I know the Canada TBN'rs are friendly & helpful, but you guys really can keep your polar air masses to yourselves!
From the regional paper today...:cold:
So really... how cold is it?
1. In Minnesota, some ski and sledding hills and ice rinks have been declared closed until Tuesday. Even the cold-weather recreation enthusiasts said it was just too cold!
MORE: Subzero temperatures settle across U.S.
2. A "polar vortex" or blast of extreme cold has arrived. The vortex is a cyclonic air mass usually hanging out over Canada. It's unusually far south over the Great Lakes, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
3. School is closed Monday for the entire state of Minnesota, as well as cities and districts in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, among others. No learning, kids. It's too cold.
4. Southern states are bracing for possible record temps, with single-digit highs expected Tuesday in Georgia and Alabama.
5. Trash and recycling aren't getting picked up on Monday in Minneapolis. That's stinking cold.
6. Remember, frostbite and hypothermia can set in quickly at 15 to 30 below zero.
7. Green Bay Packers fans were grilling beers Sunday while tailgating to unfreeze them. Resourceful, but that's cold. And those beers must have been ice cold.
8. Officials in Missouri said it was too cold for rock salt to be very effective on the roads, making them particularly dangerous, and several Illinois roadways were closed because of drifting snow, according to the Associated Press.