it is now in the winter.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:22 | 5637227 Long-John-Silver
Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:47 | 5637375 lasvegaspersona
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very good....sent that image to all my non Vegas relatives

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:58 | 5637430 pods
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I sent that one out on a group text to my northern family as well.

pods

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:29 | 5637265 Babaloo
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I'm feeling ya - it's only gonna be 77 here today..

 

Resume your bitching about Califiornia now...

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:26 | 5637610 disabledvet
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See below and "air is 70% nitrogen." That's a lot of food coming your way.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:00 | 5637435 Bloppy
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For some reason this means Chipotle shares should be up $75 in two days.

 

Catholic League's Donohue: cartoonists got what was coming to them!

http://tinyurl.com/lkjqgt3

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:11 | 5637508 Vincent Vega
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We polar vortexed some folks.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:43 | 5637705 old naughty
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are you sure we, not them did it?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:20 | 5637574 NoLongerABagHolder
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Friggin global warming

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:59 | 5638215 daxtonbrown
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It's in the 60s here in Vegas.

I'm hot. But enough about me. It's warm here.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 17:35 | 5638860 ajax
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How can such fat people even feel the cold? You want a fucking cold disaster, check this out:

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/8/lebanon-storm-refugees.html

These families have no fuel, no food, no winter clothes and they're shovelling snow away from THE TENTS they have ended up in.

Donate to a reputable charity to help them. This is absolutely disgusting.

 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:24 | 5637209 hedgeless_horseman
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I went for a trail run in shorts last night.

It is a beautiful day in South Texas!

Get off your fat asses, America, and burn some calories to stay warm!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:28 | 5637249 Dr. Engali
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Fat ass Americans are going to need their fat reserves for the day when the EBT cards don't get refilled.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:44 | 5637261 hedgeless_horseman
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36% Of America Is Obese This Morning, "No Relief In Sight"

Choices become actions, actions become habits, and habits become our character.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:52 | 5637402 Reaper
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-11F when I got back from snowshoeing yesterday afternoon with a strong breeze blowing. Cold air and warm flowing blood clear the mind.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:31 | 5637641 disabledvet
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Just got back from Bunyan's Axe Throwing Day.

 

After swilling a few PBR's thought I give it try meself but plugged the score keeper instead.

 

These wooden handles get darn slippery in winter. 

 

 

I told the Judge it was an ACCIDENT...and that 14 PBR's is "just a few" in my book.

 

Heck you should see me when i'm on a roll!

 

 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:01 | 5637441 Rainman
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Better : ' What were once vices have become habits '

            Doobie Brothers , 1974

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:05 | 5637461 hedgeless_horseman
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Without love, where would you be now?

Hands down, Long Train Running is my #1 favorite song of all time.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:26 | 5637617 Rainman
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Hedge .... good choice ...I got all the Doobie vinyls.

My Fave : ' I Cheat the Hangman ' from Stampede

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQBhAGPbJ20&list=PL-9-kSrWOe9r2QJG_2vODqADbfUk2y-Ot&index=7

 

Fri, 01/09/2015 - 03:09 | 5640614 Rusty Shorts
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Good stuff Hedge

 

Doobie Brothers - Black Water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSAqkGU2nQ4

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:12 | 5637526 quasimodo
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Hell yes, that is what yak tracks are for! I will say though once it hits around 5F, I stay inside for cardio. I would rather run or do something else indoors at that point. I sufffered frost nip as a kid and even the best gloves won't keep the fingers warm once it gets so cold out. 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:25 | 5637579 hedgeless_horseman
Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:00 | 5637841 WTFUD
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Get off the beach you fat bastard and let the tide in!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:30 | 5637258 Stoploss
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Three P's, crack the pipes, shoot the dog, and water the plants.  They said 40 tonight...

Why do they say crack the pipes firsrt?  There's no hosin down the drive, or, watering the plants if we crack the pipes first.

