Isiphepho esinamandla sasebusika sase-Arctic siye saletha amazinga okushisa ashubisa umnkantsha kanye nemimoya ebhubhisayo elimaza izintambo zikagesi e-United States naseCanada, okubangele ukucisha kukagesi okushiye abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kuka-1,130,000 kanye nabantu baseCanada abangu-260,000 besebumnyameni.
Cishe i-60% yabantu base-US - cishe abantu abangu-200,000,000, kanye neningi laseCanada, ukusuka eBritish Columbia kuya eNewfoundland, babekwe ngaphansi kokwelulekwa okubanda kakhulu nesiphepho sasebusika.
I-US National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) ikhansele inqwaba yezitimela kuleli holidi, nokushiye izinkulungwane zabagibeli.
Izinkulungwane zezindiza zikhanseliwe ezikhumulweni zezindiza eziningi ezinkulu zase-US ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi kakhulu.
Cishe izindiza ezingu-2,700 zikhanseliwe izolo, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi yase-US yokulandela izindiza yamazwe ngamazwe.
I-FlightAware iphinde ibike ukuthi izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-3,900 zikhanseliwe kusukela ngasekupheleni kukaLwesihlanu ekuseni, nokudala isiphithiphithi esithe xaxa kubahambi abazabalaza ukuya ekhaya ngamaholide.
I-US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) iyalele ukuma noma ukubambezeleka kokumiswa kweqhwa ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezimbalwa zaseMelika ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi.
I-Southwest Airlines ithinteke kakhulu, cishe izindiza ezingama-800, cishe u-20% weshejuli yayo yonke, ikhanseliwe usuku.
I-Alaska Airlines ikhansele u-41% wohlelo lwayo ngezindiza ezingama-321.
Inkampani yenethiwekhi yaseCanada I-WestJet futhi ikhansele zonke izindiza e-Toronto Pearson International Airport namuhla, isola "izehlakalo zesimo sezulu ezithatha isikhathi eside nezibi kakhulu" kulo lonke elaseCanada.
Izinkampani eziningi zezindiza zase-US, okuhlanganisa i-American Airlines, i-Delta Air Lines, i-United Airlines, i-Southwest Airlines, i-Spirit Airlines, i-Frontier Airlines, i-JetBlue Airways ne-Alaska Airlines, imemezele ukuthi ikhipha ama-waivers ohambo lwesimo sezulu esibi kakhulu azovumela abahambi ukuthi balungise uhambo lwabo ngemuva kwesiphepho. ukudlula, okubavumela ukuthi babhukhe kabusha izindiza zabo, abathintwe yisiphepho, ngaphandle kwezijeziso.