More at Wattsupwiththat: It is ironic that the day after President Trump essentially moved to nullify U.S. Climate Policy, the coldest and deepest winter storm in over 40 years descends on the country.
More at Wattsupwiththat: It is ironic that the day after President Trump essentially moved to nullify U.S. Climate Policy, the coldest and deepest winter storm in over 40 years descends on the country.
I’ve been flipping through livestreams from down south…
I haven’t seen a single person out playing in the snow. Everyone’s off work and school til Friday.
28F, 4″ of good packing snow, once in a lifetime experience for New Orleans …
No drunk rednecks sledding behind pickups, no children building snowmen in the French quarter… sad.
We are here in lakeview New Orleans. Many people sledding down the levee in city park and my wife and I walked to the neighborhood bar for librations with many neighbors. Only one bartender is local so she was running it herself. Luckily most people are smart enough to know we don’t have snow tires, chains, or knowledge of how to drive in the snow so few cars were out.
My neighbors made snowmen and up the street was a great snowball fight
Sweet!
In these woke days building snowmen is sexist and racist. Also cold temperatures make in more difficult to fire a weapon and they might actually become randomly more accurate/s
Ohhhhhhhhh mommmaaaaaaaaa … EXTREME WEATHER!
“Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!”
The problem is, as easy as it is to make fun of them, the Gulf Coast is simply not equipped in any way, shape, or form to deal with a cold snap and a bunch of snow. Hell, 4″ in Edmonton causes chaos, and we have winter tires and snowplows. How many of these people even own anything resembling wintrr clothes, why would they? So, especially considering that most people around here start crying about the heat when the weather gets above 18 and sunny, I’m not making fun of them at all.
yep. the old and infirm whose bodies are at the edge of the envelope will die.
l have neanderthal dna, as evident by the prominent eye brow ridges, ridiculous lower body strength and the fact l was outside last nite -15C with just a summer t-shirt under my std polyfilled winter coat. so however old l get, lm counting on at least some meaningful residual tolerance for cold to help me when the effects liberalism has on energy supplies in Canaduh take hold.
wonko: “The problem is, as easy as it is to make fun of them, the Gulf Coast is simply not equipped in any way, shape, or form to deal with a cold snap and a bunch of snow.”
Absolutely, wonko.
No one even has salt for their porch steps. I can assure you that some of the residents will be outside with the kitchen saltshaker trying to clear their steps.
No, as in zero, snow shovels. Most will use brooms to clear their porches and walks, and if they don’t get down to the bare surface, it often winds up slipperier than if they just left things alone and walked on the snow. But they don’t know that.
Just who the heck in Louisiana has mittens? They can’t even go play in the snow for more than a few minutes before their fingers are frozen.
So, let ’em deal with the snow as best they can. A few will come up with some creative solutions. Most will just have to sit tight or muddle through until it melts. Then it will be years before they have to deal with it again.
Kitchen salt will work.
It does work, roaddog. Salt is salt.
But the visual is someone with that little saltshaker, which holds a couple of ounces of salt, trying to clear a 6’x6′ porch, 4 steps, and 20′ of walkway.
You can bet any store selling salt for water softeners was sold out within an hour or two. That leaves everyone who didn’t get some with the saltshaker.
Geeze guys … calm down … it will all be melted by Wednesday
The last Springtime I spent on Bourbon St. … it was 102 deg.F with 101% humidity. There was a wake left behind me as I walked the streets drenched in sweat. I have NO IDEA how you people live on the temperate and climate EXTREMES.
Yes it does–but you’ll need a lot of it. Like use a couple of boxes or bags of table salt.
Globull Warmening!!!
Children in Louisiana Will No Longer Grow Up Not Knowing What Snow Is.
I positively love Global Warming.