No wonder all the yankees are headed down here.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:45 | 5637360 BandGap
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It's mostly beautiful everywhere.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:14 | 5637537 quasimodo
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Come up here to the midwest HH, I would pay some good money to see that in these conditions!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:20 | 5637212 Long-John-Silver
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Global Warming is freezing my ass off!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:23 | 5637216 AdmTirpitz
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I hope the local weather-tards remind us on how to dress and drive in the winter, I'm so forgetful!    P.S.  SILVER BITCHEZZZZZZZ

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:19 | 5637560 FrankDrakman
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Well, yesterday, at CBC.ca, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation gave this nugget of advice to Canadians: "Wear a coat". Our tax dollars at work!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:23 | 5637218 BandGap
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Big F*cking Deal. Bitch about sending kids to schools when it's -6F? Won't they have to deal with this as adults?

High of 15 today, with 18 inches of snow, deal with it.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:18 | 5637565 Intoxicologist
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The young adults deal by calling into work saying their car won't start. Happened twice where I work last week when it was -16 and -19 out.

I've never had a vehicle that wouldn't start, and I don't have a garage to park in. And I'm in northern Wisconsin.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:41 | 5638102 Baldrick
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see that city scene with the guy on the bike? my kid does that, this year and last year too. distance to work over 5 miles one way. he's one of the non-lazy yutes, so are the bulk of his friends. oh yeah, we live in mid MI.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:25 | 5637221 Dr. Engali
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We are raising a bunch of pussies for the next generatio. School has been cancelled two days in a row after winter break just because the temp hit -8 here. WTF? The teacher's union better be careful though. My kids did all their work on-line. In a generation we won't be needing teachers.

 

Hey, at least they have an excuse to blame the collapse of GDP.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:27 | 5637248 NoDebt
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My 8 year old thought school should be cancelled, too.  But it's not, nor did I expect it to be.  We were also at 6* this morning, but without the minus sign in front.

"How can they make us go when it's so cold?" he asked.  I asked him if they hold classes outdoors.  That's how.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:27 | 5637252 sk00lb0y
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they were pratteling on about "don't have any exposed skin for any ammount of time" My wife said, "watch i bet they will cancel school for this"  what are you fucking kidding i said we live in new england, it gets fucking cold, this isn't an emergency. i was SLACKJAWED when i saw the cancelations, the best though was the delays, and late starts. That had always been to clear the roads, now it is what so it can warm up? Or maybe because they get credit for a day, but don't have to work a full day.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:32 | 5637279 insanelysane
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I was unable to comprehend the 90 minute delays for starting school today in New England.  It was so much warmer.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:39 | 5637314 hopefulbutwary
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In the part of rural Alaska I grew up in, school was closed at fifty below. The justification was, if a bus skidded into a ditch, the kids could suffer frostbite, or such, before they were 'rescued'.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:46 | 5637327 cowdiddly
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Exactly, My 15 yr old daughter got up this moring and was simply flabbergasted they did'nt close school. She said,  but Dad, its five degrees outside! Then she wanted me to start the truck up and drive her to the bus stop. I told her to bundle up, get a jacket and get her butt down to the bus stop and quit whining, Ill be spending the day chopping ice holes in stock tanks.

WHAT THE HELL have Americans become? And you want to pick a fight with Russia? LOL

 But I do love her dearly.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:10 | 5637511 Buckaroo Banzai
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A least you have bus stops. It seems to me that in most towns nowadays, the bus picks the kids up at the end of their driveways.

What a nation of faggots we have become.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:19 | 5637571 quasimodo
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I spent yesterday replacing some stock fountain heaters, sucks about as bad I would guess. One of the steers thanked me afterward by chasing me out of the damn yard. 

