Nation Shivers under Arctic Blast!!

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Jan. 7, 2014 - PRLog -- The U.S. has basically gone into hibernation thanks to the coldest Arctic outbreak in at least 20 years, which promises to keep wind chills Tuesday as low as 40 below in parts of the country.

As many as 187 million Americans, more than half the nation's population live in regions submerged under the rare "polar vortex" so broad that every state except Hawaii can expect some freezing temperatures.

In the Upper Midwest, the only unknown will be how big the numbers with minus signs before them will be a day after temperatures already hit 20 to 30 degrees below zero over much of the region Tuesday.

These are some temperatures that we haven't seen in decades.

The phenomenon called a polar vortex is essentially an arctic cyclone. It usually sits near the North Pole, but this week, like the birds, it has traveled south for the winter.

Hard freeze warnings for Tuesday extended all the way south to the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida, while the entire northeast quarter of the country is under a wind chill warning with some perceived temperatures forecast to hit 50-below in North Dakota and Minnesota, according to the National Weather Service.

In northern Minnesota on Monday, the towns of Embarrass, Babbitt and Brimson all reached minus-40 — and that was the real air temperature, not the wind chill.

By 10:30 p.m. ET, more than 4,500 flights into and out of U.S. airports had been canceled Monday — more than 1,600 of them at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport alone. Almost 300 had been canceled at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport.

As the snowy Midwest digs out from the latest storm, wind chills hit 50 degrees below zero in some places.

By Wednesday, the big chill should be on its way out, and by Thursday, highs in much of the Great Lakes and the Northeast will climb all the way into the 20s and the 30s, forecasters said.

NEWSFLASH… Despite the Arctic freeze there is some terrific news happening here at Campus TCB. A strong sales performance has mitigated some of the downside impact caused by Mother Nature. Advertising sales have increased significantly which in turn has sparked our ongoing endeavor to add additional qualified talent to our team.

In spite of these circumstances which we have no control over, we can control our desire to wake up and be our best self. Commit to that and you’ll be off to a sunny and warm New Year!!