re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread

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Wife sent me to the grocery store for some provisions. Stopped by the liquor store for 1.75 of Elijah Craig.

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Every time I go to the store I pick up a little extra. Last trip to HEB I grabbed 4 bottles of wine and a 6-pack.

Chili is on the stove and I'm drinking a mimosa on the couch. Still hasn't started to sleet in Austin but a icy mist has been hanging around all afternoon. Hovering right around 30 degrees here.

I hate it for the ones that were expecting more snow. I guess more dry air than expected got into the system.

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10+ inch dumps

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quote deltaland

Checking in safe from winter storm nothingburger
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I'm glad to hear it. It's bitter cold here with 7" of snow so far and will be snowing all night here in flyover country.

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Checking in safe from winter storm nothingburger

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Every storm/tornade threat etc you always do this same shite.
Shut up and wait moron

It may be foolish but I'm starting to have a sliver of hope that Tennsippibama may just avoid the worst case scenario event that would result in widespread power outages. We may still have outages but I just don't see the doomsday projections panning out for us and I really, really hope I'm right

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The problem is, this water isn’t going anywhere and temps will be below freezing for 12 hrs or more tomorrow night.

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People always think this, but wind and traffic always takes care of the “problem”.

There won’t be any issues.
Maybe a puddle of ice somewhere .

Checking in again from N Monroe! Power went out around 2. Ground was covered with sleet, then topped with ice. When I walk outside, all I can hear is trees snapping and falling down. Fortunately, we have no trees that can fall onto our house, but Lord knows when the power will be restored. We knew it would be bad, so we are very prepared. I’m afraid the same can’t be said for many people in the community. I’m from south La so I’m used to being without power for a while (thanks to hurricanes) but I think many people up here are truly clueless about how to survive on generators for days on end (and I’m being hopeful when I say “days”). I know families that currently have trees on their homes, and some that lost power this morning and don’t have fireplaces and/or generators.

It’s an icy, slippery mess outside and more is en route. Please say some prayers for all of us up north, especially those who didn’t have the means to properly prepare.

Oh my brother. Prayers sent.

I would need the smarter ppl to address this but I feel like the air in general in our area has been dryer than expected we have had a bunch evaporate before hitting the ground. The amount that has actually fallen has not reflected what the radar has shown for most of the day