Arctic blast to hit DC Monday Jan 20th

[Cattledog]

Hi 26

Low 9

[Think. Again.]

1. Seems like it'll be a cold day in hell for trump's inauguration.

[bdamomma]

5. Good

he deserves it.

[malaise]

9. Very good

😂

[lastlib]

13. I'd been saying for four years....

...it'd be a cold day in hell before we let him back in the White House--I was right.

[Think. Again.]

19. Yep.

[Jerry2144]

25. Maybe he'll be Harrison the second

He is old and infirm and not healthy

[Think. Again.]

27. ...and an evil nazi prick, too.

[BonnieJW]

34. 15 to 35 mph winds

Heh, heh. Maybe it will snow!

[Think. Again.]

37. hail to the chief!

[Sogo]

49. His hair is going to be flying in all directions! HaHa!!

Should be entertaining, especially for the people sitting behind him, where they'll see the bald strip all the way down the back of his head (reference the Bucks County, PA, assassination photos).


Maybe he'll have to wear a MAGA hat....

[wnylib]

53. That should create a nice wind chill.

[MiHale]

2. If it's a bust...I wonder...can the corporations get their money back?...

[Macrophylla]

24. They are buying favors

Not thinking about anything else.
So....no they will not

[Tommy Carcetti]

3. William Henry Harrison. nt

[hatrack]

12. Oh, I wish I could recommend this more than once!!

[Historic NY]

22. He be best.

🪦

[pfitz59]

4. Perhaps history will repeat itself

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison

[DeepWinter]

6. Same here In North Dakota

But Sat-Sun with a low of -20. Difference is, this isn't unusual, we expect it yearly.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. On Inauguration Day of John F. Kennedy

there was a veritable blizzard in D.C.

[spooky3]

8. It was very cold for Pres. Obama's first inauguration too. But tons

Of people attended.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. I remember Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen singing "This Land Is Your Land"

outside during that time.

[electric_blue68]

41. My sis and I were there. It -was- great, and it Was Cold! Some people were wearing blankets over their coats.

We'd have thought it'd be at least 10°f - 20°f warmer than in NYC!

We still had a great ime!

[wnylib]

55. The blizzard was not on inauguration day for JFK.

It was one or two days before. The snow had stopped but it was very cold.

[John1956PA]

10. In 1985, the cold snap forced the ceremony indoors. n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

14. Trump. Carter sends his regards.

[claudette]

15. Hope it snows

and Melaria freezes her kidneys off

[2naSalit]

16. A high of...

+26F is not an arctic blast. Now if it was somewhere below 0, that could qualify.

[electric_blue68]

42. But for the DC it -feels- like that in comparison.

[2naSalit]

48. I get it...

When I talk to family in Southern California and they tell me how cold it was at +45F I snicker and tell them how the daytime high for me was 0.

[electric_blue68]

57. Heh. 0 Luckily, that's quite rare for NYC. I get a bit cranky at about 20F, def by 15f

When I was in DC for The Clinton's American Craft Xmas Theme for the trees in the WH in '93; they had a snow storm. About 1/4" inch when I left around 10AM [staying w a conection to relatives] to go to what I was going to see.

By the time I hit The Metro around 3PM it was suddenly like 5PM Rush Hour in NYC!
They had sent all Non-essential Fed workers home. Maybe by then it was 2+" inches. I laughed to myself.

Understandably, hardly anyone had snow boots, proper tires for their cars, etc.

[2naSalit]

58. I used to live...

In a mountain village about a hundred miles from where I am now and it would get really cold, like -20F to -50F. I saw -50F twice while I lived there. It's definitely a community thing when the power goes out all day at -18F.

I'm too old for that stuff now and I have to admit I am thankful to be able to say that!

Could do with a little bit warmer climate but it's not that bad here right now so I'll take it for now.

[electric_blue68]

59. Woah! I hope the view, and the people were worth it! BBbrrrrrr!

[2naSalit]

60. It was...

And the memories are good.

Funny how extreme conditions make people more likely to get along. Just like the fire scene in LA, it doesn't matter if your politics or religion aren't the same, you still pull your neighbor or the town drunk out of the snowbank and get them to a warm place if you're the first one to find them... or call the ambulance.

Living there all those years was certainly an experience of a lifetime and that's how I'll remember it.

[electric_blue68]

61. Glad it was! People Do sometimes pull together more

[Ocelot II]

51. Here in Minneapolis, 26F is downright balmy. But in DC,

especially if it's windy, it will be a miserable, damp cold, and the denizens aren't used to it and probably most of them don't have the sort of clothes that would keep them warm while standing around outside. They won't have warm boots or hats and Melanoma will be wearing some hideous high-fashion coat that won't keep the silicone in her kidneys from freezing.

