10 tweets sobre o frio polar dos Estados Unidos da América do Inverno de 2019

Partes do Centro-Oeste dos Estados Unidos da América estão a receber as temperaturas mais frias desde à 20 anos esta semana.

Na manhã de quarta-feira, a temperatura era de -22 graus em Chicago, com um vento de -49 graus, segundo a CNN. No norte do Minnesota, o vento soprou a -65 graus. Voos estão a ser atrasados ​​e cancelados. O USPS interrompeu parcialmente o serviço. Em alguns lugares, as pessoas obtém queimaduras depois de apenas alguns minutos da exposição da pele ao frio.

Nas redes sociais, as pessoas estão a partilhar os efeitos selvagens do frio polar nas suas próprias cidades de origem. Há gelo interno, vaporização de água a ferver no ar, técnicas inovadoras de uso em camadas de Inverno e (crucialmente) cães empacotados.

Has not moved since being dressed to go out. She knows s**t's about to get real. #PolarVortex #minus37 pic.twitter.com/HRZQd0P9BK

— Jeff Anderson (@lawkota) January 30, 2019

It’s so cold in Chicago, crews had to set fire to commuter rail tracks to keep the trains moving smoothly. https://t.co/YsCjTNIMhe pic.twitter.com/j0ej5C0PAl

— ABC News (@ABC) January 30, 2019

Em Chicago, as ferrovias foram incendiadas de modo a mantê-las operacionais durante temperaturas frias.

Chilly morning in #Chicago #PolarVortex pic.twitter.com/RZjz0sCFe8

— Mark Powell (@FrGoose13) January 30, 2019

#PolarVortex I opened the door to let my dog out and immediately felt like I couldn’t breathe. Insane. Watch your pets guys. Bring them in soon as they handle the business. My dog ran out and then looked back like are you kidding me lol 😂 pic.twitter.com/spgeaowx7T

— Loré (@villalore24) January 30, 2019

48 graus negativos

Currently it's -21 with a wind chill of -42 at my house.

Not a whole lot to do outside during a #PolarVortex but fill balloons with food coloring & water to see what happens. pic.twitter.com/yk3nkTePM8

— Kori Zenz (@KoRickZenz) January 30, 2019

Curiously, however, the dogs seemed pretty cool with them.#PolarVortex pic.twitter.com/Umg8eTHY06

— J.F. Riordan (@AudacityofGoats) January 29, 2019

So it's a bit chilly in #Chicago Feel free to use, @accuweather @ABC7Chicago #polarvortex #deepfreeze #chicago #windchill #freezing #brrrr pic.twitter.com/7BjhuBI6y4

— jordanwilson04 (@jordanwilson04) January 30, 2019

https://twitter.com/litebrightest/status/1090632211433508865

Here is my "official" 3D animation of this year's stratospheric #PolarVortex split. Another beautiful event! pic.twitter.com/ml59N1cDoh

— Zac Lawrence (@zd1awrence) January 14, 2019