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nerad137
It bothers me intensly that over the Omaha/maybe Sioux City area it says 'Norfolk'.
jonReremy9669
someone left the fridge open....
CitrusyGarlic
Here we go again....again
froggyzoomzoomEABOD
Norfolk Nebraska on that map really struck me as odd… I always thought of it as a really small town, must have grown since I last visited 30+ years ago
Whatwhatsomethingbutt
It grew. It's not a really small town anymore. Maybe just a small town, or a tiny city.
UserMCP
This is America. [ice cracking sounds]
definitelyNOTVigotheCarpathian
'murica!
ThisIsMyUsernameThereAreManyLikeIt
But at least those five guys got to buy their seventh superyacht!
elvianempire
super? mega? we are up to giga yachts!
jonReremy9669
SacrificialClam
Love those emojis *dabs in gen x*
LucilleWhoKnowsNot
I love how the weather stops at the Mexican and Canadian borders. It's almost like the us is insular and what happens outside their borders, weather wise, doesn't effect them
TeamRocketBlastOffAtTheSpeedOfLightSurrenderNowOrPrepareToFight
Winter Weather Blues my ass! Ive been waiting for decent snow for 2-4 years! *Insert "let it snow" by Mariah Carey*! Love snow. Love cold!
hnngh
well...maybe not so bad in hawaii.
SoraHjort
This is my United States of Misery *guitar solo* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz7_3n7xyDg
definitelyNOTVigotheCarpathian
cool guitar solo
Baltzdelirium
What ever
GlutenFreeCocaineWaffles
Don't worry. Since we have the biggest medical industry in the world, people can easily find competitive mental healthcare to deal with it.
Tara55
Please keep all pets inside when it’s freezing out there. Tell your neighbors too!
EmeRgencyDrD
20f today. Feels like spring compared to the subzero bs over the weekend.
Donoiw
Anything but the metric system
flounder35
On one hand cold af. On the other I got a 6 day weekend so far this week, I work Sunday to Thursday.
Myotragus
All of these cities with excitement, culture, and opportunities, and then there's Norfolk, NE. It's pronounced nor-fork, for those of you that haven't been there.
vissago
its 49f in san diego right now, which is pretty cold for here. it was 37f a couple weeks ago during the last whoosh of cold. THAT will fuck shit up around here. I know its not -40f, but its cold enough to be on the front pages of all the local news, and itll cause outages and people can die.
MadHatter69
37f is 2°C. I mean, yeah that's cold but... outages, people dying? I am confused.
vissago
sd isnt setup infrastructure wise to deal with it. homes were built without adequate insulation, and we have the most expensive power in the whole country. people die trying to save money by not heating or cooling their homes. if we get even one inch of rain, places flood. the civil engineers that built this place didn't expect the weather to change, so when it does, it goes bad fast
PeterPanGuineaPig
It was also still sunny and beautiful 😂 Let's give the people the full picture here: it drops to those temps late at night.
spontaneous9
Welcome to Unstable Polar JetStream! Guess where we got that! YOU ARE CORRECT! It was a special bonus gift we earned for all our loyal support to our good friends, the CEOs of Exxon-Mobil, BP, Shell Oil, Amoco, et. al.
Californiajackson
And now people, and therefore car manufacturers, are getting pissed off at the current state of EVs and going back to straight gas. I'll never understand why the self-charging (no need to plug in) hybrids weren't a bigger thing for the interim. Don't use much gas, but when you need it it's there.
spontaneous9
I fully agree. A transitional line of vehicles capable of extending range and fueling wherever they need to seemed the obvious answer to me as well.
semperknight
Boss says roads are clear. I can't walk 1ft in any direction outside my door without falling. Told him "Well, I'm not coming in, I have video evidence. Goodbye". My life priorities are the following: my health, my family's health, my car (35k to buy a new one), and my job is a DISTANT fourth. Helps I have zero debt and 130k savings. It's so cute they think they have any power over me anymore.
PostTraumaticSouthDisorder
That savings is definitely a reason to take priority over your health since one bad fall could wipe that out. Good call.
makesense
Why...of all places in Nebraska....did they use Norfolk? The Virginia one is more known, and it isn't even the 3rd biggest city in Nebraska.
