Frantic grocery shoppers empty shelves before Arctic blast, snow barrels across US

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Frantic grocery shoppers empty shelves before Arctic blast, snow barrels across US
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Grocery stores are quickly running out of supplies as frantic customers stock up ahead of the Arctic blast and subsequent snowstorm expected to barrel across the country. Forecasters warned that the weather system, dubbed Winter Storm Fern, will send many cities’ temperatures plummeting well below zero — and could dump anywhere from one to two feet of snow in some parts of the eastern US.

Grocery stores are running out of supplies as people panic-buy ahead of the Arctic blast and snowstorm expected to hit later this week.“The weather man mentioned a possibility of ice and snow and this is what we here in the south do… buy all the milk, bread and eggs. Like WTF,” she wrote in the caption.Mamdani pushes NYC tax hike on the rich — in blow to fellow Democrat Hochul's budget planShe hoped that the “panic buying” was “just a south thing” — which, so far, seems to be ringing true. Similar videos were posted by fretful customers at stores in Texas, Oklahoma, and Virginia, but very few from states in the Northeast that could be buried under up to a foot of snow over the weekend.video of her shopping haul ahead of the storm. She fared much better than her Alabama counterpart, though there were still empty rows where toilet paper, bottled water, bread and milk would usually be, according to the video.Extreme cold spells that come on suddenly without giving trees “time to acclimate” can cause the “life-sustaining sap inside” to swell,“Sap contains water so it expands when frozen, putting pressure on the bark, which can break and create an explosion. There are numerous historic and current observations of trees exploding due to extreme cold,” the foundation explained. Forecasters are also advising people in states like Minnesota and Illinois to stay inside or risk hypothermia.“It is dangerously cold. This Arctic air — an Arctic blast — is coming. It’s going to get worse before it gets better,” AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Kines told The Post.Grisly leaked photos show blood-soaked rooms of Idaho college students butchered by Bryan KohbergerMitt Romney's sister-in-law left suicide note before plunging from parking garage: report‘The View’: Joy Behar Asks Zohran Mamdani To Show Her His Texts With Trump ‘Landman’ Season 2 Ending Explained: Does Tommy Work For Gallino Now? Is Cooper Going To Prison? And What’s Up With TL And Cheyenne?You Won’t Believe How Much Water Oprah Winfrey Has To Drink Every Day Due To Her Weight Loss Drug RegimenGrocery stores are running out of supplies as people panic-buy ahead of the Arctic blast and snowstorm expected to hit later this week.Chris Noth reveals why he and Sarah Jessica Parker are no longer friends: It was 'hurtful' and 'affected everything'

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