{"id":43226,"date":"2019-01-27T19:14:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T00:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43226"},"modified":"2019-01-27T19:14:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T00:14:57","slug":"life-threatening-arctic-blast-to-freeze-nearly-200-million-as-polar-vortex-slams-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43226","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Life-Threatening&#8217; Arctic Blast To Freeze Nearly 200 Million As Polar Vortex Slams Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-01-27\/life-threatening-arctic-blast-freeze-nearly-200-million-polar-vortex-slams-midwest\">&#8216;Life-Threatening&#8217; Arctic Blast To Freeze Nearly 200 Million As Polar Vortex Slams Midwest<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A massive blast of Arctic air will hit the Midwest and Northeast by the middle of this week, bringing temperatures to their lowest levels in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/wed%20temps.jpg?itok=04-sNYci\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/wed%20temps.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Weather Service, the hardest hit zone will stretch from Minnesota and Iowa through Michigan &#8211; including Chicago, Detroit, Des Moines, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Madison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chicago Weather Service office has predicted temperatures below zero for&nbsp;<strong>60 consecutive hours &#8211; from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday<\/strong>. &#8220;Only eight times since 1872 has Chicago recorded subzero highs on at least two consecutive days, the most recent being early February 1996,&#8221; it announced.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Milwaukee and Madison also face bone-chilling cold. In its forecast discussion for the region, the Weather Service wrote that the danger of the predicted temperatures \u201ccan\u2019t be overstated,\u201d noting they will be 30 to 40 degrees below normal. \u201cFor January, that\u2019s incredible,\u201d it said. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2019\/01\/26\/polar-vortex-intrusion-dangerous-brutal-cold-aimed-great-lakes-by-tuesday\/?utm_term=.9b7f87f00d46\">WaPo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>All of Wisconsin and Minnesota, along with much of northern Illinois is expected to remain below zero on Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/pivotal.JPG?itok=BOi1IHhJ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/pivotal.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s no mild way of saying it. Brutal cold is coming,&#8221; said the National Weather Service, adding &#8220;It&#8217;s forecast as the prolonged coldest in at least 5 years,&nbsp;<strong>but potentially much longer.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Life-Threatening&#8217; Arctic Blast To Freeze Nearly 200 Million As Polar Vortex Slams Midwest A massive blast of Arctic air will hit the Midwest and Northeast by the middle of this week, bringing temperatures to their lowest levels in years. 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