As plummeting temperatures were expected to bring the coldest Christmas Eve on record, energy systems across the country were strained by rising demand for heat and storm-related damage to transmission lines.
The disruptions also upended daily routines and holiday plans for millions of Americans during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Fatal car accidents around the country left at least 14 dead from weather-related accidents, according to media reports. “I know it’s really hard because it’s Christmas Eve. But we’re having dozens and dozens of accidents,” he said in an online briefing. “It’s simply not safe.”
Temperatures are forecast to top out on Saturday at just 7 degrees Fahrenheit in Pittsburgh, surpassing its previous all-time coldest Christmas Eve high of 13 F, set in 1983, the said. “The cold snap will persist through Christmas,” said meteorologist Ashton Robinson Cook, at the NWS Weather Prediction Center.
Arctic blast my a$$, they're probably conducting one of their many strange experiments over there...
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