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Iowa is experiencing another cold streak. Blizzard conditions are possible for ares west of Waterloo. There are whiteout condtiotns possible with wind gusts of 50 mph. http://www.kwwl.com/story/24547478/2014/01/25/blizzard-conditions-expected-in-parts-of-eastern-iowa-sunday
There were icy conditions in Central and South Texas so school on Friday was canceled for many students. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Houston, San Antonio and Austin areas until midday Friday as temperatures hovered just below freezing. The wet, wintry conditions had moved out of San Antonio and Austin by late morning. The weather was forecast to improve by Saturday, and Austin and San Antonio could see a return to temperatures in the 70s by Sunday, forecasters said. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20140124-snow-ice-force-closure-of-some-texas-schools.ece
Records show that Iowa's lowest temperature ever recorded was located in Elkader, Iowa at a low of -47 degrees F or -44 degrees C. This happened on February 3, 1996 and the elevation of Elkader is 700 ft. We've also had severe droughts and one in 2012 where we had very extreme heat. This heat actually made water temperatures raise, some spots as high as 97 degrees. This caused fish to die, almost $10 million worth. Iowa is known for it's drastic weather differences depending on seasons.
Due to the whiteout conditions and the cold the city of Cascade told KWWL that they opened up their city hall for the people that may be stranded. http://m.kwwl.com/w/news/story/108146572/
Avalanches have blocked the only highway to Valdez, Alaska, cutting off all motor traffic to the coastal town of about 4,000 and leading town officials to urge voluntary evacuations of residences. The Richardson Highway will probably remain closed for about a week. The first avalanches started Friday, and more occurred Saturday. Valdez officials urged voluntary evacuations over the weekend because water started to accumulate behind the snow and debris created by the avalanches. A shelter was established in the high school and teen center for people who evacuated. It's unknown how many people moved out of their houses.
Arctic air has hit almost the entire united states. This mass of arctic air had a huge drop in temperatures. Some areas fell nearly 30 degrees. In Northern Minnesota tempuratures were in the -30's. The cold also came with wind. Some areas had 65 mph winds. And the cold is expected to stick around for most of the week.
Cold weather is going to be knocking at the door of the Metlife stadium. This as you may know is were the super bowl is going to be held.The super bowl will be between the Seahawks and Broncos. The Stadium is a open stadium that does not have a roof and is expected to be very cold. http://www.weather.com/sports-rec/super-bowl-weather-forecast-snow-cold-wind-new-jersey-20140125
A fire ban has been issued to Southern Australia, as they brace for yet another heat wave. Temperatures are going to be in the low forties (celsius 40C=106.8F) Firefighters are mostly worried about fires from previous heat waves getting bigger, some of these fires have been burning for a fortnight. Doctors also believe that the recent heat waves ma have attributed up to 400 deaths. The temperatures peaked at 54C (129.2F) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-28/southern-australia-to-swelter-as-heatwave-returns/5221632 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-23/heatwave-death-toll-expected-to-top-almost-400/5214496
Almost all of the United States have experienced a drop in temperatures in recent january because of the arctic blasts. SOme record lows were set in Michigan, Ohio, and Texas. The cold will still be here for a while.
in Australia, a large 2,000 ft high red-orange dust cloud hit Australia, caused by a wall cloud on a thunderstorm surrounding a cyclone, the wall cloud updraft picked up red dust
Due to extreme winter conditions coming across the U.S. The Northern people laugh at the Southerners for being scared over this epidemic. In all reality though this is a real threat because they are stuck with very little resources and things to fight the snow.
Wednesday will be a mini thaw, with highs near 35 and mostly sunny skies then a cold front moves in early Thursday that could bring 1 to 2 inches to Northeast Iowa.
In the metropolitan part of Atlanta, winter storm Leon dumped close to 3 inches of snow on the ground. This snowfall caused many problems when the school tried to get the students home. Many buses either couldn't make it to pick up the students, or they got stuck in the snow with students on board. Some students even had to stay at school overnight if they couldn't get a ride from someone.
