Temperatures Friday night and early Saturday in traditional hot spots such as Shreveport, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; and Atlanta are set to dip into the low 20s or teens.
The weeklong Arctic cold that’s blanketed much of the nation has taken more than 50 lives, officials said, as 66 million people in the United States are under winter weather warnings Friday.
Wind chill alerts Friday afternoon stretched from Montana to Florida and freeze alerts remained in effect across the South and Gulf Coast.
Temperatures Friday night and early Saturday in traditional hot spots such as Shreveport, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; and Atlanta are set to dip into the low 20s or teens.
Wind chill alerts Friday afternoon stretched from Montana to Florida and freeze alerts remained in effect across the South and Gulf Coast.
Of the 51 cold-related deaths since last Friday, 17 happened in Tennessee, nine in Oregon, six in Illinois, five in Washington state and Mississippi, three in New York state, two in Louisiana and one each in Arkansas, Wisconsin, Wyoming and New Hampshire, local and state officials have told NBC News.
I don’t know if they count as cold related deaths, but there’s been at least 3 in Portland who’ve died to downed power lines.
If 7-8k people die per day in the US, and this cold front has lingered for a week, that would be about 0.1% off all deaths in the US. I don’t know what the point of emphasizing the fact that 50 people dying had to do with the bigger issue of climate change affecting 60 million people, but maybe it’s just to make people pay attention to it?
Side note: I dislike titles that assume print addition. I have no idea which nation we are talking about without reading further.
I really hate it when the town name, but not country or state are included. “Buffalo” could be one of many. At least “Athens” presumes the big one in Georgia.
Maybe it’s NY bias, but Buffalo is only ever Buffalo, NY and I’ve never heard of another.
Then I have a treat for you.
https://wblk.com/there-are-more-than-20-other-cities-named-buffalo/
Huh, TIL.
And doing some quick math, the population of all of those towns/cities together is still less than 1/2 the population of Buffalo NY. So I would still say unless stated otherwise, assume Buffalo NY. =)
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This is annoying if you have a pool.
Yeah, all these dead people need to gtfo of this dudes pool. Clogging up the filter system with decaying limbs and shit. How disrespectful.
Don’t pool owners drain their pool during the winter precisely so it doesn’t freeze and ruin equipment?
Yes, in colder climes. People in places like Florida, however, usually don’t bother.
Why? I had one long ago, don’t remember issues with hard freezes.
