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mark occomore



Joined: 07 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:14 pm    Post subject: Polar Vortex Reply with quote
The Polar Vortex which the US is experiencing - sounds alien like and something from a movie. It's bone chilling temperatures. The UK could have one, but lets have the water drain away first.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10552977/What-is-a-polar-vortex.html
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ruddlescat



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was in Chicago back in 2000 when the temperature was not far off the current levels and it certainly was cold

The bigger problem however is power cuts because virtually all power lines are above ground slung on poles and when these come down power is lost to homes and the State funds the cost of residents being temporarily housed in local hotels - so for example when I was there the occupancy of my hotel went from around seventy to more than 750 overnight

Needless to say it was quite a long wait for breakfast the following morning Smile
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