Daughter# two was complaining about the EXACT same thing. Didn't want to walk one block to the bus stop. The only good thing about the weather we get in our area is the kids know how to interpret forcasts and use weather apps on phones instead of that Candy Crush shit and the like.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:01 | 5637838 Volkodav
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Buy for her a Canada Goose Parka (brandname)

http://www.canada-goose.com/

Good even for worse cold   toasty

save a lot of pain and  life

We care cattle wear Canada Goose Snow Mantra

and visit oil projects...rig guys wear these

Red Fox is Russian version...site won't load, but 

this is Norge about:

http://www.redfox.no/index.php?c=o

ask me where to find best deal

and how to avoid counterfeit chine fakes 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:26 | 5637618 teslaberry
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'be careful' ha. 

 

jeb bush and others have  alock on privatising online education, creating a 'common core' for the purpose of certifying teachers in all 50 states, and then of course 'OUTSOURCING' by simply shipping teachers to the lowest living costs parts of the u.s. or even out of the u.s. to allow the teachers to be paid less while teaching over 200 kids online. 

 

the unions are toast. the groundwork has been laid for the online evisceration of flesh and blood teachers that will be progressing over the next 30 years. 

 

oh yea, you're local citi counsel will save money by paying these online 'providers'. it's beautiful. the unions , most of them, don't even see what's coming. they're fucking lazy morons most of them. and the best of teachers usually scorns their union leadership and wants nothing to do with 'protecting the territory' for the benefit of union leadership. 

 

it is a beautiful divide and conquer strategy. and its going to work. 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 16:12 | 5638496 Bunghole
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My 17 yo daugeter was telling me that after their school was put on a 2 hr delay due to cold, the kids at another school which didnt get a delay, twitter bombed the principal of the school until he relented and gave them a 1.5 hr delay.

It's a pathetic world we live in.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:23 | 5637223 me or you
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Where are the global warming sponsors now....? 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:24 | 5637239 Realname
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Theyre busy lighting cow farts to stay warm.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:23 | 5637228 Osmium
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It's cold in the winter, and in other news, it gets hot in the summer.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:24 | 5637233 fuu
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Also water is wet.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:27 | 5637237 jubber
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Nat Gas and heating Oil new lows

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:44 | 5638121 Volkodav
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What is price of propane gas Midwest US this week?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 19:26 | 5639273 Intoxicologist
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I got a delivery of propane last week. It was $1.64 a unit (gal).

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:26 | 5637244 papaswamp
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Frozen bullish balls bitchez!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:31 | 5637267 ufos8mycow
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Obama will be holding a news conference at 4pm to blame Putin for using his super secret cold weather weapon on the US. They didn't call it the "Cold War" for nothing.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:31 | 5637268 cherry picker
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Don't blame Canada, otherwise DHS will classify us as cold terrorists and send nukes this way, but they aren't smart enough to figure out it won't help with old man winter.

I suppose NSA snooping can't figure out it is nature either :)

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:32 | 5637272 WarPony
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Must have turned off HAARP for maintenance?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:33 | 5637290 wmbz
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With all this cheap NG and oil, surely the power companies will be cutting their rates any minute now!

I will be looking forward to that breaking news!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:33 | 5637291 firstdivision
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LMP's still quite low compared to the same senario last year https://edata.pjm.com/eData/index.html and https://www.misoenergy.org/LMPContourMap/MISO_All.html

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:33 | 5637292 CunnyFunt
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Pfff.

Wake me up when fuel begins to freeze, then I'll give a shit.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:35 | 5637294 FrankDrakman
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Better get Keystone pushed through, or you'll be freezing 'till July! Canadians don't like getting dicked around by Bambam. 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:35 | 5637300 Son of Loki
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This is freak'n swimming weather for a Viking !

 

Merikans are such wimps.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:36 | 5637664 steveo77
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Got just the ticket for you.....Cheesehead Bikini Girls doing the Polar Plunge in Lake Michigan

 

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/01/polar-vortek-plunge-proof-t...

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:43 | 5638115 Volkodav
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Epiphany Jan 19

take the plunge!

still time for tickets to Siberia...

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:36 | 5637304 idahosinker
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Schools in Chicago, Boston, Milwaukee , Indianapolis, Minneapolis   and other place are closed for the day because its cold out side.
WTF.