Whatwhatsomethingbutt
I was wondering the same thing. Lincoln and Omaha are right in the area. Has anybody not from Nebraska even heard of Norfolk?
dogboybastard
"The effects of the enhanced high latitude warming known as Arctic amplification on regional snow cover and sea ice may enhance the weather patterns that, in turn, result in a stretched polar vortex." how global warming caused the polar vortex
insanitycontinuum
...to get wavy (it was usually waving more softly before)
Rayplays
BeckyLookAtHerButt
Artic prolapse? Loose jet stream?
4vie
Witches' tits on that Polar Vortex-chan someone made years ago now.
medimr
I mean...you could always move to Florida. Will be 80 again by the end of the week. Downside is that you'd have to live in Florida, though.
AyatollahBahloni
Expecting a hard freeze in Ocala Saturday. Tropical plants will suffer. My banana trees will probably not survive.
medimr
Well, I guess when I said "end of the week" I should have said "in a week" instead. Gonna get cold this weekend. But then back up to normal """winter""" temps of 75+ a few days after that.
jonReremy9669
i'd rather live in a cartel city in mexico
definitelyNOTVigotheCarpathian
that's a tough sell; florida man.
rraphael1234
RetrogradeLlama
Fuckin' Canadians! This is their revenge for contaminating their rednecks with Trumpism.
Sechran
As if mere borders could contain such virulent stupidity.
SquaresUnfiltered
I think everybody is depressed because of the rise of fascism not the weather
definitelyNOTVigotheCarpathian
good good. let the hate flow through you
definitelyNOTVigotheCarpathian
mrsparkle001
Piscivore
I'm in Phoenix, I'm enjoying this.
Vallete
Same
Hoopdajon
High fives from coastal Southern California!
spontaneous9
OK. We'll check back in July then.
Piscivore
That's why I'm enjoying it now.
wadenelson1
Sun City represent!
chemipedia
Same! The cold has been nice but it’s already starting to warm back up on my side of the valley. 🥲
LeSethX
San Francisco is fine, Rainy, and my cats hate it, but fine. It's like our cities were both rewarded with the inverse of the other cities
Sechran
Bottle this and put it in the fridge for later.
mygodhasabiggerdick
So...honest dumbass here looking for an answer.
All the weather is US centric when talking about this. I would like to know where EUROPES arctic blast is? If the Jet Stream is wonky due to global warming, shouldn't the cold ass air be fucking my reality up now as well? I'm in Munich, which I believe is about the same Latitude as Seattle (?)...So where is my -20 nonsense? Im on my couch in fucking SHORTS !
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
You don’t want what we’ve got, below a certain Latitude, European houses aren't insulated against cold like US houses generally are.
jonReremy9669
"Im on my couch in fucking SHORTS" thats the extreme weather changes. you know you shouldnt be wearing shorts in january...
PhailRaptor
The weakening of the Polar Vortex is less impactful on you because the North Atlantic Current is still dumping warm equatorial water right at the mouth of the English Channel. It's the reason Europe as a whole doesn't look more like Siberia. But don't worry, eventually the melt water flooding out of Greenland will disrupt the current. You'll get your turn.
mygodhasabiggerdick
This is what I was reading about since my last comment. Add this to the warm air that gets pulled up from Northern Africa and I guess I get it. Still wierds me out because I want it to make more sense in a globe=circle, my OCD brain wants it to be more 'equal' kind of way. But thanks.
PeakExponent
The Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Drift still exists. It brings heat from the Caribbean to Europe. It has done so for approximately 12,000 years. It's also in danger of destabilizing due to climate change.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
When the polar vortex destabilizes, physical geography plus prevailing air flows tend to make it not hit Europe as hard (though it can sometimes).
dffksh
2 weeks ago we had lovely -30C - -34C temperatures for almost a week in Eastern Finland. Damn weather surveillance station even lost all power for half a day. Allthough, 30-40 years ago week or 2 of that was pretty much normal in late january / early february.
Raygereio
Most folks will immediately go "the gulf stream!" and that was the main theory for a long time. Recent models suggest that the gulf stream doesn't actually heat up Europe. It's more that the gulf stream causes an atmospheric circulation that pulls in cold air for the US to enjoy.
