I called off to avoid Portland. It was about 17 here. Eastern Oregon where I used to live got 1 degree.The situation in Portland is that the ground was saturated from non stop rain then windy conditions that knocked down tees that fell on power lines. 160k people without power and it’s 14 degrees.
Sunny here as well. But holy smokes is it cold!! Dog doesn’t even want to go out…. And she’d live outdoors if we’d let her.
The cold snap that’s on the Midwest in general and my part of Illinois in particular….. while not common to see negative teens F, it does happen. Fortunately not every year like clockwork. But often enough we don’t forget. First of next week we should be back above freezing.Can't remember the last time it was ever this cold..

Our extreme cold warnings are wrapping up tomorrow as well. Still gonna be cold for a few more days. But we will be stair stepping our way above 0 F. Then by this time next week we should have highs above freezing. It’ll feel like summer.Extreme Cold - Warning
From Tue, Jan 16, 11:06 AM EST To Wed, Jan 17, 3:02 AM EST
Alert details
extreme cold warning in effect
Extreme cold conditions expected tonight.
Hazard: Wind chill values near minus 30.
Timing: Tonight into Wednesday morning.
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