When exercising around cold weather make sure to stretch good. Cold weather tightens up you're muscles and joints. It also causes you're nerves to pinch easier. The cold forces you're muscles to work harder than when in mild weather. You damage you're muscle tissue when exercising. Damaging muscle tissue can give you sore muscles. http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/28/health/upwave-muscles-cold/index.html?iref=allsearch
Winter Storm Leon is affecting many places with ice and snow. Many places that are not use to seeing any snow are in for a big ole blast of it. Cities in the south are trying to prepare for it but without any snowplows they will have to come up with other ideas. This storm is bringing very large amounts of snow too, up to 12 inches. That is a lot of snow in case you were wondering. This storm isn't only affecting the south but is expected to bring snow and all sorts of weather up the east coast. That's a whole lot of weather. http://www.weather.com/news/weather-forecast/winter-storm-leon-snow-ice-gulf-coast-carolinas-20140127
The Middle West is under constant blizzard-like conditions while Alaska is thawing its ice. A Climatologists says from the warmth and dryness is effecting the weather in Alaska.Warm marine air from the Pacific is being sent towards Alaska while a colder Arctic air down in the the Middle West. While the Middle West is receiving blizzard weather and freezing temperatures, Alaska is recovering from mammoth avalanche. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/how-locked-weather-spreads-woe-alaska-alabama-2D12008811
Australia is having a heat wave, with some temperatures reaching 104 and 107 degrees fahrenheit. They've been fighting one fire for two weeks. They've issued a 'catastrophic' fire danger rating, and they've sent out their 'water bombers' to combat the fires. Bush fires could become problematic today. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-28/southern-australia-to-swelter-as-heatwave-returns/5221632
Stranded. More than a thousands drivers had to camp on roads in Southern Atlanta. There was only three inches of snow.People were stranded for 10-12 hours. People had to stop because vehicles kept spinning out. This is more snow than they have in a year. http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/us/winter-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
4500 kids were stuck at school in Hoover, Alabama. Another 800 were stuck in Birmingham, Alabama. They spent the night watching movies at the high school.
Iowa has had another cold winter. When we had the whiteout this weekend the wind gust were up to 50 mph. You were unable to see most of the time. Big snow drifts covered most of the gravel roads and people were unable to get through.
Snow brings chaos to Atlanta. After an hour of snowing in Atlanta, traffic had gone to an idiotic state. There was only about 1 inch of snow on the ground, but that still caused many car accidents on highways and other roads. Over 18 car accidents between 3 towns were common.
Atlanta mayor blames poor coordination for storm confusion. A day after the three inches of snow stopped Georgia. Atlanta's mayor blamed the resulting gridlock on decisions by schools, business and government to send people home at the same time. He told reporters "People were making a lot of independent decisions. What we will do in the future is try to coordinate that, and make a strong recommendation about how that should flow."
the weather in iowa is to be warmer than monday and tuesday. some of the southern states have received the snow . the snow in the south is causing traffic problems
On Tuesday morning the cold air set daily record lows. Wind chills on Tuesday morning dropped into the 20s, 30s and even 40s below zero in the northern Plains to the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes.
Atlanta is for the most part shut down because of the weather. All over Georgia there have been reports of kids spending the night in schools, and some students spent a night in school buses, unable to get home. http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/us/georgia-alabama-stranded-buses-schoolchildren/index.html?iref=allsearch
Fifty Atlanta students remained on school buses overnight, and seven of them still weren't home by 5 a.m. ET, Atlanta Public Schools spokeswoman Kimberly Willis Green said. Atlanta police delivered food to the kids, who were all home or returned to schools by 9 a.m. ET, she said. As of Wednesday morning, "several hundred students at nine schools are sheltered in place," she said.
The weather in the south is bad. A winter storm called Leon has caused 5 deaths from traffic accidents, as well as trapping a lot of kids at school. Most of the kids are home now, but the road conditions are still bad.
Snow is expected to continue to fall in the southeast. The storm, Leon, has been dropping freezing rain, sleet, and snow over Texas, Georgia, Carolinas, and Virginia. It is said that the storm is the worst the area has seen in decades.More freezing rain is said to be a concern for power outages and tree damage.
