This is a life-affecting heads-up to folks in the Western and Southern USA. A Polar Vortex, presently in Siberia, is being FORECAST as making a deep-dive into the western and southern USA during the first week in February, with temperatures at . . . -54° F.
Watch the blue colored region on the weather model below:
Oh. My. God. pic.twitter.com/2IfCJCGrAZ
— Justin ⚡️ (@JustinWx) January 19, 2024
Of course, this is a long-term weather model, and things can change between now and then, but this year the Weather Service has been remarkably ACCURATE in such forecasts involving Polar Vortex, and folks should heed this warning to prepare.
People living in southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas, do not usually get this type of extreme cold. Pipes will freeze. Homes will lose power as frozen trees fall and take out power lines. The electric grid may be stressed to the max, and may fail or be shut down, halting all heating.
Folks out in the US West **MUST** prepare to survive this. Have emergency food, water, medicine you need to live on. Have a way to cook without the grid (Barbecue gas grill, Hibachi, or even charcoal.) Have extra sets of heavy blankets, comforters. Have heavy winter coats, BOOTS, gloves, hats, and the like.
Be prepared to wear sweat pants beneath your jeans, double pairs of socks, double shirts.
This is the kind of cold that KILLS. You can't just ignore this.
Prepare now, while you still can because once this cold starts coming in, the general public will go into panic mode to buy supplies, and stores will sell out fast.
Better to have it, and not need it, then to need it and not have it.
Tell your family, friends, neighbors.
