USPS suspends deliveries due to extreme cold - see inside for affected Zip ranges

[gwelch-2013]

USPS suspends deliveries due to extreme cold

Weather forecasters are warning of dangerously cold conditions in parts of the nation. Some places could see wind chill readings as low as 60 below zero. Due to this arctic outbreak and concerns for the safety of USPS employees, the Postal Service is suspending delivery Jan. 30 in the following 3-digit ZIP Code locations:

• Michigan: 486-491, 493-499
• Indiana: 460-469, 472-475, 478, 479
• Chicago: 606-608
• Lakeland: 530-532, 534, 535, 537-539, 541-545, 549, 600, 602, 601, 611
• Detroit: 480-485, 492
• Central Illinois: 601, 603 - 605, 609, 613, 614, 616, 617
• Northern Ohio (Cleveland and Lima areas): 441, 458
• Ohio Valley (Cincinnati and Columbus areas): 452, 430-432
• Northland: 540, 546-548, 550, 551, 553-564, 566
• Hawkeye: 500-514, 520-528, 612
• Dakotas: 580-588, 570-577
• Eastern Nebraska: 680-689

We will provide additional information when it becomes available.

[nobody*s_perfect]

In a very unusual move, eBay actually posted an Announcement  about this event last night:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/Extreme-Cold-Weather-May-Impact-Shipping/ba-p/29441324

As noted, the information in the OP might be updated; you can see the current info here:

http://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/

IMHO it would be prudent to revise your handling time to 3 days even if you are in one of the listed areas.

[philsumm]

I took a couple of packages to my local PO (IN 468xx)  this afternoon and they told me there will be no deliveries tomorrow either.

[bsarafian]

I have a package that is making it's way across country - Massachusetts to Nevada.  Just got an "exception notice" due to weather - it's in Illinois right now.

[nobody*s_perfect]

Over 1600 Chicago-area flights have been canceled.  That's going to affect packages from all over, even if neither sender nor recipient is in an affected area.

[a*river*runs*through*it]

The entire state of Iowa should be on that list. No mail today & possibly tomorrow.