Polar Vortex woes in Boyd County

BOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) – Brutal chilly brought about best individuals to remain indoors Friday.

At Ashland Central Park, after a snowfall shortly earlier than Christmas, you’d usually anticipate finding youngsters taking part in and households taking within the lights. However, the park appeared abandoned Friday night.

JK Patel works at Fast Tobacco #3 in Catlettsburg.

“Individuals can’t get out due to this chilly climate,” he mentioned.

Patel works on the drive via window and needed to really feel the arctic rush of air hitting his face every time he had a buyer.

“It’s a lot chilly,” he mentioned. “It’s been minus all day.”

Catlettsburg resident Bo Evans says he’s prepared for summer time.

“It freezes my entire physique up,” Evans mentioned of the temperatures and wind chill. “Every thing hurts — my joints, my knees. I’m via with it.”

Evans had the misfortunate of getting his scorching water heater bust on one of many chilliest days in many years.

In keeping with a Boyd County 911 dispatcher, one of many drawback areas they handled Friday was across the 185 mile marker of I64. They mentioned at the least 8 to 10 minor single-vehicle accidents have been reported in that space.

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