Our sub zero temperatures that reached near -20 degrees in the area are moving frost deeper and deeper into the ground. It’s causing pipes to break, and some people to lose water. And others to have to work in this cold replacing the pipes.
In Atlanta there was 3 inches of snow and ice. This caused 1,460 car accidents. It also caused over 175 injuries. The biggest problem was that over 400 flights were delayed and or canceled.
9 percent of the state of California is in a drought. This is the most area covered in a drought in the state of California. This drought extends from north to south across parts of 11 counties including, southeast Santa Cruz, far southern Santa Clara, San Benito, Merced, western Fresno, eastern Monterey, eastern San Luis Obispo, western Kern, western Madera, Kings and southwest Tulare.
16 vehicle pile up caused by a blizzard. Northbound on highway 218, a 16 vehicle pile up caused the road to shutdown in Bremer County. Troopers say that the accident happened around 4:49 pm on Sunday. 5 semi trucks were involved and several were injured including a one year old child. http://www.kwwl.com/story/24573387/2014/01/29/update-details-released-on-16-vehicle-pile-up-caused-by-sundays-blizzard
More than 200 students were stranded at school in Alabama because of a winter storm that hit the south. They spent a second night while authorities are trying to clear roads.
Many drivers were still stranded yesterday on interstates in their cars after the winter storm hit the south. Some of the causes were jackknifed semis, icy roads, and inexperienced drivers. For some drivers, a usual 30 minute drive took 26 hours. A mother even had to give birth in her car, with help from her husband and a police officer.
Whats left of the Winter Storm Leon will cause many schools to again cancel school on friday due to the patchy ice and snow. At least a dozen people have been reported dead, five of those being in Alabama.
the schools going to find more time for the missing school days because of the winter this season http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20140130/NEWS01/301300015/Schools-
A doctor, Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw, in Alabama walked six miles through a storm to perform emergency brain surgery. The walk took Zenko a little under two hours to get to the hospital. He arrived at the hospital in time to perform the surgery.
Iowa is experiencing another cold streak. Blizzard conditions are possible for ares west of Waterloo. There are whiteout condtiotns possible with wind gusts of 50 mph.
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There were icy conditions in Central and South Texas so school on Friday was canceled for many students. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Houston, San Antonio and Austin areas until midday Friday as temperatures hovered just below freezing. The wet, wintry conditions had moved out of San Antonio and Austin by late morning. The weather was forecast to improve by Saturday, and Austin and San Antonio could see a return to temperatures in the 70s by Sunday, forecasters said.
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Records show that Iowa's lowest temperature ever recorded was located in Elkader, Iowa at a low of -47 degrees F or -44 degrees C. This happened on February 3, 1996 and the elevation of Elkader is 700 ft. We've also had severe droughts and one in 2012 where we had very extreme heat. This heat actually made water temperatures raise, some spots as high as 97 degrees. This caused fish to die, almost $10 million worth. Iowa is known for it's drastic weather differences depending on seasons.
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we are soppose to have wind chills around -40 until noon tomorrow with blizzard conditions.
ReplyDeleteDue to the whiteout conditions and the cold the city of Cascade told KWWL that they opened up their city hall for the people that may be stranded.
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Avalanches have blocked the only highway to Valdez, Alaska, cutting off all motor traffic to the coastal town of about 4,000 and leading town officials to urge voluntary evacuations of residences. The Richardson Highway will probably remain closed for about a week. The first avalanches started Friday, and more occurred Saturday. Valdez officials urged voluntary evacuations over the weekend because water started to accumulate behind the snow and debris created by the avalanches. A shelter was established in the high school and teen center for people who evacuated. It's unknown how many people moved out of their houses.
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Arctic air has hit almost the entire united states. This mass of arctic air had a huge drop in temperatures. Some areas fell nearly 30 degrees. In Northern Minnesota tempuratures were in the -30's. The cold also came with wind. Some areas had 65 mph winds. And the cold is expected to stick around for most of the week.
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Cold weather is going to be knocking at the door of the Metlife stadium. This as you may know is were the super bowl is going to be held.The super bowl will be between the Seahawks and Broncos. The Stadium is a open stadium that does not have a roof and is expected to be very cold.
