WASHINGTON – The biggest snowstorm in the history of the U.S. will wallop the entire country on Groundhog’s Day. President Obama has declared a national emergency.
The National Weather Service predicts a monster winter storm will hit most of the United States this Wednesday – dropping mountains of snow, sleet and freezing rain on the Rockies, Plains, Midwest and the Northeast. Two hundred million people will be affected.
“The United States has never seen a winter storm as strong as this. The storm is twice as strong as Hurricane Katrina, but will affect a larger area of the country,” said Joe Bastardi the chief forecaster for AccuWeather. “This storm will do more damage in one day than all the hurricanes of the last ten years, put together.”
Low pressure will develop in north-central Texas and tap into a huge resource of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. As the storm pushes into the Midwest, moisture will be captured and transported northward into the Front Range of the Rockies, Plains and Midwest where it will meet up with a huge blast of fresh arctic air mass.
“If you look at the charts, it’s frightening,” says Bastardi. “We recommend as many people as possible drive south – head to Florida, Texas, Mexico and South America – if you can make it.”
“I’m not going to Mexico. Drug cartels are killing people left and right,” said Dennis Loudon of Kew Gardens, Queens. “I’d rather be killed by a gun than by a flying icicle,” said Maria Gonzalez of Detroit.
A massive wall of snow will set up from western Texas and eastern Colorado eastward across the central Plains and into the Ohio Valley. Some areas could experience a snowfall of more than 64 inches.
The snow will be accompanied by hurricane winds which could produce avalanche conditions in places that have never seen an avalanche.
“We are predicting 2-3 avalanches each in Boston, Buffalo and Detroit,” said avalanche expert, Teresa Windham of M.I.T. “There may even be an avalanche in downtown Manhattan – and at least five in Central Park.”
The South may be sparred from the snow, but a torrential downpour with hurricane winds – accompanied by tornadoes, typhoons and tsunamis – will hit Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas very hard.
Millions of people are stockpiling food, water and condoms – which the government is encouraging. “You may have to survive for one-to-two weeks before anybody can dig you out,” said outgoing White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs. “We all have to stick together and help each other.”
Meanwhile, President Obama is taking the First Lady and his daughters to Hawaii for the next two weeks. “He has to work on his golf game,” said Gibbs.
Wow! It's much worse than I thought. Stupid CNN doesn't tell us the whole story. Thank GOD for WWN and Frank Lake!
I heard about this on the news tonight,but they're down playing it like the birds and fish : ( god help us all.
Thanks Frank
I live in the eastern side of Canada where we get huge amounts of snow. People get lost in it. Although we have never got this cold before. Our weather has changed drasticaly. All you can do is stay inside. Wait until things clear up. It is 21 below here when we use to get 5 below at most. It is ice cold. Heat goes out the walls. So you should have a lot of things to cover up with to stay warm. Condoms? haha
Yep..great prediction…Groundhog's day…but but what year? This year or just sometime between now and the end of the world? IQ of 66 for readers who believe anything this site has to say.
I live in Texas we could have the coldest high that we have ever had in the history of Texas, or pretty close.20F as a high on wednesday which is very unusual as far south as we are.The streets as covered in ice like an inch thick and it going to get like 10 as a low the next 3 nights, and not above freezing till noon friday.This is bad for most but I hope we have some more of this before winters over.
Highly over exaggerated here in Iowa. Just another quick Blizzard. In one day, out the next. With 3 days of news and weather telling us the world is coming to its end and asking people what we should name this storm? A blizzard!
Just common sense. If its bad. Stay home. It will be there tommorow.
Where's Al Gore in all this?
The aliens are coming…there is a monster storm headed towards Australia..the biggest storm known in the history of the nation..signs of the end of the world..we definitely are working towards 2012 doomsday..good luck everyone..
If an avalanche falls on a plain… does anyone hear it?
where is he i know, ignoring america stupid democratic ass
OK the storm has passed but not cold. My dryer broken, and my clothes on the clothesline … I had to put a warning sign: Colliding with a t-shirt could kill you! 🙂
Seriously, the storm was of gigantic proportions covering virtually all of North America.
It wasn't as bad as it could have been.