[2naSalit]

52. Agree...

You and I are in the known cold regions and it's true, with no wind +27F is downright balmy, almost too warm for skiing.

I do hope there's serious freeze for the unauguration.

Silicone kidneys!

[wnylib]

56. Right. A high of 26 would be a warm spell this week

here in western NY.

But I'm guessing that the high won't be reached until around 3 pm. At noon it might be around 20°.

[2naSalit]

17. I'd feel better if...

It was going to be -20F, now that would be the kind of welcome that fuckhead deserves.

[The Madcap]

18. Hope it's windy

The wind chill is what gets to you. Of course, the Orange One has lots of insulation. Kind of like an elephant seal.

[johnnyfins]

28. It would be great to see high wind blow

That ferret off of his head

[eppur_se_muova]

50. Well, an elephant seal would make a better POTUS. Maybe no one will notice if we switch them ... nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Stop attacking your best friend Canada. . . . nt

[raccoon]

21. Praise Jesus!

[Texin]

23. Maybe if we're all lucky, he'll contract pneumonia and shuffle off the mortal coil.

[marmar]

26. And a sparse Capitol Mall crowd will be estimated at 2 million by Cheetolini's ministry of propaganda

[Hope22]

32. It was bitter cold at President Obama's first inauguration.

The crowd was packed back to the Monument. So cold and windy yet the crowd was so happy! We can check the picture after The 20th to compare how hearty orange supporters are. 😁🤣

[electric_blue68]

44. We came down from NYC. We -were- surprised at how cold it was! Had a wonderful time, anyway!

If all those little flags they handed out had been fitted with some yet-to-be invented do-dab attacted so by waving the flag mild heat was generated- we'd have been as comfortable physically as we were emotionally happy!

My sis and were off to the side near the carousel. It was "sea of little flags" waving away! 😄 👍

[Hope22]

46. That's funny! What a great memory!😁

We were snug as bugs in our sailing foul weather gear! 🤣😁 I even had a handful of those foil emergency blankets in my pockets. Always prepared for the worst LOL! It turned out that we were standing by three young women, college age or younger and they were dressed in little wool coats and dress shoes and it wasn’t long until they started to shiver! We had them wrapped up like burritos in no time! It was a great crowd and the energy was amazing! Love and hugs to you!💗💗🙏🏼

[electric_blue68]

47. Ty. Wow, sounds like your foul weather sailing gear did the trick!

A friend of mine would know about that (she sails).

Ah, the "aluminum blankets"!
If you're near the end of The Marathon here in NYC in Nov (the south west entrance to Central Park) towards the late afternoon, early evening when it's already getting dark; you'll see the runners who've gone into CP to finish now walking out again to leave.
They're often wrapped up in the aluminum blankets! So I've seen those in person.
Glad you helped those underdressed college age kids out. 👍

{hug back}

[BonnieJW]

39. When that happens,

I hope they show the aerial view like last time. He couldn't bluff pictures of all that unoccupied ground.

[elliesmandt]

29. low

The actual low temperature may well be 9 degrees, but the emotional low for those who believe in the rule of law and democracy will be well below zero!

[calguy]

30. So in other words...

Hell is freezing over.

[WestMichRad]

31. Well, that disproves climate change, once and for all.

[Self Esteem]

33. Definitely going to be one of the colder ones...

Similar to Obama's 2009 inauguration (28 degrees). The coldest was Reagan's second at 7 degrees (negative with windchill). They canceled the outsoor ceremony and parade.

[SocialDemocrat61]

40. What was the weather the day

Zachary Taylor was sworn in?

[electric_blue68]

45. Oh! It -was- That cold! 28f

[hatrack]

35. Arctic? Meh - if the high were 9F, now THAT would be both Arctic and satisfying!

[LaMouffette]

36. I hope it's windy enough to make Rump's comb-over unfurl and expose his bald head to match his bald-faced lies.

[Intractable]

38. Crowd size matters!

We learned this in 2017.

[0rganism]

43. Speaker Johnson needs to mandate the temperature to fly at full staff

That'll show the nasty arctic air who's boss.

Of course, given recent history and influence from the devil's luck, the forecast is wrong and weather on the 20th will be sunny and pleasant, with highs in the 40s.

[riversedge]

54. Johnson has done that for the Capitol building and I wonder if Trump will declare that for all DC buildngs

or maybe for the entire USA for Jan 20???? He can do that once sworn in.

[Hassler]

62. I'm a big fan of freezing rain. Here's hoping