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A fire ban has been issued to Southern Australia, as they brace for yet another heat wave. Temperatures are going to be in the low forties (celsius 40C=106.8F) Firefighters are mostly worried about fires from previous heat waves getting bigger, some of these fires have been burning for a fortnight. Doctors also believe that the recent heat waves ma have attributed up to 400 deaths. The temperatures peaked at 54C (129.2F) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-28/southern-australia-to-swelter-as-heatwave-returns/5221632 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-23/heatwave-death-toll-expected-to-top-almost-400/5214496
ReplyDeleteAlmost all of the United States have experienced a drop in temperatures in recent january because of the arctic blasts. SOme record lows were set in Michigan, Ohio, and Texas. The cold will still be here for a while.
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in Australia, a large 2,000 ft high red-orange dust cloud hit Australia, caused by a wall cloud on a thunderstorm surrounding a cyclone, the wall cloud updraft picked up red dust
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Due to extreme winter conditions coming across the U.S. The Northern people laugh at the Southerners for being scared over this epidemic. In all reality though this is a real threat because they are stuck with very little resources and things to fight the snow.
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Wednesday will be a mini thaw, with highs near 35 and mostly sunny skies then a cold front moves in early Thursday that could bring 1 to 2 inches to Northeast Iowa.
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In the metropolitan part of Atlanta, winter storm Leon dumped close to 3 inches of snow on the ground. This snowfall caused many problems when the school tried to get the students home. Many buses either couldn't make it to pick up the students, or they got stuck in the snow with students on board. Some students even had to stay at school overnight if they couldn't get a ride from someone.
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When exercising around cold weather make sure to stretch good. Cold weather tightens up you're muscles and joints. It also causes you're nerves to pinch easier. The cold forces you're muscles to work harder than when in mild weather. You damage you're muscle tissue when exercising. Damaging muscle tissue can give you sore muscles.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2014/01/28/health/upwave-muscles-cold/index.html?iref=allsearch
Winter Storm Leon is affecting many places with ice and snow. Many places that are not use to seeing any snow are in for a big ole blast of it. Cities in the south are trying to prepare for it but without any snowplows they will have to come up with other ideas. This storm is bringing very large amounts of snow too, up to 12 inches. That is a lot of snow in case you were wondering. This storm isn't only affecting the south but is expected to bring snow and all sorts of weather up the east coast. That's a whole lot of weather. http://www.weather.com/news/weather-forecast/winter-storm-leon-snow-ice-gulf-coast-carolinas-20140127
ReplyDeleteThe Middle West is under constant blizzard-like conditions while Alaska is thawing its ice. A Climatologists says from the warmth and dryness is effecting the weather in Alaska.Warm marine air from the Pacific is being sent towards Alaska while a colder Arctic air down in the the Middle West. While the Middle West is receiving blizzard weather and freezing temperatures, Alaska is recovering from mammoth avalanche. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/how-locked-weather-spreads-woe-alaska-alabama-2D12008811
ReplyDeleteAustralia is having a heat wave, with some temperatures reaching 104 and 107 degrees fahrenheit. They've been fighting one fire for two weeks. They've issued a 'catastrophic' fire danger rating, and they've sent out their 'water bombers' to combat the fires. Bush fires could become problematic today.
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Stranded. More than a thousands drivers had to camp on roads in Southern Atlanta. There was only three inches of snow.People were stranded for 10-12 hours. People had to stop because vehicles kept spinning out. This is more snow than they have in a year. http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/us/winter-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
ReplyDelete4500 kids were stuck at school in Hoover, Alabama. Another 800 were stuck in Birmingham, Alabama. They spent the night watching movies at the high school.
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Iowa has had another cold winter. When we had the whiteout this weekend the wind gust were up to 50 mph. You were unable to see most of the time. Big snow drifts covered most of the gravel roads and people were unable to get through.
ReplyDeleteSnow brings chaos to Atlanta. After an hour of snowing in Atlanta, traffic had gone to an idiotic state. There was only about 1 inch of snow on the ground, but that still caused many car accidents on highways and other roads. Over 18 car accidents between 3 towns were common.