I lived in Minneapolis 1973-1974 and it was 35 below, not windchill, and no schools closed.

This is proof that there is a parallel universe, and I got on the wrong elevator one day and ended up in this freak show.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:55 | 5637408 cherry picker
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When I was  kid there were no school buses in my area, had to walk to school in -20 weather.

Teachers will use any excuse nowadays to get a day off.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:36 | 5637306 cherry picker
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Last Sunday it was -29 F with -49 F wind chill.  I drove to town and Walmart was packed.  There were a couple of cars in the parking lot that wouldn't start and people were huddled around he front of them, giving boosts I am sure.

Cold weather doesn't stop living.  The squirrels were out in the snow running around.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:40 | 5637324 MsCreant
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Hell is freezing over? 

That would explain why those pig stocks are flying...

MOAR LIPSTICK!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:46 | 5637358 Creepy Lurker
Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:41 | 5637332 wrs1
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Good thing everyone has oil, gas and electricity to keep them warm.  Be a real shame if there weren't any wouldn't it?  Cheer some more for their demise so you can freeze next winter when this happens or else pay $50/mcf for gas and $10/gallon for gasoline?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:51 | 5637396 p00k1e
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Good point.  I have a natural fireplace with a blower.  The FP is worthless for providing heat to the house.  If the blower went out, the room wouldn’t even stay warm.

Once the power goes out do to EMP strike, I’ll start walking toward Coobah right off the bat. 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:41 | 5637339 Latitude25
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cold weather is big news in winter = central planners are grasping for pathetic explanations for the poor economy

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:48 | 5637369 Creepy Lurker
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Weather is news these days. I guess if you're not permitted to report on what's actually happening in the world, you have to come up with something to try and justify your existence.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:09 | 5637371 Creepy Lurker
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Dup.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:47 | 5637364 Clarabell
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It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. Dam those Canadians!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:58 | 5637424 cherry picker
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The Chinese manufacture electric ball warmers for brass monkeys, so they are safe :)

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:01 | 5637442 silverer
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I'm glad you didn't blame global warming.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:07 | 5637892 Who was that ma...
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The reference is to cannonballs on the deck of a warship.  They sat on a brass casting, called a "monkey", that kept them from rolling arounf the deck.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:52 | 5637386 q99x2
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Once the Great Lakes remain frozen though the summer the snow and ice will begin to build year after year for the next 70 years. And this time there are no places to start plantations. Start storing rice M'Fers.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:52 | 5637397 don in maine
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-14  windchill at -34, just have to throw another log on the woodstove.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:01 | 5637845 Who was that ma...
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Woodstove?  I thought at -14 degrees, Maine-iacs went swimming at the beach.  You guys must be getting soft.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:57 | 5637429 bnbdnb
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I cant wait to see how cold global burning is.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:59 | 5637432 silverer
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Well, it's a transfer of wealth from the gas pump to the fuel oil company. So much for the Disney vacation plans with all that "extra" money.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:01 | 5637445 Conax
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I feel sorry for the deer, the birds and any poor dogs left out in this weather.

My poor old beater car makes sad sounds when it has to start below zero.

Poor old girl. That was a nice jump up on the DOW this AM. Bam- Zoom!

Not rigged in any way, o course.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:22 | 5637585 MsCreant
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We put a box with blankets in it out last night for strays. Food got eaten, no takers on the box.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 15:09 | 5638266 IndianaJohn
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I set out wheat this morning cause the snow is too deep for small birds to dig thru. Sparrows pick a hot morsel behind me, until it freezes.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 15:12 | 5638284 Conax
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Anybody that fried bacon can put the grease in a lid and leave it out, the birds need the energy.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:02 | 5637460 Solio
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Did the wandering north pole stop under Chicago?

