I should mention I'm not panicking. A) still have hurricane supplies and b) will be staying home and watching on TV or sticking head outside and last, but not least... Plenty of layers and blankets available if power is out. Been here, done this, will live through it again. Lol

I came home this week from two months in England, looking forward to warm weather. Unfortunately the La Nina weather pattern has given us a much cooler and less sunny summer.  

Stay safe and warm, kat! Staying home is a tried-and-true strategy even here, where cold and snow are commonplace. This weekend will be a good example. The same system bringing cold to so much of North America will settle in deeply here, with some 72 straight hours expected where the temperature will not rise above 0F/-18C, and lows at night could be around -20F/-29C. Wind chills pushing -40F/C mean cold weather warnings.

As SirVincent mentioned on the previous page, the central US has had a lot of snow - more than we've had. (A local meteorologist mentioned that if we had the typical amount of snow on the ground, the temps coming would be even colder than predicted).