Anyone else getting events cancelled?

10 years ago

Started few hours ago, cancelling church services tomarrow, student events, etc. Temps going down to a minus 20, BUT the wind chill down to 50-60 below 0. Roads icy, not much snow, but blowing with bad visibility. Like the weatherman said--5 minutes in this weather is very dangerous. They just don't take chances.
Hopefully monday will be better
Take care
Marie from a very cold ND

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
10 years ago
Wow I just can't imagine living in that kind of weather. I know someone has to but not me.
Please stay safe and warm!
YogaLady1948
10 years ago
YIKERS!! I can not even imagine that! Maybe we might get down to 40 degrees, but that would be very rare I think.
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we did have schools cancelled on Friday. today, was better but the temps are dropping again, so did our sunday routine today...I actually took one of the baffles on the baseboard heater off and the sofa is sitting about a foot away from it's normal place...told dh as much as I love our triple window, even with the double glass, it's cold...what is so annoying? the electric co spending big bucks to cut down trees, instead of burying cable I realize they can't do it in all areas, but it sure would solve a on-going problem!
OklaMoni
10 years ago
Marie, your cold is so much colder than what we call cold. It was nice here today. Projected were 40 degrees, but when I saw 51 I changed clothes and went out for a bike ride (32 miles). It is now 31. Just had a news blurb on the TV saying "bone chilling temperatures coming". Makes me smile.

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Tonight 20
tomorrow 28
tomorrow night 11
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Stay warm Marie!

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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Heck, school and other events are closed around here if a snowflake is spotted or because it 'might' rain, lol. You can be certain that all kinds of events are closing down in the face of the rare single digit temperatures coming up. That's really cold for us!
Rudebekia
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Schools in MN (including my college) are closed tomorrow. I don't know about church today yet. I am going to try to make it.
I have a HUGE Eddie Bauer parka that I reserve for such occasions that keeps you warm to -40!
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jannie
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Here in Long Island NY the cold hasn't hit yet. It's 33 and raining this Sunday morning-should wash away the foot of snow we got Friday.
dedtired
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Those temps are unimaginable. It is below freezing here and raining. The rain is freezing as soon as it hits the road surface turning them into skating rinks. There are lots of accidents everywhere. What a mess, but at least it is going to get above freezing later.
OklaMoni
10 years ago
Here are some pictures I just took, to go with my post above.

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this is sitting in a corner of my living room. Unfortunately the wind thing isn't registering right.

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out my front door

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out my back door.

I know, it can't compare to Casey's pictures, but the cold is harder on everything without a good layer of snow to insulate...
patti43
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The cold weather is supposed to hit us Monday evening. Here's what our newspaper says:

Monday High 63 - Low 21
Tues. High 43 - Low 25
Wed. High 59 - Low 44
Thurs. High 73 - Low 55 - back to "normal"

Today the high is to be 77. This is typical winter weather for central Florida. About 3 days a week of cold before warming up again.

Marie, I don't know how people can be out in weather so cold. I was in MN in really cold weather once and my contacts froze in my eyes! Ouch!! Please stay in unless it's an emergency.
phyllis__mn
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Our church services were cancelled today, and of course no school tomorrow. It is -33ÃÂº here right now......needless to say, I am staying in!
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pkramer60
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
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The cold is moving in here but not terrible. I saw numbers in the 20's and teens for lows which is not common here at all. We were outside in the atrium trying to cover some of the plants but I donÃ¢ÂÂt want to be out in the cold weather too much right now. I hope we can save some of them. I bought several of the cheaper big plastic table cloths with the fuzzy under side. That's what I am using and clothes pins to hold them down.
lindaohnowga
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Schools here are closed for Monday and Tuesday. It is going to be extremely icy as it has rained today, dropping to 22 degrees tonight with a real feel of 8. Monday's high 28 with a real feel of 14 and a low of 7. Tuesday's high 26, real feel 21 and a low of 10.
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
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Sometimes, in the midwest, one might hear something like...it's not the heat but the humidity.

I just checked our local conditions. 9 degrees at 9:00 p.m., with a high on Monday of -12! That's OK. The current wind is showing 42 mph with gusts to 52 mph. Thus...it's not the cold, it's the wind!!

Nothing of significance will be open tomorrow around here until Tuesday at the earliest. East Central Illinois can have some bad weather. And as long as my furnace works in the winter I don't care; as long as the A/C works in the summer, I don't care.

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linda_in_iowa
10 years ago
Schools are closed tomorrow all over Iowa. When I lived in CA, I could not imagine anyone living where it got so cold. This is the coldest it has been for 20 years. Attendance was down at both church services this morning but I didn't think it was all that bad out. As the day went on, the temperature dropped. I made sweet potatoe and black bean chili for dinner. I have enough food to last me until Wednesday when it will be warmer. On Saturday it will be above freezing.
susanjf_gw
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all my grands are home from school tomorrow, and if dh had the capability, he's be home, too...I'm worried about our little garden feature gazebo...the roof looks very bent!...dh said he'd try to get some of the snow off tomorrow...wish the office would call him and say stay home! he got stuck just trying to clear snow with the truck (making tracks) into the drive....

Anyone else getting events cancelled?

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