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OldBaldy1701E

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13. ""I don't know how people are going to deal with it," he said."

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 10:54 PM

15 hrs ago

They are going to run out and buy bread and milk, of course!

(I have already been in touch with the family and will be chatting with some friends that are there tomorrow. They all seem prepared for the weather change. Of course, if it does get to near 0 at my mother's house, there will be some records broken, the town will suffer damage because the services were never made to deal with that kind of cold, and the sound will probably be frozen over for the first time in over a hundred years.)

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Forecasters warn of a 'potentially catastrophic' storm from Texas to the Carolinas [View all] Omaha Steve 17 hrs ago OP

Yup 12"+ forecast for Memphis region Friday SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #1

Yikes. ShazzieB 14 hrs ago #17

God's ICE Raid on the Maga Belt? Captain Zero 17 hrs ago #2

I am unmoved by forecast... NotHardly 17 hrs ago #3

That's not nice. mtngirl47 14 hrs ago #15

Just because Trump won those states doesn't mean EVERYBODY down there voted for him. ShazzieB 14 hrs ago #18

It'll be nice in Phoenix. They should all just come stay in our lovely resorts to wait it out. AZJonnie 17 hrs ago #4

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reminds me, I better stock up on bottled water. thanks. (n/t) peacebuzzard 15 hrs ago #11

Well to be fair depending on where exactly you live in the Valley and hence the water source, there could AZJonnie 10 hrs ago #19

There you go! marybourg 4 hrs ago #20

13 inch possibility in Saturday's forecast (DC area) spooky3 17 hrs ago #5

It's supposed to be 1 degree F tonight, and single digits on the weekend again bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #6

I hope the fucking grid holds up this time Skittles 16 hrs ago #7

It looks like Central Texas will be OK. ananda 16 hrs ago #8

I bought some wine in case the electricity goes out. peacebuzzard 16 hrs ago #10

Our predicted lows over the weekend are 11 and 4 F. If the electricity goes out, we are SCREWN. nt eppur_se_muova 15 hrs ago #12

""I don't know how people are going to deal with it," he said." OldBaldy1701E 15 hrs ago #13

I wonder if Ted Cruz has made his travel plans for Cancun nt dflprincess 15 hrs ago #14

The real story will be the cold being forecast. There is good agreemant that 99% of the lower 48 wiil be below freezing Cheezoholic 14 hrs ago #16