The Deep South's Deep Freeze; Declining Global Disaster Costs; Pre-Industrial Warming Dwarfs Modern Warming; + Sense
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The Deep South's Deep Freeze
America's all-encompassing freeze is breaking a slew of low temperature records. From California to New York, from Montana to Florida, benchmarks are falling.
Wind chills in the Midwest have plunged to -57F (-49C).
The Deep South, too, is reeling under a rare blast of polar cold. Temperatures 20–30F below normal are sweeping the region, with governors in Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi declaring emergencies, and Texas bracing for snow and ice.
Snowfall is sweeping across the I-10 and I-20 corridors, with some 3 inches expected from Texas to the Carolinas. In New Orleans, where snow hasn’t fallen since 2009, totals could reach 6 inches, threatening to smash the city’s all-time record of 2.7 inches set in 1963. Houston, where snow is similarly rare, could see its largest accumulation in years. Even parts of Florida may record measurable accumulations, which would mark the first winter since 2010 that all 50 states have had snow on the ground.
Winter Storm Warnings stretch from the U.S.-Mexico border to Duval County, Florida.
If this storm delivers, it will be the Gulf Coast's biggest snowstorm in 130 years, bringing the Deep South to a standstill.
