Cold wave

Cold wave

       A wiki link on the subject can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_wave

            This post is prompted by three things that have happened in my lifetime (age 65):

            1)  We have had many previous cold spells that are seldom or poorly reported these days. Most seem to be forgotten by the people who never experienced such calamitous times.

            2) The freeze line where I live is 18". There are reports I have heard of the freeze line getting down to like 5' during a bitter cold time in the 1960's, with a lot of pipes bursting.

            3) The most recent cold weather adverse effects in the Atlanta area are a repeat of earlier events I have actually observed, though none of this is reported these days.

In the end, it is cold, and people and animals don't like being too cold. Being bitter cold can kill or maim us.

Last, if one thinks cold arctic winds out of Canada can be cold, try cold Siberian winds during the cold season, too.

 

 

GOES 13 weather satellite image captured on Jan. 28, 2014. (Source: NOAA/NASA GOES Project)