Everyone in the purple on this map will be about 20 to 30 degrees colder this week than average.. 

It will happen by the end of this week.

And it may very well be the coldest air of the entire winter season poised to strike..

SCARY POLAR VORTEX STUFF. Stuff I am really sick of hearing about

The 'polar vortex' is coming back. But not really. It will not be as cold as it was earlier this month. And I am really tired of news agencies scaring the long Johns off of everyone. This is winter.. it will be cold. It will snow. You hear that all the time. You want cold? Go back to 1994 in the Northeast when it was so cold, businesses and schools shut down.. People literally could not walk outside. I was 14 during the great American Cold Wave of 1994 and fondly remember it.. being off school was cool—adults had it worse than me at the time. But when you compare THAT winter to this one? I don’t even want to hear people talking about the polar vortex. It’s already the most overused weather expression of the year.. How about start telling people, “Well, WINTER is still here.” In the summer when temps reach 100 or more, what fancy term will we come up with to scare the hell out of everyone?

1994.. when cold waves were king. 


Have a good winter day, everyone.