{"id":115244,"date":"2019-01-31T16:34:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115244"},"modified":"2019-01-31T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:35:28","slug":"polar-vortex-turn-deadly-more-people-will-die-because-of-misjudging-intensity-of-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115244","title":{"rendered":"Polar Vortex Turn Deadly, More People Will Die Because of Misjudging Intensity of Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>9 Dead As &#8216;Polar Vortex&#8217; Leaves 11 States Colder Than North Pole ; Hell (Literally) Freezes Over<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Midwesterners continue to struggle with the lingering effects of the dreaded &#8216;Polar Vortex&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/us_chill.gif?itok=Ya_KsTec\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/us_chill.gif?itok=Ya_KsTec\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/us_chill.gif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/us_chill.gif?itok=Ya_KsTec 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"cc745b21-a3e4-413c-bae7-9f3b4145b29b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The coldest location in the U.S.\u00a0on Thursday was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/forecast\/national\/news\/2019-01-28-polar-vortex-midwest-arctic-air-coldest-two-decades?cm_ven=wu_videos?cm_ven=hp-slot-1\">Cotton, Minn.<\/a>, where the temperature reached minus 56 \u00b0F.<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2019\/01\/31\/brutal-cold-outbreak-is-breaking-records-midwest-thursday-morning\/?utm_term=.77d3e14d3ff4\">coldest location in the U.S.<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday was Norris Camp, Minn., where it was minus 48 \u00b0F, with a wind chill of minus 65 \u00b0F.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2019-01-31_9-57-35.jpg?itok=DStL2gtB\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2019-01-31_9-57-35.jpg?itok=DStL2gtB\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2019-01-31_9-57-35.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2019-01-31_9-57-35.jpg?itok=DStL2gtB 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"69dfb57e-a24a-47fd-a185-280b3ae9814c\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sub-zero Arctic-style temperatures across much of the region, including cities like Chicago, Kansas City and Detroit, has turned deadly, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/2019-01-31\/record-cold-temperatures-from-polar-vortex-blamed-for-9-deaths\">\u00a0USNews reports<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0<strong>authorities are\u00a0 attributing at least nine deaths to the record-cold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The medical examiner&#8217;s office in Milwaukee, where temperatures plunged to minus-42 degrees, confirmed on Tuesday the death of a 55-year-old man found dead in his garage.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Authorities in Michigan confirmed two weather-related deaths on Wednesday, including a former city council member found near his home and a 70-year-old man who had been out in the elements in just his underwear. Detroit experienced wind chills as cold as minus-32 degrees Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A 22-year-old man was found dead in Rochester, Minnesota, on Tuesday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2019\/01\/28\/rochester-man-hypothermia-bitter-cold-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCCO-TV reported<\/a>. Police say Ali Gombo likely died from hypothermia. In Iowa, a student was found unresponsive outside in cold temperatures where the wind chill reached minus-51 degrees. He later died at the hospital,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.press-citizen.com\/story\/news\/education\/university-of-iowa\/2019\/01\/30\/university-iowa-student-believed-have-died-due-extreme-weather\/2723808002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Press-Citizen<\/a>. Classes at the University of Iowa were canceled Tuesday through Thursday due to the extreme weather. An 82-year-old man was found outside in Peoria, Illinois, on Tuesday after he fell trying to get inside his house,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pjstar.com\/news\/20190129\/bitter-cold-claims-82-year-old-mans-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Journal Start reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Parts of Lake Michigan have frozen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/download%20%285%29_3.jpg?itok=HRhdUMJj\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/download%20%285%29_3.jpg?itok=HRhdUMJj\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/download%20%285%29_3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%285%29_3.jpg?itok=HRhdUMJj 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"cb870697-e5be-4c51-b284-4590448064cf\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The deep freeze resulted in the coldest temperatures in the US in recent memory.<\/strong>\u00a0And as it plunged southward, temperatures plummeted lower than 20 degrees below zero (Farenheit) from North Dakota to northern Illinois during the morning hours of both Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another coooold start. <\/p>\n<p>Widespread temperatures of -15\u00b0 to -30\u00b0 to start today, and yes that is actual temperatures.  While far less wind than yesterday, still enough for added danger &amp; a wind chill warning is in effect until noon. Dress in layers and limit exposure. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ILwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ILwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qMdECdUD30\">pic.twitter.com\/qMdECdUD30<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSChicago\/status\/1090936784597536768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning,\u00a0<strong>11 states &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Vermont and New Hampshire &#8211;\u00a0<strong>across the Midwest and northern New England recorded temperatures lower than the northernmost point in Alaska and the North Pole.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RicWilson\/status\/1090626858553655296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1090626858553655296&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2019-01-31%2Fpolar-vortex-leaves-11-states-colder-north-pole-hell-literally-freezes-over<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Winnepeg and Manitoba, the temperature dropped so low it neared the surface temperature of Mars, making the Canadian cities likely contenders for the coldest places on Earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"nyt_video_player\" title=\"New York Times Video - Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/players\/offsite\/index.html?videoId=100000006333388\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The coldest spot in Canada on Wednesday was Key Lake, Saskatchewan, with an air temperature reading of -47.2 Celsius (roughly -52.6 degrees Fahrenheit). In International Falls, Minnesota, temperatures fell as low as -45 degrees Celsius (-49 degrees Fahrenheit).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Screen%20Shot%202019-01-31%20at%2011.07.42%20AM.png?itok=JcyhcO5r\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Screen%20Shot%202019-01-31%20at%2011.07.42%20AM.png?itok=JcyhcO5r\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Screen%20Shot%202019-01-31%20at%2011.07.42%20AM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/Screen%20Shot%202019-01-31%20at%2011.07.42%20AM.png?itok=JcyhcO5r 1x\" alt=\"Pole\" width=\"500\" height=\"411\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f1e952b9-8907-46d6-953f-7e730bcb98a6\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a sign that Mother Nature does indeed have a sense of humor,<\/strong>\u00a0one reporter pointed out that Hell (the one in Michigan) has literally frozen over.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s -7 degrees in Hell, Michigan, right now, with a wind chill of -28. You know what that means people&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hell has literally frozen over.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Derek Wallbank (@dwallbank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwallbank\/status\/1090580600241770496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Additionally,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/polar-vortex-cold-snap-record-temperatures-us-a3b9fc25-71f6-433d-abd2-1389a9a35009.html\">\u00a0Axios reports\u00a0<\/a>that\u00a0<strong>Chicagoans reporter hearing loud noises and banging overnight, likely as a result of a &#8220;frost quake,&#8221; or a cryoseism<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/2019\/01\/30\/loud-booms-reported-in-the-chicago-area-could-be-frost-quakes\/?fbclid=IwAR3R17S4aS2_RIkfvFXdIet5_kDt9BSBEpmEOYY6H7HCDmaTA3XEX1QpgMQ\">per local WGN-TV,<\/a>\u00a0which occurs when a sudden drop in temperatures causes underground water to freeze and expand, causing the ground to crack.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-01-31\/polar-vortex-leaves-11-states-colder-north-pole-hell-literally-freezes-over\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-01-31\/polar-vortex-leaves-11-states-colder-north-pole-hell-literally-freezes-over<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 Dead As &#8216;Polar Vortex&#8217; Leaves 11 States Colder Than North Pole ; Hell (Literally) Freezes Over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}