Super Typhoon Nuri is reported to have initiated a polar vortex in the midwest starting tonight for 4 - 5 days. Bitter temps in midwest and heavy wind chill. Hopefully the vortex will move out completely in a week and not stay around. You posters in affected area watch out.
Will this affect the wind up of the construction season that has been going on all summer ? Plus is Amtrak and RRs operationally ready ?
The universal winter contingency plan has been enacted by all parties - Prayers for Spring are being offered.
The media totally wore out that term last winter.
Yes but it may explain Germany’s failure of the Russian invasion in winter ? Maybe explains when a country(s) experience a bitter winter ?
Or maybe just a coincidence? [:-,]
Not a coincidence. The “Polar Vortex” has been around since long before the media got hold of it. In the past it was not as pervasive and did not affect so many people. If it happened in Siberia, hardly anyone outside of Russia even knew about it.
Just like death from tornados, hurricanes, and floods. The storms may or may not be any more severe; it’s just that there are so many more people who put themselves in harms way by building in locations that are known to be hazardous. In addition, some storms in the past may not have been reported due to less-densely populated areas.
Of course, it is also possible that we humans have already warmed this planet past its climatological tipping point, and that storms will continue to ge
I’m not saying I know, but after about 15 years of no appreciable increase in world temperature, I think of it as being back to old fashioned winters. I can’t say as much for the level of hyperbole emitted in the media. It seems to know no bounds.
Just a few weeks ago I read an article in the Des Moines paper, or maybe it’s USA Today supplement, about whether we would experience the Polar Vortex this winter. Some expert said the conditions weren’t right this year. So tonight on the CBS news I hear they are talking about the Polar Vortex. So much for experts.
Jeff
Shoot, who knows?
I got through last winter, Polar Vortex and all. The Good Lord willing, I’ll get through this one, Polar Vortex or not.
In two years I plan on moving to Florida where I’ll probably be done in by either a python, alligator, or a class 5 huricane.
Don’t worry about something you cannot control. It’s a wasted emotion.
Why should we accept forecasts based on models for 30 years from now until they can get tomorrows forecast correct?
As long as they give the storm a cool sounding name, it will be ok!
Somebody tried to tell me you can get shoes from a python or alligator. I can figure an alligator, but pythons don’t have feet, so where do you find their shoes?
Given your mature philosophy about the weather, why would an old railroader move from the center of the railroad universe to boring old Florida? Or do the dogs run faster down there?
Where do you find shoes when you catch a python? Look in its stomach.
Does anyone talk about trains on this forum anymore? John Timm
See, now, that’s the nice part about living in a place where 100" of snow is the norm. The town highway department stocked the plows up with sand/salt a little earlier than normal, but aside from that, life just goes on.
Up here, the only reason to delay schools is because the parking lots aren’t plowed yet, or else it’s really bad for driving, visibility-wise. Otherwise, half a foot of snow is nothing…
The Polar Vortex has several points of interest.
It has been identified and named. Not any three sentence awarkward descriptions of what is happening. Now business and general public know what it is.
The identification has alowed forecasters to realize what some of the causes are.
We now know super typhones, hurricanes, nor easters, other extreme lows and highs, etc can cause vortexes and where the next one will happen.
Most importantly additional days before one happens give more time for all kinds of business can prepare as well as government …
RRs in particular can plan ahead to mitigate the results of cold temps, snow, high winds etc… i
Cannot believe how in flight weather conditions are getting improved forecasts.
What did you expect when you decided to view a thread with a non-railroad title? Yes, I know this a trains forum, but we’re not that rigid around here (usually).
I think of this forum as a sort of coffee shop, where one can come in and more-or-less talk about a variety of subjects, except politics and religion.
There are lots of threads I do not visit simply because the thread title suggests subject matter in which I will likely not be interested.
I hope we only get 100" here in northern Michigan. Last year we got 188".
Beware - down here mosquito repellant ranks right behind food, clothing and shelter as a necessity of life.