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:09 | 5637503 monopoly
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And out here in the West our drought continues with hardly any respite. Had about 3 or 4 days of rain in CA. last month and hardly any precip in Nevada. Our Tahoe mountains are barren and the skiing is non-exisitant on real snow. In the 50s every day out here and the 60s in CA. Gonna take the Harley out today. We better get some rain or it will be hell for crops and water this summer all over the west.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:10 | 5637510 Mike Honcho
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Regardless of this weather, the EPA says its commonsense to tighten regulations and turn off that yucky coal power.  Harvesting butterfly farts will be the powerhouse of the future.

 

http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/clean-power-plan-proposed-rule

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:16 | 5637544 Kreditanstalt
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36F here...in Canada!  That's why we live on the Pacific coast.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:24 | 5637603 quasimodo
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Talked to some family up near Seattle yesterday, was about 50 and partially sunny, they were working outside with long sleeve shirts. I am extremely jealous. 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:17 | 5637546 sbenard
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Wow! Imagine how cold it would be if there were no "global warming"!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:19 | 5637557 monopoly
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I love to take my Harley to Canada....In the summer. lol. 

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:32 | 5637646 dirty belly
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Willamette Valley, Oregon

We get the rain, then that rain heads east as snow.  No, repeat, no snow this winter, yet.  AND Oregon legalized marijuana, so it has been a good winter, so far.

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=97401

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:35 | 5637661 Blood Spattered...
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Being a Minnesotan, I can only say: Suck it up you fucking pussies!  It's winter!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:37 | 5637675 Intoxicologist
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I like winter! No bugs, and then there's ice fishing.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:42 | 5637706 Volkodav
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Siberia been more warm than normal.

Tomsk/Seversk now more warm than Midwest

Instead of as much as -50F, not even close and now is 32F

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:51 | 5637776 SheepDog-One
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Meanwhile I'm here in Colorado and it's around 55 degrees right now...suck it up, buttercups.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:50 | 5637768 SheepDog-One
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Winters here, and it's cold out? OH MY FUCK!!

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:53 | 5637790 william114085
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fucking pansies

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:52 | 5637791 william114085
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fucking pansies

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:56 | 5637812 Who was that ma...
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Yup, there's the proof!  See?

Global cooling is caused by global warming.

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:56 | 5637813 Raging Debate
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I lived in Sanford Maine a small town near the NH border that I really liked and it was well run. I do miss it now that I live in SW Florida but I will tell you one thing I don't miss the $600 month oil bill! It was $3.50 a gallon for years. But I had a nice fireplace and refinished basement with a nice bar. When it would get this cold I always had a roaring, cozy fire, a nice blanket and stiff drink while watching some great flicks.

 I cannot say enough about the town manager of Sanford Maine that retired in 2013. The police there still protected and served. Though it has an income tax Maine state politics were good compared to NH (my home state) which become and still is a police state. That is why I wound up moving over the border to Maine in the first place.

NH was awful for family law taxation (if you have a penis you get fined/taxed) and small business ass-rapings such as breaking the social contract in 2011, retroactively changing the law on Unemployment Insurance and sending me a bill for $6,500 for employees on UI in 2007. When I requested a hearing and that I was going to bring all of my UI payments and a lawyer, they wire-tapped the money out of the account the next day.

Not many of you know NH went bankrupt in 2011 did you? It wasn't published but pensions were cut an the state raped the hell out of small businesses. It tells me exactly risks of what federal government will do with the unsustainable debt and entitlements as it continues to restructure and tax revenues fall. Bail-Ins are a real risk over the next few short years or some other form of breaking the social contract and sending bills via IRS that cost more to fight them with an attorney than to just pay it. So more investment into hard assets for me. The government/bankers (same thing) don't care about low-value property which create return for me over a long span and the local government likes the tax revenues and it also provides tax sheltering. I certainly won't leave much in the bank to be looted or FRN's that will be revalued downard if currency is re-issued (likely in my opinion before 2020).

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:57 | 5637815 Fix It Again Timmy
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What's up with this shit?  Whadda mean we can't PRINT warm weather?...

Thu, 01/08/2015 - 14:05 | 5637864 Vooter
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It's called J-A-N-U-A-R-Y.

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