The first week of December has come to an end and as we sit on a Saturday night watching what is only the beginning of the Christmas movies, mother nature is already beginning to create havoc around the country.
Ice and winter weather cover an area from Texas to the Rockies already and large snowflakes are falling in Nebraska as I await their arrival here in Iowa later this evening… at least 4 inches of them…
Of course we cannot forget that California and Oregon already had their share of snow this week, and winter storm warnings are in effect for parts of California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado with winter storm advisories were posted for Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona. As well as the Midwest and Plains States region.
Record low temperatures are expected in many locations across California and into the Rockies and Plains this weekend, with North Dakota already hitting its record low of minus 24 degrees. Las Vegas was expecting temperatures near 27!
Early Sunday we will begin to see large amounts of snowfall which will continue to cancel early holiday events, shutting down schools and even church services that are already being cancelled in Missouri!
The entire country will see below average temperatures by next week, according to the Weather Channel.
Baltimore and Philadelphia could also see a few inches of snow, followed by freezing rain and sleet beginning Sunday. By Monday, the wintry mess will extend as far as New York, parts of Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maine, forecasters said.
In Virginia, state Emergency Management spokeswoman Laura Southard said the storm had the potential to be a "historic ice event."
And so the week ends with at least 12 dead, hundreds of thousands without power and towns in the Midwest still crawling out from under tornado debris that is now being frozen to the ground.
Yes, the first week of December has chosen to show us her hand… extreme as the new normal. Get used to it, the fun has only just begun, and so we throw out this challenge:
Do you know someone without a weather radio? Perhaps a family that would have a disaster kit but cannot afford one? Maybe there is someone you know that travels a bit but has no car kit in their trunk? Sometimes people need a little help, and we know our readers understand disaster readiness so we are asking you, our readers, to become Christmas Angels.
Help those that you know do what they won’t do for themselves before the weather catches them ill-prepared.
Give the gift of tomorrow by helping them get ready today.
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