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Yup, I can’t even imagine those guys working in those weathers to get the power back up quickly. Wild
temp dropped 32 degrees in 8 minutes in cheyenne. I was outside when it happened. shit was crazy, like walking into a freezer >

In 8 minutes?! Lordy, it sounds like sci-fi. Scary. I'm really worried for the homeless and elderly and anyone who loses power. >

It is a sort of sci-fi movie.  The Day After Tomorrow was loosely based on this type of weather event. >

This happened in China, last year? 🤔 the year before maybe. 40 people died. The day after tomorrow was written in response to the climate change papers that predicted these exact events with the 1.5-2 degree increase in temperature. It was a shock when the papers came out and said by 2040 instead of 2080. No, it was all there. I remember reading them shortly after the movie.came.out. Hollywood always using the movies to prep us for what's coming. 
/in before zombie apocalypse...we all know the CDC has written protocols for it 😅 right on their website >

The Day After Tomorrow was based on a book called "The Coming Global Superstorm" by Art Bell. I know the science behind it is real, but I have to admit I had to put some more serious thought into it when I picked up my copy of the book one day and realized Art Bell had written it. 
I've had the book since not long after the movie came out, and I think it was just after he died that I realized he wrote it. Apparently I'm not observant (or more likely didn't actually know who he was when I had last looked at the book). >

I would listen to him Coast to Coast decades ago when i couldn't sleep.
My younger cousin really got hooked on that show and listened to it every night/morning.  My cousin dropped out of hs because of his addiction to Art Bell.
Someone recently told me Bell was a xenophobe, but I don't recall that.
I've caught the new guy (he's probably been on for a long time) twice.  Both times were heavy on cryptids. >

Back when conspiracy theories were fun and relatively harmless >

It was actually even more dramatic than the headline. The official temperature at the Denver airport went from about 45 to 15 literally in a few minutes. Downtown, it was close to 50 at 3:15, about 20 when I left work at 4:45, then 5 when I got home at 5:30. Woke up to -17. >

Welcome to Alberta.  On the other hand it can go the other way just as quickly (chinook) >

It’s pretty brutal here.  Calgary’s chinook’s kill my head though. Instant days longs migraines. >

I'm southwest of you. Got the cows in the barn generating heat. >

Thank goodness!! I always wonder how livestock fare in this weather! >

I've only got 4 cows on my small plot.  2 of my kids run the actual farm now.  Rest assured, the cattle are well taken care of. >

I will never doubt Day after Tomorrow ever again.
San Andreas is still suspect. >

For real. At midnight here in North GA it's supposed to be 49 degrees. Tomorrow at 10pm it's going to be 4. Like how? >

48 here in Alabama right now. Dropping to 14 by 7 AM tomorrow. I bike to work too, so yee haw. >

Word of advice as someone who used to commute on 15 and 20° days, please wear layers because the last thing you need when you're biking is sweat. Preferably lighters you can unzip so as you heat up you can cool off and regulate temperature. You don't want to be a sweating mess facing the breeze that cold. >

No doubt. I've only got a bit over a mile to do, so the worst part I have to really worry about is chapped lips. >

I’ve taken to wearing an N95 while bicycling to work.  Not only does it filter out some of the particulate from the cars I’m next to, it also keeps my face and breath MUCH warmer in winter. >

I can’t stop thinking about all the homeless people and animals :( >

I used to be the caretaker of a feral cat colony before I moved this year. I loved those cats so much, and it really made me aware of just how many homeless/stray/feral cats are out there. Now, whenever I read news about these horrible weather events, I think about all the homeless kitties that are going to suffer and die, and I get really, really sad. >

My husband and I made shelters tonight with warmers in them for the feral cats I saw while picking up groceries today and we brought them food. We also are fostering a dog that we got out of one of our local shelter that has outdoor pens, which is in addition to the 11 foster cats, 1 foster dog and our dog. 
We did TNR for over a year (until we unfortunately brought home 10 kittens from a feral colony that had FelV and we took a break to care for them and deal with the aftermath of the diagnoses). I totally understand and feel the same way you do. I live in Louisiana and when we have dangerous heat and humidity, hurricanes and (as of recently thanks to climate change and tornado alley shifting east) tornadoes, it’s all I can think about. I just wanted to tell you about those animals that we did our best to help today and I’m sure it was just one of many examples of people who did their best to prevent suffering today. I try to focus on those wins and the lives saved instead of the ones lost. I hope that is as comforting to you as it is to me. ♥️ >

Am in Denver and it went from 50 to -5 in the matter of a few hours. It was wild to see the front coming in. >

I grew up in the Denver area,  sadly I don't live there any more.   But i remember crazy days like this in the distant past. Like 60f to 0 in a day and 2 in of ice followed by 2 feet of snow and 100mph wind.  Just nutz.  
Makes you feel alive.. >

I, for one, am weary from these "once in a generation" events. I'd like some mundane, please. >

We're getting desensitivized to those, so it might become mundane
I can easily imagine us not bothered by another killer virus in 20 years or so >

You're right. Unfortunately, it's what happened to me with California wildfires. It's horrible, obviously, but i just expect it every year now. >

I live in the eastern US and at this point I just assume that the west is on fire like 10 months out of the year rather than trying to keep track of when it's not. Kinda surprised people still want to live there tbh, seems like it would be nerve-wracking. >

Especially including the water crisis. Honestly, through my life, I've found a lot of people to have some weird obsession with California. 
You see that episode of Family Guy where some random guy says to another, "Look at my wife and kids!" and repeatedly smashes his open wallet into that guys face? That's how i imagine most people from California, but they just keep saying, "SOCAL! SOCAL! SOCAL!" with each hit. Endlessly >

Hanukkah is really well timed this year. We've got so many candles in my house. If the power goes out just look for the houses with menorahs! >

if power goes out you freeze >

Layer up! >

It's currently -14 where I am, three days from now it's supposed to be 45, it's gonna feel like summer >

It's been below zero at night for a week at my place. >

I went to a Christmas party around 5:40PM and it was reading 38 degrees.  When I was done around 8:15PM,  it was reading -2 degrees, so I can relate.
When I went outside at that time, the first breath made me cough because it was so cold. >

Power went out in the middle of the night for me in all of this too. They managed to get it back on quick, but that was a very unpleasant hour or so.