200M people across the US in path of potentially
historic winter storm bringing ‘considerable disruption’
New York Post,
by
Richard Pollina
Original Article
Posted By: Ida Lou Pino,
1/22/2026 9:12:43 AM
Several emergency declarations have already been issued as a massive winter storm barrels toward more than 35 states, putting more than 200 million people in its path and threatening “considerable disruption” to New York with up to a foot of snow. Texas, North Carolina, and South Carolina were the first to issue preemptive emergency declarations after the National Weather Service warned that “nearly everyone east of the Rockies” will be affected by snow, ice, or cold from Friday into early next week. The potentially historic winter storm, dubbed Winter Storm Fern, is expected to span more than 2,000 miles
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
downnout 1/22/2026 9:19:14 AM (No. 2058597)
It’s the middle of January. Winter. What do they expect?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
marbles 1/22/2026 9:25:31 AM (No. 2058600)
There's snow and then there's ice. Snow doesn't bother me, its the ice that will down the power lines in sub freezing weather and it's no joke.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mobyclik 1/22/2026 9:29:45 AM (No. 2058601)
Forecasted highs in the Tampa Bay area from today thru Sunday: 77--79--80--78. Think I'll work on my tan. :-).
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 1/22/2026 9:33:26 AM (No. 2058604)
Agree with #2. We have had several ice storms here in N. GA. over the years. No power for 2-3 days. On somewhat posh Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, the residents were splitting up their inside doors for firewood. We are hoping the breathless reporting on the media are overreactions.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
philsner 1/22/2026 10:25:53 AM (No. 2058625)
There is nothing "historic" about a winter storm. They are as predictable as the hysterical public response to "the sky is falling" pronouncements. There is no reason to run to the store to buy 10 gallons of milk and all of the bread on the shelf. Give it a rest already..
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 1/22/2026 10:54:27 AM (No. 2058643)
Wait . . . wha??? You mean it's going to get COLD in winter? Impossible! Obviously, it's all the fault of global seasoning!
P.S. Don't panic. PREPARE!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 1/22/2026 12:05:10 PM (No. 2058678)
Winter storms have been happening for 100,000 years or more. The problem is that people don't plan well for these somewhat infrequent events.
Folks who will be in the ice storm area better have a backup method for heating their homes. We had a bad ice storm in the KC area and older suburbs with above ground power lines were out of power for 7 to 10 days. It's hard for the crews to repair the power lines when the big, mature trees have dropped big branches, chopping the power lines into 50 foot segments. Not exaggerating. I drove thru a neighborhood to visit a friend three days after the storm, and the street was barely pasable after three days of cutting 10-18 inch branches up enough to get a single lane through, power lines everywhere, power poles snapped like twigs.
Setting hundreds of power poles and making thousands of splices takes a long time.
A good generator and an alternate heat form if you can't get the power needed are basic necessities in places where these storms can occur.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 1/22/2026 12:05:30 PM (No. 2058679)
Bingo for #2.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mushroom 1/22/2026 12:12:59 PM (No. 2058690)
The trigger is many of these folks aren't accustomed to heavy snow much less an ice storm.
What might be a minor hindrance to those of us in the North, is a show stopper in the rural south. Governments don't have much in the way of road salt, much less a fleet of plows.
Hopefully it will be a mess of rain and we who can deal with it will get enough snow and cold to kill off the bugs for next spring.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 1/22/2026 12:25:36 PM (No. 2058704)
"look!! a SQUIRREL!"
anything to try to deflect all of DJT's recent triumphs
and the MASSIVE Fraud in Minnesota..
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
baxter1 1/22/2026 1:22:04 PM (No. 2058722)
Had an ice storm in 2020 and was without power for a little over a week. Thank goodness I have a fireplace. This year I have a Generac generator and keeping fingers crossed.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 1/22/2026 2:01:16 PM (No. 2058735)
Those poor folks. As a former northern Illinois native, (now Colorado for 50 years) I can attest to these conditions. Standing at the high school bus stop in January in subzero weather on dark windy mornings wearing no head covering so could show off to the girls who were there wearing their short skirts and nylons while freezing our collective behinds off. It's what teenage hormones do.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 1/22/2026 2:06:57 PM (No. 2058736)
So, we have better technology to see these types of weather events with greater accuracy and advanced notice.
This makes them seem "scarier" but also provides time to prepare (unless you're one who thinks the government will always take care of you).
Time to prepare should mean government too. Allowing them time to look at overgrown trees that may impact electrical lines, cleaning out sewers to ensure water doesn't back up, etc...
Or, basic proactive government services.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 1/22/2026 2:20:52 PM (No. 2058745)
There was a series of horrendous winters in the 1880s that were truly frightening. In one storm hundreds of children died trying to make their way home in a fast-moving blizzard. Today we have warnings galore - most of which are overly hysterical.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mifla 1/23/2026 5:39:41 AM (No. 2058916)
The MSM whipping the sheeple up into a frenzy.
Happens every time there is a storm or natural disaster.
Been experiencing this my entire life.
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