Summary

A historic winter storm swept through southern U.S. cities, bringing record-breaking snowfall and widespread disruptions.

Memphis, Tennessee, experienced 7.5 inches (19 cm) of snow, the city’s largest single-day snowfall in 40 years. Atlanta, Georgia, recorded 2.1 inches (5.3 cm), the most in seven years. Other areas were hit even harder, with Arkansas receiving up to 14 inches (35.6 cm), Oklahoma up to 12 inches (30.5 cm), Texas up to 10 inches (25.4 cm), and northern Alabama around 5 inches (12.7 cm).

The storm caused significant travel chaos, with over 300 flight cancellations in Georgia and icy road warnings issued in Tennessee, Texas, and other states.

As the storm moves northward, sub-zero wind chills are expected to grip parts of the U.S. next week.

    • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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      3 months ago

      That’s a big reason why Global Warming is not a good name. Climate change or climate disruption is much better at conveying that the climate is changing in an abnormal way, instead of just warming up.

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        The planet is warming though, so the term is not without merit. We have headlines every day about 1.5C of warming. The problem has always been that the earth’s systems are too complicated for regular folks and they don’t understand that a more energetic system can produce all sorts of anomalies in any given location. There’s no magical term that will resonate with denialists anyway so why bother trying?

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      3 months ago

      I don’t really pay attention to the whole climate thing. But I have a co worker that always screams about global warming when it’s hot, but when it’s cold it’s just weather

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        3 months ago

        Global average temperature sets a new record high about every year. It’s definitely warming which causes all sorts of strange aftereffects like extreme weather changes both hot and cold in localized areas.

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    3 months ago

    is it journalistic malpractice to not so much as mention climate change in an article about this topic?

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      It’s not good, but I can see why. If they did they’d be flooded with denialist comments, and I understand not wanting that. I don’t agree though, should absolutely be mentioned no matter the denialist idiots.

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        People won’t like facts so let’s not publish facts?

        Sorry, but fuck that. Facts, always.