还记得那部末日电影《后天》吗?人类在洪水滔天后的极度严寒中毁灭,整个美国成为一片毫无生机的冰天雪地。这两天现实版的《后天》正在美国上演。
这几天美国很冷,真的……很冷。
在中部地区,随便一个州就是零下四五十度,跟玩似的~~
别说人家是华氏度,换算成我们的摄氏度也差不多的冷啊!
报道说已经至少有7个人死于低温,超过2,500个航班被取消,邮政服务停止……
到底有多冷呢?
也就是比南极再冷一点~
In comparison, temperatures in parts of the Midwest were lower Wednesday than in Antarctica, where the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station hit negative 25F.
中西部部分地区的气温周三低于南极洲,阿蒙森 - 斯科特南极站的气温为负25F
This is how it feels now in America oh freezing cold pic.twitter.com/Dq060MOpeU
— Samsoft (@samsoftmusic) January 31, 2019
有人因为没有戴帽子和手套被发现冻死在自己家门口。
Police found a man's body across the street from his home in the Detroit area on Wednesday. He was not wearing a hat or gloves and wasn't dressed for below-zero temperatures.
警方周三在底特律一户人家门口发现了一名男子的尸体。他没有戴帽子或手套,也没有穿着零度以下的装备。
Via Daily Mail
有人铲雪铲着铲就失去了知觉。
A 55-year-old man froze to death in his Milwaukee garage after he collapsed shoveling snow.
一名55岁的男子铲雪的时候倒下,在车库被冻死。
@SnarkyUp boiling water + freezing cold temps = pic.twitter.com/fXPkS5kV4k
— ~TheTruth~ (@xPeterHunter) January 31, 2019
No John Wong’s were hurt during this experiment with the below arctic, freezing, cold. pic.twitter.com/ftCKzXit1u
— John Wong (@JohnIsASound) January 30, 2019
美国官员警告说,周三冰冻天气会更严重。预报员甚至建议不要深呼吸或在外面说话以免冻伤或者体温过低。
Natural gas customers in some areas of the freezing midwestern U.S. are being asked to set their thermostats as low as 60 degrees due to feared or actual gas shortages. https://t.co/odPbUsX7pw
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 31, 2019
Coldest night of the year in parts of the UK, but not cold compared to the Midwestern States #freezing #Snow ️️️️ pic.twitter.com/gRqQWVJpvv
— (((Dr Zircon))) (@Dr_Zircon) January 31, 2019
确定不是艾莎公主施了一个法术?
嗯好吧……美国人也是这样想的~
伊利诺伊州警察局周二向社交媒体采访了分享逮捕艾莎的照片:逮捕艾莎女王
The McLean Police Department shared the arrest on its Facebook page Tuesday, writing: "Due to the EXTREME COLD weather, all criminal activity and acts of stupidity and foolishness has been cancelled ... Even Elsa has been placed under arrest with NO BOND until further notice."
麦克莱恩警察局周二在其Facebook页面上分享了逮捕 ,写道:“由于极度寒冷的天气,所有犯罪活动以及愚蠢和愚蠢的行为都被取消了......甚至Elsa也被逮捕了。”
Via CBS
极端天气还引发了交通瘫痪,邮政航班纷纷取消。
工作人员不得不给铁轨加热,保证顺利运行。
It's So Cold in Chicago That the Rail Company Is Lighting Its Tracks on Fire https://t.co/OXl1YamooE pic.twitter.com/LST0Oj1qO0
— Popular Mechanics (@PopMech) January 30, 2019
Amtrak also axed all trains into and out of Chicago on Wednesday and most services to or from Chicago on Thursday. Crews had to set rail tracks in fire to keep trains moving smoothly on Tuesday.
进出芝加哥列车大量减少。工作人员不得不生火给铁轨取暖,以保持列车顺利运行。
Via Daily Mail
The U.S. Postal Service also took the rare step of suspending mail delivery to parts of Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, the Dakotas and Nebraska on Wednesday because of the dangerous Arctic blast.
美国邮政局也采取了罕见的措施,暂停向印第安纳州,密歇根州,伊利诺伊州,俄亥俄州,达科他州和内布拉斯加州的部分地区发送包裹。
Via Daily Mail
一个啤酒商还担心,自己的啤酒在运输过程中会变成“冰啤”,都不敢上路了。
The cold weather was even affecting beer deliveries, with a pair of western Wisconsin distributors saying they would delay or suspend shipments for fear that beer would freeze in their trucks.
一个威斯康星州的西部经销商表示他们会因为担心啤酒会在卡车上冻结而延迟或暂停运输。
Via Daily Mail
就在全美抗击暴风雪的时候,有人却借此机会再次表达对气候变化的怀疑态度。
特朗普:全球变暖是怎么回事?快回来,我们需要你!
但是这条Twitter 很快遭到专业人士的打脸。
But the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which operates NWS, tweeted: 'Winter storms don't prove that global warming isn't happening.'
国家海洋和大气管理局发推文说:“冬季风暴并不能证明全球变暖没有发生。”
Via Daily Mail
吃瓜群众也纷纷在总统的Twitter上留言
@You tweet so much dumb shit that it’s hard for us to keep track. Can you slow down a little?、
@能不能不要急着秀下限,我们快跟不上你的节奏了
@I ate a sandwich for lunch, therefore world hunger doesn’t exist ��
意思就是我吃了个三明治,一辈子不用再吃饭了吗?
@There’s just so much wrong with this tweet...first of all what is WAMING?!!
首先这个推政治不正确,等等,Waming是什么鬼??