It's so cold and windy here in MI, the US Postal Service has suspended mail delivery.

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The U.S. Postal Service has suspended service Wednesday to the entire state of Michigan due to bitter cold temperatures.

The delivery suspension comes in wake of a polar vortex sweeping the Midwest. Temperatures in Michigan dropped below zero Wednesday morning. A wind chill warning issued by the National Weather Service is predicting temperatures as low as 45 degrees below zero in some areas.

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There is no update as to when deliveries will resume.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/01/30/usps-suspends-mail-deliveries-michigan-detroit/2718724002/

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At 11:40 a.m., here in Lansing it's a balmy -3 with a wind chill of -25. In Jackson, about 40 miles to our southeast, it's -10 with a wind chill of -38. We're actually getting some moderating from the lake effect snow coming off of Lake Michigan.

[Mendocino]

1. -8 in NW OH

with wind gusts up to 35mph.

[Siwsan]

2. I'm not sure where we are at, temp wise, in Flint. Every site has a different number!

So, we are somewhere between -3 and +1 with a windchill between -9 and -28.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Same here in Minnesota....

As well as NO Newspaper delivery.

Heading down to the dungeon to sew.Space heaters ready to go.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Same in Minnesota, although it's now warmed up to -22.

I don't remember that ever happening before, even though it's been this cold and worse before - we used to get stretches of extreme cold almost every winter up until maybe 20-25 years ago. Maybe their mail trucks are too old and decrepit now to handle the cold.

[LakeArenal]

7. A toasty -22?

[redstatebluegirl]

5. It isn't safe to be outside in that type of cold. I'm glad they did not make them go out.

[MineralMan]

6. Same here in Minnesota. I can't ever recall a day where

there was no mail delivery. It's a first, as far as I know, on such a widespread basis. I have no problem with it. I don't want mail carriers out walking their routes. Too dangerous.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. I only ever get ads and bills anyhow. I don't want them freezing their butts off

just so I can get catalogs, pizza coupons and ads for hearing aids. But this really is unusual; I've lived here all my life and even when it was just as cold (almost every winter), we always got mail. I did get the newspaper, but judging from where it landed - halfway down the walk to the street, not on the porch - I'm guessing they just tossed it from their car. That's OK, too.

I filled the bird feeders yesterday. I don't know how those little buggers manage, but they do. They're on the feeders, chowing away, all fluffed up.

[MineralMan]

10. Well, we're expecting a rather large check in the mail

this week. Not today, though. Bummer!

Still, I feel for the mail carriers. We're on a walking route in our residential neighborhood. It's too cold. I just went down and retrieved the wheely bin for our garbage. The trash pickup was right on schedule. I didn't even want to do that. Fortunately the trash truck has an automated arm that reaches out for the bin, so I assume the driver is warm in the truck's cab.

The bird species who overwinter here have evolved to be able to stand these temperatures, I guess. They're smart enough, though, to spend the night in the bushes near our house, so there's some warmth that escapes from indoors to help them. We put their food under the bushes, too. They aren't visiting the feeder right now.

The suet blocks, though, are a big hit. A little fat goes a long way toward producing internal heat, I think.

[LakeArenal]

8. The major shopping malls closed.

[Luciferous]

11. I put a hold on my mail for a few days until the weather warms up.