Millions Gearing Up For Polar Vortex, Causing Temperatures Not Seen For A Generation

75 Million Americans Will Be Shivering In Sub-Zero Cold This Week 

Chicago Will Be As Cold As Antartica

The East, Midwest and even Deep South, are bracing for a once-a-generation arctic blast that'll leave 75 million Americans shivering in sub-zero temperatures, meteorologists said Tuesday.

By the end of Wednesday, 85 percent of U.S. land area and 230 million Americans will experience temperatures of 32 degrees or colder, thanks to this extended polar vortex.

And 25 percent of America will get down to 0 degrees, in dangerous cold that'll touch 75 million U.S. residents.

The upper-Midwest temperatures will be so cold, even brief exposure could be dangerous.

• The mercury is set to dip to -22 Wednesday in Chicago, where it hasn't been -20 since Jan. 18, 1994. If Chicago hits -22, that'll make the Windy City as cold as the South Pole and colder than Siberia and Barrow, Alaska — the most northern point of the United States.
• Milwaukee is braced for an overnight low of about -28 degrees, which would threaten Brew Town's all-time low of -26 set in 1996.
• Des Moines, Iowa, could see the mercury drop to -21 early Wednesday in potentially the coldest day there since it was -20 on Feb. 4, 1996.
• The low temperature in Philadelphia is forecast to be 5 degrees on Wednesday.

The upper-Midwest temperatures will be so cold, even brief exposure could be dangerous.

- David K. Li


Pray for the millions under threat of freezing to death in the upper Midwest that they will be led of the Holy Spirit and the hand of God to find shelter and help. Pray that they will be led to facilities and pray that many will be out looking for homeless people and others that may get trapped outside by this weather. Pray that people will mobilize quickly to offer facilities, houses, anything where people can keep warm, avoid frostbite and survive this cold onslaught. Pray that others across the nation and the world will be led to pray about this.