Colopty
On Tuesday I was enjoying a comfy -29 in south-east Norway.
mygodhasabiggerdick
Yeah, but you're in Norway. That's the equivalent of Alaska in Latitude. Not saying Alaska is ALL frozen tundra nor that Norway doesn't have beautiful fjords and green areas. I am curious why Texas is looking at negatives (again) and a large part of the US is below zero, while a large part of europe, sitting at or near the same LAtitude is NOT getting blasted. I get how sometimes we pull a lot of warm air from North Africa, ending up with Bavaria roasting in 30+ degree temps...(cont'd)
Colopty
Bunch of cold air from the pole rushed down there, basically. Might've just been bad luck that it rushed down at their longitude, might be some factors making them more prone to it when the polar vortex breaks.
thrashingcows
semifancy
nachosyndicate
Tell Lauren Bobo about this.
johnnothing
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/understanding-arctic-polar-vortex
Asadsadsadclown
Watch it in real time. https://www.netweather.tv/charts-and-data/global-jetstream
Buddisvata
It's ironic, but when the Gulf Stream dies, NA and EU will be experiencing something closer to an Ice Age. So while the equator burns to a crisp, Asia gets drowned and South America gets quacked out of existence, the North will be a frozen hellscape.
TinyLiehon
Oh, oh, like in that old movie about the Gulf Stream dieing?
Buddisvata
Sorry, I got no idea what you are referencing. The Day After Tomorrow or something?
TinyLiehon
Yeah, that old movie, The Day After Tomorrow
Buddisvata
Oh cool, I actually remembered that correctly, if only vaguely. That's when disaster movies were popular. Also that movie is stupid and probably just confused people's understanding of climate change more lol
mymustachecallstheshots
Sad thing is I think this is covered fairly accurately in the movie Day After Tomorrow. They of course posted to extremes, but the core concept is there.
NorwegianSheepknuller
I'm in the zone no matter what, let's spread the joy!
shinagami091
So if things keep going we will regularly get white winters in southern Texas? Gross! That was the only perk of living here :/
Asadsadsadclown
If it keeps going it stops all together and air stops circulating easily. Leading to stagnation and suffocation if air temps equalize across the globe.
CUBErk
What a wonderfully selfish viewpoint
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
Spot on Texan.
shinagami091
Well the post was about cold air jet streams moving further south. Can’t get much further south than Texas (when it comes to the US anyway)
Shaodyn
Imagine the jet stream as a bra that keeps the cold air boobs up where they belong. When global warming weakens it, those cold air boobs sag, and that's why we get arctic weather. But, of course, a lot of people will still say "So much for global warming!" Apparently, if you're ever cold at any point in your life, it's proof that global warming is a hoax made up to prevent fun.
imtiredboss
Big science just wants to sell you... um... expensive books or something.
Shaodyn
Nope, just prevent fun. "You should be worried about this nonexistent problem rather than enjoying life."
MinimumContributor
Charts and figures please
Shaodyn
Are you asking me for a source? Because I'm sure you can find it just as easily as I can.
MinimumContributor
lol no. I wanted to see a presentation with firm and saggy boobs
Shaodyn
Oh, OK. Best I can do is this.
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imtiredboss
What exactly is in it for them to be anti-climate change?
Asadsadsadclown
A feeling of superiority and secret knowledge.
HandoB4Javert
Also, glaciers are on dry land, not part of the sea already seems lost to many.
mohavewolfpup
So… what if we save the ice cube and ship it north? Then what? Restored? /s. Got any place I can read about this more in all seriousness?
Grimmrog
this, also the magical water inflats again below 4degree celcius is qhy the sea level has yet not risen as much as it will once all ice is gone and the temperature on the northpole will make the water go above 4 degree (celcius that )
mygodhasabiggerdick
The whole thing is worth a watch, but I believe this is a good example of the frustration many feel.
https://youtu.be/lPgZfhnCAdI?feature=shared&t=504
HandoB4Javert
YuffieK
Akseptance
You wander around the icy cave. The snow crunching under your footsteps echoes off the walls only to be muffled by that which produced it. In the flickering light provided by a torch you brought, you see a few items: an old shield, a rusty sword, and some bones from an unknown animal. Then you see it. The corner of a chest barely protruding out of the heavy layers of snow and ice. After some time, you manage to free the chest and the lock simply falls off. In your haste, you throw open the lid!
Akseptance
A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!
heroesblood
oh god dammit
JustAPileOfCats
TheseAreNotTheVotesYouAreLookingFor
elevengoldfish
elten
NapoleonTrousersnakeBonaparte
insanitycontinuum
That's just overdoing it, should use those nice 3d skiils for something cooler
NapoleonTrousersnakeBonaparte
Sadly, it’s not my creation. I found it when another person posted that one and this one some time back.