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"Polar vortex to blast millions across US with life-threatening cold next week: 'There’s no escaping this'"

""These are the types of weather systems that even bring cold air to Florida," Merwin said. "You know, there’s only maybe one or two times a year where we get a chunk of arctic air that really invades the country and gets all the way down to the Gulf Coast. This is one of those. So, if you’re a snowbird, you like to escape down to the South – there’s no escaping this. Everyone will feel it."


"That is especially true for those who live in parts of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, who are still in recovery mode after Hurricane Helene devastated the region and left countless people without homes.

"Looking at the wind chill, that adds a whole other layer to this," Merwin said. "I mean, it will feel like negative 50 degrees in some spots across America come Monday morning."


In other words, it's January.

The only thing that bothers me with the extreme cold is the possibility of my pipes freezing.