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Northeast U.S. still in deep freeze NBC's Robert Hager reports Tuesday on the cold gripping the U.S. Northeast. MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Jan. 18  Arctic weather continued to blast the Northeast Tuesday as winter returned with a vengeance, slamming the region with bone-chilling cold.

Updated 10:00 ET January 18, 2000 --- Provided by AccuWeather

ITS SO COLD that the Olympic Regional Development Authority at Lake Placid, New York, has had to delay icing its new luge track. One official says the water froze up in the lines and they couldnt wet the track.

At a nearby ski resort, it was 33 degrees below zero, and the wind-chill was estimated at a mind-numbing 100 below.

Monday was a day of extremes across the United States. Arctic weather blasted the Northeast, temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above normal were baked the Southeast and huge windstorms struck the Northwest. As one meteorologist put it: Theres a whole lot of weather going on.

Bernie Rayno, senior meteorologist with Accuweather, said Sunday and Monday had been the busiest weather days this winter. Its been very active, he said. And theres going to be a lot of interesting weather in the next 24 hours. RECORD WARMTH ELSEWHERE

In Tucson Sunday it was 84 degrees, a record for that city. In the Northeast there were wind chills of 51 degrees below zero in Boston and 30 degrees below zero in Pennsylvania.

A surge of cold air was moving over New England, the Northeast and Great Lakes, while windswept rain continued to battered the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast grew balmy. Winter storm watches were posted across northeastern Missouri into central Illinois.

Sunshine was forecast for most of the mid-Atlantic states, but the wind and cold were expected to sweep deep into the Carolinas and Tennessee Valley.

Light snow showers were forecast from Minnesota southward through Wisconsin, and into Iowa and northern Illinois. Weather across U.S.A.  WNYT: Albany cold blast  WJAR: Providence freeze  WNBC: Chilly in New York  KING: Northwest storms  Deadly storms in Northwest Strong winds were forecast for much of the Pacific Northwest. Snow also was expected across Idaho, western Montana, and northern and eastern Colorado.

Hundreds of thousands of Washington state residents lost power on Sunday when a windstorm buffeted the Pacific Northwest, shutting roadways and killing two men in separate accidents. MSNBC.com reporter Bobbi Nodell and The Associated Press contributed to this report

-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), January 18, 2000

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Very strange weather this winter here in the Litchfield hills of Connecticut. There has been very little snow and it was common to see the temp at 50 or above in December and the first week of January. Then this artic air rode in and now we are experiences the other end of the spectrum. Yesterdays high at my house was 1 degree. That's the coldest high temp. I remember seeing since Christmas day 1980. -7 this morning. The coldest low temp. this winter but not an unusual low for an artic outbreak. The woodstove is cranking wide open but the furnace is still kicking in. I couldn't imagine loss of power and the consequences for the UNPREPARED! I'd trade 95 and humid for this anyday.

-- Scottsworth (NewEnglander@Ct.com), January 18, 2000.

I mean I'd trade this cold for 95 and humid anyday! Cold has numbed my brain.

-- Scottsworth (NewEnglander@Ct.com), January 18, 2000.

When I send my dog out to go to the bathroom she comes back with frozen drool! ;-0

-- SA (stillalert@aol.com), January 18, 2000.

Here in So. Calif., it's semi-overcast and may hit the high 70's, low 80's today and tomorrow.

Spooky. Totally out of sync.

-- Richard (Astral-Acres@webtv.net), January 18, 2000.

Sure glad I don't have to go out to the store! A number of schools in Massachusetts were closed today for cold-weather related problems, like burst pipes. It has also been exceptionally windy.

I slept a little too soundly Sunday night, and the wood stove was out by the middle of the night. Room was down to 32 degrees when I got up (zero outside), and 27 when I had a chance to start remaking the fire. Last night I put Plan B into operation - fired up two Coleman Duracat propane heaters (3,000 btu each, rated for indoor use). I slept well again, fire went out again, but the room was a more manageable 45 degrees by morning, and the cats weren't quite so grumpy.

I stored quite a few small propane cannisters thinking I might need them for cooking and lighting. So it is a luxury to have them available as a supplemental heat source with the winter we are current having.

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), January 18, 2000.

Brooks, Don't you have a furnace or electric heat that you can use as a backup to the woodstove? It sounds like you are playing chicken with burst pipes which can cause thousands of dollars of damage in minutes. It's not worth it. Leave the furnace thermostat on 45 or 50 that way you protect your pipes and wallet in case the woodstove goes out. Who really wants to wake up to 32 degrees anyway? I refuse to be cold. I will not give in!!

-- Scottsworth (NewEnglander@Ct.com), January 18, 2000.

Thanks for your concern, Scottsworth! The main portion of my house is heated by a natural gas furnace (which has been somewhat flaky this fall, so my backup wood insert in my fireplace was a comforting investment). The standalone stove I was describing is on my porch, which I converted for use as a bedroom with the arrival (with y2k in mind) of my elderly parents in October. I fled to the porch cuz, with their lack of sleeping habits, it isn't possible to get a decent night's sleep in the main part of the house. Sorry, it isn't my entire house that is dipping to obscene temperatures just because I'm not up at all hours of the night to feed the stove! Frankly, I wasn't sure I could manage on the porch all winter, but it looks like I will be able to after all. Just our luck that the temperatures are so far below normal at the coldest predictable time of the winter this year.

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), January 18, 2000.

all you need to do is leave your taps dripping just a little....runing water doesn't freeze, at least not right away. Time enough to catch a few zzzzz's.

-- drippy (pipes@ forever.com), January 18, 2000.

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Northeast U.S. still in deep freeze NBC's Robert Hager reports Tuesday on the cold gripping the U.S. Northeast. MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Jan. 18  Arctic weather continued to blast the Northeast Tuesday as winter returned with a vengeance, slamming the region with bone-chilling cold.

Updated 10:00 ET January 18, 2000 --- Provided by AccuWeather

ITS SO COLD that the Olympic Regional Development Authority at Lake Placid, New York, has had to delay icing its new luge track. One official says the water froze up in the lines and they couldnt wet the track.

At a nearby ski resort, it was 33 degrees below zero, and the wind-chill was estimated at a mind-numbing 100 below. """"

Oh my that is toasty

Keep your liners dry folks :o)

Brian

-- Brian (imager@home.com), January 18, 2000.