Like one TikTok user, who gushed that their local store was full of tropical plants at amazing prices. “OMG I CAN’T BELIEVE THE TROPICAL PLANT PRICES AT MY LOCAL @Costco Wholesale TODAY ...

Acres of wholesale tropical plants, Japanese cucumbers and garden shrubbery and ornamentals were reduced to dead brown remnants or dissolved into liquid messes as dry, freezing winds pummeled them.