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Weird weather has swarmed the U.S. this week, creating widespread travel delays and blackouts for communities across the country.
Weird weather has swarmed the U.S. this week, creating widespread travel delays and blackouts for communities across the country.
Central Texas has been frozen since earlier this week after an Arctic front rolled into the Southern U.S. Parts of central, west, and north Texas and nearby states Arkansas and Tennessee were under ice storm warnings, per the National Weather Service Prediction Center.
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I moved apartments last month and, in a fit of unusual preparedness, I made sure to get my snow boots and gloves out of storage and keep them at the front of my closet when I unpacked. I was anticipating a January like I’ve had in the past few years of living in Brooklyn, dotted with regular snowstorms and bitingly…