Weather

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Gov. Greg Abbott, in a news conference Wednesday, was confident the state could handle the increased demand for energy as the temperatures dropped.

“I think trust will be earned over the next few days as people see that we have ultra-cold temperatures and the grid is going to be able to perform with ease,” he said.

Holiday travel upended as forecasters warn of 'bomb cyclone'

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of flights were canceled and homeless shelters were overflowing Thursday amid one of the most treacherous holiday travel seasons the U.S.

apnews.com

 

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It got colder than a witch's tiddy up here where I'm at it was minus 3 this morning with a wind chill of minus 30 and right now it's 4 degrees with minus 17 wind chill.

Not on the same grid up here as the rest of the state.

 

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82 for Christmas

Merry Christmas Bitches!

 

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82 for Christmas

Yep we gone have 60s here for Xmas Day. 70s next week.

 

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Yep we gone have 60s here for Xmas Day. 70s next week.

Fiddys

 

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7,000 + passengers flights cancelled by the airlines due to weather this week, so far...

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/friday-flight-cancellations/index.html

 

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Currently -3, wind chill -28. Warmest it's been since Monday.

 

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Massive winter storm brings rolling blackouts, power outages

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope, exposing about 60% of the U.S.

apnews.com

Power outages have left about 1.4 million homes and businesses in the dark, according to the website PowerOutage, which tracks utility reports. Utilities in Nashville, Memphis and throughout the Tennessee Valley said they were implementing rolling blackouts Friday to conserve power as the region battles an extreme cold front.

And more than 4,600 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were canceled Friday, according to the tracking site FlightAware, causing more mayhem as travelers try to make it home for the holidays.

PowerOutage.us

PowerOutage.us tracks, records, and aggregates power outages across the United States.

poweroutage.us

 

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Shorts weather, nice.

 

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Feels like 7 F now in Dallas.

 

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'The worst storm in our community's history': Day 2 of Buffalo blizzard brings suffering, rescues

The second day of the intense winter storm blasting Buffalo proved as unrelenting as the first as the most hard-hit communities, including the City of Buffalo, had to pause emergency services because the storm was that bad.

buffalonews.com

 

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SUNDAY:

9:00 A.M. On Sunday Erie County County Executive Mark Poloncarz said the travel ban will remain in effect due to more snow accumulating Saturday night. Also, that there are 26, 000 power outages in Erie County and 20,000 in Buffalo. He said the earliest power will be restored is Monday.

Poloncarz said there were four deaths overnight in Erie County from the winter storm, totaling seven deaths as of this morning.

National Grid to restore electricity Wednesday to all customers across Western New York

Thousands of customers were without power across the region Friday as snow and high winds blasted through the area.

www.wgrz.com

 

[Scot]

And on the other side of the Country

It’s 81 degrees at nearly 4pm on my patio in the shade on Christmas

 

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And on the other side of the Country

It’s 81 degrees at nearly 4pm on my patio in the shade on Christmas

I had 65 here today.

 

[Scot]

You would think I’d be used to it by now. But it still just feels wrong wearing shorts on Christmas Day.

 

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Feel Good Story from the Buffalo Blizzard of 2022

 

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DFW
NWS WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=TXZ119&warncounty=TXC113&firewxzone=TXZ119

The Winds of Thor Are Blowing COLD--COLD--COLD--COLD!!!