BRU
Mayor
What's better then commuting to the city in -5 degree weather and snow packed icy highways? .......
St Louis got hammered with snow (I got a foot) and temps we have not seen in many many years. I think we got spoiled on the mild winters because we are crying like little babies now LOL!
ST. LOUIS — The snow has moved on but dangerous cold settled across Missouri on Monday amid warnings that even a few minutes of exposure for people and pets could be deadly.
Wind gusts of 20 mph and stronger only made matters worse. By 9 a.m. the temperature in St. Louis had plummeted to minus-8 degrees, the city's coldest reading since February 1996, National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Truett said. Blustery winds made it feel 30 degrees below zero in Hannibal, Troy and Wentzville.
The cold was so dangerous that teams were out looking for homeless people and taking them to shelters. So many homeless people arrived at a city-operated shelter in St. Louis that 80 had to be bused to other shelters, St. Louis city spokeswoman Heather Wegman said.
Butch Dye, a NWS meteorologist, urged anyone who had to go outside to cover all exposed areas.
"We are talking 10 to 15 minutes before frostbite exposure," he said. "If you get stuck outside in a broken down car and you're not properly dressed, it could be a disaster."
Associated PressJanuary 6, 2014
St Louis got hammered with snow (I got a foot) and temps we have not seen in many many years. I think we got spoiled on the mild winters because we are crying like little babies now LOL!
ST. LOUIS — The snow has moved on but dangerous cold settled across Missouri on Monday amid warnings that even a few minutes of exposure for people and pets could be deadly.
Wind gusts of 20 mph and stronger only made matters worse. By 9 a.m. the temperature in St. Louis had plummeted to minus-8 degrees, the city's coldest reading since February 1996, National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Truett said. Blustery winds made it feel 30 degrees below zero in Hannibal, Troy and Wentzville.
The cold was so dangerous that teams were out looking for homeless people and taking them to shelters. So many homeless people arrived at a city-operated shelter in St. Louis that 80 had to be bused to other shelters, St. Louis city spokeswoman Heather Wegman said.
Butch Dye, a NWS meteorologist, urged anyone who had to go outside to cover all exposed areas.
"We are talking 10 to 15 minutes before frostbite exposure," he said. "If you get stuck outside in a broken down car and you're not properly dressed, it could be a disaster."
Associated PressJanuary 6, 2014
