Get ready for it to feel cold MINUS SIXTY! Nation braces for coldest temperatures in 40 YEARS as polar vortex crosses usa

Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... on Sat, 01/04/2014 - 16:05.

Homeless worry: Nick warms himself on a steam grate with three other homeless men by the Federal Trade Commission, just blocks from the Capitol, during frigid temperatures in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 4, 201

Below-freezing temperatures expected to carry on through the weekend with rare 'polar vortex' due in the Midweest

Record lows expected across the region as a freakishly cold weather-system barrels down from the Arctic to hit the United States
Experts have said that the weather will be the coldest experienced in almost three generations
Nearly half the nation -- 140 million people -- will be hit by under zero degrees Fahrenheit temperatures or lower by Wednesday
Nights in North Dakota will be nearly -30 degrees Fahrenheit
At least 16 deaths were blamed on the storm as it swept across the nation's eastern half
On Sunday the Green Bay Packers play the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin - in temperatures approaching -20 - possibly the coldest game ever played
Meteorologists have warned that the cold temperatures could remain throughout the entire winter season
2,500 flights canceled on Friday across the U.S. and an additional 5,100 delayed
Warnings plummeting temperatures and wind chills below zero could freeze exposed skin within 15 minutes
Outreach teams looked to get homeless people off the frigid streets of Minneapolis, New York, Chicago and Boston