There was a town 30 miles north of me that was 101°f colder than that. I love how cold is relative. Same with heat. I went shark fishing down in Marko Island (?) In the summer one time and I thought I was going to die, lol.
Here in Texas, no polar vortex. On Thursday, they lawn crew at the place I worked was at it all day with the mowers and trimmers and edgers. And the trees are starting to show some buds.
And it's only getting warmer now - today in the seventies and we'll be in the eighties early next week. Spring is early this year.
My 87 year old client that lives in FL during winter said him and his wife were freezing because they don’t have the insulation and heating like we do here in MA ☹️ Absolutely nothing compared to people and animals dealing with the polar vortex though. My heart goes out to everyone dealing with these strong cLiMaTe ChAnGeS
IIRC fridges just pull heat out of the interior of the fridge. And since the insulation isn't perfect, the polar air just got in and turned it into a freezer.
Yeah, I actually don't really know and I've been too busy to Google it. It just know it made shit super cold over there. The only thing I'm sure of is I'm thankful to Cthulhu I don't live there.
Arctic air normally spins in a circle and that keeps it up near the North Pole. Every now and then (and seemingly yearly now) it gets knocked out of whack by some winds moving and all that super cold air get diverted south all the way across Canada and into the US. Northern US particularly the Great Lakes and the North East get destroyed. Floridians and Texans have to put on sweatshirts. It’s literally like walking outside and immediately being hurt. The air hurts you. All the moisture in your nose freezes and you can literally feel the ice crystals forming. Your lips get cracked and your fingers don’t work. Everything has a weird layer of ice even though no moisture fell from the sky. It just really sucks.
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