Chiberia

Never forget where you came from, or at least last was. Today in Chicago the temperature sunk to -23C, a record for this day. An arctic chill blankets North America and cities around the country are expected to plunge to their lowest temperatures for 20 years.

Anyone that has visited Chicago will know how windy it can be. I used to say that it was windy all year round, it was only the temperature that would change. Today the ‘wind chill’ temperature out near the airport was -50C as a polar vortex delivered a large-scale freezing cyclone from the North Pole. Wind speeds were as much as 100mph.

The coldest temperature on the record books for Chicago is 37C below recorded on January 20th, 1985.

I actually was supposed to be travelling to the Windy City today for work, but decided a few weeks back that I would pass the offer up. The bloke I was meant to go with didn’t even manage to get there today because of the airport chaos. I instead will attempt to get to New York on Wednesday instead.

To my friends in Chicago, dubbed Chiberia for today, layer up and stay warm. A well known Chicago saying.