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Atlanta mayor blames poor coordination for storm confusion. A day after the three inches of snow stopped Georgia. Atlanta's mayor blamed the resulting gridlock on decisions by schools, business and government to send people home at the same time. He told reporters "People were making a lot of independent decisions. What we will do in the future is try to coordinate that, and make a strong recommendation about how that should flow."
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the weather in iowa is to be warmer than monday and tuesday.
ReplyDeletesome of the southern states have received the snow .
the snow in the south is causing traffic problems
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On Tuesday morning the cold air set daily record lows. Wind chills on Tuesday morning dropped into the 20s, 30s and even 40s below zero in the northern Plains to the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes.
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Atlanta is for the most part shut down because of the weather. All over Georgia there have been reports of kids spending the night in schools, and some students spent a night in school buses, unable to get home.
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Fifty Atlanta students remained on school buses overnight, and seven of them still weren't home by 5 a.m. ET, Atlanta Public Schools spokeswoman Kimberly Willis Green said.
ReplyDeleteAtlanta police delivered food to the kids, who were all home or returned to schools by 9 a.m. ET, she said. As of Wednesday morning, "several hundred students at nine schools are sheltered in place," she said.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/us/georgia-alabama-stranded-buses-schoolchildren/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
The weather in the south is bad. A winter storm called Leon has caused 5 deaths from traffic accidents, as well as trapping a lot of kids at school. Most of the kids are home now, but the road conditions are still bad.
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Winter Storm Leon Covers Southeast
ReplyDeleteSnow is expected to continue to fall in the southeast. The storm, Leon, has been dropping freezing rain, sleet, and snow over Texas, Georgia, Carolinas, and Virginia. It is said that the storm is the worst the area has seen in decades.More freezing rain is said to be a concern for power outages and tree damage.
http://www.weather.com/news/photos-winter-storm-leon-covers-southeast-20140128
Our sub zero temperatures that reached near -20 degrees in the area are moving frost deeper and deeper into the ground.
ReplyDeleteIt’s causing pipes to break, and some people to lose water.
And others to have to work in this cold replacing the pipes.
http://fox11online.com/2014/01/28/cold-conditions-cause-water-main-breaks/?hpt=us_bn9
In Atlanta there was 3 inches of snow and ice. This caused 1,460 car accidents. It also caused over 175 injuries. The biggest problem was that over 400 flights were delayed and or canceled.
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9 percent of the state of California is in a drought. This is the most area covered in a drought in the state of California. This drought extends from north to south across parts of 11 counties including, southeast Santa Cruz, far southern Santa Clara, San Benito, Merced, western Fresno, eastern Monterey, eastern San Luis Obispo, western Kern, western Madera, Kings and southwest Tulare.
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ReplyDelete16 vehicle pile up caused by a blizzard. Northbound on highway 218, a 16 vehicle pile up caused the road to shutdown in Bremer County. Troopers say that the accident happened around 4:49 pm on Sunday. 5 semi trucks were involved and several were injured including a one year old child.
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More than 200 students were stranded at school in Alabama because of a winter storm that hit the south. They spent a second night while authorities are trying to clear roads.
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Many drivers were still stranded yesterday on interstates in their cars after the winter storm hit the south. Some of the causes were jackknifed semis, icy roads, and inexperienced drivers. For some drivers, a usual 30 minute drive took 26 hours. A mother even had to give birth in her car, with help from her husband and a police officer.
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Whats left of the Winter Storm Leon will cause many schools to again cancel school on friday due to the patchy ice and snow. At least a dozen people have been reported dead, five of those being in Alabama.
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the schools going to find more time for the missing school days because of the winter this season
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A doctor, Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw, in Alabama walked six miles through a storm to perform emergency brain surgery. The walk took Zenko a little under two hours to get to the hospital. He arrived at the hospital in time to perform the surgery.
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Atlanta's Mayor "Nathan Deal" apologized for mishandling Tuesday's snowfall. It had some people sitting for 20 hours on the roads.
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